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March Updates

3/24/2016

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It was wonderful seeing everyone for Parent Teacher Conferences. If you haven't had a chance to fill out the Homework Feedback survey, please do so below.

Jane Goodall Study

Our study of adjectives has blended perfectly with our biography study. We read several different texts on Jane Goodall, then each table group worked together to choose adjectives that described her, using evidence from the text to support their adjective (This is something we practiced in our Guided Reading lessons, reading biographies on famous authors). Here are the final products. Jane Goodall's own organization, Roots & Shoots, even retweeted a picture of our group's project on Twitter (you can follow me @ChristineButi).

Read Across IT Day

On this special day, 2B read in the TEACHER'S LOUNGE! They thought it was the COOLEST!

Make-It Monday

"Math Talks"

We've been exploring all the different ways to subtract....yes, there is more than one way to solve a subtraction problem! During this "MATH TALK," students sat with a partner and talked through how they would solve this problem. They had no paper or pencil or base ten blocks.  You can see some of the answers and strategies that the kids explained to me. Exceptional flexible mathematical thinking. They learned strategies from each other and tried them out on the next problem. 
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Check out Jo Boaler's Video on Math Talks/Number Talks. "The answer's not the most interesting part, the most interesting part is THINKING about how you arrived at the answer....They really learn a lot by thinking about their methods."
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Homework Feedback

3/22/2016

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Parents and Students of 2B~ Will you please take a moment to fill out this Google Form?
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A message from Ms. Lee, Indian Trail's art teacher

3/21/2016

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What exciting activity is happening in art class?
Follow Twitter postings of daily or weekly updates and pictures of art class activities at:
IT Art Room @itartroom
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#ShelfieSelfie

3/20/2016

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Thanks to our amazing librarian/photographer/ Jack-of-all-Trades Mrs. Grost for putting this video together!
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Chiptole Fundraising Night 3/14

3/9/2016

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CoGat & Kid-Friendly Search Engine

3/7/2016

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The CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) will be given to all second graders March 14-15. This is a group-administered assessment intended to estimate students' learned reasoning and problem solving abilities through a variety of verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal test items. If you have questions about the CogAT and how the scores are used, please contact Mrs. Belkind at ebelkind@nssd112.org

Kiddle- Google for Kids!

Instead of using Google, have your child use Kiddle!
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Biographies, Math, Class Party & More

3/5/2016

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Biography Bonanza!

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We have begun our biography study in 2B! Most of our literacy work will be focusing on biography reading/writing in the next few weeks. Some examples are:
  • Biography Read Alouds (Jacques Cousteau, Abraham Lincoln, Amelia Earheart so far, Jane Goodall and Jackie Robinson to come!)
  • Small Group Guided Reading groups (author study-Jean Fritz, Dr. Suess or Tomie Depaolo and athlete study- Nancy Lopez, Michael Jordan or Pele). If time, we'll do an inventor study)
  • Adjectives- while we read biographies, we are brainstorming adjectives to describe him/her using EVIDENCE from the text to support why we chose that adjective.
  • Writer's Workshop- Each student will interview and write a biography about a classmate. They are SO excited about this. They were happy to learn that a biography doesn't have to be about someone famous. Everyone has a story!

Pictures from Yesterday's Pajama/Building/Clay Sculpting Party

Super Opinions!

Our second graders are Super Opinion writers. We practiced having opinion discussions and writing our opinions with strong reasons to support our opinion. Our final piece was writing about what Super Power they would prefer. Here are some of the final products.

Time & Money

Don't you wish you had more of both? We do too because our Time/Money unit went by so quickly. Yesterday, I gave students the choice of stations to review before our assessment. We will continue to revisit and review these concepts throughout the year. I encourage you to practice these real-life math concepts at home as well!
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Literacy Spirit Days!

3/2/2016

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