2H Class Blog!: Jan. 15th News

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

Highlights from our week:

*Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: In order to prepare for this long, holiday weekend, our class spent the week discussing the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was so impressed by the level of thoughtfulness your second graders displayed as they learned about Dr. King. As you can imagine, it was hard for them to believe that times in our country could be so different than they are now!

Diving into picture book biographies!

Watching Dr. King's famous speech was a MAJOR highlight from our study!

After reading many beautiful picture book biographies we focused on what Martin thought, how he felt, and what actions he took. Check out these amazing tributes they made!

*Reading Buddies: Moved by Dr. King's kindness and compassion, we worked hard with our reading buddies to create Valentine cards to those in need. We decided it would be a nice gesture to send these beautiful cards to some active military members overseas. It feels so good to be kind!

*Science: We continued discussing and exploring the three states of matter this week. After watching an introductory BrainpopJr video, the Owls went on a magazine scavenger hunt searching for picture cues to remind us of the difference between solids, liquids, and gases.

Later in the week, we conducted another Mystery Science experiment which had us exploring different properties of materials. Students had to test the properties of various materials (paper towel, paper bag, paper plate, and aluminum foil) and then design a hat that would keep the sun off their head. We had a TON of fun testing, designing, and creating!