Fraction Fun

Last week we created some Fraction Foldables and fraction pyramids, and some of us wanted to show off their cool creations!! :)

Happy weekend!

100th Day Fun!

We had a blast on our 100th day of school in 2nd grade.

I was so sad that we had several students out sick--we missed them and wish they could have been there with us.

Here are some pictures of all the work we did (fun work, of course)!

Create your own picture slideshow

Pajama Day, Hot Cocoa, and Skittle Math

3 things that don't really go together, but they were all lots of fun!

Enjoy some photos of the students in their pjs, drinking hot cocoa (made by Mrs. C. In the crock pot), and completing graphs and questions about their Skittles. :)

Holiday Fun

We designed Snowman Families last week. When we were finished, each student made a tally chart of their snowman data: how many total eyes, buttons, scarves, etc. Then each table group got together and added up all their data. (A lot harder than it sounds!) I forgot to snap a pic of our giant class bar graph, but here are a few pics of the project.

Update: I added some pics of the giant class bar graph!  Just keep scrolling down.  :)

I love how each Snowman Family looked totally different!

Here are some pictures of our whole class bar graph:

Table 3 apparently got a liiiiiiiitle wild with the buttons!  :)

 

 Each color represents a table of students, except for orange, which represented the whole class!

Math Workshop!

During Math Workshop, we are practicing our math skills, but we are also working on other important skills like communication, collaboration, and problem solving.

Another thing we work on a lot in 2nd grade is explaining HOW we got our answer or solved the problem.

Here are some pictures from last week:

Showing What We Know With the iPad: Regrouping

A few weeks ago, we practiced our addition with regrouping by explaining the steps involved.   The students were asked to demonstrate their knowledge on the iPad App: Show Me, which records your voice and your drawing simultaneously.  I think you will be impressed to see the students' hard work and their awesome explanations!

NOTE: Not all students finished this activity or may have been absent...if they would like to create a video, tell them to remind me when they have free time.  I would love for every student to show off their "Show Me!" :)

Click the student's name to view their Show Me video...(In no particular order:)

Aryon

Sydney

Madhura

Mika

Ryan

Conner

Nathan

Kaleb

Jordan

Kaalyn

Sriya

Mary Grace

Mira

Alex

Riley

Our Doubles Rap Performance

Oh my goodness, did we LOVE practicing our Doubles Raps today!  The students had a blast singing and dancing, and if the song gets stuck in their heads as much as it does mine, they will have those facts memorized in no time!

I think you will definitely enjoy watching their awesome performance.  Click on the link below to view the video (the video is only accessible to those who have this link).

2A Doubles Rap
SO much fun!

Doubles!

This week, we are learning all about doubles.  To introduce the concept, we read One Potato, Two Potato, a book about a poor farming couple who discover a magic pot that doubles whatever you put into it!

Check out these fun videos that practice making doubles:

Perimeter and Area Practice

Please check out the website below for some amazing practice calculating the perimeter of a shape (add all sides to find the distance AROUND) and finding the area of a shape (multiplying Length x Width to find the space INSIDE the shape).

AREA & PERIMETER WEBSITE

Please remember that time on this website can be counted toward your 45 minutes of weekly math practice--record in agenda to get credit!

Our lesson on multiplying 2 digit x 1 digit numbers!

Please take a few minutes to watch our video of when we learned how to multiply 2 digit by 1 digit numbers. We learned 2 different ways, so take your pick as to which way is easier for you.

Practice Multiplication Facts with fun videos/songs!!!

Check out this video and rap for the 0's, 1's, 2's, and 3's!! Thanks to Mrs. Danzinger who created the rap and put it on YouTube to share!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3pq1ay8l-4


I love this video for the 2's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yvf3YbFAew
Schoolhouse Rock video for the 2's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1vtR3_EuKk


Schoolhouse Rock video for the 3's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMJyzAp7I5w


Schoolhouse Rock video for the 4's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA7LArb30sY
Song for the 4's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlN14fxE3-A

Interesting idea (learning 4's through the drums!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrIHyATuTBU


Schoolhouse Rock video for 5's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzYpuv5bfCI
Song for 5's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLEUThK_8E


Cute Schoolhouse Rock video for 6's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwkgNf69ihY


Schoolhouse Rock video for 7's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kayb743y6jY


Schoolhouse Rock video for 8's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iChjFqFO1ik


Schoolhouse Rock video for 9's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0o_gXn7bl4


Schoohouse Rock video for 11's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxEQiI2C1WI


Schoolhouse Rock video for 12's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-yp0QaecO0

Song for 12's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rer1upUlIXg

Graphs Practice

This week we are reviewing what we learned about interpretating data and creating graphs. Here are some fun ways to practice what we've learned.




INTERPRET DATA

READING AND CREATING PICTOGRAPHS

DATA PICKING GAME


I hope you'll enjoy using some of these websites for Math Practice this week!

Can you believe it's already December tomorrow?!

Rounding to the nearest ten & hundred: Video Lesson

Today we used the Smart Recorder on our Smartboard. This feature is probably (in my opinion) one of the coolest things our Smartboard does! You definitely need to watch it (or just part of it) to see how neat it is!

Below is a video we created on our Smartboard today of our lesson on how to round to the nearest ten and nearest hundred. This is a great thing for your child to watch to review the rules of rounding (estimating).

KEY WORDS FOR ROUNDING: round, estimate, about

ENJOY!!!