Informational Text

We have come to the conclusion of our Informational Text unit of study.  Coming home with your child today is their completed Informational Text Feature book.  Please take a moment to look through your child's book to see all of their hard work! 

Making Avatars

Before vacation, students began creating their very own Avatars using the app WeeMee. Creating an avatar is one of the many highlights of 2nd grade.  An avatar is a digital representation of a person, in this case, your child.  Avatars are a wonderful tool which can be used to help your child learn more about her/his classmates.  Your child's avatar can be viewed on their KidBlog account. Below are some examples of our Avatars. 


    



    
   

   

Concentration Array

We played a great new game in math today called Array Concentration.  The instructions for the game are below.  This game will also be coming home with students today, it was so much fun we didn't want to stop playing! 

Informational Text Books

For the past week we have been working very hard on an exciting project during Reading Workshop in Room 6.  Students have been creating their very own Informational Text books using new technology!  Students selected a topic, read about this topic, and then wrote down their thinking using the app, Lino.  Students then created their book using app Book Creator.  As students wrote their informational pieces they referred backed to Lino where they had stored all of their new learning.  Student illustrations were created using the app Doodlecast Pro.  As a part of this project, students learned how to take a screenshot of their illustration on the Doodlecast Pro app.  Students then found the screenshot (photograph of the illustration) in the camera roll and added their illustration to their page on BookCreator.  Once students finished their books they uploaded their work to their very own Google Drive accounts.  Students then learned how to embed their book from their Google Drive account to their KidBlog!  Please make sure to check out your child's blog to see their wonderful work.  All books will be posted to student blogs before vacation!

Balance and Motion

We have begun a new unit of study in Project Block -- Balance and Motion. ​Our first lesson in this new unit challenged students to balance a paper crayfish on their finger using just two clothespins. To begin the lesson students made a prediction regarding whether they thought the crayfish would balance on one finger using clothespins, and then they had to back up their prediction with a reason. After completing their prediction, students ran the experiment. Students had a great time figuring out the many ways you can balance a paper crayfish using clothespins. As a class we discussed that the clothespins are counterweights which makes it possible for the crayfish to balance. We discussed what the evidence showed when we put two clothespins on each leg of the crayfish…it will balance. Students then wrote their own summary paragraph including all of the information they had learned from this experiment. Below are photographs from the experiment.​

Our Week in Review 4.4 - 4.8

Compound Words

Today in SWR we learned about compound words. Students learned that a compound word is formed when two or more words are put together to form a new word with a new meaning. We brainstormed different compound words together. Students then solved the following puzzle... can you solve all of the compound words?

Our Week in Review 3.28 - 4.1

Geoboard App

Last week in math students learned what an attribute was.  We discussed various attributes of shapes: how many angles, how many sides, how many vertices, etc.  On Friday, students worked on building quadrilaterals with given attributes.  Students used the Geoboard app to build their quadrilaterals with a partners.  Students then discussed with the class their solutions.  Below are photographs of students working together to build various quadrilaterals with the Geoboard app.