What a great week to be in second grade. We worked on a great unit in our language arts curriculum called "Meet Rosina". It deals with a deaf student attending a school for the deaf and hard of hearing in New Mexico. It introduced us to ways that we are all different. Many discussions and questions came up surrounding this topic.
We also started working with fact triangles and introduced some multiplication work. In science we continued our work with animals and their habitats. We learned all about the photographer Ansel Adams through our art volunteers, Mrs. Winters and Mrs. Painter.
On Wednesday we celebrated our school with our annual open house. Our class had a great turnout with 10 students and their parents attending. We had the chance to show off our skills with the Promethean Board and our progression in second grade.
Next week we'll begin a new guided reading format for the first hour of our day. Many students will travel to different second grade classrooms for this hour. Many students from other second grade classrooms will come to our room for an hour and we will begin working on some project-based learning activities that will include many of the interests of students. Much of what we will be doing during this time will be student led and driven and I will serve more as a facilitator than teacher. We hope to make the transition from "student" to "learner" and make real-world connections to our work.
Our week culminated with a fied trip to the Prairie Land Heritage Steam Show. We had a great time as we toured the grounds, visited the petting zoo, drove tractors, and rode the mini-steam show. A big thanks goes out to the North Greene FFA who held a very interesting petting zoo with many animals including the fainting goats.
