Friday April 8

Hi everyone!

These past few weeks have been busy as we completed our final art project as part of the school art program.  We are also had the chance to watch electricity in action with a small Tesla coil and see a play about electrical safety provided from PGE.  Have a great weekend!

A few students created a large ball from hexagons!

Friday, March 18th

Happy (almost) Spring Break! Yesterday our class had a parent-led art class where we learned about how to make prints, and we also attended a play about Abigail Scott Duniway.  We are continuing our exploration of weather and we are also working on fractions.  Have a safe and fun Spring Break!

Wednesday, March 9th

This week we are continuing our unit on weather.  Our students recently finished writing their own "How To" books, and we will be meeting with our fifth grade buddies this week to share them!

Here are some thoughts from today:
"I learned more about fractions."-Zoe
"Wind helps make weather." -Ana
"The calendar pattern is all fractions." -Tyler
"It made me happy when our class got a four in music." -Aiden B.
"We played a fun new math game." -Grace
"Matilda taught me how to make a daisy chain." -Aiden D.

Enjoy your rainy Wednesday!

Wednesday, March 2nd

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!  We had a blast at our read-athon today!  We also started our unit on weather yesterday, so make sure to ask your child what they learned.  Tomorrow we will begin work on our Nevelson project, so please send in any scrap wood or old wood pieces that you would be willing to donate to our art project.  Keep an eye out for pictures to come!

Tuesday, March 1st

Happy March!  This week we will be starting a brand new unit on weather.  Your second graders are also working on regrouping with subtracting, solving story problems, and learning about Dr. Seuss.  Just a reminder that our Read-athon is tomorrow!  Thank you so much to Chris Timberlake for her tremendous help with our class art project for the auction.   We have included some pictures below, but we also hope to see many of you at the auction this Friday!

Wednesday, February 25

This week we finished up our unit on teeth.  We read several more books about dental health, watched a video, did some research, and conducted an egg-speriment.  We also started working on our project for the auction as well!  Special thanks to Chris Timberlake for finding such an awesome art project and for coming in to make it with our class.  Enjoy the pictures below!

Friday, February 19th

This week we started our unit on dental health!  We have been reading lots of books and articles about teeth, and we had a pediatric dentist come in to give us some great information about taking care of our teeth!

Here are some thoughts from the week:
"Your spit helps clean your teeth." -Liam
"I learned about plaque." -Sophia
"There are all different kinds of sugar." -Ana
"Mouth guards help to protect your teeth." -Matilda
"We learned the new 10's song" -Aiden B.
"I learned what it is like to be a tooth." -Adina (see pictures below)