Sept. 28th

Happy Friday! We got in the classroom, unpacked, and did word problems for morning work. Mrs. Johnson's friends came over and we introduced today's centers. We took data on our experiment and recorded it in a chart. We also took a look at this week's biography. It was about Marian Anderson, who was a talented singer. She was born in 1892, in Pennsylvania. She wasn't allowed to sing in a theatre because of her race. But, the First Lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt, arranged a concert for her in front of the Lincoln Memorial. We even watched the concert on YouTube. In math, we did a science center, a computer center, an iPad center, and worked with Mrs. Bruno. In science, we learned the four main types of clouds: cumulus, stratus, cirrus, and nimbus. Now, when we make cloud observations, we'll know what to call them!!!!! Have a happy weekend!!!

Sept. 26

When we came in this morning and read while Mrs. Bruno checked Husky Pads. Mrs. Johnson's class came in and worked on Math Studies Weekly: Add and Subtract. We did Math Magician and worked on our "Making Tens" strategy. We reviewed our solids and liquids unit and moved into the water cycle. We learned that water travels in a cycle and that there is always the exact same amount of water on Earth. We learned the steps of the water cycle using a song. We know what evaporation, condensation, and precipitation mean and can sing you the song! We also went outside to observe clouds. We'll talk about them later this week! It was time for snace and heading to Mrs. Johnson!

Sept. 25, 2012

When we came in today, we started morning work on a word problem. After checking Husky Pads, Mrs. Johnson's class came over and learned about Socrative. Socrative is a computerized test, and we practiced taking a funny test. We headed to the computer lab for, what we thought would be, fun. No such luck!!!! It was a bad day in the lab. We waited, waited, waited, and then we waited. For the entire 45 minutes we were trying to take Global Scholar, the computer continued to freeze!!! So, we finally headed back to the room and learned another fact fluency skill . . . making ten. This should help us on our fact fluency homework each night. NO MORE FINGER COUNTING!!! : ) Then it was yummy snack time!!!!

September 24, 2012

Happy Monday! We're excited to be back at school! The moment we came into the classroom we began to work hard. We copied spelling words and wrote sentences, too. We tried to get as many as possible completed so we do less for homework. Mrs. Johnson's class came over, and Mrs. Bruno introduced our new math topic . . . branching!!!!! YEAAAAAAAA!!!! We experiment with liquids this morning, and we tried to use their properties to tell what they were. We looked at detergent, hand soap, corn syrup, water, colored water, cooking oil, and fabric softener. In math, Ms. Veigas taught us a math lesson while her professor observed her. We worked with white boards and base 10 blocks. We will continue to work with these skills for many, many weeks to come!!!!

First Day of Our New Blog

Today, we will begin blogging with our new 2nd grade class. We have already had a great start to the year, and we know it will just keep getting better. Mrs. Bruno said she would change the picture on the blog . . . because THAT IS NOT OUR CLASS!!! We also began something else new today. We started our weekly trips to the red hall computer lab. We worked on IXL today, and Mrs. Bruno said we'll do many other things, as well. We smiled pretty for our class pictures today. No one broke the camera cause we're all pretty and handsome! : ) Sadly, because of the computer lab and pictures (and some serious internet outages), we've struggled to accomplish much else so far. We'll do better tomorrow. Tomorrow will be time for math centers, and we have a test Friday! YIKES!