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in a 2nd grade classroom

Archive for October, 2012

Happy Halloween from 2nd Grade!

October31

Today was a pretty typical day in 2nd grade…lots of learning and having fun! Reading: Good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading.  We have been practicing this reading strategy with non-fiction books and using sticky notes to mark where we had the questions.  This week, we appropriately read a book about hurricanes.  Thought […]

Fairy House Update 10-30-12

October30

Since Hurricane Sandy went through parts of NH, we were concerned about how our fairy houses held up.  Most of the students were worried that the high winds might have blew their house down.  As it turned out, most of the houses were still together, though a lot of rain got in and the students […]

Cool Links-How the World Works

October26

I’m always looking for new and interesting links for learning. Here is a new one I found this weekend.  It has lots of  information and activities for the outdoors, weather, night’s sky and more.  Enjoy! The Old Farmer’s Almanac For Kids For more links about rocks, soil, weather, the phases of the moon, and early […]

Fairy Houses

October25

Yes, we are building fairy houses-or other mystical creature that might live in the woods!  The students are SO excited for this project!  Their task is to build a fairy home that will support and protect the fairy from the natural changes in our NH environment. Students will also be writing about them and the […]

Thanksgiving Food Drive Notice

October22

Mrs. Pike’s 2nd grade class has been learning about systems and has decided to have a Thanksgiving Day Food Drive.  We will be collecting food to create baskets/boxes for local families in need to enjoy for the holidays. Please donate non-perishable food items to the school.  There will be boxes at the classroom doors and […]

Ways the Natural World Changes

October22

Today we learned more about the rock cycle and began inquiring about the changes in our natural world.  Students took digital pictures of the changes they saw outside. Here are a few of their pictures:     PIC #4  

Rocks – How the World Works

October20

We are beginning a new unit about change in our environment.  We began our inquiry by thinking like scientists.  First, we ventured out into our natural world to observe rocks, water, and soil.  We looked at how thinks were formed, what they looked, how they felt, and collected data on our findings. We collected rock […]

Food Drive for Thanksgiving

October15

The class voted and decided on creating a system to collect food and help out people who are homeless or having a difficult time financially.  Today they decided to collect food for Thanksgiving baskets/boxes for local families.  We have a list of jobs and people needed to make our system work well.  Next, we will […]

Systems

October10

Theme: How We Organize Ourselves Central Idea: People create systems to meet their needs and wants. We have been investigating government and economic systems over the past several weeks. During the past week, students have been working in groups of 3 to design a plan for a system that will meet the needs and/or wants […]

Tooty Ta

October4

We love to get moving and grooving in 2nd grade!  Its good for our bodies and for our brains.  Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes is one of our favorites. Today we tried a new one-the Tooty-Ta! For some fun and laughs with the kids, try this: Tooty Ta by Dr. Jean (music and lyrics) Write […]

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