Squares and Cubes

Yesterday we continued our study of shapes.  In this lesson we first made a square out of mini marshmallows and toothpicks.  We made another square and then connected the two squares with more toothpicks.  We then had a cube!!  We described its attributes like we did last week with our other shapes.  The students counted the edges, vertices, and faces.  It was a lot of fun.  Of course, we had to eat the extra marshmallows when we were done!!

Shape Monsters

Last week in math we described shapes by their attributes.  We talked about how many sides and angles each shape had.  We looked at triangles, quadrilaterals, hexagons, and pentagons.  On Friday we made a shape monster.  This week we will write and describe our monster and hang them in the hall.

It takes a lot of concentration to cut, glue
and decide how you want your monster
to look!!

I think the students had a great time making their shape monster.  This activity came from Amy Lemons at Step Into Second Grade.  I will post a picture when they complete their description of their monster and we hang them in the hall.

Learning in Room 11 -- September 21-25

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe the overall structure of a story including beginning and end

Spelling:  FLOSS rule and unit ALL

Math:  relate square to the cube, composite shapes and fractions

Language:  irregular plural nouns

Spelling Words:  squall, hall, small, stall, doll, call, stiff, swell, glass, spill, chess, jazz, toss, gruff, press, thrill, less, shell, stuff, buzz, yes, gas, bus

Homework:

Daily:  study spelling words

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  language, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:   math, reading

Thursday:  write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- September 14-18

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe the overall structure of a story including beginning and end

Spelling:  digraph and 3-letter blends

Math:  attributes of two-dimensional shapes

Language:  capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names

Spelling Words:  brunch, split, shrimp, shrub, belch, depth, splint, shred, scram, sprig, strut, thrift, sixth, strum, prompt, splash, thrush, splat, thrust

Homework:

Daily:  study spelling words

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  math, language

Thursday:  write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- Sept. 8-11

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day holiday.  

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe the overall structure of a story including beginning and end

Spelling:  r controlled a syllable pattern

Math:  writing word problems for equations, two-step word problems

Language:  capitalization and punctuation

Spelling Words:  smart, scar, shark, start, star, spark, market, garlic, party

High Frequency Words:  away, idea, left, near, play, until

Homework:

Daily:  Study spelling words, read "The Park Club"

Monday:  Labor Day holiday

Tuesday:  Math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  capitalization and punctuation 

Thursday:  Write spelling words 4 times each

This week in Room 11 - Aug. 31-Sept. 4

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  Use information from illustrations and words to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, and plot

Spelling:  VCe syllable patterns

Math:  subtraction facts, addition and subtraction word problems

Language:  capitalization and punctuation

Spelling Words:  crate, stroke, glide, woke, plate, pride, reptile, naptime, mistake

High Frequency Words:  another, don't, kind, put, saw, sound

Homework:  

Daily:  Study spelling words, read "The Lime Cake"

Monday:  Reading passage

Tuesday:  Math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  capitalization and punctuation

Thursday:  Write spelling words 4 times each

Welcome to Second Grade!

Our year has gotten off to a great start. Each week you can find information on this blog about homework, what we are studying for the week and pictures about what we are doing in class. Please check back each week for updates.