100th Day!

We are 100 days brighter! :) Happy 100th day second graders!

DCAS

We will be taking the DCAS assessment at the beginning of April (date to be determined). For information about the DCAS assessment, please visit http://de.portal.airast.org/students/.

Sight Word Masters

Check out our Sight Word Masters!

Time and Money Resources

Check out these resources which can help you child with our study of time and money!

CR Elementary math website :  http://www.teachers.cr.k12.de.us/~math/

  Telling Time game : http://kinderwebgames.com/clock_01.html

   Time Keeper game : http://www.fuelthebrain.com/Interactives/app.php?ID=296

   Stop the Clock : http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm

  Bank It! : http://www.fuelthebrain.com/Interactives/app.php?ID=40

Money Flashcards :  http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money

Math Tools

Good Morning!

I would like to share with you a few of my favorite resources for the math skills we are covering this week.

 

Thinking Blocks Math will assist with understanding word problems.

 

Thinking Blocks

 

 

 

Illuminations Balance Pan will help students understand the concept of balancing equations.

 

 

 

Balance Pan Interactive

 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions about how to use these tools to help your child. 

 

 

Text Dependent Questions

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I love having the extra time to spend with my family and slow down from the go, go, go of being a teacher. As I was thinking of topics to include in my blog, I thought about how much attention I have given to math and how little I have given to ELA. One big push with the Common Core State Standards is the use of Text Dependent Questions when reading. Students should be able to respond to questions about what they read providing evidence to support their response. Jackson Consulting gives a checklist to determine if the questions we are asking children are text dependent.

-Are questions that can only be answered correctly by close reading of the text and demand careful attention to the text
-Require an understanding that extends beyond recalling facts
-Often require students to infer
-Do not depend on information from outside sources
-Provide access to increasing levels of complex text
-Call for careful and thoughtful teacher/adult preparation
-Require time for students to process

(Source: http://jackson-consulting.com/text-dependent-questions-cite-answer)

As always when you focus on comprehension at home please practice using complete sentences!

Adopt Our Classroom!

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