Mrs. Shenk

Throughout this week, our future 3rd graders have been practicing their phonics skills 🌟 Keep it up! @NorwoodES @canstafford @mikeruppenkamp @MrsShenk28 @Mr_KettererPE

Littering lockers is a-okay when gr.2 Ss leave words of encouragement for gr.3 #MCAP Ss! @MBGorecki such a thoughtful idea! @gt_valerie @MrsARoss18 @MrsKeller1718 @MrsShenk28 @MrsGoddard4 your Ss’ notes put many smiles on gr.3 Ss’ faces! @NorwoodES @canstafford @JSzymanski301

Throughout the month of April, our class successfully grew corn and peas plants. Each day, we measured in centimeters the growth! 🌱 What a fun number corner activity! @NorwoodES @JSzymanski301 @canstafford

This week in our class we decided to add mindfulness activities to help our learning and grow in mindfulness! We are working on new breathing strategies and working towards showing kindness and being responsible and respectful ♥️ @NorwoodES @canstafford @JSzymanski301

Happy Read Across America Day! In 2nd grade, we read for purpose and FUN!! 📚 @NorwoodES @canstafford @JSzymanski301

Today we counted groups of 10 and 100 using links to understand place value of numbers up to 1,000! Wow! Great work my 2nd graders! Look how long 1,000 links are! @NorwoodES @canstafford @JSzymanski301

2nd graders sharing their addition and subtraction strategies during math guided practice 📚 @NorwoodES @JSzymanski301 @canstafford

Today was sports day! This class was rocking their sport gear! Extra art smocks were turned into O’s gear and everyone was happy they could rock sports gear! 🤩

Students measuring lengths using cubes to determine how much longer one object is than the other using beans from Jack and the Bean Stalk! @NorwoodES @canstafford @JSzymanski301

2nd grade showing their knowledge of closed syllable words! WAY TO GO! @canstafford @JSzymanski301 @NorwoodES

Today my up coming 2nd graders made story problems to match a picture! Very proud of how creative they got and all thought of different ways to represent the number 10! 😀 ✏️ 🧮 @NorwoodES @JSzymanski301 @canstafford

In science, my students designed hand-pollinators to mimic a bee to help fruit and vegetables grow! @NorwoodES @canstafford @JSzymanski301

Today we had a blast writing and solving our own story problem! My students were very creative! #proudteacher @canstafford @JSzymanski301 @NorwoodES

Working hard during Math May Do time! We were able to choose some new choices after completing our “show what you know!” Very proud of my friends 😀 @canstafford @JSzymanski301

When you tell your students that your favorite colors are pink, purple, black and gray- they show up for “Wear your Teacher’s Favorite Color Day” for teacher appreciation week! @canstafford @JSzymanski301

Today during math small groups, my friends showed their subtraction number line strategies in a fun way! We made Ant Paths to show the difference between centimeters! 🐜🐞🦋🐛 @canstafford @JSzymanski301

My morning was made when a 2nd grader COULD NOT WAIT to show me her work and explain her thinking using mathematical vocabulary! 💛👏😁 @NorwoodES, our teachers are amazing! #thxbcpsteachers #TeacherAppreciationWeek @canstafford @BCPSMATH