Last day of Virtual School, Friday May 22nd

Congratulations on completing 2nd Grade!  I am so proud of all the hard work you all have put into this year.  You worked through the online learning so well, and continued to learn even when we had to be apart.  I will always cherish our year together and all the memories that we made learning, and growing closer to Jesus.  Here is a Poem for you☺️❤️

Jesus Time-Watch Mr. Petzold's closing chapel live-streamed on the Trinity Website at 10:30 today.  If you cannot watch it at that time, it will be archived so you can view it at a later time.  Click on the  Trinity Website.  It will be about 15 minutes long.

Math-Pretend you and your BEST friend went fishing.  Go to Seesaw and do the Gone Fishing Activity.  Record the fish that you caught on the graph.

Writing-Go to Seesaw and write Mrs. Huff a letter so she can get to know you before you start 3rd grade. The activity is called End of the School Year-Letter to Next Year’s Teacher.  I will print them out and give them to her, or you can print it out and handwrite it.  If you handwrite it you can bring it to me when you come pick up your end of year items.

Shurley Review-Do the Adverb/Adjective Boom Cards on Seesaw.  When done do the Camp Learn a Lot Mad-Lib on Seesaw.

Reading/Social Studies-Listen to me read Little House in the Big Woods Chapter 10-11. There are still two more chapters left.   I will record the last two chapters on Seesaw for you.  You can listen to them when you have time, it does not have to done today.

Last thing to do this year is the Seesaw Activity End of the Year-I Had a Ball This Year!

Make sure to thank your parents for letting you make a tent in the house this week, if you did!  I hope you enjoyed some of the camping activities.

I can't wait to see you at our 1:00 zoom today to give you each an award, sing Happy Birthday to our summer birthday friends, and play a final camping game.  We will have a special guest join our meeting to congratulate you!

Make sure that you had a chance to watch our class imovie

Virtual School Thursday, May 21st

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.  They cannot be numbered!  I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand!        Pslam 139:17-18

Add to, and pray for each other on our prayer board.  Remember to keep each other in your prayers throughout the summer.  You can always come back to the blog and add more requests and continue to pray for each other. 

Prayer Board

Math-Go to Seesaw and do the Fluency Math Poem about counting money.

Pretend you get to go on a camping trip next weekend with your best friend.  The only catch is that YOU are in charge of planning everything out.  You will sharpen your math skills and get ready to plan out the BEST camping weekend EVER!  Go to seesaw and do the Camping Equipment Budget Activity.  You will have a budget of $100, and get to pick out camping equipment for your trip.  Use the directions on the Seesaw activity to pick out your equipment.  Have FUN! I'm excited to see what you pick out with your budget.

Reading-Do the Point of View and the Read and Response Activity on Seesaw from A Camping Spree with Mr. McGee.  If you want re-read the book, go back to the Seesaw activity and view it again.

Social Studies-Listen to me read chapter 10 of Little House in the Big Woods.

Writing-Watch the imovie of memories of  this past year by clicking on the link.  imovie  It is about 15 minutes long.  When you're done watching the imovie, go to Seesaw and watch the lesson on highlights from 2nd grade. The pictures below are from the lesson.  Finally, complete the 2nd Grade Camping Brochure Activity on Seesaw, it has two pages. The brochure will be given to my future 2nd grade class.  You will help get them excited for 2nd grade, I will give them your brochures before school starts next year.  You can complete it on Seesaw, or print it out and turn it in when you pick up your things from school.

Tomorrow at 1:00, we will have our awards ceremony on zoom, sing happy birthday to our classmates with summer birthdays, and if time play a camping game.  Can't wait to see you all!

Virtual School, Wednesday May 20th

I wait for the Lord to help me.  I trust His word.    Psalm 130:5

Continue to add to, and pray for each other on our prayer board.

Prayer Board

Listen and sing with Mr. and Mrs. Huff .

Reading-Do the Summary and Characters Activity on Seesaw from A Camping Spree with Mr. McGee.  You can watch the video of the book again from yesterday's lesson to refresh your memory.

Math-Lesson 129 Finding the Area of a Rectangle-Watch this  Jack Hartman’s Multiplication by 4 Song. You can also skip count by 4 using your 100’s chart. Count from 4-40 forward and backwards each day a couple times.When done go to class fact practice 129A.  Point to each problem and say the answer aloud. When done set your timer for 3 minutes and see how many problems you can complete.  If you don’t finish , complete the rest.  Have someone check your work.  Next go to Seesaw and watch Lesson 129, you will need lesson worksheet 129 A during the lesson.  Finally, do Guided Class Practice 129A, check your work on Seesaw.  Also do lesson worksheet 130-1, and shade in the multiples of each number. You can check this on Seesaw too. Congratulations, this is your last Saxon Math Lesson in 2nd grade.  We will have a camping math review for the rest of the year.

