We welcomed 2015 in style this past week in second grade. On Monday, we decorated "snowpeople" name tags for our door and made a toast with a bottle of sparkling apple cider. Students came up with their own toasts like "Here's to a fun & fantastic year!" On Tuesday, we made creative melting snowpeople to hang on our bulletin board (check them out on Friday if you can!). We took a break from the classroom on Thursday and headed to the
Queens Museum of Art to learn more about NYC geography & to check out the spectacular panorama of NYC (if you haven't been, it's truly a must-see!). For the remainder of our time in the classroom, we began a Writing unit on Fairytales and continued our work with measurement in Math. We're also loving our second Roald Dahl book,
Fantastic Mr. Fox!
And as a bitter-sweet end to the week, we said "goodbye" to Julia, who is returning to Italy with her family. Our students made a beautiful book for her with their photos and messages of well wishes. We will miss her a lot but look forward to keeping in touch.
Ciao, our dear friend!
Now... here's to a super second week of school of 2015!
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| Student creations of city blocks @ Queen Museum of Art |
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| Panorama as seen from above |
