Our first day back from break, the second graders led a whole-school assembly! It happened to be Earth Day, and as the school recyclers we were proud to celebrate by sharing fun facts about recycling and awarding each classroom for doing a great job with sorting out their recycling. They did a great job and Read More…
Field Trip to Smith Botanical Gardens and Art Museum
We had a fabulous time at Smith! We started off at the botanical gardens, splitting into two groups for our guided tour. We saw so many cool things: a tree that makes cocoa, plants from all over the world, pitcher plants (that we’ve learned about in our plant unit), orchids, ferns, desert plants, and so Read More…
Fun Times in April
Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed your break! Here’s an update on what we’ve been up to the past couple weeks of school. In writing we began our information writing unit on lab reports. So far, we have learned the scientific process (start with a question about how the world works, write a hypothesis, procedures, Read More…
Rounding Out March
As always, we have been quite busy. We have enjoyed the weather as it slowly starts to warm up! Heres’s what we’ve been up to over the past couple weeks. In Fundations, we started a new unit on the long a sound. We learned that ay usually comes at the end of a word (as Read More…
Landforms, Poetry, and More!
During writing time, we have been decorating our typed poems, and practicing reading our poems out loud to an audience. The poetry reading and scavenger hunt was a big hit! Each student read one poem aloud, and then everyone searched around the school hallways in small groups to find the remaining poems. It was a Read More…
Back from Break
As we transitioned back from break, we were able to fit in some time on the obstacle course with our Occupational Therapist, Margaret! We had some fun bonding time at the end of the day. We also studied the question “How do you stop a landslide?” in science. We tested out our engineering skills by Read More…