Lots O' Ladybugs!

We recently studied animal characteristics and part of that study was learning about the life cycle of different animals. Our classes have spent the last couple of weeks watching first hand how a ladybug goes through its life cycle. We learned that a ladybug has four stages:

Egg

Larvae

Pupa

Adult

We watched our ladybugs as they went through these four stages of life. Today we were able to take a closer look at our new adult ladybugs and find places on our playground for them to find aphids to eat! The students had a great time getting to know these fascinating animals.

The kids were so excited to get their new shirts today! Here is a look at the 2nd grade teachers sporting all the new class colors!

Pumpkin Math

This week we have been working on an activity called Pumpkin Math. I brought in 3 different sized pumpkins for the children to make some estimates about. We estimated and then measured the actual measurements for height, weight, and circumference for each pumpkin. We also counted how many sections were on each pumpkin and the students estimated how many seeds were in each one. We had some wonderful parent volunteers who took the pumpkins home last night and removed the seeds and cleaned them for us. Today, the students counted the actual number of seeds in each pumpkin, by filling cups full of ten and counting hundreds, tens and ones. They were quite surprised when our middle sized white pumpkin had almost twice as many seeds as the other two. Hope you enjoy the pictures of the students hard at work!

Hugs Not Drugs!

Today students were feeling comfy in their PJ's! We were able to watch Ronald McDonald in a live show reminding us to Just say NO! We couldn't help but get a little silly picture in as well!

Red Ribbon Week

Today was WEAR RED day to kick off our Red Ribbon Week! We had lots of kids in both classes wear red today!