Happy Thursday! I can't believe October is flying by so quickly. I seriously feel like October began yesterday. Honestly though, WHERE IS THE FALL WEATHER? We had a tease, but it's back to the hot, Texas weather...sigh!
Here are a few things we've been doing in 2B...
Johnny Appleseed
We absolutely loved learning about Johnny Appleseed a few weeks ago. The kiddos did many different activities involving John Chapman throughout the week such as conducting research, watching videos, reading books, creating thinking maps, informative writing and so much more. I found a lot of the children enjoy history more than they thought. At the end of our week long study, we celebrated his life by enjoying homemade, crockpot applesauce. This was my first time making it, and let me tell you, it was delicious (if I do say so myself!)
Here are a few things we've been doing in 2B...
Johnny Appleseed
We absolutely loved learning about Johnny Appleseed a few weeks ago. The kiddos did many different activities involving John Chapman throughout the week such as conducting research, watching videos, reading books, creating thinking maps, informative writing and so much more. I found a lot of the children enjoy history more than they thought. At the end of our week long study, we celebrated his life by enjoying homemade, crockpot applesauce. This was my first time making it, and let me tell you, it was delicious (if I do say so myself!)
Weather PBL
We are wrapping up our weather PBL. This was a new PBL this year, and I think the kids have learned just as much as I have. It has been so interesting to see the weather conditions in all the regions of the world. It has opened our eyes to how different parts of the country live, what they wear during this time of the year, etc. Last week each PBL group split up and Skyped with a meteorologist from their particular region. I have the West region and we skyped with a meterologist named Kathie in Oregon. Ask your child their favorite part of our PBL! Below are some pictures I snapped the other day when they were doing some cloud research.
We are wrapping up our weather PBL. This was a new PBL this year, and I think the kids have learned just as much as I have. It has been so interesting to see the weather conditions in all the regions of the world. It has opened our eyes to how different parts of the country live, what they wear during this time of the year, etc. Last week each PBL group split up and Skyped with a meteorologist from their particular region. I have the West region and we skyped with a meterologist named Kathie in Oregon. Ask your child their favorite part of our PBL! Below are some pictures I snapped the other day when they were doing some cloud research.
Bar graphs/pictographs
In math we have been focusing on bar graphs/pictographs and writing/solving word problems based on our data. Yesterday I had each child find a partner and create a graph then write a word problem to go with it. They also started constructing their own graph of choice today! We had a discussion about how we would use graphs in the real world. They had some really impressive responses. Turns out, we can use graphs every day, depending on how we want to compile our data. It is really great to see those "ah-ha" moments, light bulb moments go off when they understand something, especially in math!
In math we have been focusing on bar graphs/pictographs and writing/solving word problems based on our data. Yesterday I had each child find a partner and create a graph then write a word problem to go with it. They also started constructing their own graph of choice today! We had a discussion about how we would use graphs in the real world. They had some really impressive responses. Turns out, we can use graphs every day, depending on how we want to compile our data. It is really great to see those "ah-ha" moments, light bulb moments go off when they understand something, especially in math!
Don't forget our Fall Poetry Celebration on October 30th. I can't wait to hear all of those precious kids recite their fall poems.