Grade 2

Diary of a.......

We are writing fact and fiction books in the style of the books Diary of a Fly. The students had to pick an animal, do research to come up with 5 facts, and then make up 5 fictional things for their animal. We are working an putting these together in a book. Look for these books to come home as soon as they are finished.

Reel Spirit Film Festival

Each year we submit a film to the Kansas City Reel Spirit Young Filmmakers. Second Grade does a public service announcement for their submission. Students picked the topic, came up with all the scenes, filmed, and edited the film (with as little help as possible).

Their topic: Littering

Here is their film. We hope you like it.


Stop Littering (1).mp4

Origami Tradition

It is a tradition here in PHYRE that every December the student create an origami ornament to take home. We created our first of many to come this year.

We hope you liked them.

Rangoli Art

We created Rangoli Art and talked about different traditions that you all celebrate in your homes. We focused on the importance of traditions and holidays.

The students use pattern block to create their art and then we drew them onto paper.


We have been learning different ways to think. Here are a few of the thinking strategies we have learned.

Each letter stands for a different word, that will help you make new ideas.

Substitute

Combine

Adjust

Modify

Put to other uses

Eliminate

Rearrange or Remove

Ask them how we SCAMPERED a chair, a table, and numbers. Ask them to SCAMPER something for you.

The next strategy that we learned was the 6 thinking hats. We learned how to put different hats on to see a situation from a different perspective. We used the story Goldilocks and the three bears to help us look at the story is different ways.

MASTERMIND:

Your student is learning how to use critical thinking skills while playing the game mastermind. We started with columns and then moved up to 3.

Here is a link to an online version of the game: https://www.webgamesonline.com/mastermind/

There is an app that you can download that is similar to this game:

Android/Google play store: Real Code Breaker

Apple: Color Code Breaker