In Our Classroom...
There has been lots of talk about sickness at school lately and we've definitely felt the impact in our classroom this past week. With that said, I think our class is on the mend and hopefully we will return to a full crew this week. No worries though, we will continue to wipe down and disinfect the room daily.
Our work in social studies lately gets to the heart of what we perceive to be "normal." I challenged the kids to brainstorm in groups about their concept of the "Normal Second Grader." Each group then planned and designed this example of a second grader in life-size poster format. The groups have begun presenting these to the class, explaining the decision making process behind each of their choices. We are analyzing these reasons to hopefully gain a greater understanding of the fact that there really is no normal. This process is driving us toward our future study of different countries and ultimately our next independent expert project.
In reading, we have been reviewing texts that coordinate with our Normalcy study and independently working on strategies to find a stick-to-it book rather than shuffling between a few. We have begun publishing our current fiction stories and hope to complete these this week. As mathematicians we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes and their respective characteristics. This week we will revisit larger addition with regrouping in a more traditional model to extend from all of our work with base ten blocks previously and we will also work on building strategies to solve subtraction problems.
Important Dates
March 7 SIC/PTP Meeting
March 8 Sandhills Library (Shealy/ Hass 11:30)
March 11 Spring Pictures
March 14 Curriculum Night #4
March 15 Student Holiday
March 22 Parents Night Out**
Last week, the kids designed their version of a "normal second grader."
They were challenged to create their own quilt patterns given their choice of one shape and two colors.
We have begun presenting the group designs with the class.
