Themed Week - Dinosaur week!

Last week we had a short week so the grade 2 team decided to have a themed week. We decided it would be Dinosaur Week, where we would link all subjects to dinosaurs. We did several activities for example in math we did dino problem solving, we read dinosaur books, watched dinosaur movies, wrote about being lost in prehistoric times, and much more! Here are a couple photos of the children gluing pasta as dinosaur bones and another of students experiencing how it feels to be paleontologists by discovering a fossil. 

Science - Animal Needs

In the beginning of every year in second grade we learn about animals and their needs in science. This year we made a flap booklet where the students had to write each animal need, draw it, and write a sentence about how it would meet that need. Here is how they turned out...

Phases of the Moon using Oreos

Last year we learned about the phases of the moon. I was looking for a fun and creative way to remember the phases and there was no better way then to use Oreo cookies to demonstrate the moon phases. The students were super excited!!

The students later made themselves as astronauts. They always enjoy learning about anything in space. 

Learning about "Area" in Math

Here we were learning about area and total area in mathematics. A great way to teach students area is by giving them graph paper and asking them to make their name. Later they add up the area of each letter and then add the total area of their whole name. Students loved it because the activity was related to them by using their names. Here is how they looked like...

Flying our kites to third grade! :(

Before the school year ended last summer, students wrote about what they were looking forward to in third grade and what they expected to learn. I'm going to miss them very much! Here is how it looked like... 

Sentences Pocket-Book ( Asking/Telling)

We started the year with learning about punctuation marks and what the difference between asking and telling is. So, we did this little pocket-book activity where the students had to sort whether sentences were asking or telling.

Its a new school year! "This year will be one in a MELON!"

Its a new year 2013-2014, and I am still teaching second grade! We started this year with the students writing their targets for second grade and what they want to do in school. I found this cute idea online and thought it would be wonderful as my first display of the year.