So yesterday was a day off for all of us. It was inauguration day and coincidentally MLK Jr. Day. I think the students needed that day off too. Today was a big catch up day for us. One student came back after missing all of the previous week. Another is still out. In math we started a new math unit. I decided to introduce my students to the concept of pretests to help give me a better understanding of what they know and don't know before a unit especially since our curriculum "Everyday Math" likes to repeat things and then randomly throw in subjects where they shouldn't be. We are starting chapter six in our 2nd grade math curriculum. This chapter is a weird mix off addition, arrays and division... not things I would necessarily group together.
In grammar we are working on commands, statements and exclamations. It was so funny to hear some of the students' answers when they were asked to right their own commands and exclamations. "Do your homework or you won't get dessert!" and "Hooray, it is time for our wonderful math centers!" I was so pleased to hear them include one of our vocabulary words from reading this week too. :)
Manetta introduced them to a fun game called
Right Turn, Left Turn it's a game of changing directions. It was a fun way to review left and right. We still had a few friends with their fingers ready to remind themselves of left and right. It was a great $5.00 find at a local game store! They began to get better at the game than me towards the end as I was trying to keep track of the directions and who raised their hands faster.
We found some adorable ideas for art projects in February for the President's birthdays. I'm so excited to do them.
Below are some pictures from Mish-Mash Math Thursday when we were reviewing for our test last week.
The students practiced ordering numbers from greatest to least and then least to greatest. They loved having to work together to find the answer when I mixed up the numbers and added in new ones.
The students used mirrors to find the lines of symmetry and then they had to figure out if I drew the line of symmetry was drawn correctly. They all excelled at this.
Manetta introduced them to a fun game called Right Turn, Left Turn it's a game of changing directions. It was a fun way to review left and right. We still had a few friends with their fingers ready to remind themselves of left and right. It was a great $5.00 find at a local game store! They began to get better at the game than me towards the end as I was trying to keep track of the directions and who raised their hands faster.
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