Every second grader has earned 50 or more Accelerated Reader Points. We are very proud of ourselves! In order to earn 50 AR points each second grader had to read and take a test on over 60 books! Wow!
Each time a second grader reached 50 points, the class would stand up and dance! At 50 points each child also received some Mars Mud Putty (cool stuff!)
We will celebrate our achievement with a pizza party lunch and a special Skype Chat with Erin Dealey, author of “Golide Locks Has Chicken Pox.” Ms. Dealey is one of our Favorite authors and we enjoyed our chat with her in the Fall. She promised if we reached our AR goal, that she would chat with us again. We can’t wait! (Maybe we will write a poem for her this time?)
Olivia P. was very excited today and she made a video on the iPad with Puppet Pals.
The second graders talked about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dreams for the world.
They wrote their own dreams. Here are a few of them:
I have a dream that there will be no more wars.
I have a dream that everyone is free.
I have a dream that all puppies find a home.
I have a dream that children learn to get along no matter what their skin color.
I have a dream that everyone loves.
I have a dream that people think before they act.
I have a dream for peace!
“Come to the Stable” is one of the children’s favorite songs. They performed it at the Christmas concert in December. Enjoy their beautiful voices while you view some of their Christmas Artwork. We hope everyone enjoyed a Merry Christmas and that your New Year is full of Blessings.
We had a lot of fun watching this video and trying to figure out how they did it! We used Gragarband as well as downloaded the Bebot app and a musical instrument app. Thank you Miss Thomas for telling us about the video. We had great fun! Enjoy the video and Feliz Navidad!
The theme this year was the twelve days of Christmas, although since we had more than twelve doors we kept on counting….16 swaying trees, 20 fluffy snowballs, etc.
The 2nd grade door featured Two Turtle Doves that looked more like Angry Birds, but it ws good enough to tie for third place with Kindergarten!
1st place went rightfully to the Art Room door. It is a spectacular presentation of 16 Swaying Trees inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night.
Today’s blog posted was written by the whole class.
Today was Board Game Day. We brought our favorite board and card games to class and time was set aside in the afternoon to play them. It was awesome! It was fun because we got to pick which games we wanted to play and then we switched games in the middle.
Playing games is not just fun, it is also educational. When you play games you have to think. You need to plan your next move, and plan your strategy. When we play games we are counting and adding, we are doing math. Some of the games we had fun playing today include;
Uno, Parchessi, Clue, Chess, I Spy, Sorry, Rack-O, Operation, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Perfection. We are looking forward to another Board Game Day next week.
This round of Rock Our World focused on Healthy Eating and Sustainability. We learned about MyPlate and how to eat healthy. We spent one morning helping Ms. Renee’ prepare the hot lunch for the school. Our Halloween celebration included lots of fruits, vegetables and other healthy treats (along with candy of course!) The first video shows some of the healthy foods we grow in Michigan and our morning with Ms. Renee’. The music in the background is our drum track that was added to by students all over the world!
In addition to making music, learning about healthy eating and video chatting with classrooms all over the world, during this round we worked with the band Alma Desnuda. The band wrote the song “Life We Got” just for ROW. We helped make this music video by contributing our vocal tracks and some video clips. Look for the Michigan map icon to see us!
We are proud to be part of this Global Music video!
Wednesday Mrs. Crampton, our Lunch Lady, taught us about Healthy Eating.
First She put hairnets on the helpers. They also put on aprons, washed their hands and put on gloves.
Veronica and David helped with the Mac ‘n Cheese. Jada poured the water on the chicken dippers.
Carl and Miles made the purple power salad. It was made of purple cabbage and pineapple. We tasted the cabbage. It was awesome.
We learned …
Bananas are a great source of Potassium.
Chicken is a good source of protein.
Pineapple is a very healthy food. It is the best source of vitamin C. When you are sick it helps fight the sickness.
We have whole wheat bread because it is much healthier than white bread.
The food has to be cooked to a certain degree to make sure any germs are killed. Mrs. Crampton has a food thermometer to help her measure the temperature.
We learned a lot and had fun making the lunch for the school. We promise to be open to trying new foods.
The 2nd graders created Spooky Scenes in art class and wrote a Spooky Story to go with their drawing. They had fun reading their stories in front of the camera with a green screen behind them. 5 of the students are in the video below. You will find the rest of the students’ videos on our wiki. http://harju.wikispaces.com/Spooky+Stories+2011
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