Fridays

It seems Mother Nature does not want us in school  on Fridays. Maybe we will have a full week this coming week. We just go with the flow in second grade~

This week we are starting the money unit in math.  I have posted some awesome website games to help students with the money counting. You can help also by letting them count the change in your purse or pocket, or what they find in the couch!! I hope to set up a pretend store in the classroom for a couple weeks for them to test their money counting skills. Do you remember playing "store" as a kid? I hope they find success this way!

We are also learning about Matter in Science/Reading. We will be learning about solids, liquids, and gases. Also, there is a lesson on mixtures and solutions. I love science!

Four Day Weekends!

I sure enjoyed the two extra days this weekend! The Snow/Ice Day on Friday turned out to be beautiful! I am glad, however, the administration chose to go the caution route.

Things we didn't do in class on Friday will be done Tuesday: last week's spelling test, the report writing for our Penguins, and 3digit addition. We will be starting the Money unit at the end of this week!

Speaking of Penguins, the kids have really taken a liking to research work. Most have a strong handle on it....their interests are picqued! The next research project will be chameleons!

I will be starting to read the story, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn Dixie). Here is a blurb about the book from Amazon: "Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a miracle -- that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again."  I think the kids will fall in love with Edward as I did.