Ms. Gleason's Class

Oobleck

2009-03-02T13:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!!!! To celebrate Dr. Suess' birthday we investigated Oobleck! Oobleck is hard when you squish it, like a solid. Also, it moves like a liquid and takes the shape of its container. Oobleck is a solid and a liquid! We felt it, poked it, and smelled it. We also read the book Bartholomew and the Oobleck! We had fun celebrating Dr. Suess' birthday!

2G Goes Around Town!

2009-01-23T10:15:00.000-08:00

We went to different classrooms. Each room was set up as a part of a community. We did activities in each room. In one of the rooms, we watched a movie called "Magic School Bus Gets Ants in the Pants". We made paper lanterns in our room to celebrate Chinese New Year. We also learned how to say hello in Chinese... Ni hao!!!! In another room we did a play. A different project we created were murals. In Mrs Simmons room, we watched a movie about money. In Miss Schaffer's room (the firehouse), we learned about fire safety. As you can see, it was a fun day for 2G!

Multiplication

2009-01-22T11:46:00.000-08:00

Do you know how to multiply? We do! When you learn how to do multiplication you have lots of fun. Today we practiced drwaing arrays to help us multiply. Another way to say multiply is times (for example: 3 times 4 is 12). We will continue to work hard on multiplication!

Cursive

2009-01-22T11:41:00.000-08:00

We are learning how to write in cursive. Cursive is fun! We have learned i, t, and u. Writing in cursive is important because that is how grownups write. When you write in cursvie you need to have good "handwriting position". Your feet need to be flat on the floor and you need to sit up straight. Even though it is a challenge, we are still having fun. Have fun writing in cursive. The End!

Windmill Wonderland

2009-01-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

Wind is air that is moving! We can tell it is a windy day by looking to see if people are flying kites, if the grass is moving, if the tree branches are moving, and by looking at pinwheels. An anemometer is a tool to use if you want to see how fast wind is moving. Today, we used paper and straws to make pinwheels. Pinwheels and anemometers are similar because they both move in the wind and we can use them to see how fast the wind is blowing. If the wind is strong the pinwheel moves ridiculously fast. If the wind is weak the pinwheel moves slow. We had fun making our pinwheels! We had an incredible windy, wind day.

Science!!!!!

2008-12-01T13:05:00.000-08:00

We finally started science! We started learning about Air and Weather. Today, we learned that air takes up space. We learned this by blowing up balloons. Air can move things. We learned this by blowing things with a straw. If you blow something up in the air with a straw you can get it to float in the air! We tried this with styrofoam balls, cotton balls, a piece of paper, and feathers. All of those things were in our "Air Bags". The styrofoam balls looked like disco balls. In addition, we learned that there are 3 kinds of matter: solids, liquids, and gasses. Air is a gas. We had fun today in science! We liked experimenting.

American Education Week

2008-11-23T15:47:00.001-08:00

I wanted to thank all of our American Education Week guests! We had 4 guests come to talk to 2G.

Mr. Patsch came and talked to us about being a mechanic! The students loved holding the giant wrench that he brought! Thanks Mr. Patsch!

Officer Carlson came in to talk about his job as a police officer! Thank you for the stickers! It was fun hearing about how you work hard to keep us safe!

Mrs. Ainsworth read us a story about a man who tight-rope walked between the Twin Towers in the seventies! It was a great story! Thank you for coming in to read to us!

Mr. Smyder joined us and talked about his job as an air traffic controller! It was fun to hear about how he talks to airplanes! We also loved looking at the tickets you gave us!

Thank you to all of our volunteers! It was a wonderful American Education Week! -Ms. Gleason

Wacky Wednesday!

2008-11-12T13:07:00.000-08:00

We got to play a new activity in P.E. The activity was tunnels that you had to crawl through on your belly. That is called an army crawl. Caleb and Alex ran around the gym 2 times to see how fast their hearts were beating. Many other students ran and had fast heart beats as well. We also did a lot of other stuff in P.E.

We had fun writing about our wonderful turkeys that we had a great time making at home! In art, we drew a crowd of people. We played a math game called Addition Spin. We also played musical name collection box. Today we had fun!

