Weekly Recap.......................

Week of December 15th, 2025

Science:

We learned all about the science of what happens when we sneeze.  What makes us sneeze, how far sneezes go and why it is important to cover our sneezes. 

Math:

We wrote base ten three-digit numbers in unit form and showed the value of each digit. We wrote base ten numbers in expanded form. We wrote, read, and related base ten numbers in all forms. We counted the total value of $1, $10, and $100 bills up to 1000. We counted from $10 to $1000 on the place value chart and recorded on an open number line.

Week of December 8th, 2025

Science:

We started a new Mystery Science unit called Work of Water.  The anchor phenomenon for this unit is a pair of rivers that flow together but look very, very different from one another.  Students will gather clues during and after each lesson in this unit. 

We explored the question: Where is the best place to hide a treasure?  Students had to identify different land and water features based on their shapes.  They had to use landmarks to complete a map and locate a treasure.

Math:

We counted and bundled ones, tens, and hundreds to 1000.

We counted up and down between 100 and 220 using ones and tens.  

We counted up and down between 90 and 1000 using ones, tens, and hundreds. 

We counted up to 1000 on a place value chart.

Weeks of November 24th 2025 AND December 1st 2025

Science:

We wrapped up our Animal Adventures unit.  We explored and compared two very different places that Mexican free-tailed bats live.  We learned how Frozen Castles are made.

Math:

We measured objects without lining up the end with the 0 mark.  We solved take from story problems within 100 in the context of length. We represented and solved one and two-step story problems.  We learned about the ways a line plot can be used to represent data collected from measuring objects.  We created line plots to represent numerical data.  We created and interpreted line plots.

Week of November 17th, 2025

Science: 

We learned how cranberries are harvested.

We designed a resting place for bats.

Math:

We estimated and measured lengths in centimeters. Students learned that the meter is a larger unit of metric length. We solved compare story problems within 100 involving length. We learned about an even larger unit of measurement- the foot. Students measured in inches and feet. Students compared measurements and generalized about the relationship between the size of a length unit and the number of units needed to measure the length of an object.

Week of November 12th, 2025

Science:

We continued with our exploration of How could you get more birds to visit a feeder?  Following our plans, we built prototypes of bird feeders using various materials.

Math:

We measured by iterating same-size length units and identified the need for standard units of measurement.  We measured in centimeters. We made our own centimeter rulers and used them to measure and compare lengths.

Week of November 3rd, 2025

Science:

We explored the question How could you get more birds to visit a bird feeder?  Students investigated which kinds of birds are likely to visit a bird feeder based on what they eat. Students designed a plan for a feeder to attract a specific type of bird.

We learned about an animal called a pika.  They are related to rabbits and live at the tops of very tall mountains.  They pick flowers and save them in their dens to eat all winter.

Math:

We solved story problems of different problem types within 100.  Students interpreted tape diagrams and connected them to different types of story problems. Students had to make sense of equations and connect them to the quantities in different types of story problems.  Students had to solve story problems of different problem types within 100. Students had to represent and solve one and two step story problems.

Week of October 27th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question: Why do frogs say ribbit?   We completed a case study in biodiversity using the frogs of North America.  Students learned to identify frogs by their calls and investigated which of two locations had a greater variety of frogs. 

We visited Bracken Cave and discovered the animal we have been wondering about was a BAT! A Mexican Free-tailed Bat.

We reviewed the pumpkin lifecycle.

Math:

We worked on subtracting a two-digit number from a two-digit number.  Students had to make sense of different methods. We added and subtracted within 100, including composing and decomposing a ten and using a strategy that works for us.  We represented and solved story problems involving addition and subtraction within 50.

Weeks of October 15th and 20th 2025

Science:

We learned about a snowy owl who had orange feathers.  We also learned about different owl species. We learned about spiders and how they pretend to be different things to stay safe from predators.

Math:

We worked on solving compare problems with an unknown in all positions.  We added and subtracted within 100 without composing or decomposing a ten. We worked on finding the value of unknown addends by adding and subtracting within 100. We worked on solving story problems involving addition and subtraction within 100 without composing or decomposing a ten. We worked on subtracting a one-digit number from a two-digit number.

