Mr. Stare
We have been hard at work in 1st and 2nd grade. We just finished our 2nd unit in our Language Arts curriculum. We learned about Jobs Around Town, Buildings, Our Community, Helping, and How to Use Maps in 1st Grade. In 2nd Grade we have learned about Animals in Nature, Animals in Stories, Animal Habitats, Baby Animals, and Animals in Poems.
We have been having fun Adding and Subtracting in Math Lessons. We are learning that there are many different ways to solve a problem and still come to the right answer. We have learned about number bonds, the Arrow Way, and Make 10 Equations. We have also been solving word problems with the help of Mine Craft C.U.B.E.S. We have been Circling the numbers, Underling the question, Boxing the buzz word, Evaluating what strategy to use, and then Solving the problem. Mr. Stare has even started to let the students play a video game in class. We have been playing Prodigy, a math game that reviews what we've learned all year as we navigate around an imaginary world catching animal pets and battling other players to save the world. Mr. Stare has also been discussing confidence in Math Lessons. As a class we discussed how to build our confidence up by asking questions, volunteering to teach during lessons, and by paying attention when lessons are going on.
In the month of December our class elf Pepper came back to room 10. He brought Salt the reindeer back as well as a new Saint Bernard named Cinnamon. We were even lucky enough to be visited by a special Super Elf a couple of days in December. The students really enjoyed finding Pepper daily and seeing what kind of mischief he was getting into.
Elliot, the Dragon, has still been going on weekend adventures with the students as well. His journal is filling up with beautiful artwork and journal entries. Elliot has gone to a tea party, a birthday party, carved pumpkins, been to a teacher conference, and he even had a chance to ride the Polar Express. I wonder what new adventures Elliot will go on in 2018?
Mr. Stare's 1st and 2nd Grade Class
We have been having fun Adding and Subtracting in Math Lessons. We are learning that there are many different ways to solve a problem and still come to the right answer. We have learned about number bonds, the Arrow Way, and Make 10 Equations. We have also been solving word problems with the help of Mine Craft C.U.B.E.S. We have been Circling the numbers, Underling the question, Boxing the buzz word, Evaluating what strategy to use, and then Solving the problem. Mr. Stare has even started to let the students play a video game in class. We have been playing Prodigy, a math game that reviews what we've learned all year as we navigate around an imaginary world catching animal pets and battling other players to save the world. Mr. Stare has also been discussing confidence in Math Lessons. As a class we discussed how to build our confidence up by asking questions, volunteering to teach during lessons, and by paying attention when lessons are going on.
In the month of December our class elf Pepper came back to room 10. He brought Salt the reindeer back as well as a new Saint Bernard named Cinnamon. We were even lucky enough to be visited by a special Super Elf a couple of days in December. The students really enjoyed finding Pepper daily and seeing what kind of mischief he was getting into.
Elliot, the Dragon, has still been going on weekend adventures with the students as well. His journal is filling up with beautiful artwork and journal entries. Elliot has gone to a tea party, a birthday party, carved pumpkins, been to a teacher conference, and he even had a chance to ride the Polar Express. I wonder what new adventures Elliot will go on in 2018?
Mr. Stare's 1st and 2nd Grade Class
