Writer's Workshop: OREO Opinion Writing

In Writer’s Workshop we started writing opinion pieces. In the past week, our students have been busy at work writing about the strong opinions they have about characters in the books they have read. We week we started using an 'O.R.E.O.' graphic organizer to help us keep our writing organized and include reasons and examples to support our opinion.

We kicked off this mode of writing with a fun song to help us remember what each letter in 'O.R.E.O.' stands for, and what the word opinion really means! We can't wait to work on more fun projects with this style of writing!

Click on the link below to hear the song!

OREO Song

Science Investigation: Coastal Erosion

In science this week we have been busy exploring how we can slow Earth’s surfaces changes. Over the past month have charted and learned about slow Earth changes, as well as rapid Earth changes. This week, students worked in small groups to design a coast and creatively construct barriers to slow coastal wind erosion.

On Thursday we tested out our designs! Each group blew through straws to show gentle wind and we used a hairdryer to create strong winds. Ask your child if their design was successful in slowing or even preventing erosion!

Math Workshop: Balancing Equations

In Math Workshop over the past few weeks students have been working on multiplication tables of 2, 5 and 10. Throughout this unit students have learned many strategies to multiply and divide using models and known multiplication facts. In second grade students learn to balance equations using multiplication facts combined with addition and subtraction facts they know. We've been having fun using a number scale to visualize and check our balanced equations!