2nd grade has been a blend of the engineering concepts and most recently an exploration of simple machines as we were preparing for our fall family STREAM night, which caters to PreK-2nd grade. I told my 2nd grade classes they would get to be my experts because they spent the four class periods leading up to STREAM night with STEAM table stations (as I call them) exploring each of the simple machines (look for more on that in a future post). We have also practiced some directed drawing, facing some fears of messing up and “not getting it right” and worked on following directions to use a ruler for measuring in centimeters. I want to continue to focus on flexing those art and creativity muscles and building some of our social emotional skills as well going into the new year. At this age, students are still figuring out how to work cooperatively and that is something we can practice in my class.
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