Making Scarves

We had fun making and collecting scarves!  These scarves will be donated to children in need right here in Rockford!  Thank you second graders...we might be little, but we can make a BIG difference!

Hodge Podge Post

Well, I feel like it has been forever since I posted a meaningful post about what we are doing filled with pictures.  Well, hopefully this post will makeup for that!

We Voted!

This week our school held a school wide elections. Student were able to vote for their favorite dog, bird, and wild animal.  On Monday, forth graders came around the building to give use their "campaign" speeches for "candidates" in each category.  We loved hearing all the speeches.  This lead to a great discussion about why we have been seeing so many commercials on TV and what a debate between candidates would look like.  On Tuesday we voted. We took this responsibility very seriously.  

The results are in...

Favorite dog was the Bulldog

Favorite bird was the Hummingbird

Favorite wild animal was the Fox

Halloween

Thank you so much to all the parents who came and helped with the party!  We are so very lucky to have such a great supportive group of parents.  We had so much fun playing Ghoulish Grab.  We had to reach into boxes and touch different items like bat wings and a zombie hand...well not really.  We  were told that is what the items in the box were, but we had to decide what they really were.  It was a test of bravery!  We also enjoyed playing a math punch game.  We were given a math problem to solve.  If we got it correct we were able to punch out a circle to retrieve our prize.  What a fun and educational game!

We loved parading around in our costumes of course.  Check out how cute and spooky we are. 

See you all soon!

Well, I can't wait to meet with everyone on Thursday and Friday.  I feel totally honored and blessed to be your child's teacher.  Thank you so much for always supporting our classroom and for raising such amazing children.

We started working on making scarves for the homeless children today.  However, we still have lots of work to do. You could help us finish some of these scarves up when you come for your child's conference.  Check out the desk in the hallway to see how you can help.  Also, when you are here see all the cool things we have been doing with Stellaluna in class.  Our Wanke's Work that we created in art will also be in the hallway on display.  

If you have any fleece that you would like to donate to help us make scarves or old, unwanted scarves, please feel free to bring it with you to your child's conference. 

I am also collecting old 8x10 picture frames no matter the condition or color.  If you have any that you would like to donate, and not get back, please bring them to conferences as well.  Thanks!

How am I doing?

As parent teacher conferences get closer, I would really like to evaluate how I am doing.  I want to make sure that I am meeting your expectations and the expectations of your child.  If you would not mind, please take a moment to fill out the anonymous survey below.
Thank you!  I look forward to seeing all of you at conferences.

Making Landforms

It is pretty hard to remember all the different types of landforms unless you can see and touch them. So...that is exactly what we did today. Each of us got a container of Play-Doh. Mrs. Wanke would call out a landform.  We had to try and sculpt it with our Play-Doh. After, we played a game called Name that Landform!  We are Landform experts!   

Check out our lakes.

Addition with Regrouping

Well the math posts continue. We started learning about addition with regrouping.  We learned today what we do when a number is bigger than 10 in the ones place....regroup!  Thanks to Mrs. Rawhoof, she found a game to help us practice this skill.

http://gregtangmath.com/play?game=stdalgorithms

Directions:
1. Click on Base 10 on the left
2. Click on addition (We have not learned how to subtract with borrowing yet, so please do not do subtraction.)
3. Play!!

Fun Math Game

Miss Hoffman shared this great game with me.  This game helps us practice our mental strategies that were so difficult for us in math module 1.  

To start, click on the link.  http://gregtangmath.com/play?game=breakapart
Next, click on addition or subtraction.
Then, click on make 10 and select easy or hard.
Lastly, enjoy!

The Spider and The Fly

Click on the book for a link to read the poem.

We have been reading, analyzing, and performing The Spider and The Fly by Mary Howitt and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi. This poems was originally written in 1829.  It was really interesting to listen to old language and determine the authors meaning.  We learned a valuable lesson from this poem.  Do you know what it is?