Soaring in Second Grade with Mrs. Madden: Working Hard

OPEN HOUSE

Here's a preview of some of the memories and work your children have completed recently. Please join us for our Open House
Thursday, March 10th from 7:00-7:45 in Room 207
More surprises to follow....

Please Don't Melt

The children rehearsed their lyrics and solidified their learning about Arctic foxes. Thank you Ms. Swanson for such a memorable performance and connecting the arts to our science curriculum.

Why can't we be friends?

We hunt, we gather and we scavenge meat.

In the winter ... left over seals we'll eat.

Why can't we be friends?

Look at the lessons or morals we've uncovered from our reading.

Valentine's Day was so memorable this year.

Thank you Mrs. Shugrue for your crafty activity.

Can you think of 100 number sentences that equal 100?

Camouflage

After studying animal adaptations during our polar unit, we spent some time in class testing the importance of camouflage. The children worked in groups to test their hypothesis that some "fabric butterflies" would be easy or difficult to locate. We imagined how it might be difficult for certain butterflies who didn't use camouflage to hide from their predators. Each group of students had ten seconds to pick up as many butterflies as they could find. Many of the butterflies were "hidden" in their environment and couldn't easily be seen.

Mila was able to locate the black and floral butterflies easily, but the white ones were tricky.

Belle is having difficulty finding the black butterflies.

Acting as predators, each group of students had ten seconds to find as many butterflies as possible. This science investigation helped the children solidify the importance of an animal's adaptation to its survival.

Ben easily can find the black and white butterflies, but what about the floral ones?

Practicing our metric measurement techniques was so much fun.

Writing Persuasively

We've worked hard to write persuasive letters and essays. Using our OREO graphic organizer helped us write clear opinions and supported them with reasons and details. The children wrote several essays and letters and have become very persuasive. We're looking forward to sharing our work with you at our Open House,