On Tuesday, we worked in groups with our math manipulatives again. We have some math wizards who take math much further than second grade level. One group. with three sets of nine disks, each set a different color, was able to make fractions. Another group considered the similarities and differences of a set of 2D polygons and asked about their names. They learned that in math vocabulary they are vertices and angles, not corners, and a diamond can also be a rhombus and/or a parallelogram.
In our regular math curriculum, after we've done a simple problem, we create a fact family from that number sentence. When we illustrate and have equal sets, we know it is an array. Arrays can help us multiply as well as add and subtract.
We are working hard to use our eyes, hands and voices to show what the words in our reading book are trying convey. What a class of dramatic readers.
We are learning all the elements of story- characters, problems, events, climax and solution.
We added "solution" to our Wild Word list because it can mean an answer, or a mixture.
We've got our props for The Three Little Pigs ready. We will take turns being narrators and actors.
Sometimes we bring in interesting things to share.
On Tuesday afternoon, we had a visitor that will talk to us for the next few weeks about character building. We get to take turns using her puppets.
In Social Studies, we talked about the difference in a country and continent. We thought of signs and symbols of our country.
On Wednesday afternoon, we read a great book about all the life in and around a fallen tree. Then we headed out to see our own fallen tree.
Some were catching critters, while others were designing a fairy abode, and another fashioning a cave for a salamander.
Thanks to a Tuesday pop-up storm, watering can wait another day.
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