Personal Narratives, Mondrian Art, and a Bad Case of Stripes!!!

Our second graders have been working so hard these past few weeks.  The children inspire me, and it amazes me how much they want to learn about it!  They are really putting me to work, and I LOVE every minute of it!

A few weeks ago I read the book, A Bad Case of Stripes. 

 

This poor little girl should've just eaten those lima beans!  This is a great book to teach the comprehension skill, cause and effect.  Here is the activity that my children and I completed...

 

 

 

 

 

We are continuing our personal narrative writing.  Last week, the children worked on a personal narrative piece, My Trip to the Pumpkin Patch. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These children can write!  I have a room full of authors!

 

We are studying rocks and the Earth's layers in science and social studies.  This unit will last a few weeks.  The children have brought in the most unique rocks.  We have learned about the properties of rocks...their size, shape, color, and texture.  We took a closer look at our rocks through magnifying glasses.  We have so many more experiments and activities to do with our rocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week, we learned about an artist named Piet Mondrian.  He was a Dutch artist who liked working with lines.  We completed a Mondrian art lesson full of mathematical concepts and vocabulary.  We learned square, rectangle, horizontal, vertical, parallel, perpendicular, diagonal, converge, and diverge.

 

Here are their works of Mondrian art...

 

 

 

 

 



 

I'm really looking forward to another week of learning with your child!  So much to learn...so little time!