Making messes, friends and memories

We're finishing up with the Pebbles, Sand and Silt Science Unit. Can you see the layer of silt in this vial? Ask your young scientist where silt is commonly found.

We figured we'd finish up with a bang or at least a big mess. Here we investigated clay. As a form of rock, we saw it break down in water and harden again.

We've teamed up with Mrs. Donahue's Kindergarten Class for book buddies. Once a week we'll visit to work on a project together and read a few stories. This is a great opportunity for the second graders to work on their oral reading and expression as they need to hold the attention of their young audience.

Speaking of audiences... mark your calendars! Willow Books in Acton is hosting a Halloween Celebration on Sunday, October 25th at 12:00. Several students in our class submitted their stories to the Scary Story Contest at the bookstore. Winners will read their stories to a costume clad audience that day. I'm proud of everyone for believing in their work and taking a chance.

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No stone unturned!

There are some new "personalities" in room 205! There are more than minerals making these rock stars shine.

October is bus safety awareness month at Shaker Lane. All classes are reviewing rules and talking about ways to show HEART when riding the bus. Mrs. Mathurin our guidance counselor, visited to talk with us and share a movie about this topic.

All classes are contributing a bus safety rule to the HEART gallery bulletin board in the front lobby.

 

 

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A new season

Fall is surely upon us! We felt the chill in the air as we set out to gather rocks that met certain criteria. We've learned that minerals create the colors and sparkle in rocks and that water and rubbing make them smooth.

You can see the progress on the real life rock project in the background. There is one more coat of asphalt to go on the new hard top!

Everyday room 205 starts their morning with a meeting and greeting. This week we learned a new greeting, the shoe match. It was pretty popular!

We spent the week reading about dogs and ways they can help people. We learned how animals can be trained to help people with hearing and visual impairments as well as people confined to wheel chairs. We talked about how humans and animals interact and ways they can have calming or threatening effects on each other. We did an experiment by reading to our pets. Many students found that their pets relaxed to the sound of their steady voice.

Speaking of reading...

I noticed this warning label on an advertisement recently. It sounds like a risk worth taking!

Thank you to the PTA for organizing the Scholastic Book Fair and to all the families who so generously donated books to our class!

 

 

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