The 100th Day of School

On Thursday Orange Pod celebrated the 100th day of school. We did different rotations in each classroom. Some of the activities included building structures from 100 marshmallows & 100 toothpicks, finding ten more or 10 less on a 100 chart, writing 100 words (10 each of sight words, proper nouns, adjectives, verbs, contractions, possessives, plurals, synonyms, compound words, and antonyms), making a Fruit Loop necklace with 100 Fruit Loops in a pattern, reading books about the 100th day and completing a word search, and counting how many times they could do certain things in 100 seconds (clapping hands, writing name, etc.). I also surprised each of them with an aged photo of themselves and asked them to respond to the writing prompt, When I am 100 years old. It was a fantastic day with tons of learning and loads of fun!

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January 24, 2014

HOMEWORK Please read for 20 minutes each night and record your time on the January reading log. Reading homework (in folder) is due on Thursday 1/30 and we will also have reading test that day. Math homework (in folder) is due on Friday 1/31. Please practice and review spelling words for test on Friday 1/31.

Second Grade News

Mrs. Youngs Class

Dates to Remember Jan 27: PTO Meeting 6 pm (Green Pod Performs) Jan 31: Class Group Pictures Have a fantastic weekend! Autmn Young & Nauteshia Williams
asyoung@auburnschools.org

February 6 is Lucky Tray Day in the cafeteria for Orange Pod. Students buying school lunch on this date will receive stickers and the lucky tray will receive a prize.

We have been working on:

Reading, Writing, & Language Arts

Writing daily in our journal, focusing on using proper capitalization, punctuation, sequential order, using appropriate 2nd grade sentences, and developing story with a clear beginning, middle, and ending. Used this weeks spelling words to complete Spelling Addition and also put words in ABC order. Practiced using the helping verbs had, has, and have correctly in sentences. Responded to the writing prompt, What would you do to get your face on a $100 bill?. Learned and recited the poem Outdoor Bedtime. They also illustrated the poem and highlighted compound words in the poem. Read/listened to Diary of a Worm and completed a story map. Independently read Natures Ice Cubes and answered questions about the information they read to ensure comprehension. One activity included finding the main idea of different sections of the article. Small group reading with Mrs. Young; working on comprehension practice and answering questions using text evidence.

Daily news; focusing on editing work. Checking capitalization, punctuation, spelling, word endings and finding nouns (proper & common), verbs (action & linking) subjects, predicates, plurals, compound words, and adjectives. Also we have been working on writing interesting , detailed, second grade sentences.

Calendar skills, skip counting, place value, addition, subtraction, odd/ even, time and money. Fluency strategies. Subtraction Facts Fluency.

Reviewed & assessed 2 digit addition. Started working on 2 digit subtraction. Breaking apart ones to subtract. Breaking apart 2 digit numbers to subtract. Modeled regrouping for subtraction. Number patterns with simple addition and subtraction problems Continued working on telling time on analog clocks. Played math games have been introduced, that support subtraction operations, Introduced Collect $1.00 where students take turns rolling the dice and recording the number. They collect that amount in coins and keep adding to it with each roll/ turn. The activity is over when you have collected $1.00.

Math

After reading the article Natures Ice Cubes students completed an activity on states of matter. The had to identify solids, liquids, and gases. We read about our Earth and its changes. We learned that plates under the Earths surface can move suddenly or over time to change the surface of the Earth. We read the book Top to Bottom Down Under. We learned about different animals native to Australia and their habitats.

Social Studies/Science