Friday, February 19, 2016

A week of celebrations!

Last week was a busy one...we needed a vacation! After a snow day Monday, we began the week learning about the Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Monkey.

For the 100th Day of School we had fun dressing up as 100 year olds! It was a little tricky for some old timers to make it through the 100 sign on their way in.

These were the best looking senior citizens

I've ever seen!

Some tried to tell me they were too old to do math. I told them they ought to be really good at it by now!

Then it was on to Valentine's Day. Thank you to the parents who sent in donations and came in to help.

Our heart rates were up and we were ready for vacation by the end!

 

 

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Biography Reports

Our biography unit is one of my favorites, I look forward to it every year. The posters and presentations are fantastic of course but the nuts and bolts of the unit are designed to meet second grade reading and social studies standards.

Every student chose a different biography so we could benefit from learning about 21 famous people during the presentations, rather than just a few. Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt thought it was cool that they were both carved into Mt. Rushmore!

One of our standards is: After reading or listening to a variety of true stories about individuals recognized for their achievements, describe and compare different ways people have achieved great distinction (e.g. Scientific, professional, political, religious, commercial, military, athletic, or artistic).

As you can see, we learned about a wide range of people from different eras and interests.

Did you know that Leonardo daVinci only finished one of his paintings or that Derek Jeter was in the Air Force?

Some are still living and some have left

their legacy behind.

Both Claude Monet and Claude Bunnet paid us a visit!!

Great job to all on the projects.

Maybe someday we'll read about you!

 

Friday, February 5, 2016

Pippi and Play Day

This has been a great week to spark our imaginations! Tuesday we rode the bus to Stoneham to see the story of Pippi Longstocking come to life on stage. She has such an adventurous spirit and spunky personality. The cast were students in grades four through eight.

We drew our favorite parts from the play on a pair of stockings when we returned.

Tech free Pippi was great inspiration for using creativity and imagination to engage our minds during GLOBAL PLAY DAY. This day of play offered opportunities for decision making, cooperation and problem solving in an atmosphere of relaxed fun.

Pokemon battles, knee hockey and the beauty salon were among the favorite activities of the day!

Mrs. C. showed a few students the basic of knitting and made a couple of doll scarves.

Play continued the next day when we visited our kindergarten book buddies. It was fun to explore their classroom with them!

Have you played today?