Writing-Go to Seesaw and do the Capitalization Boom Cards. After do the Seesaw Activity, Publish  My Amazing Tent Opinion Paper.  Make sure to have an beginning(introduction), middle(reasons) , and end(conclusion).  Also make sure to check your capitalization, punctuation, and spelling carefully.  I am excited to hear about your amazing tents!

Social Studies-Listen to me read chapter 9-10 of Little House in the Big Woods
Make sure you completed one of the Mount Clemens Timeline activities.
Check out Nora Grace's (a.k.a. 😉 Lauren Bacall)Historical Narrative.

Virtual School Tuesday, May 19th

Wait patiently for the Lord.  Be brave and courageous.  Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.               Psalm 27:14

Welcome to your last week of 2nd Grade.  I have some fun camping activities planned for this week!

Writing-Go to Seesaw and do the My Amazing Tent Activity.  Today you will be in the prewriting stage of writing.  You will read the directions and begin brainstorming and organizing your writing.

Math-Lesson 128 Dividing by 2-Watch this  Jack Hartman’s Multiplication by 4 Song. You can also skip count by 4 using your 100’s chart. Count from 4-40 forward and backwards each day a couple times.When done go to class fact practice 128A.  Point to each problem and say the answer aloud. When done set your timer for 3 minutes and see how many problems you can complete.  If you don’t finish , complete the rest.  Have someone check your work.  Next go to Seesaw and watch Lesson 126, you will need 20 pennies, or 20 of some kind of small objects.  Finally, do Guided Class Practice 128A, check your work on Seesaw.  Tomorrow will be your last Saxon Math Lesson in 2nd grade.

Reading-Go to Seesaw and do A Camping Spree with Mr. McGee Read Aloud Activity.  After listening to the story do the Key Details assignment attached to the activity.

Social Studies-Listen to me read Little House in the Big Woods Chapters 8-9

Finish Social Studies from Friday-Check out the Mount Clemens Timeline.  View it on fullscreen and pull the bottom blue bar over so you can see all the events. Choose one of the assignments to do from below:

1. Choose one of the events from the Mount Clemens Timeline.  Write a short historical narrative about the event and illustrate it.  In the narrative you will pretend you are a person from that time, experiencing what life was like in the past. You can use artifacts and your knowledge about how things were different from today.  The activity is on seesaw.

Alana's Example of a historical narrative

2.  Create a picture book of the history of Mount Clemens using 6 events or more.  Make sure to have a caption and and illustrate for each event, and that it’s in chronological order(past to present time).  I will repost the timeline activity on seesaw that you could use, you could take pictures of your drawings to illustrate each event or pull pictures off the internet to go with each event. 

If you do not use the Seesaw Activities, you can do the assignments in your writers notebook if you would like, and send me a picture through Seesaw of your completed assignment, or your parents can email or text me a picture of it.  You can work on it Friday-Tuesday.  I would like them completed by Wednesday.

Spanish-Hola clase!  I am so super proud of all your hard work learning español from home!  I hope and pray you have a wonderful summer break and I can't wait to see you next year!

Here is one last story to listen to.  Do you hear any words that we have learned this year?

https://youtu.be/oQtDIhxAgoo
I attached the Spanish Community Riddles Worksheet onto Seesaw.

Virtual School Friday, May 15th

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.                 Psalm 95:1

Watch today’s lesson:

Continue to add to, and pray for each other on our prayer board.

Prayer Board

Aubrey's Cross Shape Poem

Spelling-Take lesson 27 spelling test on Spellingcity.com.  Make sure to use your username and password so I can see how you did. Push the red Spelling Test Me button.  Congratulations you’ve completed 2nd grade spelling.

Cursive-Complete page 100-103 in your cursive book. Congratulations you have completed the lowercase cursive letters in 2nd grade. Please return this book to me at the end of the year pick-up. Mrs. Huff uses it to teach you the uppercase cursive letters in 3rd grade.

