Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Wednesday, August 29

We are just jumping in and learning so much in second grade!  We started our busy morning off with journal writing.  We wrote about what we might see at a zoo.  Then, we reviewed our phonics pattern, word wall words, and vocabulary words.  We re-read The Mixed-Up Chameleon in groups and completed a scavenger hunt using our story together.  We also completed our DLP and practiced identifying complete sentences.  I explained to the class what we will do during guided reading/centers time.  Tomorrow we will try some of the centers together.  In Social Studies, we talked about the words "law" and "vote".  We identified different road signs and talked about what they mean.  We also discussed what consequences people face when they break laws.  This afternoon we learned about the water cycle in Science.  We read about it and watched a brainpopjr clip about it. Then, we watched a Magic School Bus video showing the steps of the water cycle in a fun way.  In math, we learned how to use our doubles facts to solve near doubles problems.  The students have one page of math homework.  At the end of the day, we took another timed test.

Don't forget that Spelling Packets and Book Orders are due tomorrow! 

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