Gingerbread Houses and Holiday Cards

 

Thank you moms for all of your help making holiday cards for the homeless and

Gingerbread houses for the custodians.  We had so much fun!!!

 

 

 

 

Clay Landforms

After studying landforms, our class made clay landforms of what they learned.  Some examples included mountains, hills, valleys, plains, rivers, oceans, lakes, and peninsulas/

Arthur's Thanksgiving Play

Our class had a great time performing the play “Arthur’s Thanksgiving”.

Math Stations

The students in our class are enjoying the many choices they have for math stations.  Some examples of these are math tiles, Odyssey, math facts, problem solving, i-touches, mountain math, games…   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class President

We held an election for Class President today.  The students made campaign posters illustrating the traits that  made their candidate the best animal for the job.  After a secret ballot, Garfield emerged as the winner.  Snowball placed second and was declared Vice-President.  It was determined that Spot and Lizard would be their body guards.  Everyone enjoyed the process and learned a lot about elections. 
Who was your favorite candidate?  Why did you think he/she was the best animal for the job?

Science Experiments - Balance

Today, we learned how to balance objects by using counter weights.  Write a comment about what you did to make your pencil stable on the "diving board".

Reading Buddies

We were very excited to meet with our fifth grade buddies.  We had a great time getting to know each other.  What did you learn about your buddy?

Science Experiments: Changing Matter

We had fun changing matter. We folded paper to make origami fortune tellers.  We filed sugar cubes to make sugar spheres.  We combined baking soda and vinegar to get a chemical reaction, and we made slime by combining borax and glue. 

Video recorded by Emily.

Altharetta Art Museum

        On Monday, September 27th, our class visited the Yeargin Art Museum. We are one of the only districts in the United States to have their own museum. Altharetta Yeargin was an art teacher in SBISD. She traveled extensively and brought back many pieces of art from the places she visited. She generously decided to donate these pieces to SBISD. Some items include a painting by Grandma Moses, black pottery by Native American Maria Martinez, quilts, carved tusks, and archeological treasures. The museum is located on the Westchester Campus, and they offer family activites throughout the year.

        The students viewed a movie on how Maria Martinez made her pottery. It followed the process from finding the right mixture of clay and sand, to firing the pottery, and finally using yucca leaves to draw on the designs. 

         The children also had the opportunity to make their own pottery out of paper and design it with special gel markers.  The finished products will be displayed at school for everyone to enjoy!

Welcome to Second Grade

We are off to a great start in second grade. There are 19 wonderful girls and boys in our class and Bolt, our mascot.