Math-Math lesson 127 Showing and Counting Back Change for $1.00.  Watch this  Jack Hartman’s Multiplication by 4 Song. You can also skip count by 4 using your 100’s chart. Count from 4-40 forward and backwards each day a couple times.When done do Fact Homework 127.  Have someone check it when you are done.  For the math lesson today you can follow along using 10 dimes, 4 quarters, and lesson worksheet 127.  Go to Seesaw and watch math Lesson 127.  When done do guided class practice 127A.  Check your work on Seesaw. 

Science-Watch the Seed Dispersal Video. When done do the seed dispersal activity on Seesaw. 

Reading-Listen to me read chapter 8 of Little House in the Big Woods.

Check out this old poem I found written about the Mount Clemens Mineral Baths.  Make sure to read it out loud☺️

Social Studies/Writing-Check out the Timeline of our community  View it on fullscreen and pull the bottom blue bar over so you can see all the events. Today you are going to choose one of the assignments to do from below:

1. Choose one of the events from the Mount Clemens TImeline  Write a short historical narrative about the event and illustrate it.  In the narrative you will pretend you are a person from that time, experiencing what life was like in the past. You can use artifacts and your knowledge about how things were different from today.  I put this template on seesaw that you can use or print out.

2.  Create a picture book of the history of Mount Clemens using 6 events or more.  Make sure to have a caption and and illustrate for each event, and that it’s in chronological order(past to present time).  I will repost the timeline activity on seesaw that you could use, you could take pictures of your drawings to illustrate each event or pull pictures off the internet to go with each event. 

If you do not use the Seesaw Activities, you can do the assignments in your writers notebook if you would like, and send me a picture through Seesaw of your completed assignment, or your parents can email or text me a picture of it.  You can work on it today-Tuesday.  I would like them completed by next Wednesday.

Science-Watch the Seed Dispersal Video.  When done do the seed dispersal activity on Seesaw. 

Nora Grace’s Blue Angels Shape Poem

Have a great weekend!!  I’m excited to celebrate our last week of school with you.  Although it is from afar we will still have a special time together. 

Virtual Learning Thursday, May 14th

It is the Lord who goes before you.  He will be with you; He will not leave or forsake you.  Do not fear or be dismayed.

                                        Deuteronomy 31:8

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good.                    Romans 8:28

Jesus Time-Congratulations, you have finished all your Jesus Time books for 2nd grade.  Read and do p. 15-16 “Paul' is Shipwrecked”  in your orange Jesus time book. 

Even through a shipwreck, God saved everyone aboard.  In our life journey, we will have troubles and days that will not be fun.  But that does not mean that we are alone and without God's love.  He promises to guide and comfort us.  An optional activity for this lesson is to paint a stormy sea using watercolor paint.  Use blue, purple, green, and black paint to paint your stormy sea.  Make large, foamy waves.  After it dries, use a black sharpie or marker to write one of today's verses over the waves.  Through difficult times remember to recite these words over and over, for they are God's promises to us.  

Social Studies-Check out our Classmate's Timelines of their lives.  They are on our Blog, it’s on the previous post.  Some new ones are added.
Check out the Timeline of Our Community.  View it on fullscreen and pull the bottom blue bar over so you can see all the events.  We will continue to be studying the events on this timeline.  Virtual Field Trip today is to our very own church and school, Trinity Lutheran.  Trinity was first founded the same year the Rose Garden opened in 1882, and just a few years after electricity was available in homes. In 1882 Pastor Boeing came to Mt. Clemens to start a church. On April 18, 1885, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation was started.  The services were in German, and in a public hall.  After land on Dickinson Street was donated, a building was made where Sunday worship and classes for Trinity's school were held.  In 1900, a new church was built by the school children and church members, next to the other buildings.  A new school building was dedicated in 1926, and the Sunday morning church services in English started at this time.  It had almost 1000 members.  In 1937, a second pastor was called to Trinity, to direct the youth.  He also started a ministry to include connection to the community.  In 1947 Trinity was renamed Trinity Lutheran Church of Mount Clemens.  A new school and building was built and dedicated in 1955, on Harper, our current site.  Trinity had over 1100 people worshipping during 3 services on Sunday.  The current church building was dedicated in 1968, so all members could worship at one time.

Spelling-play a game and take a practice spelling test on list 27 on Spellingcity.com. Instead of doing Spelling City you could do any practice activity we have done this year to practice your words: spiral spelling, sidewalk chalk, rainbow spelling, spell out loud in different voices... Your last spelling test in 2nd grade is tomorrow!

