On Wednesday we took advantage of a beautiful spring afternoon and went outside to observe the changes in our spring tree. Second graders love being scientists with their magnifying glass. We noticed our tree is not bare anymore and tiny green buds are growing on the branches.
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| Spring Tree Observations |
One of the most exciting activities in the second grade happened this week. Our very own caterpillars arrived! We will be observing our caterpillars and learning about the Life Cycle of the Butterfly for the next few weeks. The students were so excited to start researching about the Painted Lady Butterfly on the ipads. The smiles say it all!
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| Researching the Painted Lady Life Cycle |
On Thursday afternoon we participated in our first Mystery Geography Skype. Each class took turns asking yes and no questions to discover where each class is located. The students then took turns sharing information about each state/town. The class we skyped with was from Texas where it is 85 degrees! This is such a great way to learn geography skills and about different communities.
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| Geography Mystery Skype |
This week we were very fortunate to conclude our DASH program with a guest speaker. Mr. Andrew LaPointe came to Fuller Meadow to share with the students about what is like to be blind. He brought his guide dog, Shubert and many of his devices that help him with the tasks of daily life. The children asked lots of interesting questions and that helped them to understand that visually impaired/blind people can do almost everything that sighted people can do.
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| DASH Speaker |
On Friday morning we participated in Walk to School Day and started our day with a walk around Brigadoon neighborhood. It was a great way to start the day. While we were walking we noticed lots of different signs of spring.
Wow! This class has been SO busy since returning from April vacation!!! The butterflies are a great spring project. My sister still remembers when you did this with Emma and Jake! I absolutely LOVE all of the pictures you take! Thank you for doing all of this work to share pieces of the school day with us!!!
ReplyDeleteWe can never complain about being bored in the second grade that's for sure! I love taking the pictures so the blog has opened up a whole new way of sharing for me too.
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