Learning is fun!
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.
Crown bookmark – design the haircut
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amor de pelo bookmark –diseñar el corte de pelo
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Posted in holiday, and second grade
Last week in the Jackson Library, second graders read a poem (by Hilary Kiser on TPT) about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his lasting impact on the world. Then the kids were assessed on their knowledge of the poem with a Kahoot game. Fun!
2nd grade
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!
Veterans in our Neighborhood
Kahoot Game Based on Poem
Posted in holiday, and second grade
Last week after listening to Noll’s I Need My Monster story, second graders had fun creating a unique monster who resides under their bed. During check out, we watched the fun animation of the story.
I Need My Monster
I Need My Monster Qs whole story
CRAFT
monster bed – cardstock
I need my monster bed flap – tape
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.
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Station 2- Shadowbox
Materials- cut the bottom off a paperbox, wrap w butcher paper, get large lantern light, miscellaneous objects
Station 3 – Computers
Station 4- Computers – Peep Shadow Play
My Google Site Shadow Stations from when I was at Ogle
Nancy Jo Lambert Shadow Stations Site
Posted in second grade, and technology
Second grade had fun in the Jackson Library last week making Seesaw selfies! They used the Text tool to add descriptive adjectives.
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.
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English- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Spanish- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Posted in picture book lesson, and second grade
Jackson Elementary second graders had fun with the silly story, The Book With No Pictures this week! They made up their own definitions of the nonsense words and drew pictures for the book! This activity is from Being Mrs. Barnes’ TPT store. I adapted her activity sheet to add made up words from the book El libro sin dibujos for the bilingual classes. Fun!
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.
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!
