Fall Tree

Last week Mrs.Kennedy's Second Grade Super Stars observed our fall tree. This project is the first part of  a  a science unit on the Seasonal Life Cycle of the tree. The students took pictures with the ipads to record their observations. They also used magnifying glasses to observe the parts of the tree closely. As the seasons change we will add an observation of the tree and record our observations for each season. It was a beautiful fall afternoon to be a scientist at Fuller Meadow.

Global Read Aloud

This week Mrs. Kennedy's Second Grade Super Stars started our  Global Read Aloud project . We are reading The BFG by Roald Dahl along with hundreds of thousands of other children from around the world. Today we participated in a Google Hangout with another second grade class from Denver, CO. We took turns asking questions about the first two chapters. The second graders shared some great ideas together about what we have read so far. We have also shared our thinking on padlets to share with other classes. It is so exciting to share our learning globally with classes outside of our school. We can't wait to see what happens to Sophie in the next chapter. 

Our Predictions

Video Clips of our questions that we asked Mrs. Hansen's class during our Google Hangout.

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Sharing our questions with our new friends in Denver, CO.

                             

Johnny The K

On Friday we had one of our favorite visitors come back to Fuller Meadow School, Johnny the K. The whole school, both students and staff were entertained by Johnny's songs about character, confidence, respect, caring, and kindness. This is a day we always look forward to every year. It is wonderful to see the children smiling and laughing and having fun while participating in Johnny the K's program. Thank you to our PTO for bringing this program back to our school every year. It's a great way to kick off the new school year.

International Dot Day

Mrs. Kennedy's Second Grade Super Stars participated in International Dot Day this week. We learned about how Dot Day started and the important message in Peter Reynold's story, The Dot by watching a live streaming event that took place in Iowa. The original Dot Day was started by a music teacher in a school in Iowa. The students made their mark and showed their creativity by designing their own dot in Art. Then they wrote a poem about their dot which we made into a chattpix video. Click this link to watch a short video about The Dot. https://youtu.be/XDqSZXV13dQ

2K Dot Day Video

Our creative dots made in Art class

Peter Reynold's discussing Dot Day live in Iowa.

Sharing ideas for our successful classroom this year.

We earned 500 Class Dojo points for positive classroom behavior. Our reward was extra playground time.

September Second Grade Super Stars

Mrs. Kennedy's Second Grade Super Stars are off to a great start. We have been busy learning our new class routines and getting to know one another.  Here is quick glimpse of what has been happening in our classroom during the past two weeks.

First Day of Second Grade Video

                         

How I Spent My Summer Vacation Google Map

Sharing our Me Boxes

Practicing Read to Self in our flexible seating spots

Writing in our Writer's Notebooks

Classroom Scavenger Hunt

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

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Welcome to Second Grade

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All hands on deck getting the classroom ready! Sarah helped pass out all your books and folders, Caroline put all your supplies into your pencil pouch, and Kevin cut out your name tags.