Cookie Election

2008-11-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

We had a cookie election! We got to try all of the classes cookies. Our class was the M and M cookies. Hannah and Caleb had to read why people should vote for our cookie! Cade liked trying all the cookies and he was sad when they were done. It was fun! We held signs that said, "Vote for M and M cookies"! We filled out a cookie ballot. The other choices were chocolate chip and sugar cookies. The second grade teachers are going to count the votes. We'll let you know who wins! We hope you all have a great election day! Don't forget to vote.

Pumpkin Math Pictures

2008-10-29T16:45:00.000-07:00

Pumpkin Math

2008-10-27T13:06:00.000-07:00

We had fun with our pumpkin math! We had fun carving our Jack O'Lanterns. First, we estimated and made predictions about the size and the amount of seeds. Then, we measured our pumpkins. Next, we cut the top off the pumpkin! We had to get all the seeds out of the goo! It was very slimey! We counted the seeds in our pumpkins. One goup's pumpkin had 408 seeds! We got to carve the pumpkins! At the end we had to wash our hands because they were soooooo sticky! We got all messy! We had a fun time!

AR Tests

2008-10-21T12:24:00.000-07:00

The AR test was very fun! The test we took today had only 5 questions. We read the book I Can Go Hiking and then we went to the computer lab and took a test! When the test was done, it gave us the score! We did great! After the AR test we got to play math games. We will start taking AR tests on Fridays!

Landform Models

2008-10-21T06:15:00.000-07:00

These are the landforms created in 2G! Can you tell which is the mountains and valleys? How about the river or the lake? What about the peninsula or the island? Can you figure out which picture is the plain? Excellent work 2G!

Perfect Monday

2008-10-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

We liked it when we got our ears and eyes checked today! Some of us didn't get our eyes checked because we already have glasses. You raise your hand when you hear the beep. Ms. Gleason had the "I Don't Like Candy Corn" song stuck in her head all day! We started a book called "But I'm Not Scared"!

AG in the Classroom

2008-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had a program called Agriculture in the Classroom! It was lots of fun. We learned about pumpkins, soybeans, and corn because those are crops grown in the state of Illinois! In fact, Illinois is the world leader pumpkin growers! Isn't that neat! We also got to taste some pumpkin pudding! Yumm!

Climate and Weather

2008-10-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

Today in Social Studies we learned about different climates and weather! The places closest to the equator are warm most of the year! Places near the north and south pole have cold climates. Our climate has different weather during different parts of the year! Today the weather is sunny and about 70 degrees! It was fun learning about weather and climate! I hope we talk about it again!

Write to Self Stamina Party

2008-10-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

Today we had lemonade and cookies because we got to 20 minutes for Write to Self! Some kids dipped their cookies into their lemonade! The cookies were half chocolate and half vanilla. It was fun! This week we are starting Work on Words. We will also hopefully get our Read to Someone Stamina Party this week! Nice job, 2G!

Hand Washing

2008-10-06T13:14:00.000-07:00

Today our school nurse visited our class. She taught us about germs and how to wash our hands! We put lotion on our hands and then she sprinkled them with glitter. We pretended the glitter was germs. We went to the bathroom to wash the glitter off. You should wash your hands for 20 seconds! Germ free is the choice for me!

Fantastic Friday

2008-10-03T11:51:00.001-07:00

Yesterday and today we started writing Super Sentences! Here they are:
A brown, soft, cuddly, teddy bear ate a pie at Taco Bell at night.
A cool, awesome, powerful Pokemon saw his friends at a hotel at midnight.

We are going to go outside for P.E. Today we took a Prediction test! Next week we start summarizing. We had lots of fun today. Yesterday, we made a poster about where we live. At 2:00 we are having music, so we've got to go! Have a great weekend!

Terrific Tuesday

2008-09-30T12:01:00.000-07:00

Today we went to a fun assembly. We learned to be polite to people. We met a bird named Verne. The bird was really funny. The bird copied whatever Mr. Tim said. The bird said hi to the wall. The bird kissed Mr. Tim! Mr. Tim also made a balloon that flew! He made a flower sprout out of a picture. He made a balloon Rudolph that Cullen gets to take home! The assembly was fun.

We made a long prediction chain. It was as tall as the ceiling. We hung it on the wall over the door. On orange paper we wrote our first prediction. Then we wrote our ehanced predictions on green, our adjusted preditions on yellow, and our abandoned predictions on red!

We had a fun day!

Click Clack Moo!

