Fun Run and PEEP Adoption!!

Dear Parents!

Happy Spring Break!  I wanted to share some of the excitement from our week...
Thank you so much to all that made donations to our Fun Run!!!  The class loved having the opportunity to help our school to update our playground and media center with the funds that were raised.  

We also spent Thursday adopting Marshmallow Peeps! The students LOVED being a Peep Parent as they went through the learning centers set up in the classroom like weighing and measuring their peep, writing peep sitter directions, and even responding to a letter from Principal Peep about their peep's behavior at school!  

 There were even TWINS!

 We made peep nests and read books to them at naptime!

A very special THANK YOU to Mrs. Cherry and Mrs. Holmes for making our chocolate fountain a yummy success for our PEEP Kabobs!

PEEP Credit: This is optional fun!

Students were challenged to take care of their peep over break and bring back some PEEP Care Proof like a journal of what they did with their peep over break, drawn pictures/diagrams or photos about their peep adventures.  

These are just examples of ideas!  They sky is the limit.  Students choosing to participate will be rewarded with a fun prize the Monday that we return. 

(Also, if your peep has an accident, feel free to adopt a new one:) 

Have a fun and safe spring break!

Molting and Life Cycles

Dear Parents,

     It was a BIG week of learning fun in 2nd grade.  We spent the week focusing on cause and effect and how nature provides us with many natural examples! 

     This week we explored the life cycle of the praying mantis.  We are even hatching several egg cases in room 203!  The students read books & explored videos of the life cycle.  We worked to understand the cause & effect relationship between the 3 stages in the incomplete life cycle of the praying mantis.  

CHECK out this cool site that we explored to learn more about these amazing creatures!  Just click the image below!

The students created their own diagrams of the life cycle and the wrote a How to about their diagram.

 

 

We even molted like a mantis does in their last stage!  

(Just old school white glue but they were amazed!!!) 

In math, we continued to focus on word problems with a special emphasis on compare problems.  I am so proud of how the students are able to identify what type of problem they are solving and then are able to set up the problem and apply a strategy. Here is a video tutorial we watched this week to help us with compare problems. 

Here is a math homework sheet if you are interested in practicing at home. Just click the link to download. (If you need a paper copy, let me know.)

Important Dates: 
Spring Concert 3/10 (Book Fair)
Fun Run 3/12 
Peep Day 3/13