Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Getting Ready for 3rd grade

In math this week we are practicing various skills to help us get ready for 3rd grade! Tomorrow we will start multiplying!

 

27 more days till we are 3rd graders!

 

Data Collection

We wrapped up our Chapter on Data Collection last week. I had planned on doing this activity Thursday but the weather pushed us to yesterday. So we practiced sorting and tallying M&Ms yesterday!

 

 

 

What a yummy math lesson!!

 

Monday, April 15, 2013

Alabama Mobile Dairy Classroom

Today we had a visit from the Alabama Mobile Dairy Classroom. We learned all about cows and even saw how to milk them. The kids really enjoyed getting to see Bessie!

Telling us about Bessie

Everyone was so well behaved!

 

 

Milking Bessie by hand.

 

 

Next, we saw her getting milking by machine!

 

Thank you to the Alabama Dairy Classroom for coming to see us today!!

 

Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw

We have been learning about Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw. We did a writing activity telling how we sharpen our saws.

 

The finished product!

 

Habit #6: Synergize

Before Spring Break, we learned about Habit #6: Synergize. We learned a song and synergized and did a craft to put in the Synergize case at the front of the school.

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We are practicing memorizing our song.

 

 

They did a great job synergizing!

 

Fun with Clickers

We use the clickers from time to time to review for tests and review skills on Study Island. Here are few pics from when we were par ting money on Study Island.

 

Each child has their own clicker to submit their answers. They LOVE to use the clickers!