metcalf_showcase


Second Grade

	Objectives
Science	The student will investigate the process of the water cycle.	McKayla in Ms. Evans' class created the water cycle using the Smart Board and Smart Board Notebook software to illustrate her understanding of how the water cycle works.
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Math	The student will be able to solve problems using two digit addition and subtraction.	Students in Ms. Evans' class practiced solving two digit addition and subtraction problems using the Smart Board.
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Language Arts	The student will sort detail and main idea statements into the appropriate topic column.	Ms. Chew used two poems and used this sorting activity to practice identifying the main idea, topic, and detail statements. Students helped her sort using the Smart Board.
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Social Studies	The student will create a map of their neighborhood.	The students in Ms. Chew's social studies classes drew crucial neighborhood features onto a blank template, labeling streets and adding what they thought belonged in a neighborhood. Click on the map symbols to see what both classes created.
Social Studies	The student will create a map of their neighborhood.
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*Children who write in this way in their own invented spellings receive valuable practice in translating from sound to print. This practice and experience with letters and sounds form an excellent basis for reading later on. In addition, the activity develops self-reliance in dealing with print, and contributes to a do-it-yourself attitude which carries over into learning to read. -Carol Chomsky (1976)