{Greenhouse Fieldtrip}

To help us with our yearlong STEAM project, the Twosies visited the Malcom Bridge Middle School Greenhouse. Mr. Walker, the agriculture teacher, lead some wonderful instruction about the form and function of greenhouses and allowed the students to explore and ask questions. 

To begin our field trip, each second grader was paired with an eighth grader.

The students made a sketch of the greenhouse and took notes on the parts and materials used. Their research will be used in the design of their own greenhouses.

Mr. Walker then taught us how to reproduce plants through propagation. Each student got to plant a clipping of an adult plant. The plants will be housed in the greenhouse and we will get to pick them up in the spring. We can't wait to see how much they will have grown by then!

We are so excited to partner with the middle school in this way and look forward to working with the agriculture students again soon!

{Nocturnal Madness}

Our Nocturnal Animals Unit is one of my favorite units of the year! The students were greeted like this the morning our unit began!

We had a lot of fun learning by flashlight this week!

 We researched bats and owls together and learned how to pull facts from informational texts. We dissected owl pellets to learn more about the interesting creatures!

 The students ended our unit by conducting their own nocturnal animal research and creating a Google Slide to share their learning. Check these out below:

  

{Happy Halloween}

The Twosies had a great time celebrating Halloween at school!

Here we are getting ready for the Storybook Character Parade...

All of the second grade teachers were one of the Splat characters!

We also celebrated with a STEAM Challenge! The students had to design a  Critter Catcher that would catch and hold the largest amount of creepy crawlies.

Here is the winning design:

It held 40 critters!!