Arkansas State Symbols

We studied our Arkansas state symbols including the white-tailed deer, quartz crystal, diamond, honey bee, apple blossom, pine tree, mockingbird, and "Arkansas", our state anthem. One way we demonstrated our understanding was to make tableaus on cue (show me a picture of the state tree, etc). We did a fantastic job cooperating and showing what we know!

Vocabulary Parade

Here are some ideas I found about the vocabulary parade coming up! There are lots more ideas online! 

Buttercup!

We were able to pet Buttercup on Friday! 

Moon Phases

We have been studying the phases of the moon. The students have learned the full moon, new moon, quarter moon, and crescent moon phases. We worked cooperatively to make these posters. The kids did a great job working together, listening to each other, checking resources, fixing mistakes, and creating a model of the moon phases. Check out their great work!

Thank you!!

I won a gift card from PTA for having the most views on my blog! Thank you so much for checking it and staying informed! Keep reading about our classroom! I plan to post pics from this week soon!

Reader's Theater

These groups did a great job reading for our class! It is very important to build fluency in 2nd grade, and Reader's Theater does just that! Way to go readers!

Collection Jar

If your child brings home our Counting Collection jar, please read the note inside. We would love to have your child bring a collection from home for us to count at school. This activity builds number sense and helps facilitate increase fluency with math notation. I will also start sending the counting collections journal home so your child can share what we do at school with you that way too. Here are some pics of our work with collections from students' homes so far. The collection is first and the notation we developed together is next. Each cup has 10 things in it.