Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley

We have started to have some of our Flat Stanleys come back to school to visit us and tell us the adventures he has been on! he has been to many states and all over Europe already! Here he is in two new places!

 

President Reports

President Reports

Each of us was assigned a president to learn about in class. We did research on our president using apps on the ipad. Then, we created  a sloppy copy of our report. After that, we edited the report and made a good copy. Then, we created oil pastel pictures of our president and finally we used the funny movie maker app to make our president actually talk and tell about his life. 

 

Irish Blessing

Irish Blessing

We learned about Irish blessings in class and we were able to read some examples and talk about them in a group discussion. Then, we were able to create our own Irish Blessings to share.

 

Eucharist Vocabulary

Eucharist Vocabulary

We are about to receive our first communion. After we learned all the vocabulary we needed we created altar scenes using our vocabulary. We had to include a priest, vestment, chalice, paten, stole, tabernacle, and more! 

 

Branches of Government

Branches of Government
We learned about the three branches of government. After we read books about each branch, learned about our leaders and about how to make laws, we then created water colored pictures of the three branches. We drew our president, vice president and senators and more! 

 

Measurement Me!

Measurement Me!

We created pictures of ourselves and then added our own measurements to make it all about us! We had to be measured from head to toe! This was a fun way to end our measurement unit on inches. 

 

Leprechaun in a jar

Leprechaun in a jar

We wrote about how we could catch a leprechaun by writing a sequence story about our trap. Then, we created our own lerprechauns and made them stuck inside our jars. It was fun to creativity write about our traps. 

 

White House Canvastic

White House Canvastic

In class we learned about it was like to be the president. We wrote reports about what new laws we would make if we were the president. We typed them up and created a picture of us as the next president in front of the white house! We had so much fun saying what we would do to change thew world. 

 

Dr. Seuss Visits Second Grade

Dr. Seuss Visits Second Grade

The Cat in the Hat came into our classroom and caused such a mess! We wrote about his adventures in our room and created these Cat in the Hat pictures to go with it! We hope he comes back next year.

 

Leprechaun money math

Leprechaun money math

We were able to show out money skills by creating leprechauns and painting rainbows with their gold at the end of the rainbow. Then we each chose our treasure in the pot, added it up and wrote how much money our leprechaun had. -2LC Foodies

 

Leprechaun Pictures

Leprechaun Pictures

We made our own leprechauns that we think visit our classrooms and homes. We were able to name them all too. After we created them we wrote stories about what we would wish for if we caught this special leprechaun. -2LC foodies

 

QR Code Money

QR Code Money

We used the QR code reader on the ipads to scan codes. Then, we had to find the matching coin amount which was the same as the scanned value. This was challenging but we did it! 
-2LC foodies

 

Spelling and Money fun

Spelling and Money fun

To help us with both our money skills and our spelling skills we combined the two activities. We had papers which assigned each alphabet letter a coin. We then used our spelling words to find how much each word was worth. We had a lot of fun trying to find the most expensive and least expensive word. -2LC foodies

 

100th day of school

100th day of school

We had so much fun celebrating the 100th day of school. We each received a 100 dollar bill with our face on it and we had to write about what we would do with the money. We were very creative and some us even gave a lot of our money to charity. 

Cause and effect mats

Cause and effect mats
We learned all about cause and effect and read the book A Bad Case of the Stripes.  Then we were able to look at the cause and effect mats and describe what we though the cause and the effect was in each given picture. -2LC foodies

 

Martin Luther King Jr haiku decks

Martin Luther King Jr haiku decks

Check out some links to  some of our presentations.

https://www.haikudeck.com/p/6997f264bb 

https://www.haikudeck.com/p/1812a4a968

https://www.haikudeck.com/p/f9ec51cdb5

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a great leader in his church but when we was little he could not play with his friends because they were white and he was black and he couldn't go to the same church as white people. He couldn't go to the same school as the white people and he had to sit on the other side of the bus. -Cookies and Cream 

We made our pictures of Martin Luther King by making a portrait of him. Next we had to color in the picture. -Popsicle

Hello, this is how to make a MLK. First, you make his head. Then, you make his body. Last, make his background. - Jelly Bean 

We drew portraits of MLK. Then, we wrote about him and that was it. - Coffee

 

 

 