Week of October 6th, 2025

Science:

We visited Bracken Cave again and added new vocabulary words to our chart.

Math:

We made sense of and solved compare problems using the structure of a bar graph and equations.  We used our understanding of bar graphs to interpret tape diagrams and solve compare problems with the difference unknown within 20. We connected compare problems with unknowns in all positions to tape diagrams.

Week of September 29th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question Why would a wild animal visit a playground?  Students recorded observations of the diversity of life found in the dessert and the playground habitat.  Students combined observations to create an understanding of how the living and nonliving parts of a habitat support the animals that live there.

Math:

We read and interpreted picture graphs.  We interpreted data in a bar graph in order to answer questions. We discussed the features of picture and bar graphs. We generated and answered questions about data represented in picture and bar graphs.

Week of September 23rd, 2025

Science:

We explored the question How many different kinds of animals are there?

Students examined how scientists organize animals into groups based on their characteristics.  Students studied animal traits and used these traits to sort animal cards into mammals, birds, reptiles, and invertebrates.

Math:

We added and subtracted within 20 in a way that makes sense to us.

We added within 50.

We represented data in an organized way.

Week of September 15th, 2025

Science:

We started our Mystery Science unit on Animal Biodiversity and Habitats. Students observed a cave in Texas and generated observations and questions about a phenomenon that happens there.  They will gather clues from additional lessons over time.

Math:

We practiced addition and related subtraction facts within 10.

We practiced finding the number that made equations true within 20.

Week of September 8th, 2025

Science:

We learned about butterflies.  We reviewed their life cycle and learned about their anatomy and their migration.

Math:

We solved put together/take apart addend unknown story problems. We solved compare, difference unknown story problems.  

Week of September 2nd, 2025

Science:

We learned how a girl helped change her school's lunch menu.

Math:

We worked on reviewing sums within 10, using the relationship between addition and subtraction to fluently add and subtract within 10, adding and subtracting within 20, and solving add to and take from change unknown story problems.

Week of August 27th, 2025

Science:

We learned about all the second grade topics we will study.

We explored the question: How do scientists know so much?

We practiced our observation skills.

Math:

We practiced counting and writing numbers.

We worked with a partner and investigated combinations of ways to make a tower with three different colored cubes and then with four different colored cubes. We also explored ways to make a total of 10 by considering what quantities are needed to reach a total of ten before our partner.

Week of June 16, 2025

Science:

We learned how a mother polar bear cares for her babies.

We learned about the life cycle of an alligator.

We learned how veterinarians rescued and cared for a baby dolphin.

Math:

We practiced addition/subtraction facts and made colorful shape designs.

Week of June 9th, 2025

Science:

We learned about different kinds of sharks and their teeth.  Some can be pointy, sharp, small, or big.  

We learned about different types of clouds, such as iridescent clouds.

We learned about different habitats and the defenses a sloth bear has.

We reviewed how shadows are made.

Math:

We learned about the position of the hands on an analog clock at half past the hour. We worked on writing time in hours and half hours to match analog clocks.

Week of June 2nd, 2025

Science:

We learned about Charles Henry Turner, who was an entomologist that did experiments with honeybees and ants.

We learned about leaf cutter ants and the different jobs they do.

We learned about water lily plants and other aquatic plants and animals.

Math:

Students composed 2-dimensional shapes into larger shapes in different ways. Students partitioned circles and rectangles into halves and fourths and determined whether a shape was partitioned into equal parts. Students partitioned circles and rectangles into halves and fourths and used precise language to describe the pieces as a half of or a fourth of the whole shape. Students compared the size of halves and fourths of the same shape and noticed that partitioning a shape into more equal pieces creates smaller pieces. Students learned to tell and write time in hours.

Week of May 27th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question: What do sunflowers do when you're not looking? Students observed how sunflowers grow in a sunny spot verses a shady spot. We planted pumpkin seeds in our school garden.  We learned how eagle dads work with eagle moms to care for their babies.

