{Field Trips}

We had such a great time on our Field Trips! Check out our pictures from Zoo Atlanta and Washington Farms!

Zoo Atlanta

Washington Farms

(we may have had a little stowaway on this trip!!)

You think we look a little bit alike! ;)

{Second Grade Shops}

To end our Economics Unit, the Twosies worked in groups to start a business. They held business meetings to discuss whether their business would provide a good or service, design a logo for their business, and set a price for their shop. They then advertised their business with flyers. Some groups even created commercials to drum up customers! They are posted below:

Shops opened for business and all of the second graders had an opportunity to spend $10 dollars however they chose! Thank you parents for all of your help with this super fun project!

Woodworking Shop

 Jewelry Store

 Hair Salon

 Origami Shop

 School Supply Store

 Arcade

Nail and Face Salon

 Pictures of the Twosies shopping:

{Roller Coasters}

Check out the results of our Forces and Motion Unit!

To get us thinking about motion, speed, acceleration, and gravity we took a roller coaster ride!

We then studied the history of roller coasters, read books about roller coasters, and conducted some experiments to change the speed and direction of a moving object.

To end our unit, we participated in the Coaster Challenge. We had the BEST time constructing roller coasters in our classroom! The challenge was to build a roller coaster out of pool noodles and duct tape that would allow a marble to travel through a loop. Each group was successful...one group even had two working loops!

{Natural Disasters}

The Twosies made waves with our Natural Disasters Unit! They loved this project and the room was trembling with excitement! 

Each group researched a Natural Disaster. They then shared their learning through the creation of a Weather Report video. We used a green screen and an app called Veescope Live to be able to insert a weather map and footage of the natural disaster. 

Here is what our set up looked like:

The video had to include the following information:

-where the disaster could occur

-how it forms

-an interesting fact

-its appearance

-effects on land, animals, or plants

-precautions people should take

-a disaster from history

Enjoy!

Earthquakes

by Tomas, Jack, and Sky

Flash Floods

by Vidur, Madilynn, and Hudson

Hurricanes

Molly, Finley, Grady, and CJ

Blizzards

by Audrey Anna, Hadyn, and Allie

Tsunamis

by Sawyer, Dani, Charlotte, and Levi

Tornadoes
by Payne, Mitchell, and Crystal

{Twosies Read Dr. Seuss}

We celebrated Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day with some exciting guest readers.

Jack's brother Will came and read Dragons Love Tacos to us.

Mrs. Hilley tweeted a picture and the author of the book "liked" our post!

Some middle schoolers from MBMS came to read to us as well!

Hadyn's dad also came and read to us. He read Green Eggs and Ham and had the whole class in stitches! 

Before he left, Mrs. Hilley made him demonstrate the worm!!!

Of course, Hadyn had to show off too...

The class wrote metaphors using My Many Colored Days as a model:

Metaphors

We also wrote our own Fox in Socks tongue twisters using alliteration:

Tongue Twisters

{Second Grade Sweeties}

The Twosies celebrated Valentine's Day with lots and lots of conversation hearts!!

First, we used conversation hearts to practice our math skills. The Twosies used the hearts to find the area of a large heart outline and then they sorted them by color. They presented their data in fractions and a bar graph. 

Next, we conducted some experiments with the hearts. We dissolved the hearts is different liquids and melted them with heat!

Lastly, we used the hearts to demonstrate the Scientific Process. We wanted to find out how many hearts we could stack before the tower would fall. The Twosies formed a hypothesis, conducted some research, recorded their data, and then analyzed their results.

Life in second grade sure is SWEET!