This is my first blog for our year in grade 2!
Every reminder and upcoming date will be in this blog so try to check it everyday!
Reminders:
Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by September 10
Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the bathroom
Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
The following is a breakdown of how our day went:
We started our day with a morning meeting. I do the morning meeting first thing everyday to make sure students feel welcome, say good morning and do a couple of activities to get their brains going.
We start with a greeting where all students say good morning and we review the rules.
Afterwards we have Calendar which covers days of the week, birthdays and special events.
Next is the number of days in school, which we be keeping track of all year long.
Finally we ended with some open math on whiteboards in which students wrote down all the different ways to make 2.
After morning meeting the students were given some time to fill in their "all about me" sheets. These sheets allow the students to fill in boxes with words and pictures that explain who they are!
After gym we returned to class to talk have some reading time. During read to self my expectation is no talking, read the books you chose, and use the pictures to help you with reading the story.
After reading we transitioned into some writing time. It was during this time that we began our first journal entry:
My Summer Vacation!
We started this journal entry today and will continue with it tomorrow.
After lunch the students transitioned into a story to calm and regain their attention before starting math.
In math we talked about tools and some basic strategies they can use to solve one step addition problems.
The students were given time to come up with their ideas and draw a picture before creating solving some questions on their own.
Below are some examples of the questions we practiced:
4+5=
7+4=
9+3=
After math the students had recess and finally their first music class with Mr Wiens. Mr Wiens took the students on a tour of the school while playing music the entire time!
Hope the students had a great second day in grade 2!
Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!
Mr Lancee
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