The first few lessons are spent composing and decomposing shapes. Now I realize you may be wondering what that means. Well, this is when the students try to see what shapes can be put together to make other shapes as well as what shapes can be used to take larger shapes apart. The students had a blast trying to decompose and compose shapes. During this Investigation, students explore sorting, identifying, and describing shapes based on various attributes as well. This is also when they begin to describe the spatial and numerical relationships among shapes. It is really an interesting unit.
Here are some pictures of the various lessons we have already done. If you can, take a moment to check it out. Please take a look at how the students composed and decomposed various shapes. Also check out their sorted groups of shapes. It is interesting to see how many different ways the same shapes can be sorted. It is all a matter of perspective.
Mrs. Robinson has also begun teaching the students Social Studies and Science. She engages the students through authentic literature, technology, hands-on instruction and various other techniques. For Science, she had the students create the plants and animals based on their habitats. She also visited an array of websites that grabbed the students attention and kept them focused throughout the lesson.
We have also begun practicing for our PTA program. Our 2nd graders will be performing on February 21st. It will be a wonderful program devoted to being an American. The students have been working very hard learning the songs. They even have a script to memorize. It should be a real treat!
Well, I must be going. There are many more pages that I must update. Look for more updates soon. Have a wonderful evening and take care!
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