Class 2OL

Today we went outside and read Dr. Seuss’, The Lorax, to celebrate Earth day. The students then brainstormed to come up with different ways they could each help to save the Earth and keep plants, animals and people safe. We then painted a mural in the hallway and each of us painted a Truffula tree, the bright and fluffy trees that the Lorax tried to protect from the Once-ler who sadly cut down all of the trees to make Thneed.

The students then wrote one thing they could do to try and help the Earth in their Truffula tree.

Take a look at our bright and beautiful mural of Truffula trees painted by the artists of 2ol and our ideas to help save the Earth.

This morning when we came into school there was one brown chicken walking around. Within two hours we were able to see 4 more hatch!! It has been quite an exciting morning and the kids are enjoying every minute of it.  Hopefully a few more will hatch throughout the day.We were able to get a little of this excitement on video. It’s a really quick video but check it out!chick-movie-2.MOV 

Our geometry investigation is coming to an end. The children have spent the past few weeks discovering the different attributes of 2-D and 3-D shapes. We have discussed many new vocabulary words such as right angle, vertex, edge, face, base and many different shapes.

To wrap up our unit, we’ve been creating stained glass windows with 2 lines of symmetry. See if you can find the lines of symmetry in our windows.

Hola! On Wednesday, Mr. Johnston’s middle school spanish students gave our class a spanish lesson. We played some spanish games and learned some vocabulary words about weather and colors. Here are some of the words and expressions that the kids wanted to share:

• morado – purple – Kelsey
• rosado – pink – Carter
• negro – black – Cooper
• blanco – white – Kelsey
• Verde – green – Ben S.
• Azul – blue – Ryan
• Rojo – red – Luke S
• anaranjado – orange – Kesey and Hayden
• Esta – It is. Cooper
• Hace sol – It is sunny.  
• Hace frio – It is cold. – Hayden
• Hace fresco – It is cool. – Ryan
• El ojo – eye – Cooper
• El pie – the foot – Gabby
• La boca – the mouth – Carter

Gracias, el clase de Senor Johnston!!!Adios!  

Wow! Can you believe those were second graders presenting graphs? The kids of 2OL did an amazing job sharing their graphs and the other various items they’ve been working on in class. Some students chose to share their inquiry projects or stories they’ve been working on, while others chose their poetry notebooks and illustrations. Everyone did a great job. Thank you to all the parents that were able to make it. If you were unable to attend, here are some pictures for you to enjoy! 

today wen we war snow shooing we were letterboxing we went to a sematerey thar was a grave that said
abagal fog.

luke b

The kids have been working SO hard on their class cookbook. They have decided on all of the elements that should be part of the cookbook. They have also taken a ton of time studying a variety of cookbooks. The kids took what they learned from other cookbooks and used that information to create a class cookbook. They even worked in groups to create symbols for each of the five food groups. We made these symbols into actual stamps. They now plan on coding each recipe with a food group stamp.

Here are the stamps they have created. Can you guess what food group each symbol stands for?

JUMPING STRATEGY

If it was 90 plus 100 you would jump 10 and that =100 then you cud jump 20 or you cud jump 10 until you get to your answer then you circle your answer.  

PULL DOWN STRATEGY 

If it was 100 plus 100 you would pull down 100 and ten pull down the ten and own and add it together.

PULLOUT
If it were 90+81 you would pull out the 10’s then the ones out. We’ll show you how. You can try it on your own.

We do a lot of strategies and we show them to the class Luke b cooper Anna cater gabby Kelsey Dana and Alena showed their strategy . After we do a prlblme we get a dinner. a dinner is when you get another problem just different.

- The nature trail is in the woods. The nature trail has a ton of activities. Mr Carin teaches the nature trail. Mr. Carin is the school outdoor teacher and Mr. Caron is fun.

If you’ve lost your Shaw’s permission slip click on the link below for a copy.

shaws-permission.doc