Mrs. Short's Second Grade

I found this great website that gives a fraction tutorial. It gives a good, easy explanation of fractions. Then you get to help find the correct pizza that matches the fraction. If you would like to practice fractions, just click on the picture below.

Last year at an inservice we were discussing neat tricks other 2nd grade teachers were using to help teach difficult concepts. Thanks to the 2nd grade team at Twain for this cute subtraction rap.

This week we began our subtraction mad minutes. From now on we will be alternating from week to week with addition and subtraction. I would like to congratulate the following students who received 100% in 2 minutes, and have now moved into the one minute club for subtraction:

MOLLY, HANNAH, BLAKE, DEMETRIUS, LEAH, HOLLY, MATHEW, ADELE, MATT, KADEN, DEARRA, TAJI,  ALISON, RILEY, ISABELLA, AND CHASE

This week we are working on Unit 14 in Spelling. Today, your child should have brought home their Spelling preview test. Please help your child study these words for our test on Friday. This week’s skill is working with ck, k, tch, and ch. The Spelling homework should have come home today, and is due back by Friday.

THIS WEEK’S WORDS ARE:  get, through, back, much, go, little

Yesterday, we had three more students move into the one minute math club. A BIG congratulations to:

ADELE, LEAH AND TATIANA

Congratulations to the following students who moved into the one minute math club today:

MATHEW, DEMETRIUS, MOLLY, ISABELLA, KORIN, DEREK

Congratulations to the following students who got 100% today in the one minute club and have become “Math Super Stars.” They will now try to get 100% in less than a minute:

MATT AND JORDAN

Yesterday we began our Mad Minute clubs. Everyone started in the 2 minute club. When students get 100% in the two minute club, they move into the one minute club. They then have one minute to complete the Mad Minute. When they get 100% doing it in one minute, they become “Math Superstars”, and will then try to get 100% in less than a minute. I would like to congratulate the following students who got 100% yesterday and have moved into the 1 minute club:

KADEN, ALISON, JORDAN, HOLLY, MATT, BLAKE, HANNAH

Yesterday in Math, we learned about 3D shapes. I found this game where you can practice and review the names of 3D shapes. Just click on the picture below to play it.

I just found this fun geometry game. You have to classify 2D and 3D shapes. You have to drag the shapes to the correct basket. The shapes go by REALLY fast, so you have to be on your toes. If you would like to play the game, just click on the picture below. Leave a comment here and let us know what you thought of the game.

As we are trying to increase our knowledge of basic addition and subtraction facts, we have been using our Active Expressions. These hand held devices can  be used to solve basic addition and subtraction problems. Mrs. Short sets it up and generates 100 problems at a time. When we are ready, we turn on our devices. An addition or subtraction problem shows up on our screen. We enter and send our answer and then it goes to the next problem. When we are done, Mrs. Short can see our results, how many and which ones were correct/incorrect and how long it took us to answer the problems. Here are a few pictures of us using our Active Expressions.