We've had a fantastic week of learning here in second grade. This week, we began our final unit in math that around 3-digit computation and story problems. This week, we did solved several different problems involving a toy store. Some of our problems involved spending money (ie. If you spent $23.00 exactly, what did you buy?), while others involved tracking inventory (ie. There were 129 Frisbees in the store. The truck delivered some more. Now there are 315. How many did the truck deliver?, and still others looking at parts of the toys (ie. If you can see 26 ears, how many teddy bears would there be?). We worked on making mathematical models that demonstrate our thinking clearly so that others can figure out what we did. We even gave feedback to our peers- check this out in your child's Friday Folder!
We were also lucky to start our week looking at real life math problem solving by taking a trip to Folino's Pizza in Burlington. On this field trip, we did some "restaurant math", figuring out how many pizza's we'd need to cook for the number of students wanting the different types of pizzas. Then, Folino's shared with us information about the 52 Kids Foundation that they support. This foundation provides materials and resources for a school in Uganda. Our class was super interested in hearing all about the differences and similarities of the two different schools. Finally, while our chefs prepared lunch, we did some independent math problems- all that were straight from situations at Folino's! What a wonderful way to bring math to life!
Save the Date!
Our End-of-the-Year Writing Celebration will be 30 minutes before our lunch time on Tuesday, June 4th. All family are invited to attend and celebrate our year of hard work :) Once we get our final time for lunch, I will share more details!
Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
- Creating a semantic web in nonfiction reading
- Race to the Cookie Jar
- Our new Calendar- finding Joey!
- Using repetition to make meaning in our poetry
- Planting our pollinator garden
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kelly
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