What's In My Pocketbook?

One of the reading skills we have been working on is making inferences. This is definitely a skill they will continue to learn and develop, but it is crucial for them to start the practice now. I taught them a simple equation to remember when trying to make an inference! You use clues from the text + what we know = an inference. This equation is ingrained in their brain!  To practice inferences, we did an activity called What's In My Bag?  I pulled out several items from my pocketbook and they had to make inferences about me based on the items. Boy did they get a kick out of this!  Don't judge when you see the items that I pulled out!

 

 

 

 

We have been underway with our math unit, Numbers and Operations in Base Ten!  We have been focusing on hundreds, tens, and ones.  In class, we have been working to trade in 10 units (ones) for a rod (ten), 10 rods for 1 flat (a hundred) and so on!  In order to practice place value and expanded form (stretch the number out like an elastic), we used Cheeze-Its (as hundreds), thin pretzels (as tens) and cheerios (as ones). 

Throughout the year we will practice time and money. I try to incorporate these skills weekly in order to develop a deep understanding by the end of second grade. The students practiced time by playing "Bee on Time". I love this game because it really makes them stop and think about the hour and minute hand separately.