Partial Sums

The students are continuing their practice with the partial sums strategy for adding double and triple digit numbers, this week using base ten blocks as a visual:

Farmer in the Classroom

On Friday we were fortunate to be visited by John Harnois from Harnois Farm.  He brought along a hen from his farm as well as chicken eggs,  and taught us all about raising birds on his farm.

Author's Chair

Here are a couple snapshots form our most recent Author's Chair, a wonderful time to share our writing with one another.

Graphing

Learning how to graph is an important skill in second grade. Last week the students gathered data on how many pockets they each had on that day, then tallied up the results, and created both a picture graph and a bar graph to represent the data.

Assembly Lines in Action

In Social Studies we have begun learning about "Goods and Services" and today we worked in mini assembly lines to create a product, to simulate how workers produce goods in factories.  Each child had a different job in the assembly line, and each "factory" created six games, one for each child to take home. The children showed some amazing team work and efficiency! 

Beat the Calculator

Another game that has become a fast favorite in Math is "Beat the Calculator".  The children play three roles: the "caller", the "brain" and the "calculator".  The caller calls out addition problems, the brain solves the problem in their head and the calculator must solve the problem only using the calculator.  It was great to see how often the brain solved the problem fast than the calculator!

Telling Time

This week the students learned to play a math game called ""Clock Concentration" which works much like the game of memory, except that instead of an exact picture match, analog times are matched with digital times. Practicing time on an analog clock (or watch) at home is a great way to improve your child's skills!