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Friday 31, 2019

Last Week of Second Grade

Bird Study Museum Second Grade ornithologists celebrated a successful presentation of their Bird Study Museum. Scholars shared exciting iMovies to begin their presentation. Detailed Power Points covered facts ranging from the bird’s feathers, wingspan, nest, […]
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Friday 24, 2019

Birds of Prey

Bird Crafts Second Grade Ornithologists took time this week to continue the crafts for their bird study. In art, scholars have been creating life-like birds through paper mache crafts. Artists took time to paint leaves […]
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Friday 17, 2019

Achieving Goals!

Interesting Bird Facts Second Grade Ornithologists took time this week to write three interesting facts that most people might not know about their chosen bird. Scholars shared their fun facts with the class. For instance, […]
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Friday 10, 2019

Bird Groupings

Bird Groupings Second Graders continued their science unit on birds this week. Scholars identify their birds by their bird groupings. These groupings are Birds of Prey, Water Birds, Game Birds, and Song Birds. Some defining […]
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Friday 3, 2019

Bird Feathers Second Graders continued their science unit on birds this week. They began this study by defining characteristics of birds’ feathers, also known as plumage. One of the characteristics included that there are six […]
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Friday 26, 2019

Flat Stanley

Bird Beaks Second Graders continued their new science unit on birds this week. Scholars studied bird beaks and the categories in which they could be divided. The categories included drilling, probing, striking, tearing, sipping, cracking, […]
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Thursday 18, 2019

Teammates

Bird Characteristics Second graders began their new science unit on birds this week. They began this study by defining characteristics of birds that differentiated them from other animals. A few of these characteristics included that […]
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Friday 12, 2019

Haikus

A Nest for Celeste The current read aloud book selection our class is enjoying is A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by author Henry Cole. Celeste is […]
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Friday 5, 2019

The King’s Equal

The King’s Equal The current read aloud book selection our class is enjoying is The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson. This is a timeless classic that provides a contemporary social message of measuring qualities like […]
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Friday 22, 2019

Arm Span

Arm Span This week math scholars partnered together to measure each other’s arm spans in centimeters and inches. Second Graders learned that arm span measure the distance from fingertip to fingertip across outstretched arms. Scholars […]
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