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)!

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Penguin Love

 Mrs. Cockrell LOVES penguins, and when she was out sick the week that we were supposed to study them, she was so sad!  We HAD to learn about penguins, so we did it the following week!  We read a lot of books, watched a lot of videos, read magazines, checked out Nat Geo Kids, and more.  We are definitely learning about all the places you can go to find out information about a topic.  This is great for our upcoming research project that you'll hear more about very soon!  :)

Please enjoy our pictures below:

 

 Left: Penguin Craftivity via Ms. Fultz's Corner (not our lovely librarian--different Ms. Fultz!)

Right: Penguin Book with Tree Map (idea found on Pinterest via Jean's Crafty Corner).

 

Tree Map about Penguins

 Penguin facts put into complete sentences

 I love how each penguin book looked so different!

Some wanted to use googly eyes, and some wanted to draw their own.

 Lots of great information!

 Some students added their own flair to their penguin craftivity! 

Love this penguin daddy protecting his egg.

 Penguin with earmuffs!

 Hair ribbon!  :)

 Love the earmuffs and speech bubble!

 Excited about all the new facts!

 Heart-shaped penguin!  :)

 Girly penguin!

They did really well putting their facts into complete sentences.  We are working up to writing paragraphs that flow, using a topic sentence and closing sentence.  2nd grade is a big year for writing growth!  Trying to get them prepared for all the writing in 3rd!  

Thanks for checking out all our hard work.  Not all the students wanted their pictures on our blog, but I hope you were able to see their awesome work when they brought home their projects.

Wonderful Work!

Here are few examples of students who worked very hard to do their very best work on an assignment:

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Way to go, guys!  Keep up the good work.  Whose wonderful work will be recognized next??  :)

Wonderful Work Created by 3D Students:

The last couple of weeks, we have been watching videos by Jeff Corwin, in which he visits many exotic locales and explores the ecosystems there. We have gotten to see some pretty exciting clips, such as him petting a leopard in the jungle (!!) and holding a wild monkey from the rainforest! Jeff Corwin is apparently much braver than I am. Ha!

Here are some awesome Circle Maps created by some of our amazing students while watching Jeff Corwin's video that was shot in the Amazon aquatic ecosystem.

(NOTE: Circle Maps are used to "define" a topic, so these maps are in essence, defining, or telling all about the Amazon ecosystem. You can click on an image to enlarge it.)



Jimena:



















David:



























Madisen:

























Eashana:

Star Student Work!

Quite a while ago we completed an assignment in the computer lab about the "3 R's" of helping the environment: Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle. I chose 3 students' work to showcase here on our class blog, but I forgot to do so! Here they are now. These 3 students thought of many examples for each way we can help out, and they put in lots of effort.

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Addie:





















Deniz:






















Matt: