Dr. Seuss!!

To celebrate someone as awesome as Dr. Seuss takes a couple of days and MANY fun activities. We wrote stories, read our favorite stories, did awesome math, had yummy snacks and much more  (and we might have squeezed in a video or two!)! Take a look...

 ABC order book titles

 How many words can you make with the letters from Cat in the Hat?

 Reading about Theodore Giesel the man behind Dr. Seuss

 Writing about our favorite character

 Cat in the Hat snack

 Our favorite books from home!

 Using the words from Cat in the Hat to write our own sentences

 Reading our books with friends

 One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Arrays!

 Hall Cuteness!

Informative Writing (How to Make an Edible Snowman)

This quarter we have been working on writing 'how to' essays. We started off with How to make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, that might have been one the most entertaining lessons ever. The students were told to write, in detail, the directions for making a PB & J sandwich. Once they wrote their essays I purchased the materials needed to make the sandwiches, and then the fun began! I read what they wrote and did exactly as they said - Imagine this - when a student said you put the peanut butter on the bread - I literally took the jar of peanut butter and placed it on top of the loaf of bread. The roar of laughter was contagious and very quickly they learned how important details were going to be!

Our second writing was much more successful - How to Make an Edible Snowman. Again they wrote and we built and they had a great time...let the pictures tell the story of each snowman!

                The finished writing displayed for all to see :)

Geography

We spent the last few weeks focusing on the Essential Standards of Geography in second grade. The students have learned so much by playing map skill games, vocabulary memory, making maps and working in groups and so much more. It has been lots of work but they now have a basic understanding of the regions of North Carolina, map skills, landforms, their place in world through the activity - Me on the Map, and all of the vocabulary that goes along with these important skills. Here are some pictures that were taken recently!