Week
17 (December 15 – 19)
What an eventful last week we had!!! With the
field study to EdVenture on Tuesday, Concept Day on Wednesday, our helping the
homeless presentation on Thursday, and also our Winter Wonderland celebration
on Friday, we haven’t had time to rest! However, I will say that the students
did a great job with each of our activities and they all gave 100%!
EdVenture
Needless to say the field study to EdVenture was
exciting, entertaining, and engaging. The kids had such a great time exploring
the museum. They were able to explore farm life and see how that transferred to
grocery stores. They were also able to explore dental work, human bones, a fire
truck, magnets, matter, and let’s not forget Big Eddie. I believe that Big
Eddie was everyone’s favorite part!!
Our field study would not have been as successful
as it was without the help of our 3 lovely chaperones: Mr. Rodriguez, Mr.
Simmons, and Mrs. Thomas!
Concept
Day
On Wednesday the second graders got to experience
concept day for the first time. We spend the whole day rotating to each of the
other second grade classrooms where the students were able to engage in a
different activity around magnets and forces in motion. This was such a
wonderful experience for the kids. It provided them with a different setting
for learning and also a different teacher. I must say that the day went by
smoothly and the kids were able to apply what they had learned in our classroom
to activities that were planned out for them.
Helping
the Homeless
I am beyond proud of the hard work and heart that
our kids put into their helping the homeless service-learning project. From the
very beginning they have been looking for ways to help both inside the
classroom and from their home. It’s amazing how much love and compassion one
child’s heart can hold. Wouldn’t it be amazing if all adults were the same?
We were able to present our Helping the Homeless
experiences and newly found knowledge to all of the second graders, Mrs.
Palmatier’s 1st grade class, some of the faculty and staff, and even
a few parents were able to make it. It was a heart-warming experience to watch
them speak on what they’ve learned and how they want to encourage others to
help as well.
Here is the link to the presentation...
Winter
Wonderland Celebration
On Friday I decided to host a surprise festivity
day for the kids. The theme was “Winter Wonderland” and all of our activities
were set around that idea. We spent the first part of our morning reading aloud
our published books, which were phenomenal. The second half of the morning we made
snow paint and created some beautiful illustrations. We discussed how each of
our materials was in a different state of matter and we predicted what our
final state of matter would be. We also incorporated some “minute to win it
games” into our morning as well. After lunch we had read aloud and then watched
a silent movie entitled The Silent Snowman. Samaria’s mother and grandmother
brought in some birthday treats as we watched the movie. Finally we watched our
“Helping the Homeless” presentation from the previous day. I had the kids
reflect on what they thought they did really well on and what they thought they
could improve on for our next presentation.
I hope that you all enjoy your long Winter break and I
cannot wait to see you all back in the New Year!!!
