To prepare for a great week of fun filled activities in honor of our school's 10th birthday,
we graphed our very own birthdays in Math. It was great teaching the students about the different ways to graph. We are learning to collect , record, and represent data. The students are encouraged to examine the differences and similarities in a group of related data, which was our birthdays. It was a fun activity.
We are also continuing to work on solving story problems, tell time and count money.
Please let you child practice counting your loose change.
We are reading the Weekly Reader in Social Studies.
Last we we discussed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We watched a video about his life. How awesome! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for equality for all people.
In Science we will finish with the Weather unit this week. We have been graphing the temperature in Jacksonville this month. Another super activity to help the students understand graphs.
Monday, January 21, 2008
We are going to the Zoo!
Yes! we are going to the Jacksonville Zoo on Friday February 15, 2008. Please send in your child's permission slips and payment ASAP!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Working With 100
Our first full week went very well.
The students were introduced to more Choice Time games.
Choice 1: Get to 100, students take turns rolling number cubes (with only multiples of five on them) and moving that amount on the 100 chart. After each roll, players record their moves (but not the total), adding the numbers obtained in subsequent rolls to this equation.
Play continues until each player reaches 100. Students check their moves by adding up the equation, which should total 100. Players can begin another equation when they reach 100.
Choice 2: Pinching Paper Clips, students take a pinch of paper clips (each box has 100 clips in it), count how many they pinched, and then figure out how many are left in the box. The students were allowed to pinch paper clips in a variety of ways.
It was challenging at first but once they got the hang of it, the game was fun.
Did you know that Friday was our 87th day of school. Wow! how time flies when you are having fun!
Our 100th day of school will be February 1st!
The students were introduced to more Choice Time games.
Choice 1: Get to 100, students take turns rolling number cubes (with only multiples of five on them) and moving that amount on the 100 chart. After each roll, players record their moves (but not the total), adding the numbers obtained in subsequent rolls to this equation.
Play continues until each player reaches 100. Students check their moves by adding up the equation, which should total 100. Players can begin another equation when they reach 100.
Choice 2: Pinching Paper Clips, students take a pinch of paper clips (each box has 100 clips in it), count how many they pinched, and then figure out how many are left in the box. The students were allowed to pinch paper clips in a variety of ways.
It was challenging at first but once they got the hang of it, the game was fun.
Did you know that Friday was our 87th day of school. Wow! how time flies when you are having fun!
Our 100th day of school will be February 1st!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Happy New Year!
Welcome Back!
Our three day week was a nice and slow start for the New Year.
We reviewed story problems, observed and discussed the 100's chart, and worked on telling time. Please encourage your child to tell you what time it is at different times of the day. :)
You will be receiving a Release of Digital picture form. Please sign and return as soon as possible. This form will allow me to post some pictures of the activities we have worked on in class.
Thank you for all your support!
Our three day week was a nice and slow start for the New Year.
We reviewed story problems, observed and discussed the 100's chart, and worked on telling time. Please encourage your child to tell you what time it is at different times of the day. :)
You will be receiving a Release of Digital picture form. Please sign and return as soon as possible. This form will allow me to post some pictures of the activities we have worked on in class.
Thank you for all your support!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
What a Week! Great Way to end The Year!
Wow! we started the week with diagnostic testing. I'm proud to report that there has been a lot of growth for all the students. Congratulations!
Thursday was Mrs. Lankford's homeroom class performance. Great job students! Congrats to Miss Evanko's homeroom as well! We are so proud of you all!
Friday was our Holiday Lunch. A BIG Thank You to all the parents that helped. We could not have done it without you help!
Weather Days Dec. 17 - 21.
Winter Break Dec. 24 - Jan. 1, 2008.
School Resumes on Wednesday January 2, 2008
Thank you for all the wonderful gifts and goodies! :)
~Be sure to read for 20 minutes a day while on Winter break.
~Practice your doubles facts and combinations of 10.
~Practice solving story problems.
~Practice addition and subtraction strategies. (Using legs, tally marks, open number line, and decomposing.)
~Practice telling time on an analogue clock.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
See you in 2008!
Thursday was Mrs. Lankford's homeroom class performance. Great job students! Congrats to Miss Evanko's homeroom as well! We are so proud of you all!
Friday was our Holiday Lunch. A BIG Thank You to all the parents that helped. We could not have done it without you help!
Weather Days Dec. 17 - 21.
Winter Break Dec. 24 - Jan. 1, 2008.
School Resumes on Wednesday January 2, 2008
Thank you for all the wonderful gifts and goodies! :)
~Be sure to read for 20 minutes a day while on Winter break.
~Practice your doubles facts and combinations of 10.
~Practice solving story problems.
~Practice addition and subtraction strategies. (Using legs, tally marks, open number line, and decomposing.)
~Practice telling time on an analogue clock.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
See you in 2008!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Shhhhh we are testing!
