Students in Mrs. Simila's 2nd grade class took on the vehicle design challenge. Students used the engineer design process and their imaginations to use the given materials to design a form of transportation for Flat Stanley to travel in. In this hour long design challenge skills students focused on were: effective communication and collaboration, applying background knowledge, time management and speaking and listening effectively.

research and every heros

Students are currently using Newsela.com to research articles on everyday heroes. Skills they are working on are: identifying character traits, annotating, self to text connections, the writing process.

All 2nd grade students showcased their knowledge by creating a water cycle triorama. Students had to be sure to include all the parts of the water cycle and label each process. One of the design challenges while working in groups was to include some sort of moving part or pop up in their design. One of the great things about collaboration is that students learn how to work with each other and build their communication skills. Congratulations on a job well done 2nd grade!

Passion Projects....

"Coming soon!"

Introduction to Passion Projects at Valley View School

Second & Third Marking Period 2016-2017

Mixing in Technology

As a reflection component of this simple machines unit, students collaborated to create a video production of their hard work and answered a few metacognitive questions.

First Marking Period 2016

1st and 2nd grade students will be collaborating together in the creative world of poetry. Students will use what they already know about the writing process to create unique digital poems and then publish their works of art on storybird.com. Below you will find some student samples.