2D Shapes

Our shy little lizard decided to pop out of his little log one morning before school started. The kids haven’t seen him much because he doesn’t really come out. We have one more week with him before he goes back.

 We started our unit on 2D shapes. We worked on identifying different shapes and counting their vertices and sides. This upcoming week, we will continue identifying more shapes. 

On Friday, I gave each kid a specific number of shapes they had to use to build their shape monsters. They got to use their creativity and they really had fun with this. You can check out our scary looking monsters in the hallway!

We played a matching game as a warm-up. I try to encourage the kids to work together helping each other out identifying the shapes but also showing good sportsmanship. After they finish the game, I see the kids saying “good game” and shaking each other’s hands : )

Mrs. Skalaban tried something new this year that she’s never done. She took both classes to the STEAM lab for science and they got to build their rock habitat out of recycled materials. This year’s class really enjoys using recycled things thrown in the recycle bin in the classroom and it’s awesome. I love seeing the students be creative and resourceful. I don’t know exactly what the next step to this project is for them but I’m sure they will write about their rock habitat.

Thanks for helping us raise money for the Fun Run. If we collect 100% of the money raised, Summitt will have raised $25,000! The kids did such a good job running their laps.