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Welcome to 2nd Grade!  I am excited to be your teacher.  This is my second year here at L. Hollingworth School.  It is a great place to work and learn.  This is quite an unusual time in our world, but we can succeed by helping each other.  A little about myself:  I'm Mom to three; have a border collie named Champ; I enjoy the outdoors, camping, and kayak fishing; I like to sew, bake cookies, drink coffee, and eat ice cream.  I absolutely LOVE school and learning.  I'm a graduate of BGSU and Florida International University.  I am dual licensed to teach Elementary Education and Specific Learning Disabilities.  I look forward to working with families to help students learn and grow.
 

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Good Monday Morning!

Monday March 23, 2020 
 
As we begin our second week of schooling from home, I want to thank you and your families for working so hard last week.  Many of you are off to a great job continuing school from home.
 
Reading -  Today our lessons keep with our weather theme and match well with today's weather.  Visit Scholastic Bookflix and complete each activity on the topic of rain.  In addition, read 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. Alternate Bookflix link scroll to Week 1 Day 2 for the books and activities about rain.
 
Math - We will continue our use of MobyMax  Today you will work on your own math lesson and fact fluency, but expect an assignment soon.
 
Science - Listen to and read The Little Raindrop.  Do you remember what we call the journey the little raindrop takes?  Watch this Flocabulary song for the answer Flocabulary.  Class code is FY6X86 You can learn even more here The Water Cycle On a sheet of paper, draw what you've learned.  Use the words: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation to label your work. 
 
Art - Stay tuned for my video guiding you to draw a lion for our "lion weather"
 
Email, message on Remind 101, or message on MobyMax if you need any passwords or help.
 
Make today a great day Patriots!

Art Monday March 23, 2020

Follow along with me to draw a lion face. Let's use what we learned about water spreading markers in class to take advantage of this rainy weather. I hope you have fun!

Thursday's Learning Plan

March 19, 2020
 
Reading - Read at least 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon.  You can find a book at your reading level on updated ARC BOOKSHELF LINK Message me for your login information.  Listen to The Little Red Hen and The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza.  How are these stories alike?  How are they different?  Write 5 complete sentences comparing and contrasting the two stories.  Remember sentences begin with a capital letter and end with an end mark like a period.
 
Math - Continue your individual work with fact fluency and math on MobyMax
Tomorrow we will all try to play together on Prodigy.
 
Science - Watch this video to learn about Parts of an Egg.  Next go to the photo album and select Eggs.  View the pictures, read the captions, and add to your Science Journal for today.  Make sure you date it.  I will make and upload a video of the eggs going into the incubator later this evening.
 
Have a great day!  Choose hardworking and kind character traits like the Little Red Hen!  I miss you class!!!!!!!

It's Fun Friday!

Good morning class!
Do you miss marking your lunch tally, taking a bathroom break, and choosing your books?  lol  We have made it through our first school week at home.  Today you should go back through the learning plans and complete any unfinished work.  I know we have some classmates who have just now been able to connect online and schooling from home is a big change for all, so today you can catch up.
 
In math today let's play Prodigy starting at 10:00.  See if you can find each other and play together online.  Remember you can reach me through email, Remind 101 or MobyMax messenger if you need any help or login information.
 
You do need to read at least 30 minutes this morning and 30 minutes this afternoon.  I am trying to access some different online books for you.  Please try this link Unicorn and Horse and let me know if it works for you.
 
Enjoy your day!  It feels warmer so I may try to go for a run today.  Have a super weekend with your family!

Incubation Day 1

Here we go class! It's time to put our eggs into the warm incubator and let them begin to grow. We will learn many things about chickens and what is happening inside the eggs over the next 21 days. I wonder how many of our eggs will hatch. I am going to be careful and do the best I can for our eggs. However, sometimes even when you do everything right the eggs don't hatch. That's just the way nature is sometimes. I am hopeful, though, that we will share a very successful hatch together. Enjoy the video and mark your calendar at home!

Opening our box - part 4

THE BIG REVEAL They are beautiful eggs. We are very fortunate to have this opportunity to hatch together. Even though it's not in person, you will still become an expert. Listen and follow along with the captions. In your science journal write how the eggs compare with the diagram of an egg you drew earlier. Write something new you have learned using at least two complete sentences.

Opening our box - part 3

You can see how well the eggs were packed to protect them during shipment. A packing list usually lists all the items in an order. Our eggs are described as "rare". What does that mean? These breeds or types of chickens are not very common. They are rare or hard to find types of chickens. It's so exciting to be hatching unusual birds. I wonder what types they are. We will have to wait and research once they are born. Notice that I will read and follow the directions that came inside the box. Just like you do your best work by following directions, I need to follow directions to help our eggs hatch.

Opening our box - part 1

Our first look into our package of delivered eggs. The packing is some sort of glittery foam granules. They were very messy, but apparently provided good protection for our eggs.

Whoohoo! It's Wednesday!

Learning Plan for March 18, 2020
 
Reading -The Good Egg  While we wait for our eggs to arrive, enjoy this story.  Think about how you can be a good egg today.  Make a plan and be a good egg and Partiot.  
Continue your MobyMax Reading work.
Silent reading for at 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon.  Have you tried reading books from ARC Bookshelf yet? I can give you your login information through email, Remind 101, or even messenger on MobyMax.
 
Math - Continue Fact Fluency and Math on MobyMax I have awarded bonus game time to those students I see working.  Today you may also work on Prodigy.  Email, use Remind 101, or MobyMax messenger if you need login help.
 
Science - Eggs should arrive today!!!!!  I will post a video for you when they arrive.  Make a journal entry: today's date;  Write at least two complete sentences telling what you know about eggs.  Draw what you think our eggs will look like.
 
Social Studies - Read about Mari and how she is helping others.  She's a "good egg". The Clean Water Warrior Our class password is 2brocks! Watch the video, read the vocabulary, read and listen to the article, and complete the back page.  On a sheet of paper complete the Opinion Writing activity.  Then play the game.
 
Art -  Click on "Links" on our class page.  Then select "Art" from the drop down menu.  Choose one of the links and explore.  When you are outside today notice signs of Spring.  Maybe you will want to draw them and share with your family.
 
Keep learning and being my awesome, good egg 2nd graders!  

thermometer that reads 99 degrees Fahrenheit
Here is the temperature inside our incubator.  It is nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit.  Chicken eggs need to be kept between 98-100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is pretty amazing that just a hen sitting on her clutch of eggs can keep them that warm.  So I will watch the thermometer carefully to make sure the incubator holds the temperature.  Add to your Science Journal: today's date and the temperature inside the incubator. You can write a sentence and draw the thermometer.  Are you getting excited for the eggs to arrive?  I am!

Happy Terrific Tuesday!

Today's Learning Plan
 
Reading- MobyMax If you haven't done it yet, first complete the Reading  Level Assessment  then you should work in one of the Reading Skills options.  For your silent reading time today you may work in Reading Stories. You also now have access to ARC Bookshelf where you can select digital books from your reading level to read.  You need to email or message me on Remind for your login information.  Remember to read at least 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. It's VERY IMPORTANT.
 
Math- MobyMax  Math and Fact Fluency
 
Science -  Read and listen to this silly chicken story My Life as a Chicken
Check back later today for the incubation temperature photo.
 
Social Studies - Use this link to access an issue of Scholastic News.  Our class password is 2brocks! Read the issue and complete all of the online activities just like we do in class. (vocabulary, videos, back page, and game) 
 
PE - play outside!!!!!
 
Make today terrific!  Do your best and be good Patriots!