Welcome Students!

I was excited to say a huge "welcome" to all of my new second and third grade students on the first day of school last week! My classroom has gone through quite a few changes since last school year and I wanted to show all of my "old" and "new" parents the classroom their students will be learning in this school year as well as the schedule students will go through every school day.

At the beginning of the school day, second and third graders will begin their mornings with a morning work packet on their desks. This packet will include things which students haven't learned yet and things that review what students have already learned. While working on these packets, there is one student every morning that is in charge of our calendar bulletin board. This student will choose the correct days of the week and weather on the board as well as write down some math facts on the bulletin board using a whiteboard marker. 

After morning work, we get started on our faith lessons which begins with prayer and a devotion. This is followed by Reading Street. Every week in Reading Street our second and third graders will have new vocabulary words, spelling words, comprehension concepts, story of the week, and many other concepts. Some of these concepts are changed out every week and are shown on our Reading Street bulletin boards. 

Students go to Brain Break after Reading Street, then we all come back to the classroom to learn math. We usually learn new math concepts at the carpet, where we use whiteboards to practice the math that we are learning. There are new colorful stars at the carpet so that students know where they may sit as they learn at the carpet. We love our new Sit Spots and the new whiteboard (no more chalkboard!) in our classroom!

The rest of our day varies according to the days of the week. But every afternoon we always squeeze in either a science or social studies lesson and some centers. At centers, students practice skills they have been learning throughout the week and they have the opportunity to read books at the carpet (or in the fun flowery chair). 

Feel free to come on in and visit our second and third grade classroom to check out these changes!