Math Fun (for parents too!)

I had the wonderful opportunity a couple of weeks ago to travel to Indianapolis, IN with several of our great St. Mary's teachers to attend the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference.  We had a fun time talking about math and learning about new programs and strategies to share with our colleagues and students.  One quick resource that you can use right now is the Everyday Math website with examples of how to work problems in a little different way from the traditional method that you may be used to - click here for the link to  Everyday Math Parent Resources (then click on the free family resources page and then one of the algorithm pages).  Please let me know if you have any questions about this - glandaiche@stmarysschool.org.

April Book Club - Celebrating Poetry!

This month is National Poetry Month and our 2nd grade book club celebrated by sharing some of our favorite poems.  See the Smilebox with photos from our meeting and go to my delicious page for activities using poetry...Delicious page http://www.delicious.com/smsresources

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"On Stage" video

Here is the link to a download of the video Mr. Tanner made of the "Angelina Ballerina" performance of the "On Stage" Enrichment Cluster - Link to download of play

Pippi Pictures

Whew! Last week was so busy! It started with the field trip to the Pippi Longstocking play at the Cannon Center and, although I didn't go on the field trip, I loved reading about Pippi with the second graders before they went. Mrs. Collier and I were talking one day at the copier and came up with a "book hook" and descriptive drawing activity based on the original Pippi Longstocking book. The smilebox below includes the girls and their Pippi drawings that they drew before they read about her (except for some who had already read her books or had seen a Pippi movie!). From all of the talk after the girls returned, it sounded like they had a great time at the play:)
Last week also included my attending a presentation hosted by St. Mary's by the author of a book called, Hamlet's Blackberry by William Powers. The author talked about how important it is to have a "balance" in our lives with all of the amazing technological tools available to keep us "connected" all of the time. It is an interesting read!

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