Mrs. Bretz's Second Grade Blog: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

No School on Friday

Just a friendly reminder, we do not have school on April 6th! I hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Break. Looking forward to seeing all the kiddos on Monday.

Sink and Float Party

The Sink and Float Party was a hit! We had so much fun drinking root beer floats, making an oil and water bottle project, and sinking our boats! Here are some pictures captured from the party!

Another way we participated in Read Across America was by having a mystery reader for the whole second grade. Mrs. Smith set up to have a mystery reader for each grade level. Our mystery reader was the fire chief of Aurora. He came in to read The Lorax. He also answered a lot of our questions!

In honor of Read Across America Day and celebrating Dr. Seuss books, the students in 2B had fun playing a green eggs and ham game with partners. It is similar to tic-tac-toe but uses eggs and hams.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Baby Oil

We are in need of Baby Oil. We will be using it to make a FUN project at our Sink and Float party. If you could please send in one large bottle that would be very much appreciated!

Super Science

Today Samay's mother came to teach us super science. We learned about surface tension. We were able to participate in an experiment and become scientists. We had a lot of fun and learned some new information. Take a look..........

Upcoming Events

Monday, March 19 - Accelerated Math Test

Tuesday, March 20 - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, March 21 - Chick Fil A Night

Thursday, March 22 - Spring Picture Day
Read Across America Day
Sink and Float Party

Friday, March 23 - HALF DAY (12:10pm Dismissal)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Fraction Game

In class on Monday, we started learning about fractions! We all love fractions, because they make sense! We played a fraction pizza fun game in class Wednesday and lots of students have been asking to play at home. Enjoy!

The website is: http://www.infoplease.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw42374

Making Clay Boats

Sink and Float

Our new science unit is Sink and Float. The kids have really enjoyed this unit this past week. We have been doing many experiments. We have been making clay boats the past two days. Today we had a contest to see who's clay boat would hold the most cargo. The top boat held 98!! GO DIANA AND JABRON!