Plants

Today, the students planted brassica seeds. We will be observing their growth over the next couple of weeks. We use the plants to learn about the plant parts, the function of the different parts, and the life cycle. The students all enjoy checking on their plants every day and watching them grow!

We are also doing an experiment in class to find out the elements plants need to grow and survive. We have 4 plants growing in our room under different circumstances.

Plant A has: soil, water, light, but NO air
Plant B has: soil, water, air, but NO light
Plant C has: soil, air, light, but NO water
Plant D has: soil, air, light, AND water

We will be graphing their growth and making daily observations. All of your child's work will be coming home at the end of the plant unit in a few weeks.

Spring Break!

Have a wonderful Spring Break! I did not send home the communication sheet today for after spring break, but if you are curious about what is coming up, I did post it on the blog along with the upcoming spelling list.
Relax! Enjoy the family time! I will be enjoying family time for one extra day on March 23rd. There will be a substitute that day, but I will be back on the 24th!

Acts of Kindness

At the beginning of the month, we set out a challenge of doing 100 acts of kindness as a class before the end of the month. The class completed 100 acts of kindness last Friday! Thank you for the support at home and recognizing the kind acts - what a nice class!

Classroom Act of Kindness

As you know, this month, we are focusing on Acts of Kindness. On Friday, the students did a class "act of kindness" by making Valentine's Day cards for children down in a Children's Home in Juarez, Mexico. Tonight, I boxed up the cards, along with several new chapter books, in Spanish, for the children down at the home. Your children are kind, sweet, kids who wrote some thoughtful notes! Way to spread the kindness all over the world, 2nd graders!

Continent and Ocean Test on Thursday

We have been studying the names of the seven continents and four major oceans pf the world in class over the last week. The kids thought this video song was helpful in remembering the continents: Continent Song. I also found this interactive website to help them practice at home: Continent and Ocean Practice. Remember the test is on Thursday and students should be reviewing at home!

Flat Stanley is in the mail!

Today, we sent our Flat Stanleys off in an envelope to a relative or friend. The kids helped stuff and lick the envelopes! While we got them ready to go, we watched a fun Flat Stanley adventure when someone sent their Stanley to Hollywood!The kids wanted to be able to watch it again!

Here is the link:
Flat Stanley's Hollywood Adventure

Unwrapping the Globe

This week, we started our Geography Unit. It is a fun unit where we learn the key elements on a map or globe and identify the continents and oceans. Today, we looked at a fun website where children can "unwrap" the globe into a map. Here is the link: Unwrap the Globe