Mystery Critter

Each week we will try to have a mystery critter. The children are given several clues they have to read and determine the animal. Some weeks it will be just pictures but this week we had a LIVE animal.  This week the mystery critter was a rabbit. Julian was the only one that got it right. Good for you Julian:)



Welcome to another great year of Second Grade!!!
 I can't believe we have been in school for almost 2 weeks and I haven't posted anything. We've been so busy; time has just gotten away. Enjoy the pictures and keep watching for more "learning in action". I am looking forward to an awesome year!!

Ansley and Carson performing surgery on our words to make contractions:)




Bryson building his place value village.





Zack enjoying his sprite float to check out solids, liquids, and gases. Delicious and educational!





Graci added more bubbles to her sprite float.



We would like to say a big GET WELL SOON to our friend Cody. Hope to see you back at school really soon. We miss you!!



OUR NEW BENCH!

Our class raised enough  money to buy the bench and a little more.

Great job guys!

Our garden looks great!

Upcoming 2^nd grade info……………..

Monday, May 21^st: AR Party. Wear your best Hawaiian attireJ

Tuesday, May 22^nd: Bring your own technology day.  Talent show begins at 12:30.

Wednesday, May 23^rd: 2^nd grade awards begin at 9:30 in the cafeteria.  We will also have a showcase of learning in the classrooms afterwards.  Refreshments will be served.

Thursday, May 24^th: Popsicle Party

Friday, May 25^th: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! It will be an early dismissal day.  There will be no aftercare. Popcorn and movie day.



For the past 2 weeks we have been studying the plant life cycle. We are also looking at animals that help in the garden too. Yesterday the children got to observe earthworms and their movement. Believe it or not every child held a worm:) Don't panic everybody also washed their hands after we handled the earthworms:)

Our flower garden is coming along. We got out all the weeds. Then we transplanted some of the lamb's ear plant, monkey grass, Japanese iris, coneflower, Brazilian verbena, and several others(thanks to my mom for those donations). Next we had to spread the mulch.(Thanks Shepherd's Mulch for the donation). Last but not least we added some petunias to give it some color until the other plants bloom. If you don't already know we are also having a yummy garden candy sale this week. We are selling candy to raise money for a new bench to go in the garden. We are getting close and it's just Wednesday:) If you would like to donate more candy for the sale or money for the bench it would be greatly appreciated:) Enjoy the pictures. There will be more pictures of the finished garden coming soon!

Good bye weeds!

Here comes the plants.

 

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Now for the mulch



Earthworms





Mulch complete!





We have been soooo busy in second grade I haven't had time to post. I am going trying to post now and I will try to post even more this afternoon. First of all.... our baby chickens hatched!!!!





Welcome to Room 17:)



Our life cycle unit has been fun and eventful. Thank you Kobe Richards and family for gathering tadpoles for us to observe too. They have back legs now:)

Life Cycle Learning

Yesterday we put our eggs in the incubator. In 21 days we hope to have some exotic baby chicks!!!

Life Cycle of a Frog by: Graci

Life Cylce of a Chicken by: Grayson

Life Cycle of a Frog by: Braden



The newest member of our classroom.
 This was a caterpillar that we watched grow last fall. It grew, made a chrysalis, and then hibernated. Last week he hatched and we released him in the crepe myrtle tree outside.



Great pictures of learning in progress!

Kaylee's finished craters on the moon

Scotty using bubbles to make moon craters

March

*Where has March gone?! Time in second grade is quickly coming to an end. We are currently learning about life cycles. Please be sure and look at your child's work that comes home on Fridays. They are doing an excellent job! *Wednesday we will start our eggs in the incubator!
*Conferences will be scheduled soon. Be on the lookout for conference notes on times to meet. Our MAP testing should be finished this week.

Dates to Remember

DATES TO REMEMBER:

March 5: PTO program

March 13: School Field Trip to The Lorax

March 14: End of 3rd nine weeks

March 14-29 MAP testing

March 15: Early Dismissal: Please be checking your child's homework folder for conference time:)

March 16: No School

March 21: Reports Go Home

Before Winter break

I forgot to post this. The week before winter break we studied heat. We took a solid, changed it to a liquid, and then cooled it back into a solid. We recycled old broken crayons. We heated them up to the melting point (212 degress) and poured them into a heart mold. Then we cooled the liquid back down in the frig to make a new solid. The result was chocolate colored heart crayons:)

The result

Cool down



Heating and Melting



We are having a good week so far. We have used a laser to examine light.  We used powder to trace the laser's path. Together we discussed the importance of light, and how it reflects, bend, and is absorbed. We have also started a two week unit on sun, moon, and stars. I hope your child is enjoying our class as much as I am.

sunshine made of an orange, olive oil, and fire:)

Our students working on their energy logs.

Happy Valentine's Day to all my sweethearts in room 17:)

Energy

Here are a few websites that might help your child better understand energy. Check it out.
www.eia.gov/kids/
www.eere.energy.gov/kids/

February

This week we will be learning about energy. Stay tuned for the results of energy week:)

A few dates to keep in mind:
Feb. 6: PTO
Feb. 17: FISH celebration
Feb. 20-24: No School for Winter Break

Happy Thursday. If you are looking for a really good browser to use for research etc. go to kidzui.com. It is a safe and kid friendly browser. Don't forget to study for your spelling test tomorrow:)

I am so excited about our new blog! I hope that it will help you feel more connected to our classroom and show that we are doing our best to prepare for third grade. I enjoy working with each child. They are all special in their own little way. I have enjoyed watching them grow into mature second graders.  They have all come a long way since the beginning of the year and I look forward to the rest of the school year.  A few important dates coming up are...
January 16th: MLK Jr. holiday. No school.
January 18th: Ben Roy the science guy will visit. If you haven't turned in your $4.00 please do so asap.
January 23rd: Nutrition Night at 6:00 at the school
January 25th: 100th day of school! Can you believe it!
January 27th: FISH celebration. Ask your child about the FISH characteristics they have been learning and trying to achieve.