Classroom News: Mercado, Racing Liquids, and Biographies

As always, it was a busy week in the second grade!  We are voraciously reading biographies and recording interesting and important words on our "Words Worth Noticing" sheets.  We have also been learning how to use context clues and the glossary to help us determine the meanings of these words. I read aloud a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and we learned about some important events in her life, such as how she helped make progress with getting the right to vote for women in our country.

In Spanish, we participated in a healthy snacks mercado (market) activity with our preschool buddies.  Students were excited to practice selling and buying foods at the market.  It was fun to hear everyone using their script to help them practice important phrases in Spanish.  Thank you to everyone who contributed healthy snacks!  And muchas gracias to Señorita Gray for organizing this special event!

During science time, we worked on our observation skills by recording how different liquids look, smell, feel, and taste.  Next, we talked about scientific method and practiced writing our hypothesis (best guess) about which of the four liquids (honey, dish soap, vegetable oil, and corn syrup) would flow fastest.  Then, the race was on!  Check out our photos below and ask your student which liquid won the race in his or her group.

Important Events and Information:

Conference sign up sheets are coming home today.  Please indicate your first three choices or let me know if you are flexible about times.  Also, let me know if you would like me to coordinate times with another teacher.  If the dates do not work for you, let me know some days and times that you are available.  Thanks!

Monday, March 23rd:  Scholastic Book Order due
Thursday, March 26th:  ECO
Thursday, April 2nd and Friday, April 3rd:  1/2 Day for Students and Parent/Teacher Conferences
           12:30 Dismissal both days
Friday, April 3rd:  Homework Due
Thursdays, April 9th and 16th:  ECO
Monday, April 20th-Friday, April 24th:  April Vacation

Mercado

Liquids Race!