They sit in their regular table groups and rotate tables. They stay at each center for 15-20 mins. This can be done without a parent volunteer, but it's so nice if you can have one!
Math:
With a partner, they had a spinner board and spun 6 times each. They tallied, graphed, and line plotted. This is from Lory Evans's packet.
Easter Hunt/Math:
I thought about this one long and hard. I didn't want to just have them graph jelly beans. I thought about having them make arrays. But really, they are way past repeated addition. So I thought about a conversation I'd had early this week:
Parker- "Ms. Collins, even though we're in 2nd grade, can we still have an egg hunt?"
Me- "No, baby, just the Kindergarteners get to do that here at our school."
Then I thought they could hunt for one egg- the one with their name- in cursive- somewhere in our room. It'd be filled with jellybeans, and then they could graph the info! They loved it, but the only glitch is that Leslie never found hers. I counted out 23 eggs twice! But I'm really started to doubt myself.
Torn-paper Easter egg- the trick is to draw large designs. My 5th graders wouldn't believe me and would spend FORever on intricate designs. I have them put glue on one section at a time and then tear away! The smaller the pieces, the prettier (because one can fill all the blank spots).
Snack:
Always. Today they made a Duck Cupcake. But genius here bought the Spring Food Coloring (lime green, aqua, purple, hot pink). So we had all colored ducks! I told them just to use their imaginations. So, they iced cupcakes. Next goes on coconut for the feathers. (Turns out most 2nd graders DON'T like coconut, so I didn't bother dyeing the coconut.) Then candy corn for beaks & any round candy for eyes. So sweet.
Happy Easter! And it's Spring Break for us next week!!
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