Congratulations students! You have made it through your first nine weeks of second grade! I could not be more proud of you all! Your hard work and critical thinking really earned us some points on our nine weeks assessments! Great job! Here are some of the projects we worked on this nine weeks in our class as well as with our reading buddies all the way in the kindergarten hall!
On the first week of school we make a picture graph of the first grade teachers we had. Once we created the graph we made some observations about conclusions we could draw from the graph. "Ms. Goolsbay had the most students move into Ms. Kulle's class this year." "Ms. Bishop had the least amount of students come from her room into Ms. Kulle's room while still staying at Moseley." These are just two of the great observations made by students from my classroom!
In science we investigated objects that can do extraordinary things when put together. Students in a groups were instructed to build a bridge out of common school craft supplies. Students' bridges were required to be at least 10 in long, they had to be able to hold 5 bear worth of weight, and had to be creative and innovative. The ideas that these little engineers in the making came up with were phenomenal!
A few weeks ago our kindergarten reading buddies were studying the letter F. In an effort to reinforce this sound and its use in everyday life the second graders read books with a flashlight! This not only helped the kindergarteners with their letter sound recognition but also gave the second graders a chance to practice their fluency!!
In the first couple weeks of school we read about a scientist. Who they are and what they do. We quickly discovered that anyone can be a scientist if they can make careful observations and conduct thorough investigations! Here a student is drawing four ways that they are already in fact like a scientist.
In reading we were able to compare two versions of Cinderella. We were able to find evidence in the text of each story that was the same but were able to investigate the stories differences too! The other version we read was called "Dinorella"... A funny story about a long neck.
Last week our reading buddies were studying community helpers and we read a funny story about a mailman. After we read the story each student worked on a story map including the characters, the setting, the problem, and the solution. The kindergarteners were the master artists and their partner the second graders were the master writers!
If you have not had a chance to visit our newly decorated safari room here is a sneek peek. Last year our room was decorated in an underwater theme, things have GONE WILD.......
Love, Ms. Kulle
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