As you can see from the photos our math curriculum is very hands on! In the top photos of students, they are making different arrays (rectangles) using 10 tiles. We will be doing this activity again throughout the month with different numbers. This helps build the foundation for multiplication, while learning about even and odd numbers, repeated addition, and geometry along the way! Next, you will see students working with beans. The second graders had to estimate what they thought would be 50 beans. Then they had to count their actual number and find the difference. Then, the combined with a partner to see how close they were to 100 beans. Finally, you will student working with groups of Unifix cubes. They were showing numbers using sticks of ten, and loose ones. They had to show numbers in different ways. For examples, when showing 43, students might first show 4 tens sticks and 3 loose cubes. Then, they might change to 3 tens sticks, and 13 loose cubes.
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Some members of the HHS Raiders Football team came to visit Kennedy today! These two happen to be JFK alumni, and also happen to be Mrs. Mitchell alumni! :) The second graders loved having lunch with the players, and especially loved the special visit to our classroom and the high fives from these two!
Today in science we continued our discussion on the scientific method. Students asked a question: What will happen when we mix oil with water?. The student then made predictions and recorded them on paper. We made a plan and put the plan into action! Students used iPads to take photos of their cups with oil and water. They uploaded the photos to Seesaw, labeled their photos and did voice recordings of their findings. We then came together at the end to discuss our results and come up with a conclusion.
Our specialist teachers hosted an all school assembly to discuss the character trait of being ready to learn. They had a rock and roll theme, while teaching us what being ready to learn looks like! It was a fun and interactive assembly! Ryan an Izeck were the second grade representatives to hold up posters and help Mrs. Heckendorf!
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