Friday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. Our topic today was, "This weekend, I am going to..." We discussed the prefixes mis- and under- and we reviewed the vowel sound /ou/ in words like about and town. We also had Spring pictures this morning! Then, we went to our specials art and music. After music we took our Spelling test. Then, we took our Reading test after lunch. In math, we continued talking about place value in word problems. Both, Mrs. Bognetti's and Mrs. Walter's math classes have homework. In Science, we discussed and made a list of things that are made from plants and things that are not made from plants. There is Science homework. For Celebration Day, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to play outside. There is also a note about our Science test which will be next Wednesday.

Thursday in Mrs. Bognetti's class

We started off today by writing in our journals. Our topic today was, "St. Patrick's Day is..." Then, we reviewed the prefixes re- and pre-. In Spelling, we played a game and did a worksheet. We also reviewed our vocabulary words. As part of our centers this morning, some students acted our action verbs and/or a play. It was very entertaining to watch, everyone did a great job! After lunch, Mrs. Bognetti read Harry Potter to the class. In math, we learned about thousands. Students in both, Mrs. Bognetti's and Mrs. Walter's math classes have homework. We went to the library today and at the end of the day, we had a mystery reader come and read to the class!

Don't forget, tomorow are Spring pictures!

Wednesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. The topic today was, "When I go to the park, I like to..." We also reviewed the prefixes re- and pre-. Then, we practiced our Spelling and vocabulary words. There is a vocabulary worksheet for homework. We did out centers today and our special was gym. After gym, we had Social Studies. Almost all the groups have completed their monument poster and are researching information about it! After lunch, Mrs. Bognetti read Harry Potter. In math we discussed extended form of numbers. Students in Mrs. Bognetti's math class do not have homework. Students in Mrs. Walter's math class do have homework. In Science, we did an Explore activity and investigated the insides of apples and bananas! We discovered that they both have seeds inside and that the fruit protects the seeds. There are two Science worksheets for homework tonight.

Don't forget to wear green tomorrow for St. Patrick's Day!

Also, we are out of kleenex and empty cereal boxes. If you have either of these things available, please send them with your child. Thank you!

Tuesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. Our topic today was, "Before school, I..." Then, we reviewed the prefixes re- and pre-. We also brainstormed a list of words that we know start with re- or pre-. In Spelling, we did our making words activity. We also introduced our vocabulary words for this week. Then, we read our story, The Pine Park Mystery. Our Specials today were gym and computer lab. We also discussed the elements of a narrative story and practiced identifying setting, characters, and plot in the story. After lunch, we finished our theme test. In math, we discussed place value for ones, tens, and hundreds. Students in Mrs. Bognetti's math class do not have homework. Some students in Mrs. Walter's math class have homework. In Social Studies, we continued working on our Washington, D.C. projects. Most students are done with their poster and have moved on to the researching portion of the project.

Monday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. The topic was, "If I were a detective, I would..." There were many creative entries about the types of mysteries they would solve and what they would wear. We also discussed the prefixes, re- and pre-. We introduced our new spelling words and discussed action verbs. We also started our theme test and did our centers. In Science, we discussed a plant's life cycle. There is a Science worksheet for homework. After lunch, Mrs. Bognetti read to the class. In math, we discussed place value to the thousands. Students in Mrs. Bognetti's math class do not have homework. Some students in Mrs. Walter's math class have homework. In Social Studies, we continued working on our Washington, D.C. projects. Our Special today was gym, at the end of the day.

Friday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. The topic today was, "This weekend, I am going to..." We then reviewed plural nouns and comparing words. We did centers and then we had our specials, art and music. After our specials, we took our Spelling Test. After lunch, we took our reading test. In math, we reviewed and took a math test. Neither students in Mrs. Walter's or Mrs. Bognetti's math classes have homework. In Science, we continued talking about plants. We talked about the growth cycle of a lima bean and then we planted our own lima bean seeds! We will watch them grow over the next couple of weeks and observe the changes. For Celebration Day we did a plant crossword puzzle. Have a great weekend!