Math:

Students had to draw and describe two-dimensional shapes. Students identified defining and non-defining attributes of squares and rectangles. Students composed two-dimensional shapes into composite shapes and found other smaller shapes that made the same composite shape.

Week of May 19th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question What will a baby plant look like when it grows up? Students identified the pattern that young plants are similar to their parents.  Students observed 3 seedlings and 3 adult plants. We explored the question Why don't trees blow down in the wind? Students examined structures like roots, branches, and leaves that keep trees from blowing down.  They created their own tree- inspired umbrella that stayed up in the wind.

Math:

Students sorted three- dimensional shapes and used their own language to describe them.  Students used small 3-D  shapes to compose larger 3-D shapes. Students described and sorted two-dimensional shapes.

Week of May 12th, 2025

Science:

We are learning about how plants grow. We planted marigold seeds and we will be observing how they grow and recording weekly into plant journals. 

Math:

We solved take from problems with unknowns in all positions, in a way that made sense. We analyzed story problems and matched addition and subtraction equations to them.

Week of May 5th, 2025

Science:

We learned how to stay safe around medicines, poisons, and tobacco products. 

Math:

We practiced place value (tens and ones).  We used addition and subtraction to solve story problems about measurement. We also solved compare story problems about measurement.

Week of April 28th, 2025

Science:

We read a Scholastic News article about summer safety.  We also worked with Mr.Hoak to learn about personal safety. 

Math:

We worked to understand that a connecting cube tower with x cubes in it can be described as being "x cubes long". We measured length by iterating same-size length units with no gaps or overlaps. We measured lengths of objects using different length units with the understanding that the number associated with a length depends on the chosen unit. We counted and read numbers to 110. We counted, read, and wrote numbers up to 120 in a measurement context.

Week of April 21st, 2025

Science:

We learned about fire safety.  We discussed fire and burn hazards, safety rules to prevent fires and burns, strategies to prevent fires and burns in hypothetical situations, and actions to take in a fire emergency.

Math:

We have been measuring!  Students compared the length of objects by lining up the endpoints and ordering objects by length. Students compared the length of two objects indirectly by comparing each with the length of a third object. Students compared the length of two objects that could not be compared directly.

Week of April 7th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question: How do boats find their way in the fog? Students learned how the sights and sounds on the water can help boats find their way.

We learned how to be safe on wheels such as on bicycles, scooters, skateboards, and roller skates and the proper use of safety gear. 

Math:

We worked on adding tens and tens and ones and ones. We worked on adding 2 two-digit numbers with composing a ten.

Week of March 31st, 2025

Science:

We explored the question: What if there were no windows?

Students considered materials from the perspective of how much light they let through. They learned the words opaque, transparent, and translucent. We explored the question: Can you see in the dark? Students had to find sources of light around them.  We explored the question: How could you send a secret message to someone far away?  Students practiced using light to communicate information.

Math:

Students added a two-digit number and a one-digit number within 100 in a way that made sense to them.  Students added one-digit and two-digit numbers using place value understanding and the properties of operations.  Students added one-digit numbers and two-digit numbers and recognized when a new ten would be composed. Students added 2 two-digit numbers within 100 in any way that made sense to them.

Week of March 24th, 2025

Science:

Students investigated vibrations as a source of sound effects for movies.  We used our hands and feet to create a "rainstorm", we used rulers to create a "boing" sound for a cartoon bouncy ball.

Math:

Students worked on adding a one-digit number or a multiple of 10 and a two-digit number.  Students worked on adding two-digit numbers using methods based on place value.

Week of March 17th, 2025

Science:

We learned about the benefits to being physically active.  We learned how physical activity, rest, and sleep help a person stay healthy.

Math:

Students compared and ordered numbers based on the value of the tens and ones digits.  Students represented a two-digit number in more than one way using tens and ones.  Students compared two-digit numbers that were represented in different ways.

