Final Weekly Update 5/24/19

We had a great final week of second grade! Each day students participated in various STEM activities. First, we had a paper airplane design competition.

Next, students had a bottle flipping challenge to see which level of water made the bottle have the most vertical landings.

Children worked in pairs to build new styles of bubble wands and made predictions on which would blow the biggest bubbles. Each pair included one 3D design. We found that cylinder shaped bubble wands are pretty amazing!

Finally, we learned about surface tension by testing how many drops of water we could fit on top of a penny.

Long's Got Talent featured many great acts by students from our class!

Here are some summer reading recommendations from the students. If your child is looking for a suggestion try something from this list. Don't forget about the County Library's Summer Reading Program as well. Happy reading!

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems
Ruff vs. Fluff by Spencer Quinn
Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce
Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
Owl Diaries series by Rebecca Elliott
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
My Weird School series by Dan Gutman
Balto by Natalie Standiford
Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Spiderwick Chronicals by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Pug Pals series by Flora Ahn
Puppy Place series by Ellen Miles
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
The Good Dog by Avi

Weekly Update 5/17/19

What a busy week!

We wrapped up our Junior Achievement lessons on Monday. Students played a matching game that reviewed coins. The children also listened to a song and acted out how money travels throughout a community through the process of buying and selling good and services.

Students did a wonderful job participating in Long's Fun Run! They were able to run so many laps, and I was proud of their effort. Dr. Phillips stopped by for a team photo.

Field Day was hot, but it was a blast! The children rotated through many fun games and activities, participated in ball sports, and had Popsicles.

This week the students completed their final math unit, finished their social studies projects, wrapped up book clubs, and published their poetry portfolios. Students will be presenting and celebrating their projects next week, and then they will be coming home for you to view their hard work.