Yeah... We just did that!

Murphy O'Meyer... there was so much excitement during math today. The students were working on 1 more/1 less and 10 more/10 less... and as each student came up to the board to work on their two or three digit number, all I kept hearing was, "These are so easy, Mrs. Kearson". So... challenge accepted. I changed up our 1 more/1 less and 10 more/10 less to include 100 more and "upped the ante" to the thousands! 

Well, one of my amazing mathletes (initials N.M.) accepted my challenge and KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK! The whole class was standing up and cheering his name as he worked his way across the board. We were loud, and we were proud! When our math-maniac finished, the entire room erupted in applause! BRILLIANT!!

I just love my second grade super stars!! They remind me every single day why I absolutely la-la-love teaching!! 

Look What We Did!

After a week of adding and subtracting two 2-digit and 3-digit numbers... borrowing and carrying over... the students asked me to make the last one challenging... WISH GRANTED!

Look what we did! My second graders are AHH-Mazing!!

Calendar Math

Here is a fun way to make your daily calendar math more interactive in the classroom. I pick a different day each week to use this as "morning work" so that it does not become monotonous throughout the school year. It works great to keep reinforcing skip counting, place value, odd and even numbers, and coin value. 

I have also included a copy of the daily calendar math activity in color and filled out for you to use when introducing this activity to your class for the first time. The monthly calendar templates can be filled out by your students and kept in their agendas/planners each month. Your students will gain a better understanding of calendars, days of the week, and months of the year by filling out these templates each month. :)

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Our First Week Back ROCKED!

We made it through our first week back in school... and what a GREAT first week back it was! 

The students worked so hard this week, that you would never know they just had an entire summer off. We worked on reviewing our math and literacy skills in our centers, and I have to say that I la-la-loved hearing the students say, "Ms. Kearson - this is so easy". I just love my second grade smartie-pants!! :)

We worked on story sequencing, characters, and setting with the story, "Lost and Found". The students did a most excellent job with their story comprehension, and I *know* they breezed right through the story skills test they had on Friday.

We also spent time this past week talking about, exploring, and using math and science tools in the classroom. Here are the journal entries we made this week to help remind us what tools we will be using in second grade, as well as how to use them...

Under each one of the "flaps", the students wrote how or why they would use these tools. This will be a great resource for the students to refer back to throughout the school year.

Friday we had our first Panther Pride day in Kearson's classroom. Each Friday we spend the first five minutes of recess picking up trash, bits, and what-nots around the playground area to show our Panther Pride at Crown Point Elementary. The students are really proud of the difference they are making... and I couldn't be prouder of them!

This upcoming week we will continue to review mastered skills in centers, and introduce new skills in the classroom. We will also begin having homework this week... YAY! ;)

I'm looking forward to another great week with my awesome second graders... I know they will continue to amaze me!!