Week of March 10th, 2025

Science:

We continued our food group work and learned about the importance of making healthy choices and eating from a variety of food groups.

Math:

Students worked on adding multiples of 10 and two-digit numbers in a way that made sense to them. Students used their understanding of place value to make an equation true when a digit in a two-digit number is "missing". Students compared two-digit numbers based on the value of the tens and ones digits and used greater than and less than to describe comparisons. Students learned the meaning of comparison symbols >, <, =.

Week of March 5th, 2025

Science:

We learned about the different food groups and the importance of eating a variety of foods from all the food groups. We classified foods according to the food groups.

Math:

Students worked on interpreting base- ten representations of two- digit numbers.  Students represented the base- ten structure of 2 digit numbers with drawings, words and addition expressions that show the value of the tens and ones. Students wrote numbers to represent different base-ten representations. Students practiced writing numbers to 99 by 1.

Week of February 24th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question: How can stars help you if you get lost? We learned how to find the north star. We learned about different constellations. 

Math:

Students made connections between different representations of multiples of ten. We worked on adding and subtracting multiples of ten from multiples of ten. We learned that 2-digit numbers are composed of tens and ones. We celebrated the 100th Day of School!!!!!!!!

Week of February 10th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question: Why do the stars come out at night? We made a model to help us investigate why  the stars are visible at night but disappear when the Sun comes out during the day.

Math:

We practiced counting on and taking away strategies when subtracting within 20. We used strategies flexibly to find differences.

Week of February 3rd, 2025

Science:

We learned about the legend of Groundhog day and we completed a groundhog animal study. 

Math:

We practiced subtracting from a teen number to find the difference.

Week of January 27th, 2025

Science:

We explored the question: When can you see the full moon?  Students explored all of the different shapes of the moon that can appear on different nights. Students observed photos of the moon taken over the course of four weeks and drew pictures of the moon's phases into their moon books.  

Math:

We solved story problems with 3 addends. We practiced counting ones and tens efficiently. We learned some new partner games.

Week of January 22nd, 2025

Science:

We built some indoor snowmen.

We enjoyed winter themed stories.

Math:

We practiced adding and subtracting within 10 and within 20. We analyzed strategies for adding within 20.

Week of January 13th, 2025

Science:

We learned about how and who invented popsicles. 

Math:

We worked on applying the commutative and associative properties in order to make a ten when adding three numbers within 20. We worked on making sense of equations with addition expressions on both sides of the equal sign. We worked on looking for patterns to add within 20. Students learned they can decompose one addend in order to make a 10.  We call 10 a "friendly" number. Students used what they knew about making a ten to identify which addition expressions are equivalent to 10+n expressions.

Week of January 6th, 2025

Science:

We explored the questions: How can the sun help you if you are lost? and Why do you have to go to bed early in the summer?  We have also been building a snowman inside!

Math:

We have been adding within 20 when one addend is a teen number, adding to a teen number, adding and subtracting within 20 without composing or decomposing a ten, solving take from result or change unknown story problems, and solving story problems with three addends (two of which make a ten).

Week of January 2nd, 2025

Science:

We discussed our new season Winter and made our own mini winter books.

Math:

We found the values that make  equations true when one value is a teen number and one is a ten.

Week of December 16th, 2024

Science:

We explored the question: What does your shadow do when you're not looking? We also continued our fun with shadow puppets.  We learned about reindeer and completed an animal study and we made reindeer presents. 

Math:

We worked on "add to, start unknown" story problems. We practiced addition and subtraction facts within 10. We composed and decomposed teen numbers and deepened our understanding that teen numbers are composed of a ten and some ones.

Week of December 9th, 2024

Science:

We explored the question: Could a statue's shadow move?

Students investigated what it takes to make a stationary object's shadow move. We also had fun making shadow hand puppets, and puppets for our shadow theater. 

Math:

We identified sums within ten that we already know, we worked on understanding and using counting on and the commutative property in order to find a sum. We worked on finding expressions that are equal. We looked for and made use of patterns in sums to help build fluency. We worked on developing fluency with subtraction, using the relationship between addition and subtraction. 