Math-Math-Math-Lesson 126 Locating and Graphing Points on a Coordinate Graph- -Watch this  Jack Hartman’s Multiplication by 4 Song. You can also skip count by 4 using your 100’s chart. Count from 4-40 forward and backwards each day a couple times.When done go to class fact practice 126A.  Point to each problem and say the answer aloud.  When done set your timer for 3 minutes and see how many problems you can complete.  If you don’t finish , complete the rest.  Have someone check your work.  Next go to Seesaw and watch Lesson 126, you will need lesson worksheet 126 to complete during the lesson.  Finally, do Guided Class Practice 126A, check your work on Seesaw.

Reading-Go to Seesaw and listen to me read chapter 7-8 of Little House in the Big Woods.

Writing-Go to Seesaw and do the Finding Rhyme in Poetry Activity by reading the Eletelephony poem.  When done go to the 5 Senses Poem on Seesaw, and try to write your own about summer.  If you have time do the Shape Poem activity on Seesaw.

Science-Go to Seesaw and do the Plant Life Cycle Activity.

Hope to see you tonight at 6:30 for another poetry around the campfire.  You can come ready to share a poem you have written or read, have a snack, and be in camping gear.  We have a surprise camper visiting us for the meeting:)

Virtual School Wednesday May 11th

 I am as happy over your promises as if I had found a great treasure.                   Psalm 119:162

Watch the Devotion:

After read these verses in your Bible to learn a truth about who God is, a promise God has for you, or an action He wants you to take:  1 John 4:8, Philippians 4:19, and Matthew 22:39.

Listen to the Chapel songs Mr. and Mrs. Huff


Social Studies-Check out our Classmate's Timelines of their lives.  They are on our Blog, it’s on the previous post.  Some new ones are added.
Check out the Timeline of Our Community.  View it on fullscreen and pull the bottom blue bar over so you can see all the events.  We will continue to be studying the events on this timeline.  Virtual Field Trip today is to the Mount Clemens Rose Gardens. Mount Clemens was the Rose Growing Capital of the United Stated for more than 100yrs.  Roses were another major industry for Mount Clemens.  John Breitmeyer started one of the first rose gardens in 1882 in Mount Clemens. Mrs. Huff’s street is named after him, Breitmeyer Place.  Grace Kment’s house is right next door to where one of the Rose Gardens once stood on Floral.  Some of the roses once were transported by wheelbarrow to the Grand Trunk Depot, where Thomas Edison worked.

Rose Gardens on Floral.

Behind me is where the Rose Gardens once stood. 

The largest producing rose garden once stood on the corner of Cass and Clinton River Road.  The land is now cleared for new homes to be built on it.  The rose gardens closed in 1999.

Land cleared where the Rose Gardens were once located.

The Rose Gardens on Cass and Clinton River Road.

Math-Lesson 125 Multiplication by 4.  The flash cards that go with 4’s is set L. (If you don’t have them, you can make a set)  You can also watch Jack Hartman’s Multiplication by 4 Song
You can also skip count by 4 using your 100’s chart.  Count from 4-40 forward and backwards each day a couple times.

Use Lesson Worksheet 125-1B to play multiplication by 4 Bingo.  Write the answers for the multiplying by 4 facts in each square randomly.  Mix your multiplying by 4 flashcards and choose a card.  Cover the answer on your card with something.  Play a couple rounds of cover all Bingo.

When done do the other side of of your Bingo Sheet, Lesson 125-1A.  Also complete Guided Practice 125 A.  You can check both of these worksheets on Seesaw.

Reading-Go to Seesaw and listen to me read the rest of chapter 6 and some of 7, of Little House in the Big Woods.

Writing- Go to Seesaw and do the Finding Rhyme in Poetry activity.  When done do the Diamanté Poem Activity.   Look at the example they did on Winter.  Try to write your own Spring Diamanté Poem. You could share it at our Poetry Around the Campfire on Thursday. If you have time try the Autobiography Poem too.

When you have time, check out Ken Nesbitt’s Poetry Site.  You can read through his poems and pick one to read to the class.  Some of them are pretty silly, be ready to laugh☺️

If you have a poem that you would like me to share on the Trinity Facebook Website, have your parents send me a picture it.  You can make it look published with a picture and make sure your name is on it.

Science-Go to Seesaw and do the Parts of a Plant activity and the Parts of a Plant Scavenger Hunt.

Spanish-

¡Hola! Today we are going to learn about "la comunidad" or places in your community.  

Watch this video:

https://youtu.be/iCzbHyu_dZo

Here is a worksheet to do after the video (attached to parents email today)

Here is a song about "la comunidad." Do you hear any of the words we learned today?

https://youtu.be/iM-2SgBv3mA