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2nd Grade 2008-2009

Springer Elementary School

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News - October 10, 2008 Pen Check

CTC Play
We had a wonderful time at our CTC Play on Wednesday! We saw the story Snow White and Rose Red. It was an enjoyable story about two girls who meet a friendly bear, enchanted by a spell. We liked the funny dwarf from the story!

Grammar
We have started studying the different parts of speech; this week we reviewed nouns. The students worked in groups on a noun hunt to find pictures of people, places, and things. The results are wonderful collages hanging in our room!

Math
We focused on different types of graphs: pictographs, tally charts, and bar graphs. Students were busy this week creating their own graphs. They came up with a survey question and three possible choices. They interviewed 25 Springer children for their responses. Then we turned these surveys into tally charts to find the results of our data. We worked at the computer lab to make a wonderful looking bar graph! Next, we are working on writing various questions that can be answered from using their personal graph.

Mad Minute Math
We have started Mad Minute Math. Our goal is to do this twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You will be receiving the most recent tests in your child’s Friday Folder. If your child does not pass a particular test, use that test to study for the next. With math facts, we are aiming for 100% accuracy. Students should pass their threes for addition and subtraction by the end of T1.

Science
Science continues this week as students worked to create various spinners. Today we worked on making tops and learned how they spin on an axis.

Volunteer Opportunity
Monday, October 13th from 1:15-2:15. We are having an art docent lesson about Children at Play, showing the various games that children would play from long ago. It is suggested that we have a couple parent helpers. Email me if you’re interested!

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