Week of December 2nd, 2024

Science: 

We learned about Dormice and other hibernators.

We explored the question: How do animals take care of their babies?

Math:

We wrote our own story problems and the equations that went with them.

Week of November 18th, 2024

Science:

We explored the question: Why do family members look alike? We learned how sometimes traits can be inherited from family members.  We learned why some turkeys are deciding to visit towns.

Math:

We worked on solving many, many varieties of story problems. We worked on making sure our equations match the story.

Week of November 12th, 2024

Science:

We explored the question: Why are polar bears white? Students made observations to construct an explanation of why camouflage is helpful to animals.  We then made our own moths to hide throughout the room.

Math:

Students worked on representing and solving Compare, Difference Unknown problems. When comparing we use the words more and fewer. We also explored the relationship between addition and subtraction through Compare, Difference Unknown story problems.

Week of November 4th, 2024

Science: 

We learned about tarantulas and had to decide if we think they are creepy or cool.

Math:

We worked on solving Put together, Total unknown problems, students saw a quantity broken into two parts in different ways and had to write equations to represent each decomposition. Students worked on Put together/Take apart Addend Unknown story problems and students had to solve a variety of Put together/Take apart problems with the unknown in different places.

Week of October 28th, 2024

Science:

We made predictions about how many seeds were in our pumpkins.  We then cut the pumpkins open, scooped out all the seeds and counted.  Mrs.Sullivan's class pumpkin had 492 seeds!  Mrs. PJ's class pumpkin had 409 seeds!

Math:

We practiced writing equations to match the story.  

We worked on representing and solving Add to and Take from, Result unknown story problems.

Week of October 21, 2024

Science:

We explored the question: Why do baby ducks follow their mother? We also learned things different animals do to care for their young. 

We learned about raccoons and practiced our observation skills.

We had a visit from the Wilmington Fire Chief!

Math:

We practiced sorting and representing data.

We created our own surveys, collected and represented data, asked and answered questions related to the data.

We worked on making sense and solving story problems. 

Week of October 17, 2024

Science:

We learned about the pumpkin life cycle.

Math:

We practiced asking and answering questions about data.

Week of October 7, 2024 

Science:

Our butterfly emerged and we released it!

We explored the question: Why do birds have beaks? Students experimented with long pointy beaks and flat wide beaks to determine that different beaks are best for different kinds of food.

Math:

Students sorted objects into categories. 

Together we took a survey, collected data, organized and represented our information for others to understand.

We practiced evaluating data.

Week of September 30, 2024

Science:

We filled our classroom tree with beautiful fall leaves.

We learned about a type of woodpecker who stores acorns on tree trunks.

We discussed mindful/unmindful behaviors.

Math:

We made a ten then added some more.

We used the make a ten strategy to add three numbers.

We practiced combinations for ten through story problems.

Week of September 23, 2024

Science:

We practiced mindful listening.

We went into the woods and made observations of our new season.  We listed fall changes we noticed and recorded them in our journals. We learned a new song and made our own fall mini books. 

Math:

We learned more partner games to add to our shelf.

We worked on creating teen numbers.

We collaborated on story problems.

Week of September 16, 2024

Science:

We learned about different parts of our brain.

We explored the question: How can you help a lost baby animal find its parent? Students observed the traits of baby birds and had to help match them to their parent.

Math:

We worked on combinations of ten through games and partner work.  We also worked on finding number combinations for numbers 5 through 9.

Week of September 9, 2024

Science: 

We learned about Johnny Appleseed, the life cycle of an apple, and we completed an apple investigation.

Math:

We are learning how to record our thinking.

We are practicing making ten and recording in a picture and equation.

Week of September 3, 2024

Science:  We learned about the butterfly life cycle, symmetry, and explored the question: Why are butterflies so colorful?

Math: We continue to work on learning new routines and warm-ups. 

Science: We explored the questions: How do scientists know so much? and How do you become an inventor?

Math: We are learning new routines and warm-ups. We have been counting and learning how to use math materials.