Let's Go to Lego Land and Explore Usernames and Passwords

We will talk about usernames and password safety by using this LEGO WEBSITE.

Let's Visit NASA's Picture Dictionary to Practice Searching on the Web

Here's a LINK to NASA's Picture Dictionary

Let's Visit the SanDiego Zoo

Here's the LINK

Welcome 2C Families!

This year is bound to be a blast with an all new cast in 2C. We have 22 friendly faces in our class with many new adjustments and adaptations to our schedule. In just a small nutshell, this is the schedule for our day:
9:00     Guided Math Workshop
10:00    Specials including Art, Music, PE, LRC/Wellness
10:55    Back for more Math Workshop (Math Talk)
11:15    What I Need (WIN) Time: Student goals and interventions explored at this time.
12:10    Lunch/Recess with Third Grade
12:50    Literacy Block which includes Reading, Guided Reading, Writing, and Word Work
2:30      Snack and Recess Break
2:45      Social Studies and Science

We will blend in weekly events like LRC Checkout and STEM Challenges in the 21st Century Learning Lab as well.

More details regarding our year and how we spend it will take place on September 6 at the Curriculum Night. Our second grade class will meet to share these details at 6pm. Please plan on attending and learning more about the awesome year ahead.

STEM: Wind Powered Marble Mazes

Students designed a marble maze with straws, sticks, and glue.

The designs were tested with a stopwatch to see how quickly they could maneuver a marble through it.

Everyone tried to reach their personal best for time on this project.

STEM: Paper Column Challenge

We learned that the shape of a cylinder is the strongest for serving as a structure to hold weight. Triangle columns and square columns buckle quickly with weight being isolated on the folded sides. A cylinder bears the weight all the way around.

This group maxed out at 100 books!

Teamwork in this challenge was high. We also used Chromebooks to log our data from the challenge.

Can you imagine that stack of books being held up by a piece of paper?? 

Cool stuff indeed.

Don't forget to come to the STEM Open House on March 16th! 

I'll have some good things for you to try, and more throughout the building.

New Math Unit Gets a Hands On Start

Students are getting a hands on feel for the addition of numbers in the hundreds. When we bring thinking down to a concrete level, it allows for those connections to be made when we are "carrying and borrowing" in traditional methods. It takes time, but the rewards are large.