Parts of the Mass

Parts of the Mass

First, we would start by gathering by walking in the church. Then, we would do the liturgy of the word. People read out of the bible in that one. - Chocolate Chip 

First, you come in the church and it is called the Gathering. Then, it is the Liturgy of the Word. After that , it is The Liturgy of the Eucharist. Last, you go out of the church that is called the Sending Forth. -Skittles

We made the mass books with the steps. The steps were to color an d then you are finished. - Candy 

 

Geometry Snowflakes

Geometry Snowflakes

How we made our geometry snowflakes: First, we got a blue piece of paper. Next, we got lots and lots of shapes and cut them out. Then, we glued all of the shapes on the blue paper and then we wrote how many shapes there were on the paper. -Cotton candy

We made the snowflakes by cutting out shapes. Also we used different shapes to make the snowflake. - Apple

We made snowflakes in math. We made them out of shapes. I used 6 triangles, 6 trapezoids, 6 rhombus and one hexagon. -Waffles and Whipped Cream 

We made snowflakes out of shapes. We used all different kinds of shapes like triangles. - Smoothie

We made a snowflake with paper. We had to cut the paper and make shapes. Next, we had to glue down the shapes and write down how many we used. -Nutella 

 

January is....January isn't....

January is....January isn't....
I had to make up a sentence and then I wrote it on the line. I then drew the picture that I wanted to wanted to draw. -Banana

January is and January isn't is like writing down the correct answers on a math problem. It is a little about wriitng what happened to you in the winter. -Hot Dog

We wrote about January is and January isn't. I said January isn't swimming on a very cold day when it is snowing. But January is going to Cancun in Mexico when it is sunny there and also to be kind there. I tried to put in a lot of details. -lasagne

First, our teacher told us what to do. Next, we started working. I wrote: January isn't like jumping into pools and stuff like that. I mean what if a child did that? That would be crazy! Last, I said but January is like skiing with your family and just...having  fun! - cheeseburger

In January it is not good to swim but it is good to go skiing. - Cocoa

First, you think about what you need to put. Then, you draw it with pencil. You trace it with flair pen. Last, you color it with crayons and colored pencils. - Snowcone

Hot Cocoa Writing

Hot Cocoa Writing

We made a hot chocolate writing and a picture. First, we cut the paper and made it into a mug.Second, we put brown paper on as chocolate. Finally we put the marshmallows in the paper mug- Tacos

I made some delicious cocoa. First we cut out the cocoa mix, and then we cut out the mug. Then we wrote the sentence and glued everything together. Then we glued on the marshmallows and added the glitter and designed the cup - hamburger 

Hot Cocoa is yummy. I made a fake hot cocoa. I cut out a paper mug and glued it to a piece of paper. Next, Mrs. Martino put on the marshmallows. - Ginger 

This is how to make our hot cocoa writing. First you glue on the cup. Second, you glue on the hot cocoa. Third, you make a design on your cup. Fourth, you glue down real marshmallows. Fifth, you make the steam with glue and glitter. -Jolly Rancher

 

How to Build A Snowman

How to Build A Snowman

 We are building a snowman. First, we had to roll 3 small, medium and bog balls. Then, we had to decorate the snowman with coal eyes, a carrot nose and two stick arms and a black hat. -Pizza

In the winter it is fun to build a snowman. First, build the base of the snowman. Then, make the head of the snowman and put it on the base. Next, put on a nose and a mouth and  arms and maybe a hat. -Donut hole

We made snowmen. How we made them is we rolled big balls, then medium, then a small one for a head. Then, we put on the eyes, and a mouth then we added a carrot nose and we put on arms. But then the snowman got cold so we gave him a scarf. - Captain Krabby Patty 
I made a snowman. First, I rolled up three balls. One was big, the other is medium and the last small. I added a carrot nose and don't forgot a scarf and buttons and a mouth and you make a snowman.  -Ice cream Sundae

 

Cursive in Pudding

Cursive in Pudding
We are learning cursive and it is really hard to do when you just start. You have to connect the letters. -Gummi Bear

We started to learn how to write our letters in cursive by practicing in pudding. First we spread it out like paper, learned to write letters e,l,t,a,n,m,o and c. Then we connected them to make words like let and tell. At the end of each practice we were able to lick the pudding on our finger! We had so much fun! -2LC foodies