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.

Capirotada (mixture of ideas) bulletin board

I could not decide what idea to go with for my bulletin board so I put a bit of every idea I had.











Parts of a dictionary:

Dictionary Parts

This was a fun activity to do with my class. After teaching the different parts, many different ways and still not getting the results I wanted, I came up with this idea. Thank God that this did the trick and the light bulb went on, and we were able to move on.

Telling Time in a different way: 

Telling Time in a different way Model

I had a difficult time teaching how to tell time in a different way, since my students were not understanding the concept nor memorizing how to figure out the time. I tried songs, formulas, practice, and nothing seemed to work. I tried different models and it was all work in vain. 

Then I got this idea. I did this project with my students as I was thinking about it. And it was a great hit with my students. They had fun creating it, and understood the concept and reasoning behind why things are done a certain way. 

After this activity students were better at telling time and saying it in another way. Suggestion: Gluing yard is a difficult task, I recommend leaving a small pace between the Popsicle sticks to stick one end there and tape it, it is less messy. 

When I did this project I did not have the template as I was creating as we went through it. But to save time, and for your understanding I created a template with explanations for Free.Click on the picture caption or here for your exclusive copy. This is not located in my teacher store only in this blog. EXCLUSIVE FREEBIE. YAY!  

Taco Paragraph:

I am extremely proud of this idea. My students seem to grasp this idea as it is connected to them and is able to add more details to it rather than the hamburger explanation. This is an extensive lesson and will take at least 5 weeks or even more. It all depends on how long of a writing period you have and the students pace. I am done with this unit which includes: lesson plans, worksheets, posters, and template for the taco paragraph. I just need to spell check and make sure my lessons make sense and are understandable. Look for it soon. : )