Weekly News for 2-P 3-3-23

     *Thanks for sending coats, mittens, hats and boots, plus indoor shoes daily!

  *In math we practiced making ballpark estimates, using the partial sums algorithm to add multi digit numbers, and introduced subtraction with regrouping (conceptually). We did some measuring work and also built 2-D shapes with rectangles and triangles. We began unit 6 review work on Friday.Next week we will complete the unit 6 assessments. 

* During reading workshop we celebrated Read Across America with the always popular morning-announcements-book-trivia (thanks, Ms. Luchies!), and periodic, fun “Drop Everything and Read” sessions on Thursday with exciting “Flashlight Reading” on Friday.  We read a favorite Dr. Seuss book with sound effects and enjoyed lots of buddy reading. Throughout the week we explored more biographies and practiced pulling facts from these nonfiction texts. 

*In science we revised our car and ramp experiment to see how we could make our car go farther off the ramp onto the rug. Ideas included a steeper ramp, a different push technique or a new ramp position. Students went through the scientific process again and recorded results in their lab reports. It was so much easier the second time around!

*Our spelling focus was word endings: -ing and -ed.We will work on prefixes next week. In phonics we reviewed -ch,-tch, and -dge endings as well as long vowels in -ild, -ind, -old words.

*We also learned about the branches of government, the president’s role and the constitution.  Kids are loving the educational social studies videos on Brain Pop Jr! 

Mystery Science - building a magnetic door!

Students will design a magnetic device to open and close their "door."

So many biographies to read during Black History Month!

Mrs. Smith started off our magnet work.

Flashlight reading

We chose biographies to read and wrote about what we learned in our reader's notebooks.

Data from our second car/ramp experiment.

We revised our procedures.

We are really getting good at forming our hypotheses. 

We always begin with a materials list to get organized.

More flashlight reading fun.

Art with Mrs. Devin

During one of our "DROP EVERYTHING AND READ" sessions, we got cozy reading under our desks.

Car/ramp experiment two - steeper ramps!

Getting organized for our experiments.

Read like a cowboy!

All the ways to make the /j/ sound!

READING UP A STORM!

We did some measuring in math this week.

We did final written pieces about Mission Manatees!

Fraction fun!

We had the best time exploring with magnets!