Have a great summer!!!

Thank you so much for a great year! Parents, thanks for entrusting me with your child this year. Kids, thanks for being so GREAT! I'm going to miss this bunch! I hope you all have a wonderful summer and read EVERY day!!! See you next year, 3RD GRADERS!!!!

Monday Math: LAST ONE!!

There are 180 days of school. If you read five books each day of school, how many books did you read in all of 2nd grade?

Monday Math: May 14, 2012

If vowels are worth ten cents and consonants are worth five cents. How much is your whole name worth? For example: MRS. KRATZER 5+5+5+5+5+10+5+5+10+5= 60 MRS. KRATZER = 60 cents

So long butterflies!

Our butterflies have all come out of their chrysalides (a new word I learned from the kindergartners!) so we let them free yesterday.

Monday Math: May 7, 2012

There were 12 butterflies. One quarter (1/4) of them were Monarch butterflies. How many Monarch butterflies are there?

Butterfly #1 has arrived!

Monday Math: April 30, 2012

There were six zebras and four giraffes at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether? How many eyes were there altogether?

We have two chyrsallises!!!

I knew it would happen soon...

We have two caterpillars hanging in a J!

Monday Math: 4/23/12

Measure two different objects in your home.  Tell me the object & the length of each object in both centimeters and inches.

Newsletter: Online Edition 4/23/12

Reading:  We have been working on a reading strategy called “Word Detectives.”  So far we’ve learned three steps in the strategy.  Step 1:  When we come to a word that we don’t know the meaning of, we should STOP.  Step 2:  Look for clues in the illustrations, captions, and other text features to help us know the meaning of the word.  Step 3:  Read on or reread the text to help us find clues in the text.  We are doing great at stopping when we come to a word we don’t understand… and we’re working hard to follow the other two steps now, too!

Math:  Last week we took a test on 3-D shapes.  We should know what they are and how to compare them now.  This week we’re starting out with measuring in both centimeters and meters and inches, feet and yards.  Then we’ll move on to fractions and multiplication towards the end of this week.

Spelling:  This week and last we are working on prefixes.  Last week we focused on “un” words.  This week we’re focusing on “re” words.  Next week we’ll move on to suffixes.

Writing:  We just finished a BIG unit on poetry!  The kids have all written numerous poems and most have turned a poem into Mrs. Kennedy’s poetry contest.  Now we’re moving on to descriptive writing, which we’re kicking off with a special guest on Tuesday! 

Science:  We started our Life Cycles unit today!  We are very excited to watch our caterpillars grow!

If you have not returned a permission slip for your child to walk to Pringle Park for our last field trip, please sign the attached form and send it in asap.  Also mark if they will need a school lunch packed for them or if they’ll bring one from home.

If your child has a summer birthday, you will find a paper about their celebration in Monday folders today. 

 

Our spring MODEL students!

We had so many in our class this year that could have been a MODEL student! I had to be VERY picky when choosing this spring's two winners!

To be a MODEL student, you have to:
make positive comments
*make good eye contact
*respects others
*uses polite words

be organized
*completes and returns homework or reading books
*keeps desk organized
*does neat work

do your personal best
*knows and uses formal behavior
*has good attendance
*actively listens
*responsible for actions at school and on the bus

show effort in all academic areas
*reading
*math
*writing

be a lifelong learner
*keeps interested in learning
*can be trusted
*tells the truth
*learns from mistakes
*makes good choices

Congratulations goes out to Camden Kercher and Isabelle Abshire!! And, our fall t-shirt winners each won a breakfast for continuing to be MODEL students. Great job, kids!

Monday Math- April 16, 2012

Compare the cone and the square pyramid. How are they the same? How are they different?

Monday Math- April 9, 2012

Luke grabbed a handful of change out of his piggy bank. He grabbed a quarter, 3 dimes, 2 nickels and 6 pennies. How much money did he grab?

Then, he went to the store and bought a gumball for twelve cents. How much did he have left?

Monday Math- March 19, 2012

Juan had 200 buttons. He gave 27 to Alexa. How many did he have left?

Write your answer and show your work. Bring it tomorrow & get a prize!

Good-bye Mr. Robertson's Hair Day!

Today was the day we have all been waiting for!! We got to shave Mr. Robertson's hair off! Here is a group picture... you can see them all here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/68085444@N03/

Monday Math- March 12, 2012

Ethan read 12 books. Camden read 19 books.. How many more books did Camden read than Ethan? Show your work!

We are published authors!

We are publishing one of our stories this week! The Functional Skills class at the high school made us these wonderful books to write our stories in... We will have an author celebration on Thursday to celebrate our first book!

Monday Math- March 5, 2012

Draw the coins making four different ways to make twenty-five cents.

Bring it in tomorrow & get a prize! :)

Says Who? Dr. Seuss Style

Yep, we can even show evidence for our answers while describing Dr. Seuss characters!

Happy birthday Dr. Seuss!!

We are not only celebrating Brayden's birthday today, but Dr. Seuss', too! For math we started our reading One Fish, Two Fish. Then we sorted & graphed goldfish!

Monday Math: February 27, 2012

Draw two quadrilaterals. Then, draw the diagonals for each shape.

Bring it back tomorrow for a pick in the prize bin! :)

Comparing liquids and solids

Today we did an Observation and compared three different liquids and the solid that was inside. Ask us about it!

Happy valentines day!