Today went much smoother; we're starting to get the routine down! The boys and girls came in from the playground and we went right into our calendar and daily math warmup. During our math warmup we broke into partner groups and told each other story problems, showing our work and labeling on our whiteboards.
Daily math warm up-showing work and making partners of numbers
We started our language arts curriculum by reviewing the short 'a' sound. We read a book called "Ants," and the students learned EEKK style-elbow elbow knee knee.
(We had time in between lessons to share a few of our brown bag interests!)
After our short 'a' lesson, we talked about what good readers look for in books. I had a bag of shoes and I pulled out different types and asked what that shoe was used for ("Would a soccer player use a basketball shoe? No! Would my grandpas slipper fit me?) They learned that just like shoes have different uses, so do the books we read. Some shoes/books might work for some people, but not for me. When we choose a book we need to follow I PICK-I pick a book by the PURPOSE, INTEREST, COMPREHENSION, and KNOWING most words.
We had lunch and then came back and did a journal writing about the boys and girls second grade hopes and dreams. We also got our handwriting journals, and practiced writing the letter 'a.' Then we had computer, snack, PE, and home!
**Please bring any empty cereal boxes and old socks (for white board erasers!) if you have any :)