Week #28 March 25-29, 2019
We wrapped up a few studies this week and enjoyed some culminating activities. We finished:
- a 10 day residency with Paton Sensei and Taiko drumming,
- a mini residency with Miss Nancy and Math & Art, and
- our opinion writing by mailing our letters.
Taiko:
Our group performed with excitement and confidence Friday evening! What a terrific way to showcase our hard work and practice! Thank you for your support and attendance, and thank you to the PTO for this memorable opportunity. Thank you to Sensei for the patience and time to share his knowledge and skill of Taiko & Japanese culture.
Math & Art:
Our final project with Miss Nancy focused on different shaped halves of a rectangle with equal areas. Students worked with different strategies to color half of a rectangle with a total area of 48 square units. All four second grade classes completed this project so we created a display for our hallway.
Opinion Writing:
Our letters are on their way! We finished our final drafts, addressed envelopes and walked to the post office to officially wrap up our unit. Thank you to Officer Bri for the safe escort as we crossed Williston Road.
We also enjoyed Hands-On-Nature this week learning about 3 different types of squirrels. Thank you to Anna Clark, Erin Sutherland and Victoria Zaluski for leading this session. The puppet play was complemented by our station work and we learned great information about gray squirrels, red squirrels and flying squirrels. We learned about their different survival skills, their footprints and we were also able to view and touch skulls and pelts.
*Visiting 3rd grade to be their audience for their non-fiction writing share
*Paying attention to the special language author's use in our reading books
*Put It On the Line math game with Mrs. Hock versus students (the students always won!)
*Drawing 3D shapes
*Seeing treasures through the eyes of a poet
I'll see you at parent conferences next week!
Mrs. Hock
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