End of the Year!

It's been a while since my last post because of my hectic life. Between the end of the year, moving back to third grade, end of the year, Master's, end of the year, two children, end of the year, doctors, end of the year, life, and did I mention end of the year.

So I am going back to third grade. You know that means a lot more project for me!!! I am excited the common core standards for third are more in depth and creates critical thinker from the students and most importantly the teacher. :)

To recap this last part of 2nd grade:
We did a lot of work and thinking this last part of the year.

We created and received a published book called What make you different? Thanks to Student Treasures who provided the publishing. The book turned out great, my students were excited, and most importantly they were extremely proud of their work.
http://www.studentreasures.com/publishingprograms/classroom/classbook/index.html

As I had mentioned before, we won the Word Girl viewer competition. At the end of the year we received our prizes and let me tell you there was over 400 students and teachers who were happy and excited.

We also did a unit based on the story Things that are Most in the Word. We read the story and then the students followed the books formula and created their own version of the book. This activity helped the students lean and understand what an adjective is. After that activity I switched it up a bit and made it for verbs.

The last project that I will mention is the wonderful study of the 7 Habits of a Happy Kid and the Leader in Me. I don't know why I didn't do this great unit before. The book that Cubby wrote is wonderful, it helped my students understand the habit and they were interested in the concept and characters.

What a great end of a 2nd grade year! Now to a 3rd grade year again.