Art: Value shows form

The girls made a map of their black and white expression photographs by labeling the lights and the darks.  They used this map as a guide to color in their rubbing using light, medium and dark versions of their feeling color.  By using these different values, the girls are showing the form of their faces in monochromatic color! 

Reading: Language Arts groups

The 2nd grade girls will be assigned to their Language Arts groups on Monday (September 30th).  The LA teachers are eager to meet with their classes and are looking forward to getting started.  Have a great weekend! 

Second Grade Homeroom

    The second grade girls have been busy this week. All three homerooms have completed the 100 book challenge. Way to go second grade girls! We will have our lunch celebration THIS Friday during lunch.  The girls are allowed to bring a stuffed animal to eat with that day. We have also completed our study of the Iroquois tribe in social studies.  The girls took notes on Iroquois customs and used that information to create a project on the iPads.  We are now moving on to study the Sioux Indians. Happy Wednesday!

 

                                                The 100 book challenge is complete!

The girls working hard on their Iroquois projects.

 

Art: More second grade expressions!

Here are some more glue "printmaking plates" showing the girls' expressions. The girls are ready to fill in their face with the color of their expression.  They will use colored pencils, crayons and markers to make  light, medium and dark versions of one color.  

Reading: Greetings from Mrs.Hanley

I have enjoyed reading with your daughters the past few weeks and have been impressed with their growth in reading. What a difference a summer can make! Their enthusiasm for reading is obvious and it's been fun having them share this excitement with me.  Look for a letter by the end of next week from the 2nd grade team describing the different reading groups and telling you who your daughter's teacher will be this year.  Ms. Emala, Mrs. Orlando, Mrs. Roessler and I are excited about getting started.  Please feel free to email me at hanleyh@brynmawrschool.org if you have questions about 2nd grade language arts.  Happy reading!

Ms. Orlando's Homeroom Class

 

 

We are off to a great start and transitioning nicely into our new roles as second graders!  There was great excitement this morning as the girls realized that they had reached their goal of collectively reading 100 books!

Mrs. Roessler's Homeroom Class

We are off to a great start with our year together in second grade.  We are working collectively to read one hundred books and reached our goal today!  We all love to read.  We are making new friends and becoming more responsible.  

P.E. - Let's Get Moving!!!

Our slogan for the year in P.E. is “Let’s Move!”  In 2^nd Grade we started with a Cooperative Games unit.  This teaches the students how to work together to play different games and accomplish specific goals.  We also reviewed all of our locomotor skills (walk, jog, run, hop, jump, gallop, skip, slide, and leap) and used them in our many tagging and cooperative games we played.  We will continue to stress and improve our teamwork throughout the year. 

Ms. Emala's Homeroom Class

         The year is off to a great start in second grade! We are getting used to our new classroom and teacher and are making a lot of friends. We love to read and are working together to read 100 books as a homeroom. We are quickly approaching our goal!  Our class keeps track of the Ravens' wins and losses and makes predictions on the score of each game. We are always rooting for the Ravens! Ms. Emala's second grade girls are ready for a fun filled and exciting year!

Art: Prepping the printing plate

The girls are making a monochromatic self-portrait that expresses a feeling.  First, they helped each other take pictures on the iPad in a chosen expression.  Then, they traced the lines of their faces accentuating the feelings.  Here they are putting glue over the lines to making their rubbing printmaking plate. 

Art 2: Community

Second grade explores RELATIONSHIPS in art throughout the year.  The students use color to express feelings, show space, and represent light and shadows in their work.  They learn strategies to show relationships between people in their work.  And, they build working relationships with their peers through collaboration and peer critiques.

French: Bienvenue à la classe de français!

Second grade French is off to a great start! The girls have received their Joue Avec Moi textbooks and are enjoying learning and talking about our new textbook friends, David and Lili, as well as dogs (chiens), balls (ballons), and clothes (vêtements). Below is a picture of them as they practice writing in their textbooks. 

Music: What is timbre?

Timbre is the unique sound that an instrument makes.  Our ear easily recognizes the difference between a triangle and a tuba because of their timbre.  After learning a poem about silly breakfast, lunch and dinner foods, students experimented with instruments that make a crunchy sound.  The girls played unpitched percussion instruments from the shaker and scraper families.