Counting Money

We are currently working on counting money in math. We started out with pennies, nickels, and dimes. Then, added quarters and half dollars. Today we even counted dollars! I am so amazed at how well all of you are doing with counting money. Their favorite new game to play is called "Money Scoot". Each student gets a card with an amount of money written on it. They then show how much money the card says on their desk with play money. Once everyone is ready I yell out scoot and they have to go to a different desk and solve how much money is on the desk and record it on their money scoot sheet. It has been a lot of fun playing this game! Enjoy the pictures of the students playing many math games!

Snowmen at Night

We did a fun writing activity with the book called Snowmen at Night. We read the story and then brainstormed ideas on what snowman did at night. Then, we started our sloppy copy. Next, we revised and edited our work for our final project. Last, we made a snowman by tearing out paper. They turned out so cute! Great job second graders!

Click the link below to listen to the book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVLxk4r_0EA

MLK Project

Here are the finished MLK projects!

Martin Luther King Jr.

Today we read a story about Martin Luther King Jr. We learned about his dream of all people being treated equally. Then, we played a game on the smartboard where we answered questions about MLK. I was so impressed with everyone! Out of the 9 questions we got all 9 correct! This afternoon we are going to come up with our own dreams for the world. I am so excited to see all of these. Check back later to see our project!

Click the link below to see a video of Martin Luther King that we watched in class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdlCWrsAbIo

Snow Globes!

This was such a fun project! We brainstormed ideas about what we would do if we were trapped in a snow globe. You guys came up with such awesome ideas.

Enjoy them below!

Super Safari Subtraction

Our class has been working SUPER hard on subtraction with regrouping this week. We rotated into different safari groups.

Here are some of the groups...

• Happy Hippo Subtraction
• Toucan Subtract
• Parrot Perfect Subtraction
• Going on a Lion Hunt
• Tiger-iffic Subtraction
• Stop Monkeying Around and Subtract
• Slithering Into Subtraction
• Bear Crazy for Subtraction

Holiday Party!

I hope you all had a wonderful vacation. My break went by super fast but boy am I excited to see all of your smiling faces and hear about your vacation. I have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to update our blog. Enjoy some pictures from our holiday party. It was a blast!

We watched a movie and had root beer floats!



Played many games around the classroom.
This was the puzzle station.



Bean bag tic-tac-toe station

Bop-It

Boy's gift exchange

Girl's gift exchange

All the gifts!

We had lunch in our classroom and finished our movie!