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Be Proud of Your ‘Crown’

Posted in picture book lesson, and second grade

Last week in the Jackson Library, students read Hair Love/Amor de pelo and Crown. We discussed how styling our hair can be fun or frustrating and how we should be proud of our heritage and the physical characteristics that it gifts us.   The kids drew new hair designs on bookmarks before they checked out books.

hair lesson pictures for Crown and Hair Love/amor de pelo

design haircut bookmarks

crown
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Crown
Crown Read Aloud

Crown bookmark – design the haircut

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Derrick Barnes’ website

 

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Crown Act
The Crown Act

The Hair of Zoe video
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HAIR LOVE RD ALOUD ENG
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AMOR DE PELO
 

Amor de pelo
Amor de pelo read aloud

amor de pelo bookmark –diseñar el corte de pelo

 

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Matthew A. Cherry website

Hair Love awards

2nd Grade Celebrates Veterans Day

Posted in holiday, poetry, and second grade

This week in the Jackson Library, second graders celebrated Veterans Day by interpreting a Cheryl Dyson poem. We discussed the symbolism in the poem, watched a video explaining how different people we meet in the community may be veterans, played a Kahoot game about the poem, and checked out military-themed books. Fun!

2nd grade veterans day fun

 

Veterans in our Neighborhood

Cheryl Dyson Poem:

cheryl dyson poem
free Cheryl Dyson poem

Kahoot Game Based on Poem

Kahoot

 

 

Second Grade Shadow Stations

Posted in science, and second grade

Ms. Hillier’s class explored shadow stations in the Jackson Library. After reading The Black Rabbit and discussing shadows, the kids rotated through library stations.

The Black RabbitClick for Review

SHADOW STATION TEKS
Science TEKS

shadow stations

The Black Rabbit Read Aloud

My Shadow Stations Questions

Station 1 – sun simulation
Materials – rabbit stuffed animal, flashlight, Black Rabbit Stu Sheet AK

  • position the light on the rabbit like the sun is in the morning – draw the shadow
  • position the light above the rabbit like it is noon – observe the shadow
  • position the light like the sun is setting- draw the shadow

Station 2- Shadowbox 

Materials- cut the bottom off a paperbox, wrap w butcher paper, get large lantern light, miscellaneous objects

  • stu hold up objects with the light behind it
  • stu take turns guessing the objects

Station 3 – Computers

shadow computer game

Station 4- ComputersPeep Shadow Play

 

My Google Site Shadow Stations from when I was at Ogle

Nancy Jo Lambert Shadow Stations Site

Guess the Shadow Video

 

Lindsey Stirling Shadow Song
Lindsey Stirling Shadow Song

 

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates – Los compañeros no se comen

Posted in books online, character education, picture book lesson, second grade, and social-emotional learning

Last week in the Jackson Library, both English and Spanish-speaking second graders had fun with a silly book! We watched the English and Spanish videos for the book, We Don’t Eat Our Classmates- Los compañeros no se comen and then drew a picture of something we can do to demonstrate being a good friend.

 

We Dont eat our classmates eng spa

We Don't Eat our...activity tpt

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English- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates

WE Don't Eat Our Classmates eng

Spanish- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates

Los Compañeros No Se Comen

 

Spa We Don't Eat our Classmates

 

Fun with Hair

Posted in apps, picture book lesson, and second grade

Second graders had fun discussing hair in the Jackson Library after reading the Bluebonnet book, Crown. We discussed the vocabulary and main ideas in the story; from the history of the do-rag/durag  to the theme of confidence. Then we discussed confidence and what that has to do with getting a haircut. Some kids created hair-dos using Toca Hair Salon during check out.

 

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Crown
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Carol Hurst Book Guide
Crown lesson

Derrick Barnes

Crown Act

Toca Hair Salon
toca hair salon app

Catchy Words Spelling AR

Posted in apps, augmented reality, fun events, games, second grade, and spelling

First and second graders had fun on Digital Learning Day today in the Jackson Library! They used a new app to play a spelling game called Catchy Words. They have to find the letters in augmented reality, ‘catch’ them with an iPad, and place the letters in boxes to spell a mystery word. We watched Kirsten Hood‘s video to see how to do it. Fun!

catchy
App Review


catchy words app

 

catchy how to
Kirsten Hood- Catchy how to

 

 

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