2nd Grade

P.E.- 

2nd Grade:   

We have really been hooping it up 2nd grade PE class! We have  been focusing on the fundamentals of basketball.  Students work on improving their dribbling skills, shooting skills, and passing skills in various games and stations. In shooting we focus on creating a capital letter L and a capital letter I with our shooting arm and then waving bye bye to the ball for our follow through each time we shoot. Students are also working on improving hand eye coordination as we practice several different ball handling skills each day. Our 2nd grade students are really becoming hoop-stars! ;-)

Art -

In the art room this month second graders are continuing to work on their masterpieces inspired by the artist Marc Chagall.  Chagall is a surreal artist who creates images that have a strong personal connection as well as look like a dream-like world. Students drew a profile of themselves as well as a profile of an animal of importance to them.  They filled their art with things that are important to them: family, friends, hobbies, foods, places, animals, nature, etc. I always learn a little bit more about students through this project which I love!

Just an FYI….most of your child’s artwork will stay at school.  Students' artwork is displayed around the school and then kept in their art portfolios.  In May, students will review all their artwork and select the one piece they are most proud of to display at the FVE Student Art Show at the Fraser Valley Public Library, exact dates to be determined. 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

shelley.peeters@egsd.org

-Music-

Second Grade is learning about steady beat, body control, creative movement, and the differences between loud and soft, fast and slow, and high and low. We are also learning some fun songs and non-pitched percussion instruments.

Some of the songs we are learning are Wake up you lazy bones, Rig-a-jig-jig, Our Gallant Ship, Long Legged Sailor, Purple Light, Go Round the Mountain, Pickin' a spot, My Ship sailed from China, The Darby Ram, and so many more!

We will be reading Books like The Loud Book, The Quiet Book, The Bremen Town Musicians, Say Zoop, We Will Rock Our Classmates, Carnival of The Animals, From Head to Toe, and many others!