President's Day Week

We had Monday off of school this week and my students sure seemed to be still in vacation mode. We did a few fun projects this week. We made Abraham Lincoln beards and hand print cherry trees.

We also ended a unit in social studies with a BAM! Our last lesson was "What region do I live in?" we did the circles that you see for me on the map and we made a coloring book where we had to color where our state was on the map and then where our state and country were; then where our state, country and continent were. Last but not least they had to show all of those on the globe! They really seemed to like the assignment and did well on my end of unit assessment. 

Something else we were busy working on were comparisons of two little pig stories. We compared the James Marshall version of the Three Little Pigs to the book The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas. The students absolutely loved the Little Wolves. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it.
The students created a venn diagram comparing the two stories and then wrote a short comparison essay.

Another highlight of the week was our math lesson "The Wubbles" it's a lesson in the Everyday Math Curriculum for Second Grade. The lesson teaches doubling and halving telling a story similar to the Gremlins movie. The wubbles are creatures that double every time they go to sleep. I created a little wubble by using a pom pom and gluing on two googly eyes.

We also retold the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story by illustrating different parts of the story and then we practiced sequencing them . This particular version was rather unique because Goldilocks jump roped everywhere. The students were very excited to have their part in illustrating a story which makes me excited for when we create our own books.

P.s. Here's our Bee Mine projects from Valentine's Day!