Number Sense

 As we work to build number sense, we have spent several weeks with place value.  We have built numbers with base ten blocks and drawn them.  We have practiced with expanded form and writing the numbers.  Friday we used Anna DiGilio's Math Tab-its on place value to culminate the unit of study.  We will continue to practice the skill in our Math Rotations.  A big thanks to Anna for her work on the Tab-it.  The kids really enjoyed it.  You can find it here on teacherspayteachers.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Tab-Its-Exit-Books-for-Interactive-Notebooks-1361321

New Year - New Class

We are three weeks into our year now.  The kids are starting to realize the structure and procedures of our day.  It is always easier when that happens.  It is hard to believe that midterm progress reports go home Friday.  We are still hammering out the beginnings of the Daily 5, Guided Math, and Personal Narratives with Lucy Caulkins.
I love my sweet second graders.  I alway do fall in love with them and then have to let them go on and fall in love with their third grade teachers the next year.  Here the kids are learning to play a math game so they can play it successfully when we go to math rotations.