Seed observations

Our Busy Day

Our guest reader, Beth, came in as part of the Reading to End Racism program. Beth was impressed by how much the second graders already knew about civil rights and racism. 

Rehearsing for the spring concert 

Measurement Mania!

Practicing how to measure accurately using a ruler. 

Dissecting bean seeds - ask a second grader what they found inside their bean seed. 

Hands on Nature

Learning about what happens to our environment when we litter. 

The time machine makes our old food turn into soil!

Learning about how long it takes household items to breakdown and become soil again. We learned that scientists are still not sure about plastic and foam. 

We placed ourselves with our item on this timeline. 

Getting ready to write about how we could improve our earth. 

Our Friday

We talked about Earth day (which is officially during break) and made some earth day promises. Most of our promises focused on recycling. 

Before the Ceremony of Giving we went outside for some bubbles, jump roping, hula-hooping, and sidewalk chalk fun!

Reward

Nature walk and art! 

So much fun!

This edition brought to you by Emerson, Annabelle, Alex, Bre, and Natalie, these are their words!

Math: The second grade has been working on fractions.  We learned ½, 2/3, and more.  I think we did a good job.  I think you’d like it.  Try it its fun!

Reading:  In readers’ workshop we are reading accurately.  We should be reading just right books.  We have reading groups. We have chapter books.  I hope you’re proud of your kid.

Writing:  We also have been writing persuasive letters to ask someone if they would do something for us.  Some of the things you have to do are give a beginning sentence and three reason sentences and a wrap up sentence.                                                       

Other fun stuff: In 2^nd grade we have been learning about kindness.  We are also learning about friendship.  We learned that to be kind, you share, you work together, comfort others, listen to others, use nice words, compromise, care, help each other, and give compliments.  That is what you do when you are being kind or showing kindness.  That is what we have been learning about in 2^nd grade. 

Dear parents, the 2^nd graders had a little fun.  The fun was a field trip to Allie’s sugar house.  I think everybody loved the syrup and everybody loved the wagon ride.  The class also had a reward, the reward was a nature walk and they got to paint the nature if they wanted to.  Everybody I think liked the painting part.  The class also had one more thing, story tellers came!  Everybody liked the funny parts in some of the parts people laughed.  I think it was a good time. 

Thank you for enjoying this special newsletter written by my 2^nd grade friends Emerson, Annabelle, Alex, Bre, and Natalie. 

Have a great vacation! – Mrs. Raynor

Water cycle posters