Another busy week!

Well, this week we kept very busy at school beginning with learning more ideas about Chinese New Year...

Then we explore more ideas about the vegetable group by researching, writing, speaking and EATING!!!
We saw salsa made, then sampled it ourselves - the young nutritionists gave it 2 thumbs up! They liked the corn chips too...a healthy vegetable group snack!

This week was also hero week - take a look at this costume!

Awww...I'm blushing
We had a great busy week!  See you next time!

Learning more about food!

Last week we continued our study of food as nutritionists.  We learned more about the meat and bean group and how the protein in this group can help our muscles grow.  We also made a very common, protein filled food: Peanut butter - the students gave it two thumbs up!

Later we learned more about the fruit group - full of vitamin C to help us heal from cuts and bruises and fight colds and other illnesses.  We made a pot full of vitamin C - also known as applesauce!!  Once again, a definite favorite with the kids!

Check back for more nutrition learning this week!

A "Frantastic" Time!

Hi everyone - the title of this post is not a typo - we had a "Frantastic" Time yesterday at the Franz Bread Bakery.  We had a great tour of the factory which included seeing a bun highway, a dough monster, and many other fascinating factory finds!  We could not take pictures in the factory, but here are few of things we did while we waited for our tour:

 Sampling delicious Franz donuts!

 grinding wheat from seeds...

 watching a movie about the history of the bakery...

 more grinding!

excited kids giving the Franz wave!

Thanks to all of the parents who made this trip possible!  See you soon!

Happy New Year!

Hi everyone!

Wow, what a crazy weekend with icy weather and cancelled school!  We are working hard to get back into the swing of things here in second grade.

Last week we began a study as nutritionists looking closely at food and how it helps our bodies.  We began with the dairy group and today we made butter from heavy cream!

First we were shaking....then we were eating - the verdict - YUM YUM

We are also beginning a mathematical unit about geometry.  In second grade we are focusing on the characteristics of shapes, such as being able to day that a six sided figure is a hexagon.  We are also working on different units (such as triangles) to determine area and how halves and quarters combine to made shapes.  We will be focusing on geometry for about 4 weeks. Today we determined how many sides, edges and corners different 3-D shapes had...sometimes its a little tricky finding a strategy for figuring that out!

Keep in touch!

Fairy tales!

Today we were so busy putting the finishing touches on our final fairy tale projects! Oh...and it is snowing...so festive...so exciting!
Here are some pictures of the kids hard at work - take care!

Snowflakes at school?

Hi there!
Today we had five fantastic parent volunteers help us make 3-D paper snowflakes!! We had a great time and hopefully these will make great decorations for your house - get ready for them to want to make some at home!  Here are a few pictures of our busy snowflake making.  Thanks again to the parents who helped make this a success!!

Artist in Residence

Hi everyone!
This past few moths we have had an artist in residence visit out room to help the students learn how to make stop motion movies.  Last week was a big session as the students designed sets AND then filmed their ants and sets into a movie - enjoy the pictures!  Stay tuned for the final product in a few weeks...