Mystery Reader!

We really enjoyed hearing Critter Cafe read by our mystery reader!!!

Emailing!

Literacy Stations Today!

Thanks!

Thanks to those of you who came to open house tonight!  I had my camera ready to take pictures of everyone but totally forgot when I started messing with the iPads and aurasma app. I appreciate that you all took the time out of your busy schedules to come visit and I enjoyed talking to each of you!

Day 3

Another big day in 2nd grade! Today we learned how to use the ActivExpressions!  We used them in a Brainpop Jr. quiz after we watched the lesson on short vowels that goes with our spelling words for the week.  We also listened to some really fun short vowel songs in a flipchart that we did on the activboard.  We reviewed ABC order to the first letter using an activboard flipchart.  Today we took our first math 5 minute test and guess what! Two students passed on the first try!!!  We read and discussed our first story (The Twin Club).  We learned about setting, genre (realistic fiction), and author's purpose.  We also learned that sentences have subjects and predicates, begin with a capital, and end with punctuation.  We talked about personal narratives and did a prewriting activity for getting ready to write our own narratives.  In science we learned all the important things that plants need to survive and also learned plant parts and their functions.  In math we solved word problems by drawing pictures and writing number sentences.  We practiced our speaking standard today by being videoed for an open house project that (if it works, cross your fingers!) is gonna be super awesome.  And....the coolest thing of all, we blogged today for the first time!!!!!! Yay!  So, it was a very full day of learning....anyone tired besides me?! :)

New Netbooks!

Today we were excited to get the chance to try out our school's new set of netbooks!  Today we also wrote in our journals, did an open house project, learned about short vowels by doing an activboard activity, discussed fluency (appropriate pace), labeled our poem books and talked about the fluency station, read a chapter in Frankly Franny, and learned about number sentences.  SHEW! We are all tired!

QR Code Scavenger Hunt

Friday on the first day of school my students did a QR code scavenger hunt that was a get-to-know your teacher activity.  I posted several codes around the school and had the students work in pairs, each pair with an iPad.  The students found a code, scanned it, and a question about me came up. The students had to guess the answer.  I went over the questions and answers in the end to see if they guessed any right and they learned a few things about their new teacher! :)

1st Day of School 2013!

Tomorrow is the big day, my favorite day of the year!  My classroom is all ready to go and I get just as excited about this day as I do Christmas morning. :) I can't wait to meet my new class of students!!! Last year's class was just awesome and I think this class of kids is going to be great too.  Here's to a fun, exciting year in 2nd grade filled with learning!