WHE students had a shortened week due to the celebration of Columbus Day on Monday. The students in our class worked on a few projects pertaining to Columbus and talked about his voyage to the Americas. Our weekly literature theme centered on animal rescue as we read our mai selection "A Habor Seal Pup Grows Up."
We moved into a new section in our math series. We have been discussing new ways to improve our subtraction skills. It's great to see students whom struggle with traditional subtraction methods "switch on" when a new method is introduced.
Our science unit took us on a planting adventure. We planted bean seeds in egg shells and will follow the progress of each seed as they mature. Every three days we will unearth a seed and check the progress.
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ed Jump Rope for Heart this week as each class jumped during PE time on Thursday. Our rainy week kept PE activities inside as we watched the skies for a change. With the weather turning to fall, we look forward to some leaf experiments next week and will start a new unit on community helpers in our reading series. Spelling and handwriting skills continue to improve in our class as we learn more difficult words.
ed Jump Rope for Heart this week as each class jumped during PE time on Thursday. Our rainy week kept PE activities inside as we watched the skies for a change. With the weather turning to fall, we look forward to some leaf experiments next week and will start a new unit on community helpers in our reading series. Spelling and handwriting skills continue to improve in our class as we learn more difficult words. The class Halloween party is coming up and we look forward to parent/teacher conferences soon. I hope all the parents are prepared to see the great work their second graders are doing.
