This blog is designed to open the door to my classroom and let all who wish to come in...come in. I will try my best to keep it up to date with all of the awesome things we get to do in Second Grade!!
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Native American Shelter
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Fun Friday!
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Oobleck!
This past week we did some pretty awesome science experiments! In order to understand the different states of matter, we made OOBLECK! This is just equal parts corn starch and water. (A little more corn starch or it will be too runny) This concoction acts as a solid and liquid. *Mind Blown* The kids absolutely loved it! First we read parts of Dr. Seuss' book Bartholemew and the Oobleck, and then we started our experiment! It was amazing to see the students' excitement and amazement!
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
2nd grade is hard work!
We have been working very hard in 2nd Grade! From using tongue twisters to help us learn about alliteration, to eating Pop Rocks to help us come up with similes, we have been having a blast! We are also learning about safe practices in the Science Lab along with the Scientific Process!!! Check out our pictures below!
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Repeat Winners!
We did it again! Two times in a row, second grade has won the trophy at the Friday Celebration! We were chosen for working hard to stay on track with our behavior and academics! Way to go Second Grade!
Going to Outer Space
Today we went on an adventure to Outer Space!! Well, not really...but the kids still had fun. Since we are working on Place Value I decided to play a game to make it fun! I gave each person either a number represented by hundreds tens and ones, or the standard form of a number. They then had to find their partner that had the same number, but in a different form. Afterwards they were able to head over to the space ship!(chairs turned upside down in rows of 2) In order to board the ship they had to put themselves in numerical order. Least amount up front, greatest amount in the back! Once I checked their spots, they were able to board the space ship! We counted back from 30....then took off! We did this a few times for extra practice ordering numbers! This was a fun way to get the kids moving and understanding place value!
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Miss Piggy has arrived!
We had a special delivery yesterday! The kids were so excited and they even got to name her! We voted and came up with some cute names! Daphney, Ribbit, and Hoppy were a few. After narrowing it down...the kiddos picked Miss Piggy.....really?? It's their class pet so I had little say in this matter. I myself liked Daphney, but I'm not the one taking it home over the weekend! Hopefully the kids will have a blast with her and she will serve as an incentive to make smart choices.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Remembering September 11th
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Making Math FUN
I was trying to come up with a fun way for them to review math vocabulary! Well I think they liked my idea! I wrote 1st grade terms on index cards and they had to hold it up to their forehead while their partner had to try to get them to guess their word! It was AWESOME!!!
Adjectives!!!
The kiddos were learning about adjectives and how to be a good citizen....so I figured why not combine them?? They made a poster about themselves, and used adjectives to describe them!! They loved it!
Friday, August 29, 2014
Library Mouse
Today we got to meet an author!! We read the story Library Mouse, and at the end of the story we realized the "mouse" had left us his tissue box from the book! The kids lit up when they looked inside the box and saw themselves in the mirror as the author! This activity really inspired my little authors!!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Celebrations!!
What a great day!! The kids earned two minutes of Just Dance!!! They were so cute dancing along with the music! I love having rewards for them that they actually like!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Day one...CHECK!
Well our first day has come to an end!! The kids did amazing!!! I'm sure their brains are overloaded with all of the procedures we went over today!! I can tell this year is going to be amazing!! I can't wait to see what the kids brought in their "me bags". Day two...here we go...
-Elizabeth Matthews
-Elizabeth Matthews
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Hop on in!
Friday, August 1, 2014
My home away from home
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Reward Buttons!
Here is a cute incentive I have for kiddos who make a 100 on their tests! They get to wear this button around for the day in hopes that someone will stop and ask them what they made on their test! My kids loved it so much last year I had to make more because so many were making 100's! :) Want to implement this in your classroom? You can get the button inserts at my TPT store.
Canvases Galore
So I was conned into buying a pack of 6 canvases. At the time I had no idea what to do with them...but for some reason I have been blessed with all of these cute ideas! Now..what to do with the other three...(I am uploading the pictures separately from my phone so lets see how this works..)
Second Grade Here I Come!
It's hard to believe that my three years at Martin have come to an end. I decided to change districts in order to be closer to my house. It is a very bitter sweet change because I will miss my Martin family like crazy, however I am beyond excited to start my new adventure as a Kinder Ranch Cowboy! I am now going to be teaching Second Grade! I am thrilled about this and cannot wait to get the year started! I have already started making stuff for my new class and campus! Here is a peek at a few things I've made! The first is my door sign, then I bought a mailbox for my kids to put parent notes/tardy slips in. :)
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
And so it begins
Monday, July 21, 2014
Clip Hall of Fame
In my class I have a behavior chart where my students can move up or down depending on behavior. If they get to the top (purple) they get a "diamond" added to their clip. Once they get 5 diamonds they get to retire their clip and hang it on the Clip Hall of Fame! Here's the cute sign I made for that!
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