Phew!  That felt like a really long week, but it was a great one!  We continue to work on routines, and are really starting to get the hang of second grade!  I am so proud of so many of our bobcats!  We have finally chosen a class name!  We are the DJ Dolphins!  I guess we have some music lovers amongst us!  I would have guessed that, by the amount of dancing that takes place, on a daily basis. :).

 

We have been busy working on math routines. We’ve consistently done two centers, but had a little trouble adding in a third center.  I’m pretty sure we will get there, this week!  We continue to work on building a solid sense of numbers, this week!  Last week, we played a new game on the iPads, called slide!  The children had a lot of fun with it!  We also continued to play the number grid game.  We practiced using the number grid, and looked for patterns!  We sure do have a room full of detectives!  I was quite impressed at how many patterns they found, and how they built upon each other’s observations!  I am so excited for what is to come, this year!  We are off to such a great start!!!  This week, we will be finishing up with unit one!  Wowzers, that went by fast!  The children will be assessed on their progress in unit one, and they will start working with me, consistently in small group, in unit 2!

 

During our literacy block, we have been getting familiar with reading block routings, practicing spelling, grammar, vocabulary and high frequency word practice!  This week, we may start some reading groups!  The kids have continued to devour books!  I’m so excited to put in the next book order!   We have had some great conversations about their books, already!  What a great room of readers!  We started to work with words, and had some great conversations about nouns and plural nouns, already!  We are already on the lookout for some rule breakers!  We will continue to work on adding -es to the end of some nouns to make them plural, as well as identifying root words, and some inflectional endings!

 

What a beautiful weekend!  If only we could have weather like this everyday!  I hope that you and your families were able to get outside and play this weekend!  We certainly did!!!   I can’t wait to hear, and read all of the weekend news!  We’ve already had some fun with indoor recess, but it’s so nice when the kids can get out and get some fresh air!

Here are a few pics from some indoor recess play!