Last week we did an experiment with a lemon and a peppermint stick. We put the peppermint stick inside of the lemon and then found out what it tasted like together! We learned that the acid from the lemon juice makes little holes in the peppermint stick and we could use it like a straw! We have been working on writing good descriptive paragraphs, so later we wrote about our experiment. We tried to show what happened rather than just tell what went on. We thought it tasted delicious! :)
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In January, the second graders took a week to become penguin experts. They read books, watched videos, did special projects, and wrote their own fact books. They put to use their knowledge of penguin parenting and became penguin parents for a day. Each second grader brought a "nest" to keep an actual egg in, and were responsible for making sure their egg was with them and protected at all times though out the day. The penguin eggs even got to go to recess. At the end of the day, the eggs hatched and the second graders got to meet their new friends! It was a fantastic week! A few of our penguin projects! We had an excellent Halloween in second grade. In the morning we read stories we had written about pumpkins to the Kindergarteners. In the afternoon we had a costume parade and classroom fun. We had mummy races, ate a delicious snack, and played more games. Thank you to all who stopped by or sent things for our party!! This quarter we are working on writing "How To" descriptive writing. Here's one of our first projects. :)
We have been working on making our writing neater. This week we made sure our capital letters, spaces, and end marks were all in place. We wrote about how to make Frankenstein pretty. I just love their creativity! I've been meaning to post some updates from our room sooner. Some days there just aren't enough hours! Here are some pictures from our Dr. Seuss unit and a few of our other writing projects. Enjoy : ) A few weeks ago, we read a book about someone going to outer space. Space was something that really interested us, so we made portraits of ourselves floating in space! We traced our hands and our feet and then drew our bodies smaller to look like we were floating. We have also been working on planning and editing our writing. Each student wrote a story about how they got to space, what they did there and how/if they got back to earth. We planned the beginning, middle, and end of our stories and then wrote a draft, edited it and made our final copy. They turned out great! |
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