A Balance of Skills and Fun: A great ending to October

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Second graders were using their estimation skills with items in a balance scale.



Connor tries to decide which item is heavier.

Along with these skills, second graders spend the fall mastering the basic addition facts with sums to 18, then the subtraction facts to go with them.  We have been brushing up on counting coins using dimes, nickels, and pennies.  We have been counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's and predicting what comes next in a pattern. 

We particularly enjoyed the math lesson in which we cut apples into "fractional parts of a whole".  We then tasted three different kinds of apples and graphed our favorites on a bar graph. 

Following are some pictures to show how we ended the month of October

 

 

After trick-or-treating at the Nursing Home, second graders relaxed with treats in Mrs. Deile's yard.

 

On a personal note:  Fall fun in the Deile house consists of both my children's birthdays and some bird hunting for my son and husband.