Good Morning,
To sum up the week, we were a few fries short of a Happy Meal or wow COVID hit our class hard this week. We have most of our friends back today and I will use this afternoon to try and get everyone back on the same page with their work.
I was trying to think of something fun to help the kids stay cool today. I tried renting a snow cone machine but no one sells block ice anymore. So, I brought in some lemonade, ice, and a blender. We will be making lemonade slushies at 2:00 today. Needless to say, they are a little excited.
2nd Grade Math Update: This week we wrapped up our geometry unit with an end of unit assessment. Students easily identified various polygons by their attributes as well as found the area of various shapes.When exploring fractions this week students learned that half of the fraction ½ is the the ¼. We also discovered that it is important to consider the size of the whole when comparing fractions. If the whole are the same size then ½ will always be equal to ½, even if the whole is split in half differently (see model to the left). It's hard to believe that we only have four weeks left of second grade math. For the remainder of the year in math we will continue to explore fractional reasoning and develop efficient strategies for solving 3 digit-by 3 digit addition and subtraction that will prepare us for third grade math.
In first grade math, the students were looking at what happens to numbers when you only take away form the tens column. We played a variety of games that focused on this concpet.
Please keep the evening of June 2nd free. Our class will have an evening to show off the three projects we are currently working on. This will go from 6:00-7:00 pm that day.
That is all for now. Have a great weekend.
Peace,
Tommy
