Highlights of the Week

To learn the importance of having a standard measure we tried to measure the classroom in second graders to see if it gave us a reliable measure.

Students practicing their Rocket Math addition facts.

This group is researching travel by stagecoach.

This group is researching ships and boats.

Trying to find things that are about an inch long as each student tried to find a personal reference to help them remember various units and their length

Looking for items that were about a yard long

Students kept track of their findings in their math journal to refer to later.

Sorry it's sideways - we worked on grouping numbers efficiently when adding

This group is working on exploring how a text is organized during reading workshop.

We are learning about the Metric system and the US Customary system of measurement.

We reread our beloved Mercy Watson stories this week as we worked on writing opinion letters about them.

We have been working on character traits in reading workshop.

This group is researching and recording notes about stagecoach travel.

These are samples of our comprehension work on character traits.

These partners are getting ready for writing book letters by talking about and pre-planning their opinions about the books they love.

More book talks!

And one more book talk group discussing why they love their chosen books.