Month: February 2022

Our travels during social studies took us to Asia during the months of January and February. Second graders enjoyed many exciting activities as we learned all about the Lunar New Year. In art class, students created terracotta clay warriors and tiger paintings. In music, they sang traditional songs. We even welcomed Ms. Shao, from the Santa Barbara Chinese School, who played games with us over Zoom that taught us more about the Lunar Zodiac animals. Additionally, Mrs. Vance’s friend Sandy joined us as a mystery guest reader and shared a cute story about the Lunar New Year celebrations. In class, they made calligraphy new year banners, worked with tangram puzzles, crafted red paper lanterns, and even built their own models of the Great Wall of China using mini Jenga blocks and moss. At the end of our studies, we put all of the Great Wall projects together and celebrated with delicious Chinese food and red envelopes for good luck in the coming year!

Click here to download and view a video of our Year of the Tiger paintings!

Click here to download and view a video of our red lanterns and calligraphy banners!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Check out these adorable My Favorite Things activities. Second graders also had fun creating Owl Always Love you cards for their families, designing puzzling heart messages for their friends, and writing the sweetest compliments for their classmates in special keepsake books!  Love is “owl” you need!🦉

This year, second graders were able to share their expertise as they penned their own procedural How-To books. We all learned so much from each other!