Thursday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started today by writing in our journals. Our topic today was, "When I am rushed, or running late, I feel..." We reviewed the suffixes -ly and -ing and practiced adding them to words. We also talked about the differences between fact and fiction. We talked about fiction having characters, plot, and a setting. Fact reading, or nonfiction, is to gain knowledge and information. We also watched the documentary movie, "The March of the Penguins." It goes along with our story this week, The Emperor's Egg and the students chose and wrote down three interesting facts that they learned from the documentary. After lunch, we finished watching the movie and Mrs. Barrett continued reading Harry Potter. In math, we learned how to guess and check our answers for finding perimeter. Students in Mrs. Walter's math class have homework and students in Mrs. Barrett's math class, also have homework. We went to the library this afternoon and came back to finish our "parts of a plant," art project and read a Time for Kids magazine.

Wednesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. Our topic today was, "Acting safe means..." Then, we continued talking about the suffixes -ly and -ing. We practiced our Spelling words by playing an Around-the-World Game. We discussed adjectives that compare things and we also did our centers this morning. Our special today was music. After lunch, Mrs. Barrett read Harry Potter to the class. We started the 4th book today, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! In math, we learned about finding the area of shapes. Students in Mrs. Barrett's math class do not have homework. Students in Mrs. Walter's math class do have homework. We ended the day with Science and talking about plants parts. We did a worksheet and then we did an art project where we made pictures of plants/flowers out of construction paper and labeled each part.

Tuesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. Our topic was, "If I lived in Antarctica..." The journal topic goes along with the story we are reading this week, The Emperor's Egg. We also discussed our suffixes, -ing and -ly and introduced our vocabulary words for today. This week's Spelling and Vocabulary lists were sent home today. Our specials today were gym and computer lab. After lunch, we did out Centers. In math, we learned how to find the perimeter of a shape. Students in Mrs. Walter's math class do not have homework. Students in Mrs. Barrett's math class do have homework. We ended the day with Social Studies by working on our Washington, D.C. projects. Most groups have reached the coloring stage of their monuments and they are looking great!

Monday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. Our topic today was, "Penguins..." We used a couple of minutes this morning to finish the Harry Potter movie. Then, we talked about similarities and differences between the movie and the book. We also learned two new suffixes, -ing and -ly. We also introduced our new Spelling words and did our centers. In Science, we did an Explore Activity with plants. We have Plant A and Plant B that we are keeping near sunlight and watering daily. However, Plant B has foil covering its leaves. We are observing the changes all week to see how Plant B reacts to receiving no sun because of the foil and we will use it to compare to Plant A. We are recording our observations everyday and we will compare the results to our predictions on Friday. In math, we learned about sliding, turning, and flipping shapes. Neither, Mrs. Barrett's nor Mrs. Walter's math classes have homework. In Social Studies, we continued working on our drawings of our Washington, D.C. monuments. They are looking great and some groups have moved onto to tracing and coloring. We ended the day with gym.

Friday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. The topic today was, "My favorite book is..." We also reviewed abbreviations. We mentioned that even though the letters are abbreviated, you still pronounce the whole word. We practiced with words such as Mister and Mr. or January and Jan. Our specials today were art and music. After our specials, we took our Spelling test. After lunch, we took our Reading test. In math, we talked about a line of symmetry. Students in both, Mrs. Barrett's and Mrs. Walter's math classes have homework. In Science, we read about plants and worked with partners to complete a worksheet. For celebration day, we watched Harry Potter.

Thursday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. The topic for today was, 'When it rains, I like to...' We talked about adjectives and antonyms. After literacy, we did our centers. After centers, we watched the Harry Potter movie until lunch. The students brought their books home tonight, as they have their reading test tomorrow. After lunch, we had our book buddies. In math, we learned about shapes that are congruent. Students in Mrs. Barrett's math class have homework. Some students in Mrs. Walter's class have homework. We had library today and we finished the day by learning the cursive letter, p.

For computer lab next week, the students MUST KNOW their home addresses. Please work with your child over the weekend and make sure it is memorized! Thanks for your help!

Wednesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. The topic today was, "If I could draw on the sidewalk with chalk, I would draw..." After phonics and Spelling, we practice using our vocabulary words in sentences. Our special today was music. After music, we did our centers and then watched more of our Harry Potter movie. After lunch, Mrs. Barrett read Harry Potter to the class and we finally finished the fourth book! In math, we learned how to identify 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes within pictures. Some students in Mrs. Barrett's math class have homework and most students in Mrs. Walter's math class have homework. In Science we started a new chapter about plants. We ended the day watching a short video about plants.

Tuesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started off today by writing in our journals. The topic was, "Choose your own topic." Then we reviewed changing singular words that end in a, "f" to plural by changing the "f" to a "v" and adding -es. (Example: leaf and leaves). In Spelling, we practiced our new words by doing our making words activity. We also learned that an anytonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. Students were very good at identifying antonyms and gave examples such as, bad/good and hot/cold. Nice work! We also read our new story today, "Cool Ali." Our specials today were gym and computer lab. After our specials, we learned the cursive letter, "j." After lunch, we did our centers and Mrs. Barrett read Harry Potter to the class. We are in the last chapter- coming very close to being finished! In math we learned about patterns using shapes. Students in Mrs. Barrett's math class have math homework. Students in Mrs. Walter's math class have math homework too. We finished the day with Social Studies and the students continued working on their Washington, D.C. monument pictures.

Monday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

Today we started off the day by writing in our journals. The topic for today was, "When it is really hot outside, I like to..." Then, we discussed how to make singular words that end in -f or -fe into plural words by changing the f to a v and adding -es. (Example, leaf to leaves). We did our centers today and we also began watching the Harry Potter movie! Everyone is really enjoying it! After lunch, we read our Harry Potter book, we are almost finished, only one chapter to go! In Math we learned how to take 2-dimensional shapes and combine them to make one larger 2-dimensional shape. In Social Studies, we worked on our Washington, D.C. projects and then we ended the day with gym class.

Friday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started today by writing in our journals. Our topic was, "My favorite thing about second grade is..." Then we reviewed the "n," sound with -gn and -kn letter combinations; as well, as the "r," sound with the letter combination -wr. Our specials today were art and music. After our specials, we took our Spelling test. After lunch, we took our Reading test. In math, we discussed the relationship between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional solids. Some students in both Mrs. Bognetti's and Mrs. Walter's math classes have homework. This afternoon we took our Science test. For Celebration Day today, Mrs. Barrett read Harry Potter. We are at a very exciting place in the book and coming very close to the end. We hope to start watching the movie on Monday. Have a great weekend!

Wednesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

Today we started by writing in our journals about animals that we see in the zoo. Then we reviewed words that make the -oo sound with -ue or -oo. We introduced our vocabulary words and reread our story. Our special today was music. In math, we learned about 3-dimensional solids. Students in Mrs. Bognetti's class have math homework and students in Mrs. Walter's math class also have math homework. After lunch, we did our centers and then Mrs. Barrett read Harry Potter to the class. In Social Studies, we worked in our groups to begin drawing our Washington, D. C. monuments. They are off to a great start! In Science, we reviewed for our Chapter 10 Science test. Students had the option to bring their books home tonight if they wanted to study; but, I will also be sending them home tomorrow night to prepare for the test on Friday. At the end of the day, we learned the cursive letter, "k."

Tuesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

This morning we started our day by writing in our journals. Our topic for today was, "If I had a pet dinosaur, I would..." Then we discussed the -oo sound made with the letter combinations -oo and -ue. In Spelling, we introduced the new words and took the pretest. We also read our story for this week, "Dear Mr. Blueberry." Our specials today were gym and computer lab. Before lunch today, we learned the cursive letter, "f." After lunch, we did our centers. In math, we reviewed measurement and took our Unit 15 test. In Social Studies we got into our groups and chose our monuments for our Washington, D.C. project! Students are asked, if possible, to conduct an internet search to find a picture of their assigned monument.

Friday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started today by writing in our journals. The students were able to choose their own topics today and many of them chose to write about their weekends. We also reviewed words that make the "ear" sound and reviewed rhyming words in vocabulary. Our specials today were art and music. We had our Spelling test before lunch. After lunch, we took our Reading test. In math we reviewed different units of measure that we have been talking about. Students do not have math homework. In Science we reviewed sound and made a list of sources of sound that are in our homes and in our school. We ended the day with Celebration day. In honor of President's Day on Monday, we watching a video about President's Day and did a word search about George Washington. Please remember, there is no school on Monday in observance of President's Day.

Thursday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room

We started today by writing in our journals. The topic today was, "On a rainy day, I like to..." Then, we reviewed words that have the "oy" sound with the letters -oi and -oy. We also reviewed our Spelling words in preparation for our Spelling test tomorrow. We also reviewed cause and effect, as well as synonyms and adjectives. We had book buddies today before lunch. After lunch, Mrs. Barrett read Harry Potter to the class. In math, we learned about temperature and how to read a thermometer. Both students in Mrs. Walter's and Mrs. Bognetti's math classes have homework. After math we went the library and finished the day by reading a story. Please remember, there is a reading test tomorrow.