Science

Enjoy watching what your children did for sciece this week.  They had to think like engineers to solve a problem.  They had to make a plan and draw what their solution would look like.  Then they had to choose materials, build their design and test it.  After testing they had to reflect and decide what they could have done to make their design work even better.  The movie we made with the ipad was too long and I had to send it in parts.  I apologize for that and will continue to try and find a way to put up a longer movie.



The iPads Have Arrived

 

Excitement was in the air yesterday as our iPads were revealed.  Mrs. Niebuhr came to Lakeview and spent time with each 2nd grade class.  She explained how to take care of the iPads and taught us how to use them. She taught everyone how to take a picture.  Today we are going to try to set our picture as the background.  We are also planning on learning how to use some of the apps.  Yesterday we worked on our math facts and today we will be counting money. 

Thank You Veterans!!

 Matt Larson

Matt is the father of Gretta who is in our class.  He joined the army when he was just out of high school.  He served as a military police officer. He was stationed at an army base in Texas and also spent three months in Saudia Arabia. He shared his uniform with us and expained the pins on his coat.  He brought pictues of his work in Saudia Arabia. He also shared about the cloths that people in Saudia Arabia wear on their heads.  Different colors are worn to show their status in society.



                        Amber Yaw

Amber is a para educator here at Lakeview Elementay.  She served in the National Guards for seven years.  She talked about the time she spent in Kosovo.  Her roll there was as a liason for the people of Kosovo.  She would spend time talking to the people about their fears during the war in their country.  Amber told the kids about the differences between schools in America and in Kosovo.  I think we are all thankful for Lakeview. 

The End of Second Grade

Click on the link below to see our end of the year video!

The End of Second Grade

Pioneer Reader's Theater



Last week we worked on a reader's theater about a day in the life of a pioneer family.  After much practice we were ready to perform.  We presented our play seven times to eight different classes in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. Everyone did and excellent job!!


The animals in the barn:
horses-Lainie, Anthony, and Sean
pigs-Jack, Nichole, and Bowman
chickens-Maddie, Kalyn, and Jamison



Our narrators Angelo, Makayla, and Laura.







The children-Caden (John), Josie (Mary),
Lily(Clara), and William (Charles).

 

The family-Zoe (Grandma), Phuong (Grandpa),

Ashton (Ma), and Miguel (Pa)



Home Grown Salad

Laura with the bowls of lettuce and radishes.

Early this spring Mrs. Nelson planted seeds with the kids.  They used ice cream pails and planted lettuce, carrots, and radishes.  They have been growing for quite a while here at school and at Mrs. Nelson's house under grow lights.  Today we picked the lettuce and pulled the carrots and radishes.  Everything was very small but tasted pretty good!  The carrots and radishes were just tiny roots but actually tasted like ones that were full grown.  Thank you Mrs. Nelson for sharing your knowledge of seeds and plants.

End of the Year Fun!

This was just too funny not to post and share.  Caden and Jack let the girls put pigtails all over their heads.  It makes me laugh everytime I look at it!!