Earth Day is Every Day

We celebrated Earth Day all week long! Each day, we focused on one certain topic, Endangered animals, Air, Resources, Trees, and H2O. The Second and Third Graders are full of wonderful ideas on saving our planet.

To decorate our room for Earth Day, each student made an Earth surrounded by "helping hands" (ways that they help our Earth). They used our classroom globes to study the shapes of the continents and then cut, cut, cut and glued!

What are you doing to help save planet Earth?

Dan was Star of the Week. He wanted to know which read aloud books his classmates liked best. Each student chose two books. Matilda was the clear winner!

Alexa's artwork was on display. Her beautiful gem is just in time for our field trip to the Rock Museum!

We are now reading The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards. We have been enjoying this very creative and imaginative story!

Steve was Star of the Week. He wanted to know which Spongebob character was the most popular.

Exploring Air & Weather

For the past few weeks, the Second and Third graders have been sharing the non-fiction books they've written. It is so interesting to listen to their books on a wide variety of topics, from paper to summer, penguins to cats. While the Third Graders have been busy studying and learning about rocks and minerals, the Second Graders have been studying air and weather. They made pinwheels and kites and brought them outside to explore how air moves. What a fun day!

We brought our anemometer outside, an instrument to measure wind speed.

As a class, we read Chocolate Fever. We had a fun time predicting what Henry Green would do next. After reading, each student made their own "fever" book. Do you have Video Game Fever, Doughnut Fever, Ice Cream Fever, TV Fever, or Starburst Fever?

Kelli was the Star of the Week. Below is her acrostic poem!

Kaitlyn was the Virtual Field Trip Planner. She took us on a trip to a farm in China.

Rocks & Minerals... We're Geologists!

Rocks, rocks, and more rocks! The Third Graders are gearing up for their field trip to the rock museum later this month. Many Second and Third Graders brought in their own rock collections to share with the class. We spent some time browsing through Peterson's Rock Museum!

Hannah, a student in another Second Grade class, was our teacher for the morning. She read a book to the class and gave the kids their spelling tests.

The Second Graders continued to study air and weather in science. They worked hard on making Water Cycle Wheels.

Many students in our class traveled to interesting places for Spring Break. Many of them shared pictures, stories, and souvenirs from their travels. Nicholas made this poster to share with the class from his trip to Washington D.C.

Joey was our Virtual Field Trip Planner. He took us on a trip to Madagascar to go on a safari!

Before Break

Before break, we spent some time enjoying the beautiful weather.

The Second and Third Grade Monet-style Waterlily artwork is on display in the hallway for Fine Art's Night.

The Second Graders published books about weather. The books turned out so well! They included tables of contexts, glossaries, and indexes. The books are full of great information! The Second Graders also spent some time sharing their books with one another.

The Third Graders finished reading Little House in the Big Woods. They wrote reviews for the book and gave it a one through five star rating. We learned a lot about pioneer times by reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's book!

Alexa was our Star of the Week. Alexa wanted to know which school subjects her classmates like best.

Danielle was our Virtual Field Trip Planner. She took us on an exciting trip to Egypt to see the Great Pyramids at Giza!