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Wherever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius

Silent Auction

Our annual crab feed and silent auction is coming up in February, each class contributes a project for the auction. I decided to go a more artistic route this year, here is one of our projects!

We used acrylic paint, each child chose a color and used their pointer finger to fill in the dove shape. I love the way it turned out! I want it for my house! :)

Collective Nouns

With Common Core, 2nd graders now need to know commonly used collective nouns. In my previous post, I showed the anchor chart that we created using some of these common collective nouns. For this activity, the students chose one collective noun, wrote a sentence using the noun and created an illustration to go with it. We used construction paper and markers/crayons to create a mixed media effect. They came out great!

Collective Nouns

Hello Teachers!

With the Common Core standards, grammar has changed a lot! Students in 2nd grade need to know about collective nouns now. This is an anchor chart I did with my class today. I chose collective nouns that would be more commonly used or heard by the students. They knew only one or two of these collective nouns before this activity, so I'm glad this standard has been added to the Common Core. They enjoyed creating the chart, and we will continue our study of these nouns :)

Science: Classifying Leaves

We are studying plants in Science, and to look closer at leaves we did a great hands on activity. First I showed the stufents there are two types of leaves, simple and compound. Then, we went outside and picked different types of leaves to being back to the classroom. The students made charts and then sorted the leaves. We drew diagrams to record each type of leaf. They loved it!

Classroom Puzzle

This is a fun art project we did recently. Each child designed their own puzzle piece and cut it out. When hung together they look pretty cool!

Book Report Cards

My students have DEAR Time aka silent reading everyday after lunch. It's a quiet thing for them to do to wind down, and during this time I also pull students to read with me, or work on other things. This year I've started something new for the kids to show understanding of what they've read - Book Report Cards! It's a simple idea I got from a college, students fill out a mini book report on an index card for each book they read. They keep the cards on a ring (I got mine at Lakeshore) and at the end of the year they can see how many books they've read!

 We made an anchor chart together so the students can have a reference of what goes on their book report cards. 

The cards are kept right next to their book bins for easy access.