Mayflower Math & Pilgrim Parts of Speech

It's all things Plymouth and Pilgrims in my classroom and 

I'm still wondering where October went!  I thought I'd share a few 

things we've been up to now that October has come and gone!

Some of my second graders are still having trouble 

identifying proper nouns so I introduced my class to

these two sassy sisters.  Meet Constance Common Noun 

and Prudence Proper Noun!

I passed out sticky notes with both common and 

proper nouns on them and we played a variation of

I have...Who has where 1 student read their noun

and the student with the matching common or proper noun

stood up to read theirs before adding them to our chart.

Next, students wrote their own on whiteboards. For some

 independent practice students used this noun printable

 to match the two types then used them in sentences 

making sure to capitalize the proper nouns.

Download this free resource.

This year my school began using the engageny Eureka Math

program and it takes up every minute of my math block.

I have to really work it to be able to carve out time for us

to do math centers twice a week. It's been an adjustment to

my teaching style, but so far it's been very beneficial

for my students. During November we're rotating through

 Mayflower math centers and my class is loving 

every minute!

We started off making these Mayflower word problem booklets.

My little pilgrims couldn't wait to get their hands on their 

very own pencil quills! 

Quills were flying as they put together these place value 

puzzles and recorded ways to represent the numbers!

We compare and ordered numbers with these telescope

symbols and some number card scrolls.

We skip counted to the crows nest by 2's, 5's and 10's.

And then it was time to travel! Partners played this

telling time board game by reading the clock

then finding the digital time on the map.

Sometimes all it takes is a feather to send that 

engagement factor soaring!

I made some Math Puzzles to 20 for

our little Kinder friends across the hall.

They not only used the puzzles in their math stations

but my very smart teacher friend printed the templates 

so her class could match and make a Mayflower!

How fun is that? I love it when resources 

do double duty!

Next week we'll be making this Pigeon persuasive writing craft

Thanksgiving-style!  One of my absolute favorite things, we'll help 

poor Tom Turkey disguise himself as the Pigeon and 

convince our families to eat hot dogs instead of turkey

on Thanksgiving!

Well I'm off to enjoy the rest of the weekend and

light the first fire of the season in the fireplace. Here in 

Arizona we think we're freezing if the temp drops 

below 70! Ha!

Have a great week teacher friends!