3/10/13

Post date: Mar 10, 2013 9:5:36 PM

Second Grade Newsletter 3/10/2013

Mammoths and Mastodons, Oh My!...we learned so much at DMNS! We hope you got an earful about their new knowledge about these amazing creatures that once roamed our planet! It was truly astonishing! A giant thank you to the museum as one of our partners, Robert Payo for teaching our class, Clayton from CSM for chaperoning and last but not least all the parent/grandparents who attended and helped this learning experience be one that they will never forget!

Monday we have Keystone Science School coming to teach us about the management of wolves using the inquiry model of teaching. Please view their website about exciting camps they have year round: http://www.keystonescienceschool.org/ It is so exciting to see how others teach and it is rewarding to see our classes so inquisitive with other teachers. We are definitely very proud teachers and you should be also.

Saturday, March 16th is our Canal and Greenway Clean Up day for the City of Northglenn. This illustrates us giving back to the community and reinforces our Social Studies curriculum of how we can make a difference within our community. Please join us. Here is a link for permission slip with details! https://docs.google.com/a/adams12.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=YWRhbXMxMi5vcmd8Mm5kZ3JhZGUyMDEyLTIwMTN8Z3g6MTQ0ODFhM2QyMzFjZWI3Yg Come and join us as we have fun in a relaxed setting, enjoying each others company and doing a good deed.

Goals for this week:

Science –

-Identify a wedge as a simple machine

-Compare the difference between a wedge and an inclined plane

-Identify the presence of different types of simple machines and complex systems

-Classify simple machines

-Make observations about the variety of plants and animals living in an area and identify the specific places they live in order to make comparisons between different areas.

-Design a solution to a problem caused when a habitat changes and some of the plants and animals may no longer be able to live there.

-Develop and use models to compare how living things depend on their surroundings to meet their needs in the places where they live.

Technology-

-Waterford Reading/Science/Math Program

-IXL

-EduCreations

-Pebble Go

-Brain Pop Jr.

-Google Site Development

-iPod math games

-Publish writing using MS Word

-Everyday Math Games

-National Geographic for Kids

-TCI Social Studies

-Kidspiration

-Animoto

-Discovery Education

Engineering

-Trace transmission of motion and transfer of energy through the machine

-Identify the lever mechanisms at work in the model

-Consider the needs of living animals

-Create a programmable model to demonstrate the knowledge and operation of digital tools and technological systems

-Build and test bird’s movement

-Improve the bird’s behavior by adding the motion sensor and programming sounds to coordinate the movement

-Understand how the bird’s head and tail change their angle position as the birds pivots

-Understand and use numbers to represent the type of sounds played and the amount of time in tenths of one second

Math

-Explore capacity of cylinders

-Find areas of shapes by suing inch and centimeter grids

-Distinguish between area and perimeter

-Find areas of rectangular figures by partitioning and counting squares

STEM Success “Lynx”

Thank you to Dr. Silvaggio physics professor at FRCC (yes, Ms. Silvaggio’s dad) and former student Kyle came and let us experience potential and kinetic energy through bungee cords attached to us and learning about force and mass. It was super!!!

How can you help?!?!

We have several families who can not fund the next few field trips...please help if you can! Thank you!