February 4, 2012

Peace Town; a Peaceful Place

2nd Grade's Peace Town

Rainbow's second grade Cheetahs, as part of their thematic unit on community, have been busy designing what they envision as a peaceful town to live in. After learning about communities they discussed and decided what a peaceful town would look like. Then they partnered up, and with much … [Read more...]

The Leperchaun Traps

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Recently the second graders had an interesting project; Dear 2nd grade Frogs, It is very difficult to catch a tricky leprechaun, but you and your family can have a great deal of fun trying! Who knows, maybe you’ll get lucky. The first thing you need to do is build a trap. There is no right … [Read more...]

Hero Day

Hero Day

Thursday was Hero Day, our fourth day of Spirit Week. We dressed up as Jane Goodall, John Muir, an astronaut, moms, doctors, and Mr. Rodgers. At lunch we ate with each other and shared who are heroes were. Then we played chase. … [Read more...]

Second Graders Explore Web of Life

Second Grade - song circle

RMCS second graders spent their third week of school exploring community on the ecological level by discussing the inter-relationships (or web of life) between all living and non-living things in the forest. In an effort to bridge the “web of life” concept from the forest … [Read more...]