Field Trip

We had such an amazing field trip! The only thing we would have liked to have been better was the weather. But... at least it didn't rain. First, we went to the airport and learned all about the Northland Community and Technical College Aviation Center. We had some great tour guides and they taught us so much about what it would be like to go to school there and all about the airplanes. One of the highlights of the tour was getting to sit in the plane that the Detroit Pistons basketball team flew in. They sure flew in style! Then, we went to the Lions Park to eat our lunch and play at the playground. Last, we stopped by Dairy Queen to get a treat! Even though the weather wasn't the best we still had a GREAT time! Our class would also like to give a big THANK YOU to all the parent volunteers!

The boys coming out of the Detroit Pistons Airplane.

Looking at the helicopter!

Playing with all the buttons!

Learning how they cut the metal.

Relaxing in the huge and comfortable chairs!

Having fun at the park!

Important dates in May!

Wow! May is going to be a really busy month. We have a lot of fun filled activities to finish off the year. Two field trips, field day, fun day, and an awards day! I am so excited about all the fun we will be having but sad that our year is coming to an end. Oh boy will I miss you guys!

May 10 - Field trip to the airport

May 16 - Mini Golf Trip and Bingo at the Cafe

May 20 - Field Day

May 23 - Fun Day

May 24 - Awards Day and last day of school

Adjectives that describe me!

We have been working hard on adjectives all week. To complete our unit, each student made a mask of adjectives that describe them. They came up with some great adjectives! I have such a great class!

Measurement Gardens

To complete our unit on measurement we made measurement gardens. They cut out flowers and ordered them from shortest to tallest. Then they measured them in inches and labeled them. I sure hope we get some nice weather over the weekend so I can start on my garden at home!

Learning Capacity with our SUPER Gallon Man!

Our project to help us learn about gallons, quarts, pints, and cups was to make a SUPER Gallon Man. The gallon man shows us what is all in a gallon.

4 quarts = 1 gallon

8 pints = 1 gallon

16 cups = 1 gallon

We also sang the capacity song below and did a bunch of interactive games. 

The Capacity Song

Tune: Three Blind Mice

Cup, pint, quart.

Cup, pint, quart.

See how we pour.

See how we pour.

Two cups makes one pint.

Two pints makes one quart.

Cup, pint, quart.

Cup, pint, quart.

Cup, pint, quart, GALLON.

Cup, pint, quart, GALLON.

See how we pour SOME MORE.

See how we pour SOME MORE.

Four cups makes one quart.

Four quarts makes one gallon.

Cup, pint, quart, GALLON.

Cup, pint, quart, GALLON.

CHECK OUT OUR AREA-BOTS!

We had such a fun time working on area in our classroom. Each student got a sheet of graph paper to make their robot. When they were done they had to find the area of their robots head, body, arms, legs, and the entire robot. They had so much fun and were so creative with this project.

Too Much Noise! Our AMAZING music program!

Viking Elementary put on an amazing musical last Friday. The story was about a family that was so tired of all the noise in their house. So each family member asked a wiseman what they should do to make their house quieter. Each wiseman told them to get an animal for the house. They ended up with a sheep, hen, dog, donkey, and a horse. The house was VERY noisy! The family wasn't very happy when their house was full of even more noise. So they went back to the wisemen and they told them to take out the animals. Then, of course they thought their house was pretty quiet! I am so impressed with how well the students did at the program. Enjoy the pictures below!

The entire second grade cast!

The Family:
Baby, Sister, Brother, Mom, and Dad

The Narators

Our Class!

The Wisemen