First Week Second Grade Success!

We survived the first week of school!!! :)

The kids had an awesome week and I'm sure their brains are on OVERLOAD, but they truly did very well for having a full 4 days of school, plus a half day!  What a long week for kids who just got back from summer break!  I am so proud of them!

2nd Day in 2nd Grade! :)

Keep reading to see a little bit of the first week in Miss Nederhoff's 2nd grade! :)

Last week and this week, we are practicing our Daily 5 centers in order to be productive and learn effectively during Reading time.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Daily 5, I will explain it briefly to you!

During Daily 5 time, there are five or six different rotations that the students go to:
1) Read to Self
2) Read to Someone
3) Teacher Time
4) Word Work
5) Writing
6) Listen to Reading

Last week and this week, we are busy practicing these centers by going through the rules and building our stamina to see how long we can work at one center!  Ask your kiddos about the word "Stamina!"  They will know what it means!

Last week, we practiced Read to Self and Read to Someone.  Read to Self consisted of teaching the students how to find a "good fit book."  Look at the pictures to understand what I'm saying, in order to find a good fit book! :)

Finding a "Good Fit" book rules! :)

Student's interactive sheet to check their books to see if they are a good fit!

One of my students checking to see if it's a good fit book!

We also practiced Read to Someone!  Read to Someone takes place in the library, where the students get to read with a friend instead of always reading quietly to themselves!  It creates a great learning community and it's fun to see the students helping one another while trying to read new books!  Check out the pictures below to see how we do Read to Someone in 2nd grade! :)

This is how we sit when we do Read to Someone! :)

Two of my students practicing Read to Someone!
They're doing a great job! :)

Last week, we also practiced using math manipulatives, learning how to treat them, what they are for, etc.  We each built a "Math Toolbox" where we covered all of our math manipulatives and we talked about the rules for each!  Check out the pictures below to see our "Math Toolboxes" and the kids interacting with the math manipulatives! :)

Our math tools! :)

Two of my students exploring the math tools by playing "BUMP!"

Overall, our first week in 2nd grade was a SUPER BUSY week, but we had a blast and I couldn't be any happier with my class on how they did the first week.  We had a couple times where we had to remember we were in school and not on summer break, but hey, they are 7 and 8 year olds and they can't concentrate the WHOLE time right?! That's why as a teacher, I am flexible and keep them moving so they stay awake because no one likes to sit in their seats all day!

Before I conclude this post, I have to brag a little bit........

On Monday, August 18 (because my older sister clearly doesn't know how busy the first week of school is with just school, love you Brooke ;) !), her and her husband blessed a new baby BOY!!! into this world!  So, this means I'm not only an aunt to my spunky little two year old niece, Emma Rae, but also an aunt to my new nephew, Evan Thomas, who is cuter than cute! :)  Check out the cutie below!

Thank you all for listening, and until next time, stay safe! <3