2008-09-25T11:55:00.000-07:00

This story was fun and silly! The animals were trying to get electric blankets and they got them! The cows kept typing notes to Farmer Brown and then the ducks started typing, too! The ducks said the pond was boring and they wanted a diving board! The cows said they would give the typewriter back, but the ducks kept it! The cows and hens said no more milk and eggs! We were practicing making predictions! We had to enhance, abandon, and adjust our predictions while we read! Excellent work 2G You are becoming prediction wizards!

Today in 2G

2008-09-23T11:52:00.000-07:00

We wrote The Important Book. It was based on the book by Margaret Wise Brown. We read Mrs. Brown Went to Town. When Mrs. Brown got to the hospital the animals took over her house. When she got back her bed broke and they all had to go to the hospital. Now they live in the barn! Today was a fun day! We got to see a Preying Mantis!!!! We got to hold it (in a box). It hangs upside down. Miss Erin found it in on the side of her house! Thank you, Miss Erin, for bringing it in! We named it Spikey! We voted! A bug should be outside to live, so we'll let Spikey go soon. We also did a math paper and a self-assessment.

Stamina Party

2008-09-18T12:17:00.002-07:00

Today we had a party because we reached 20 minutes in Read to Self! We got to wear our PJs to school! It looks like we forgot to get dressed this morning! We also got to have a dance party at the end of the day! Good job 2G!

Social Studies Unit 1

2008-09-18T12:17:00.000-07:00

We learned about neighborhoods! An urban area is called a city! We live in a suburb of Chicago! People can make their communities better by picking up litter! Suburbs have lots of houses. Rural areas have markets, lots of space, farms, and small towns. Our test is next week! Let's study!

Monday in 2G

2008-09-15T11:46:00.000-07:00

We like doing Stand Up, Pair Up, Share Up when we finish our math boxes. Some of us had a hard time with math boxes, but we figured it out! We had fun at lunch. Some of us had breakfast for lunch today! It was delicious! It was fun having outside recess after very rainy weekend! We learned about nouns, verbs, and adjectives. There are three types of nouns (people, places, and things)! We read for 17 minutes today in Read to Self! We wrote for 9 minutes in Write to Self! We had some extra time so we wrote for 6 more! It was a great day!!!!!

Predictions

2008-09-11T11:47:00.000-07:00

Today we read a book about Dragon and his friend! We had to make predictions! As we read, we had to change our predictions! The story was funny and silly. We read the story Tomatoes to Ketchup and learned how to make ketchup! You should read it if you want to learn how to make ketchup! When we make predictions about nonfiction we use photographs and bold words to help us. Making predictions help us to become better readers!

What did we do today?

2008-09-10T13:07:00.000-07:00

We read for 14 minutes during Read to Self! It was fun and entertaining! Yesterday, we talked about Star of the Week. Ms. Gleason shared some of her pictures. We are all excited about sharing during Star of the Week! We played "Penny Plate" in math. We watched a short video about odd and even numbers. In reading, we read Dragon Gets By. We got messy in art. Also, we got to go to P.E! Miss Erin joined our class to help out! She is very nice and helpful. We had a fun day! It was a nice day.

New Math Game!

2008-09-08T13:08:00.000-07:00

Today, we learned a new math game! It is called the Money Exchange Game. We used play dollars, dice, a game mat, and of course our brains! We practiced counting money! We learned that when you get 10 one dollar bills, you trade for a 10 dollar bill! When you get 10 ten dollar bills, you trade for a hundred dollar bill and you win! This math game was fun and entertaining!

The Daily 5

2008-09-07T09:40:00.000-07:00

The students in 2G have been practicing "Read to Self". We do this to become better readers and to have fun! While reading to self we read quietly, stay in one spot, get started right away, read the whole time, and build stamina! We made it to 10 minutes! When we get to 20 minutes we'll have a Stamina party! Yea!

This past Friday, we started "Write to Self". This is just like "Read to Self", but we're writing instead! We started with 3 minutes and are working on building stamina! We hope to be at 8 minutes by the end of the week! I know we can do it!

2008-07-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our class blog! This blog was created for the second graders in Ms. Gleason's class at Lakewood Creek Elementary School. We will be using this blog to record what we've learned, ideas we've had, projects we will be doing, and any other things that our creative class can think of! Please enjoy and feel free to post comments!