2nd Graders Celebrate Spirit Day!
Ms. Orlando's Homeroom
Mrs. Roessler's Homeroom
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Science: The Joys of Insects!
We started our study of insects by trying to determine which animals are insects. After observing some insects preserved in plastic, we saw that all insects have 6 legs. We also learned that they have 3 main body parts and 2 antennas.
We looked carefully at some crickets to learn about their bodies and their behavior. Did you know that a male cricket makes its chirp by rubbing his wings together? We also found out that crickets' ears are on the backs of their knees and that they breathe through holes in the abdomen!
Next, we were ready to go on an insect hunt! We took our insect nets, some white sheets, and lots of small containers. We found that it can be tricky to catch insects and while some of them escaped, we were successful in capturing many!
After they were photographed and released, we tried to identify our insects from their pictures.
Here are pictures of a few of the specimens we collected.
We looked carefully at some crickets to learn about their bodies and their behavior. Did you know that a male cricket makes its chirp by rubbing his wings together? We also found out that crickets' ears are on the backs of their knees and that they breathe through holes in the abdomen!
Next, we were ready to go on an insect hunt! We took our insect nets, some white sheets, and lots of small containers. We found that it can be tricky to catch insects and while some of them escaped, we were successful in capturing many!
After they were photographed and released, we tried to identify our insects from their pictures.
Here are pictures of a few of the specimens we collected.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Writing an Autobiography using Book Creator
In 2nd grade, students begin using Book Creator, an open ended app that allows student to create their own books with a variety of text, images, drawings, and audio. This app is used in various subjects. In computer science, we learned how to write an autobiography using this app. Next, students learned how to shared their work via AirPlay. 
French: Les Chauffe-Eau Solaires
The girls did une expérience de science (a science experiment) in French class last week! We discussed l'effet de serre (the greenhouse effect) and then made les chauffe-eau solaires (mini greenhouses) using shoe boxes. In Mrs. Roessler's class, the girls were lucky enough to have visitors from an upper school AP French class. The upper schoolers taught them a lesson on l'energie solaire and then helped them make their chauffe-eau solaires...all while only speaking French! I was impressed by both Mrs. Roessler's and Mrs. Orlando's classes and how well they understood the rather complicated vocabulary and concepts associated with this experiment. Chapeaux, les filles!
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