We are busy diagnostic testing this week.
Miss Evanko's class will perform our Holiday Play " I Need a Christmas Vacation" on Thursday, December 6 @ 7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!
Miss Evanko's class will perform our Holiday Play " I Need a Christmas Vacation" on Thursday, December 6 @ 7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Making Butter
In Science last week in honor of Thanksgiving our class made butter. First, we washed our hands then we put heavy whipping cream in a bowl. We added salt and a marble and we sang a song while every student was allowed to shake the bowl. We taped the bowl to make sure that the lid would not come off, then Mrs. Lankford gave us a fresh slice of bread and cinnamon sugar to add after spreading the butter. We also had crackers to enjoy the butter. We were allowed to eat it all. It was delicious! Yummy, yummy, yummy! If you would like to make butter follow these directions:
Get a mixing bowl, add whipping cream, a pinch of salt, and a marble. Put the lid on the bowl, shake for about 15 minutes and enjoy the butter. Be sure to have on hand bread, crackers, and cinnamon sugar. Enjoy your delicious treat!
Love, Mrs. Lankford's 2nd grade class.
PS take out the marble, don't eat and save it for next time. Happy Thanksgiving.
Get a mixing bowl, add whipping cream, a pinch of salt, and a marble. Put the lid on the bowl, shake for about 15 minutes and enjoy the butter. Be sure to have on hand bread, crackers, and cinnamon sugar. Enjoy your delicious treat!
Love, Mrs. Lankford's 2nd grade class.
PS take out the marble, don't eat and save it for next time. Happy Thanksgiving.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Everyday Counts Calendar Math
For the month of November we have been busy learning new skills in our Everyday Counts Calendar Math.
On the calendar: we are looking for patterns, classifying and describing three-dimensional shapes.
In Computations and Connections: we are working out addition facts for doubles and doubles plus one and writing equations.
In Measurement: We are estimating and measuring lengths in centimeters.
In Coin Counter: we are solving shopping problems, using the dollar sign with decimal point and using the cent symbol.
We are also learning to read the hour and minutes hands on the clock along with reading the minutes before the hour, and count by fives.
We have also been busy with graphs.
We finished our unit Does it Walk Crawl or Swim? We started a new unit called Putting Together and Taking Apart. In this unit we will be working on addition and subtraction. We will be working with 5's, 10's, 20's, and 25's and on ways to make 100. We will also work on solving story problems and deciding what operation to use to solve a problem.
In Science we are having a great time doing lab activities that explore, collect and compare temperature data.
It has been a busy yet fun couple of weeks!
On the calendar: we are looking for patterns, classifying and describing three-dimensional shapes.
In Computations and Connections: we are working out addition facts for doubles and doubles plus one and writing equations.
In Measurement: We are estimating and measuring lengths in centimeters.
In Coin Counter: we are solving shopping problems, using the dollar sign with decimal point and using the cent symbol.
We are also learning to read the hour and minutes hands on the clock along with reading the minutes before the hour, and count by fives.
We have also been busy with graphs.
We finished our unit Does it Walk Crawl or Swim? We started a new unit called Putting Together and Taking Apart. In this unit we will be working on addition and subtraction. We will be working with 5's, 10's, 20's, and 25's and on ways to make 100. We will also work on solving story problems and deciding what operation to use to solve a problem.
In Science we are having a great time doing lab activities that explore, collect and compare temperature data.
It has been a busy yet fun couple of weeks!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Animals in the Neighborhood
This week the students have been busy at work brainstorming a list of animals that live in their neighborhood. In small groups they categorize the animals according to how they move (fly, swim, walk, hop, and so on).
After sorting their data on how the animals moved the students had to represent their data using a chart, venn diagram, list, pictures, words, or any other way they felt would be good to represent their data. It was great to see the teamwork.
Did you know that ladybugs and cardinals walk and fly?
Tomorrow we will work in groups again to show something different about our neighborhood animals like what kinds of sounds do they make? or which animals are tame? which are wild?
There are many other questions we could ask about these animals. We will generate a list and the students will need to think about new categories based on the new question they are investigating. After they have developed their categories and have sorted the data, each group will make a presentation graph that shows their question, their categories, and how they sorted the animals.
At the end of the lesson each group will have an opportunity to share their representation.
After sorting their data on how the animals moved the students had to represent their data using a chart, venn diagram, list, pictures, words, or any other way they felt would be good to represent their data. It was great to see the teamwork.
Did you know that ladybugs and cardinals walk and fly?
Tomorrow we will work in groups again to show something different about our neighborhood animals like what kinds of sounds do they make? or which animals are tame? which are wild?
There are many other questions we could ask about these animals. We will generate a list and the students will need to think about new categories based on the new question they are investigating. After they have developed their categories and have sorted the data, each group will make a presentation graph that shows their question, their categories, and how they sorted the animals.
At the end of the lesson each group will have an opportunity to share their representation.
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