*No Class Blogger today
We had a very busy day here in 2C! We had two birthdays (Happy Birthday Jakob and Beckah) and we also did a number of activities and read a number of books about voting and the election. We even had our own election in our classroom! All of this, on top of our "normal" schedule and routine!
Today we read several stories to learn more and engage in the election process going on across our country. We read Duck for President (which is a great story that tells about becoming mayor, wanting to be governor, and then president), Arthur Meets the President (because everyone loves Arthur, and we learned about a few places in Washington DC), and Vote! which gave a LOT of great information about the voting process, as the kids had so many questions about it. We had our own election and we talked about how our votes are to be private, out of respect. As it turns out, we had a tie. 11 to 11! The kids were anxious to know who won the real election, but I explained we will not know until tomorrow (hopefully!). We also did some writing titled, "If I Were President..." and you can imagine some of the things I read from their writing (longer recess, better lunch, help schools, etc). :)
In math today we learned a new game called "Cover Up" where we were working on solving addition/subtraction problems with an unknown number. Each pair had 18 counters and chose how many counters to start with and they recorded that number. Then, while the other partner closed their eyes, the first partner took some of the counters and hid them under a piece of paper. The other partner had to then use addition or subtraction to find the unknown number of counters that were taken, based on the number still left out to see. For the most part, the kids all did really well with this and I believe helps build the skills necessary to solve the story problems we have been working on! So we may bring this game out to play a few more times!
In math today we learned a new game called "Cover Up" where we were working on solving addition/subtraction problems with an unknown number. Each pair had 18 counters and chose how many counters to start with and they recorded that number. Then, while the other partner closed their eyes, the first partner took some of the counters and hid them under a piece of paper. The other partner had to then use addition or subtraction to find the unknown number of counters that were taken, based on the number still left out to see. For the most part, the kids all did really well with this and I believe helps build the skills necessary to solve the story problems we have been working on! So we may bring this game out to play a few more times!
We are now fully back into guided reading groups and assessments are over (for the most part). It was so great to get back to the "bean" table in our small groups!
A few reminders:
-Book orders are DUE this Thursday, November 8th
-NO SCHOOL this Friday November 9th
-Conference time notes went home TONIGHT, so check them out! Let me know if your assigned time, does not work. I did my best to schedule them based on your preferences.
-Conferences are November 15th and November 19th (Early Out on the 19th)
Have a great night!
Mrs. Clough
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