We have been working on making predictions in science. Last week my students had a great opportunity to make a prediction, make observations, and practice measurement skills. The students watched water walk. Here’s how it works. You will need the following materials: 2 clear cups water food coloring paper towel something to prop one cup up higher than the… Read More
Photos of Our Measurement Mania!
We have been elbows deep into our measurement study for almost 2 weeks and we still have a week to go. I’ve mentioned in several previous posts that we have had to start introducing some Common Core Standards now for fear we will not get to them in our new curriculum. I created this pack to help my grade level… Read More
Graphing in 2nd Grade
Our 2nd grade team has been working hard at introducing graphing to our students. Our district is piloting a new curriculum this year. Since we got a very late start with using the program, we know we will not finish teaching everything before the school year is over. We looked ahead and are tacking the measurement strand. For the past… Read More
Scavenger Hunt for Nonfiction Text Features
We have reached the halfway point in our nonfiction text features study. It was time to slow down and see if students could identify the features within a piece of nonfiction text. I have a subscription to Time for Kids (TFK) magazines for 2nd grade students this year. A collection started piling up in October and November. I wanted to save… Read More
Captions, Labels, Tables, and Graphs
In the past two weeks we added to our Nonfiction Text Features hunt by identifying captions, labels, tables, and graphs in our texts. Here is a current pic of our anchor chart with all of the updated features: Here’s a close-up of the pages attached to the chart. Each of these pages matches the ones the kids are putting into… Read More
Gobstoppers Experiment
We have been making predictions in science. I have been using a unit from Kristen Smith. I thought this would be a great addition. I saw this idea on Pinterest and followed the idea to its source: Steve Spangler Science and knew it would be a perfect addition to the unit. Keep reading to find out how to see this: A… Read More
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