Here are the second graders' responses.
What would it be like to live inside a snow globe? Here are the second graders' responses.
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Gourds can come in so many shapes, colors, and sizes. The second graders examined an assortment of locally grown gourds. They each chose one to practice their writing skills, focusing on using adjectives in their writing to describe the gourd. Then they read what they had written to the rest of the class to see if they could guess which gourd their friend had written about from the description.
Jesus tells us "Whatever you did for the least of these you did for me." Students and staff at St. Mary School collected items and filled boxes to send to children around the world who have far less material goods than we do. Boxes included art supplies, books, toothbrushes, toothpaste, rosaries, toys, stuffed animals, school supplies, and more! Everyone in our school worked together to pack 100 boxes! To celebrate All Saints' Day, first graders dressed up as saints and shared information about their chosen saints during our all-school Mass. Second graders created saint shrines to display at church and to present to the residents of a nearby nursing home. Students in grades K-5 celebrated with an All Saints' Day party. They played games including Saint Walk, Saint Bingo, Pin the Halo on the Saint, and Canonize the Saint. We had a blast visiting Helene's Hilltop Orchard and learning about growing and harvesting pumpkins! We also went on a tractor and wagon ride to see the pumpkin fields and apple orchard. We all found our way through the corn maze. Everyone picked a pumpkin to take home at the end. Second and third graders joined together to learn about fire prevention and safety. Local firefighters and EMTs brought a fire safety demonstration house and a real ambulance to our school to teach safety tips, and to give everyone a chance to practice safely escaping a "burning" house without panicking.
Fall means pumpkins, and we have been busy reading about pumpkins, learning about the life cycle of pumpkins, and doing some exploration of real pumpkins. We are looking forward to our upcoming field trip to a pumpkin patch too. In these photos you can see the students checking out the insides of a pumpkin before recording their observations in their pumpkin books. They also added soil and water to the pumpkin to see if the seeds will grow right out of the inside of it. If you look closely you can also see their latest art project behind them featuring kittens sitting in pumpkins.
The second graders studied a toad that visited our classroom for a day. They researched what kind it was and learned about its natural habitat. They measured it and looked closely at it with magnifying lenses. Nobody in this group is squeamish about slippery critters!
After learning about animal groups in school, we had a salamander in school for a day to experience some hands-on learning about amphibians. This is a blue-spotted salamander. We were blessed by a special visitor today! We had the opportunity to meet Sister Salome Nambi. She is a sister from Uganda, Africa. She taught us some new songs, let students play her drums, showed us how people in her country carry water, and shared what school is like for kids in Uganda.
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