Show me the money!

The 2nd graders have been learning about money. We have been reviewing the names and values of all coins and playing a new game to practice counting money and making change.

Check out this great video we used
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Peqc252O1gE

Counting collections- school supplies

The students created a supply inventory as a way for us to keep track of our school supplies. This activity was a wonderful way for students to learn more about place value

Learning at its best!

At home 2nd grader, Jonathan Ireland, designed and wrote directions for building his own Lego creation. He brought it in for Mrs. Konrad to try. This was a great example of a student applying reading, writing and problem solving skills.

Another SAC jar filled!

The students filled another larger jar with safe, achieving and caring behavior. A few students counted 10s and 100s to find our total- 598 cubes! That's a lot a SAC!!!

Mr A's last day

We wished Mr A best of luck on his last day of student teaching at SACS! The students made him a book about what made him a great teacher!

Counting collections

This week in math we read about the MaSloppy's, a messy family, who learns from one of children that organizing and counting can make life much easier! The students began organizing our math supplies. We began by sorting out linker cubes. The students recorded their counting in our new counting collections book. During our math workshop the students also got to play "an old favorite" from last year, double compare, to practice facts to 20. Students also got to play favorite games on the website ictgames.com.

Everyone counts!

After reading the book Everyone Counts the 2nd graders spent the first few weeks of school filling a jar full of safe, achieving and caring behavior. We first estimated how many cubes we thought were in the jar by looking for groups of 10. Then several students worked together to count the total number of cubes we earned. The second graders counted groups of 10 and then made groups of 100. The total number of cubes equaled 245 cubes. We celebrated having a special snack. The students are now working on filling an even bigger jar!