Tag: 2nd grade

  • Tigers lesson

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      I thought about quoting the Wizard of Oz, “Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh my!”  But I’m not covering two out of three, so I won’t…… We’ve finished up our chapter on feliforms.  Doesn’t that sound official?  Feliforms.  We had a lot of fun putting together our layered book on them, and playing some…

  • Science Sunday: making the most of a nature walk

    Science Sunday: making the most of a nature walk

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    This past week we put our official study of land animals (at some point I need to make an actual land animals landing page and not just default to zoo animals) on hold as we took to a local hiking trail (one of the few I know of here) and wandered through the forest for…

  • Florida oceans science lesson

    Florida oceans science lesson

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    I love it when I can incorporate multiple subjects into one lesson or multiple learning styles into one lesson.  Our Florida Oceans lesson was one of those lessons that just jelled well together. We got a bit of geography lessons, science lessons, and a bit of art fun. (There’s some affiliate links in here) What…

  • Notebooking animal observation

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      Can you guess what animal this is based on their observations and drawing? 1.  He is small. 2.  He has a small tail. 3.  He eats bugs.   I’ll add the answer in a comment later today.   One of my goals for this year is to work on having more nature studies.  I’m…

  • Polar Bears lesson

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        Actually we learned about several different bears this week, but polar bears were the only ones that lent themselves easily to experiments.   When we read about polar bears one of the things that stood out to us was all of the unique things about when they’re swimming.   Okay, the boys also…