Thanking Those Who Are Serving

Before vacation each of the four 2nd grade classrooms reflected on how we could thank those who are currently serving to protect our country. In room 6 we talked about how Maggie’s uncle, Ms. Erin’s brother and Ms. Colleen’s brothers are all currently serving in the military. In addition, Ms. Colleen’s sister recently arrived home. Students brainstormed ways we could thank those serving and we all agreed on writing letters and making cards! Below are some photographs from the activity.

Our Week in Review 12.12 - 12.16

Creature

Today we Skyped with our buddies in Mrs. Francke's class (located at Champlain Elementary School in Burlington, Vermont). To prepare for the Skype on Tuesday we created our very own creature. We gave clues about our creature to our buddies in Mrs. Francke's class during the Skype. After each clue the students in Mrs. Francke's class drew what they believed our creature looked like. After all the clues were read we showed Mrs. Francke's class what our creature looked like.

 Then it Mrs. Francke's class turn to give our class the clues to their creature. While Mrs. Francke's class was giving clues we drew what we believed their creature looked like. Students brought home their drawings and Mrs. Francke's class creature is below. We can't wait for another exciting opportunity to collaborate with Mrs. Francke's class!

How Big is a Foot?

Today in math we read the book How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myler.  In this book the king decides to have a bed made for the queen's birthday.  He marks off the dimensions of the bed with his feet and gives them to the head carpenter, who gives them to his apprentice.  When the bed is delivered it is too small.  The apprentice must figure out why this happened.  As a class we discussed why the bed in the story did not turn out to be the right size.  We talked about how a teacher's foot is a different size than a student's foot. 

After the read aloud students discussed that a foot-long ruler is 12 inches.  Students then worked with a partner to measure objects around the classroom.  Students had to estimate how many feet they believed the object was and then they measured the object.  Below are some examples of students’ work. 

A.M. and P.M.

Today in math we learned about A.M. and P.M. We learned that the hours from midnight to noon are A.M. hours and the hours from noon to midnight are P.M. hours. We then illustrated activities that we do at: 8:00 A.M., 11:00 P.M., 8:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. Below are some photographs of our illustrations.