Minute To Win It Reward Party

Earlier in the year I showed you my "Addition Facts Hall of Fame" and "Subtraction Facts Hall of Fame". By middle of the year of 2nd grade, I expect my students to master their addition facts (20 facts correct in 1 minute). For those that have mastered their facts, we do a special party. I decided to do the party during recess this year because I didn't want my other students to feel like they were being punished for not mastering their facts...

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Matter Experiments

We had fun with our matter experiments! First we made ice cream using rock salt, sugar, vanilla flavoring, and ice! So fun!  Then we made butter using heavy whipping cream and shaking it like crazy! Last, we took a mixture of snacks and SEPARATED them to show that the mixture could be completely separated.  Science is probably my kids' most favorite subject!!! They absolutely LOVE ...

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