Way to go, publishers! This week 2-G authors published our mystery stories. I am absolutely blown away by the detail, dialogue, and suspense that each writer included in his or her story. We'll be sharing our first fiction stories with you at our Mystery Morning Share. Please enjoy these additional highlights of our studies:
Math: Mathematicians worked on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers this week. While we focused on place value and lining up our numbers accordingly, we also practiced solving story problems. We learned that our story problems have 3 elements: 1. A sentence describing how much we have in the beginning 2. A sentence describing how much is added or subtracted and 3. A question asking us to find the sum or difference.
Literacy: Readers worked hard on developing their fluency skills during center time. We got to try out our new "Geography Center" where we choose a geography related book and hunt for important/interesting facts that we'd like to share with the class - beginning research!
Computer Lab: 2-Gers learned how to play 3 math games in the Lab this week. We played, "Give A Dog a Bone", "Caterpillar Ordering", and "Addition Pyramid". Ask your child to tell you about his/her favorite!
Science: Scientists began exploring forces in water this week. We worked in pairs to create a boat that could float using, paper, popsicle sticks, tin foil, and tape. We tested out our inventions in water and learned a lot about buoyancy. We had wonderful discussions about the factors that make a boat more buoyant and what we needed to change in some cases to help things float.
Spanish: Profe Mendez taught us a new song about farm animals today. We had so much fun singing the new words we've learned to music. Profe begins each class by asking us to talk about the date in Spanish. Have your 2-Ger give you an example!
Enjoy your weekend.
Math: Mathematicians worked on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers this week. While we focused on place value and lining up our numbers accordingly, we also practiced solving story problems. We learned that our story problems have 3 elements: 1. A sentence describing how much we have in the beginning 2. A sentence describing how much is added or subtracted and 3. A question asking us to find the sum or difference.
Literacy: Readers worked hard on developing their fluency skills during center time. We got to try out our new "Geography Center" where we choose a geography related book and hunt for important/interesting facts that we'd like to share with the class - beginning research!
Computer Lab: 2-Gers learned how to play 3 math games in the Lab this week. We played, "Give A Dog a Bone", "Caterpillar Ordering", and "Addition Pyramid". Ask your child to tell you about his/her favorite!
Science: Scientists began exploring forces in water this week. We worked in pairs to create a boat that could float using, paper, popsicle sticks, tin foil, and tape. We tested out our inventions in water and learned a lot about buoyancy. We had wonderful discussions about the factors that make a boat more buoyant and what we needed to change in some cases to help things float.
Spanish: Profe Mendez taught us a new song about farm animals today. We had so much fun singing the new words we've learned to music. Profe begins each class by asking us to talk about the date in Spanish. Have your 2-Ger give you an example!
Enjoy your weekend.
