| Ms. Chantal Binginot, Grade 2 Morristown Elementary School Classroom Newsletter |
October
26, 2007 Literacy The class started a new unit in Open Court this week. Our new theme is Kindness. This week’s story was Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg. In this story, an ant, a butterfly, a mouse and a rabbit all try to hide under a mushroom during a heavy rain storm. They learn that the mushroom grows as it soaks up the water from the rain. This story reminded many of us of The Mitten by Jan Brett because there was always just enough room under the mushroom for each animal.
Math
We learned more about surveys this week. Each student chose a survey
question and collected data about their question by surveying their
classmates. They also chose a type of graph to represent their data.
We learned about pictographs, bar graphs, tally chart graphs and
pie charts. The students are now using a computer program called
Graph Club to make their final survey presentation. We
have been learning about many different kinds of maps and about
the globe in Social Studies. We read a big book called Me on the
Map. Now we are making our own smaller version of that book. Taylor
has been our Star of the Week! Here
is our Friday riddle:
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| Online
Resources |
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| Directions and Ordered Lists | |
| eHow has ordered directions and list that students could see as examples of how to create their own set of directions. . Check out the screen tutorials below, showing how to create numbered and bulleted lists in Microsoft Word. |
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| Animal Habitats | |
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Animal Habitat (Kidspiration-Inspiration) Animals & Nature (National Geographic) |
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| Math | |
Math Facts, Time, & Money Links Just in Time (Learning to Tell Time) |
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| Writing | |
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