BUILD Centers

Happy Friday!  I hope you are able to relax on this special 3-day weekend.

This week, we've been so busy, I forgot to pick up my camera and take some pictures! 

Students have been studying Citizenship (our test is next Wednesday!), and students have had fun reviewing the traits of good citizenship by using our visual vocabulary cards and a special pointer when given clues.  We've also been working on our "paper bag" books, which will come home this week. 

You may have been hearing about "BUILD Centers" from your child when they talk about math.  In math, we rotate to different groups during our time.  Students rotate from my table, where we are learning about current topics in math, to "seat" where they finish their "Number of the Day" book and go to their BUILD Center, to Mrs. Compton on the carpet, where they review concepts, such as money and calendar.

The "BUILD" stands for
*Buddy Games
*Using Manipulatives
*Independent Math and Reading
*Learning About Numbers
*Doing Math

Each week (or 5 days), there are new activities for students to work with in the baskets.  It is always a review from what students learned last year, or have learned in the previous weeks of school, so students should not have difficulty completing the activities.  They have assigned buddies, and each day go to a different center.

 Don't forget September 12, our Back to School Night!  The second grade teachers will be introducing the "Math Games" Folders which will go home each week for students to practice playing the games we've learned in Math Groups.  The plan is that once a week, students will have "Game Night" and play with an adult or older sibling with one of the games we've learned in class.  This week, we learned "Plus 1 or 2 Bingo" and "Collect 25 Cents."  Folders will start to become part of the homework the week after (September 16). 

Also coming up THIS FRIDAY - GRANDPARENTS DAY!  :)