Black History Month Presentation click to open

Students Blogs

When your child is finish their PowerPoint presentation it will be placed on the student blogs.

Promoting Student Blogs

Each student in my class is currently creating a blog you can see your child’s work by visiting http://kidblog.org/mrsmedinasclass/student-blogs/ . 

Please, leave comments on the students blogs it will encourage them to publish more of their writing.

Hi,

My name is Mrs. Medina and I am a second grade teacher in Pleasantville, NJ. My class is participating in the Great Mail Race and we are sending letters to other 2nd grade classes. I was wondering if you would like to participate. My blog URL is http://mrskaymedina.edublogs.org if you would like to see what we are doing and learn more about my class. Also, you can send me an e-mail at mrskaymedina@gmail.com or have your students fill out the questionnaire posted on the students’ blogs at http://kidblog.org/mrsmedinasclass/student-blogs/ . If you do not want to participate could you at least send us a postcard?

Leeds Avenue School

c/o Mrs. Medina

100 W. Leeds Avenue

Pleasantville, NJ 08232

We are looking forward to your communication.

Great Mail Race

Task 1

We started addressing our envelopes for the Great Mail Race.

Check us out!

Task 2

Click here for sample of questionnaire

Great-Mail-Race-Questionnaire-Homeroom

or THE GREAT MAIL RACE QUESTIONNAIRE

Students applying the skills:

Task 3

Letter Writing

Friendly-Letter , letter , letter-color , letter-winter click to open

Other Resources

1. THE GREAT MAIL RACE QUESTIONNAIRE fill in
2. friendly-letters (PowerPoint)
3. State Questionnaire
4. Questionnaire2
5. Great Mail Race Questionnaire (Blank)
6. The_Great_Mail_Race_Questionnaire
7. THE GREAT MAIL RACE QUESTIONNAIRE

Student Showcase

The Pleasantville School District is having a showcase tonight of student work. I took several pictures of assignments my students created using performance assessment.

Students create portfolios for writing.  The yellow paper was for prewriting, green for rough draft, blue for revising, and pink for proofreading.  I found old menus at Goodwill and I thought they would make nice portfolios.  Lastly, all proofreading marks were made using a dry eraser marker.

Money Project

Fact Family Project

Click on categories to select a project listed under student projects you are interested in viewing.  I will try to add some picture graphics on the weekend. 

Task 3

Letter Writing

Friendly Letter

On Monday, January 25th our class will starting mailing the letters for the Great Mail Race.  Our class is looking forward to your response.

Task 2

Homeroom Class

Reading Class 

THE GREAT MAIL RACE QUESTIONNAIRE  click to open

Students applying the skills:

Task 3

Letter Writing

 Friendly Letter

Great Mail Race

Task 1

We started addressing our envelopes for the Great Mail Race.

 Check us out!

The Great Mail Race

The Great American Mail Race is a project in which students “race” to get letters across the country to as many different states as possible before the end of the school year. This ongoing activity will reinforce letter writing skills, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure, as well as map skills in a fun and interesting way!

Students will use a map to choose two states that they would like to contact. They will write letters telling about themselves, their school (Leeds Avenue School), their friends and families, and about Pleasantville, NJ. Together as a class, they brainstormed about Pleasantville’s economy, natural resources, and recreation opportunities. As a group, they decided which of these things they wanted to “showcase” to the classes they want to contact. Envelopes were addressed to Any Second Grade Class, using http://www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/tools/.

If you would like to send us a letter or postcard our school address is:

Pleasantville Public Schools
Leeds Avenue School
c/o Mrs. Medina
100 W. Leeds Avenue
Pleasantville, NJ 08232

Thank You!

I want to thank Mrs. Parrott from Central Elementary in Belle Plaine, IA for starting the Great Mail Race with my class.

When the state’s name listed below becomes green that means we have received contact from a school in that state.

Websites for Practice

1. http://www.dositey.com/2008/addsub/sub2digr.html
2. http://www.dositey.com/2008/addsub/subra4.htm
3. http://www.thatquiz.org/
4. http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/OnlineSubtraction.html
5. http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practice.html?arithmetic
6. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_1_t_1.html
7. http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/subtractiontest.html
8. http://www.kidport.com/Grade2/Math/NumberSense/G2-M-NS-Sub100.htm
9. http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Math/Subtraction/
10. http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.html
11. http://www.scweb4free.com/subtraction010.htm
12. http://britekidsonline.com/demo/demo_glory/FreeDemo/Demo/LevelD/3_N15_9.htm
13. http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/games/subtraction.asp
14. http://www.iknowthat.com/com/iktMath?SubTopic=Two+Digit+Subtraction+With+Regrouping&Movie=FortressAtFrogIsland&Topic=DoubleDigitSubtractionWithRenaming
15. http://www.iknowthat.com/com/Dojo?ScoreEntry=DjDDSR&Topic=DoubleDigitSubtractionWithRenaming
16. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/index.htm
17. http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mayan-math/index.html
18. http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/maths1.html
19. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=digitmenu
20. http://www.schooltimegames.com/Mathematics/MathMountain.html
21. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/popup/popup_subtraction.htm
22. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/mahjong/mahjong_subtraction.htm
23. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/mathman/mathman_subtraction.htm
24. http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
25. http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/Tunnel/subtractFrame.htm
26. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathssub.html

Good evening. Tonight, as Americans across the country gather with family and friends, I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year.

This is always a hopeful time, as we celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another. And while 2009 was difficult for many Americans, we must also look back on this year with the knowledge that brighter days are ahead of us – that although our challenges are great, each of us has the courage and determination to rise up and meet them.

It is that spirit that has kept the American Dream alive for generations, and it is that spirit that will keep it alive for generations to come. Happy New Year, everyone.

En Español:

Saludos a todos. Esta noche que estadounidenses en todo el país se están reuniendo con familiares y amigos, quiero desearles a todos un feliz Año Nuevo, lleno de salud.
 
Éste siempre es un periodo de optimismo, ya que celebramos el final de un año y el inicio de otro. Y aunque el 2009 fue difícil para muchos estadounidenses, debemos también ver este año pasado con la certeza de que tendremos días mejores por delante – que a pesar de que los retos son grandes, cada uno de nosotros tiene la valentía y la determinación para enfrentarlos.
 
Es ese espíritu el que ha mantenido vivo el Sueño Americano generación tras generación, y es ese espíritu el que lo mantendrá vivo en generaciones futuras. Feliz Año Nuevo a todos.
 

Websites

http://www.newyearfestival.com/new-year-in-different-languages.html

http://kidsturncentral.com/holidays/sayhny.htm