Last Day of Second Grade....

We enjoyed our last day together, but it was definitely a bitter sweet good bye. I am so proud of each and everyone of my second grade students. They have worked so hard this year not only academically, but behaviorally, emotionally and socially! You are all so lucky to have such awesome kiddos and I can not thank you enough for sharing them with me!

 

Saying good bye today was hard because our time has come to an end together. We had tears...from myself as well...oh boy! However, I am excited for them as they continue their journey in third grade! They have a VERY bright future!!

Rehashing those memories from the year and giving everyone a friendly good bye! Coming home they have a memory poster from their classmates with a word, comment, or characteristic that represents something positive about each student!

I hope everyone has an awesome summer!! Thank you for all your continued support for your kids and our classroom!! We would not of have such a successful year without your help!

Hope to bump into your over the break, but definitely will see you for the beginning of next school year!

Reading Buddy Send Off...

 We had a celebration with more water, laughs, and friendly competition than the typical celebration! We raced with sponges, filled buckets with water, passed sponges with our feet, and laughed our morning away to say good bye to one another on our last day of school! Over the course of this past school year we had many great reading experiences with Mrs. DePlaunty's fourth grade room! This was just an added bonus as we wished each other good luck in third and fifth grade, while also sending everyone off for summer fun!

 

Last of the Teach the Teacher...

We had such an incredible time with Teacher the Teacher! Some students went for seconds on what they can teacher us! So fun!

Tap dancing - Broadway

How to use a magic eight ball

This told our classroom all arrows point to YES for having a great summer! YES!!

Drop kick in soccer

Making pixels

More moves in soccer

Dissecting Insects

We dissected a LARGE grasshopper this week!! The students felt so professional with their goggles, gloves & special science tools! All students gave the experience a try, even though their stomachs might disagree! 

We took this step by step to make sure we were understanding all the complex parts of our insect, finding the connections to our learning unit, while also being fragile with our specimen.

  

First step was to twist and pull the legs off. If they did it correctly, they could see a visual of the skeletal part of the leg. If they did it incorrectly, the inside organs would rupture.

 

Second, remove the two sets of wings. There is an outer wing that is heavier (to heavy to fly with). The wing beneath has a much thinner membrane which is used for lift off. Students removed both sets to remove as a barrier when it came to opening the grasshopper up.

 

In addition to the inside, students found the ear drum, eye sockets, how to idenitify how their grasshopper was a male or female, intricate detail on the hind legs and what the fibers are used for, etc. 

Our experiment of dissecting was a hit!! Great extension activity for our listening unit!

On the Hunt!

Students partnered up and went out on a hunt...a math hunt that is. They had a whole booklet of math concepts they had to find on the playground and beyond...but within WW limits. All content involved on the hunt were all items that we have learned this year in second grade. After they got over the temptation to play on the structures, of course, they got down to business and plowed through their hunt scampering all over the grounds to find fractions, shapes, angles, measurements and more!

 

And MORE Teach the Teacher

Some of last week and more of this week! Students were brave and very impressive when it came to teaching us something new! Their skills and talents continue to amaze me!

What steps to become a master on the monkey bars

How to take care of horses

Very awesome straw trick

What is Nuclear Energy

 How to hand knit

 Origami Claws!