Have a fun summer!!!
What a year we have had! I have been so blessed to teach you all this year, and I will miss you dearly! With Flex Days, Ultimate Trojan Circuit, field trips to the Sorrowful Mother Shrine and to various places in downtown Amherst, working on our PBL of solving our feelings of fear, time with our 7th and 8th grade buddies, and all the learning (and chaos!) in between! This year was one that was jam-packed with all sorts of crazy adventures that I wouldn't trade for the world. Have the best summer, my amazing former second graders! Remember to keep reading, keep asking questions, keep learning this summer!
I'll see you next year, one classroom over. :)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Congrats to our coloring contest winner!
Hello Second Grade Superstars!
In honor of the winter Olympics, we spent some time learning about the sport of curling. We talked about the forces at work, (pushes and friction) and learned a little bit about how the game is scored and won. We then practiced making our own curling "stones" and competed against each other to try and win our own curling matches! We also practiced writing our wins and losses as fractions. The students did an excellent job!
What have we been up to.....
We have been practicing our different Engineering habits of mind on our Flex days with some truly difficult STEM challenges! Most recently, we practiced our resiliency with a STEM challenge involving a meter of tape, a meter of string, 20 spaghetti noodles, and a marshmallow. Our challenge was to try and build the tallest free-standing structure with a marshmallow on top. We added a twist in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; we were not allowed to yell or fight with each other! We practiced building our own "beloved community" within the classroom, just like Dr. King spoke about in many of his writings and speeches. Although no one was able to create a structure that remained standing once we took our hands away, we were proud to say that we worked together in harmony and built a beloved community within our classroom.
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The second graders discussed the many symbols that represent the Christmas season and how some are religious and some are secular. Then we built thes
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
The second grade class has really been getting into the holiday season! In STEM lab, we designed, collaborated together, and built a prototype of a turkey trap! In class, we have been learning about the Pilgrims, discussing the similarities and differences of Pilgrim children and children today, and doing Pilgrim-themed and turkey themed math projects! Our turkey craftivities turned out AWESOME! Can't wait to see what the Advent season brings!
WELCOME HOME!
We have missed you this past summer at SJS! To all our returning students, welcome back! To all our new students, we are so excited to meet you! I am looking forward to a fantastic year with our big class and all the great things we have to learn from each other. I have been busy preparing my classroom, preparing your books, but most importantly, I have been busy praying for you! I know that we are going to do great things together, and I can't wait to show you just how AMAZING second grade is! See you soon!
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