Island Conquer

Here are some pictures of a math game we played last week called Island Conquer.  It helped us practice plotting coordinates, finding the perimeter of rectangles, and addition.

                           

Start Practicing Telling Time

Our next math unit will be on time.  A large part of the unit is on elapsed time, so students will need to be able to read an analog clock to the minute.  This is usually a skill students needs some practice with.  I would strongly encourage students to go on iXL.com and practice under the time sections in second and third grade before doing fourth grade.  I will show them how to do the elapsed time in a variety of ways in class.  Then they can choose which works best for them.

Homework for Week of October 6-10

*Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Picture Retakes are October 28 and No School next Monday for Columbus Day

Monday (Day 5):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - Finish Unit 2 Review Sheet-  Test tomorrow
Spelling - Cut word cards and sort them (you don't need to write them down)

Tuesday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - ixl.com (link on blog and password in binder) Choose two of the lessons under Time in 2nd grade - should start with the letter Q
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - 3-1
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Sheet 3-2
Spelling - Blind Sort

Friday (Day 3):
Read for 30 minutes
Choose a lesson or two from iXL.com in second or third grade

Math videos to help with homework

Last year, my students found it helpful to watch short videos to help them with new and more complex math concepts.  We found the great videos made by  LearnZillion.com and Math Antics.

Here is a video on variables which might help with some of our lessons and homework this week.
Click Here.  You should not need to register.  You can click on the top right corner where is asks if you are a student and then it will take you to the video.

I will continue to post short videos throughout the year to help with homework.  I hope you find them helpful.

Homework for Week of September 29 - October 3

*Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend

Field Trip permission slips with $8 for our Old York are due Oct. 8.  If you were chosen to be a chaperone the cost is $2.75.

Picture Retakes are October 28

Monday (Day 6):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - Sheet 2-6
Spelling - Cut word cards and sort them (you don't need to write them down)

Tuesday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - Sheet 2-5
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - 2-7
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Unit 2 Review Sheet #1-8 Test Tuesday
Spelling - Blind Sort

Friday (Day 4):
Read for 30 minutes
xtramath.org
Math- Unit 2 Review Sheet #9-15 due Tuesday -  Test Tuesday

Mystery Minerals

Our class has been learning about the different properties of minerals.  Last week we did a streak and iron test to start gathering data to help us identify our 10 "Mystery Minerals".  The students have done such a great job creating charts to organize their data while working together to do the different tests.

 

 

Homework for Week of September 22-26

*Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend

Field Trip permission slips with $8 for our Old York are due Oct. 8.  If you were chosen to be a chaperone the cost is $2.75.

Monday (Day 1):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - Rounding Sheet
Spelling - Cut word cards and sort them

Tuesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - Sheet 2-2
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - Sheet 2-3
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes
Math-Sheet 2-4
Spelling - Blind Sort

Friday (Day 5):
Read for 30 minutes
xtramath.org