2nd With Strunk: January 2015

Friday, January 30, 2015

Week in Review - January 30th

Thanks for checking out the blog this week. You can view our Week in Review by clicking here.

Mark Your Calendars:

February 3rd - Leader in Me Symposium (How to Catch a Star Performance)

February 4th - Late Start

February 11th - Valentine's Day Boxes Due

February 12th - Valentine's Day Parties @ 2:40 pm

February 13th - NO SCHOOL (Records Day)

February 16th - NO SCHOOL (President's Day)

Measurement:

This week students learned about measurement in math. We learned how to properly use a ruler and how to measure in inches and centimeters.

Sound:

One of our sound experiments this week was conducted with a slide whistle. Students tried to find the lowest and the highest pitch by adjusting the slides. We measured the length of the slides when we found the pitch we were looking for and recording our findings in our Science Notebooks.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Technology Tuesday

On this terrific technology Tuesday I'd like to share some of my favorite online reading sites. These sites are full of FREE read aloud that you will surely enjoy.

Read to Me

We Give Books - for each book that is read online another book is donated to a charity for children.

International Children's Digital Library

Storynory

National Geographic Young Explorer Magazine

Enjoy!

Friday, January 23, 2015

Week In Review - January 23rd

You can read our Week in Review here.

How to Catch a Star

Thank you so much to all of the parents who came to our shows to support our fabulous 2nd graders. I am so proud of all the hard work these kiddos put into this show! They have been working for months on this show and it definitely paid off. Great job Gummy Bears!

100th Day of School

We celebrated the 100th Day of School on Tuesday, January 20th. We used an app called Aging Booth to see what we would look like in 100 years!

Take a look at our virtual bulletin board.

*Click the pictures to view.

Twitter

This week students learned a lot about Twitter. We learned who our followers are and how to connect with them, we learned how to tweet at someone and how to use a hashtag. Next week students will begin to have the opportunity to be "Tweeter of the Day". Students will use one of the class iPads to send Tweet updates throughout the day.

Be sure that you follow us on Twitter!

@2ndWithStrunk

Valentine's Day Challenge

For more information about Valentine's Day boxes please click here.

Mark Your Calendars

January 27th - Author Visit: Judy Young

February 4th - Late Start

February 12th - Valentine's Day Parties at 2:40pm

February 13th - NO SCHOOL (Records Day)

February 16th - NO SCHOOL (President's Day)

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Technology Tuesday

Can you believe it? It's the 100th day of school already!

This week's Technology Tuesday has activities that have to do with 100. Check them out below.

Give the Dog a Bone is a fun game played on a 100s chart. Students should use what they know about the 100s chart to find the hidden bones. A fun challenge for the 100th day of school!