welcome to the online learning home of second grade enrichment!
A NOTE FROM MRS. TAYLOR:
Hi families, I've been hearing that many families are having a hard time adjusting to online learning and completing assignments.
My goal is to have as many students as possible engaging in meaningful, enriching discussion about our class concepts, and I would rather have good thinking unfold over the course of a few weeks if that's what we need, than rush kids from assignment to assignment. Please reach out if you're having trouble completing assignments.
Suggested timelines for assignments found here:
Mapping - Try to complete by April 3
Weather and the Water Cycle - Try to complete by April 10
ABC's of DTS and Beyond - Try to complete by April 24
Cardboard Challenge - Try to complete by May 8
Never quite got to one of these activities but now you're looking for something new to do? Go back and complete the ones you skipped. It's never too late to stretch your thinking.
Finished everything and looking for something new to do? Browse these pages for ideas:
Extra Challenges (resources for art, music, coding, science, math, and more)
Ideas for Kids - Cool ideas suggested by kids! Try these out and share your ideas, too!
Wildlife in Your Backyard (learn about the nature found all around you and share what you see in *your* yard)
<3 Love, Mrs. Taylor
Hi families, I've been hearing that many families are having a hard time adjusting to online learning and completing assignments.
My goal is to have as many students as possible engaging in meaningful, enriching discussion about our class concepts, and I would rather have good thinking unfold over the course of a few weeks if that's what we need, than rush kids from assignment to assignment. Please reach out if you're having trouble completing assignments.
Suggested timelines for assignments found here:
Mapping - Try to complete by April 3
Weather and the Water Cycle - Try to complete by April 10
ABC's of DTS and Beyond - Try to complete by April 24
Cardboard Challenge - Try to complete by May 8
Never quite got to one of these activities but now you're looking for something new to do? Go back and complete the ones you skipped. It's never too late to stretch your thinking.
Finished everything and looking for something new to do? Browse these pages for ideas:
Extra Challenges (resources for art, music, coding, science, math, and more)
Ideas for Kids - Cool ideas suggested by kids! Try these out and share your ideas, too!
Wildlife in Your Backyard (learn about the nature found all around you and share what you see in *your* yard)
<3 Love, Mrs. Taylor
mapping - try to complete by april 3
Hi Second Graders,
We have been discussing and creating maps in Enrichment. You have all been expert cartographers (mapmakers) and have done a great job creating your maps, including all the elements that maps need, and then turning those maps into models in the Maker Space. This lesson is a review of your map-reading and map-making skills. I know you will do a great job!
Watch a video on Reading Maps, then try some of the interactive tools to make your own map, draw a map of your room, test your knowledge, and more!
Tell me one detail from the video or an activity that you can connect to your maps from Enrichment on the Discussion Board.
Want an extra challenge? Make a map of your room, house, or neighborhood and send me a picture and I will add it to the gallery on the Discussion Board post! You can have a parent help you email pictures at [email protected]
Use dts2020 as your login and password.
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/readingmaps/
We have been discussing and creating maps in Enrichment. You have all been expert cartographers (mapmakers) and have done a great job creating your maps, including all the elements that maps need, and then turning those maps into models in the Maker Space. This lesson is a review of your map-reading and map-making skills. I know you will do a great job!
Watch a video on Reading Maps, then try some of the interactive tools to make your own map, draw a map of your room, test your knowledge, and more!
Tell me one detail from the video or an activity that you can connect to your maps from Enrichment on the Discussion Board.
Want an extra challenge? Make a map of your room, house, or neighborhood and send me a picture and I will add it to the gallery on the Discussion Board post! You can have a parent help you email pictures at [email protected]
Use dts2020 as your login and password.
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/readingmaps/
weather and the water cycle - try to complete by april 10
Hi Second Graders!
Let's talk weather and the water cycle!
Work your way through these activities then post in the Discussion Board.
Discussion Board posts are always due at the end of the instructional week. Our Mapping activities were due March 26. These are due April 2.
Weather BrainPop - watch the movie, try some activities, take a quiz
Water Cycle BrainPop - watch the movie, try some activities, take a quiz
Done with the BrainPop activities? Head over to the discussion board and answer some questions.
Looking for more challenges related to weather and the water cycle? Try these experiments (with a parent's permission and help, of course):
Investigations of Precipitation and Condensation with Simple Materials
Water Experiments from Playfullearning
" Make It Rain Inside" - watch the demonstration. A parent might help you try this at home
Video Explaining the Water Cycle
Let's talk weather and the water cycle!
Work your way through these activities then post in the Discussion Board.
Discussion Board posts are always due at the end of the instructional week. Our Mapping activities were due March 26. These are due April 2.
Weather BrainPop - watch the movie, try some activities, take a quiz
Water Cycle BrainPop - watch the movie, try some activities, take a quiz
Done with the BrainPop activities? Head over to the discussion board and answer some questions.
Looking for more challenges related to weather and the water cycle? Try these experiments (with a parent's permission and help, of course):
Investigations of Precipitation and Condensation with Simple Materials
Water Experiments from Playfullearning
" Make It Rain Inside" - watch the demonstration. A parent might help you try this at home
Video Explaining the Water Cycle
ABC's of DTS and beyond
TRY TO COMPLETE BY APRIL 24
Share "Letters in the Wild" that you find in your house and yard!
Email them to Mrs. Taylor at [email protected] and she will post them on the Discussion Board then add them to a new online "book" for you to check out.
ABCs of DTS - Created by YOU last year!
Check out all the cool examples of letters "in the wild" you found last year! Do you remember which were yours?
Try to complete this by April 24.
Didn't quite get to it? Complete it when you get to it.
ENRICHMENT CARDBOARD CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGE: APRIL 24 - MAY 8
Here's what you need to do:
- Collect cardboard around your house. Old cereal boxes? Toilet paper or paper towel tubes? All those boxes from your parents ordering stuff from Amazon? Put them to good use!!
- Build, build, build! If at first you don't succeed, learn from your mistakes and try again.
- Share with me: Make a short video or take some photos and write a description.
In your description, tell me:
- What you made
- What was challenging about your project
- What was fun about your project
Go to the Cardboard Construction page to share your thoughts and see what other kids have created:
Cardboard Construction
This will be our feature for Tinker Tuesday in a few weeks, and I would LOVE to share what YOU create!
- Need some inspiration or an extra challenge? Check out these resources!!
Caine's Arcade (this kid created a cardboard arcade full of games for the neighborhood to enjoy):
http://cainesarcade.com/
Marble Mazes:
https://edu.workbencheducation.com/cwists/preview/11276-stem-marble-maze-challengex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3uH0wHRMho&disable_polymer=true
Rube Goldberg Machines from Recycled Materials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEOB-iL-5VM
Email them to Mrs. Taylor at [email protected] and she will post them on the Discussion Board then add them to a new online "book" for you to check out.
ABCs of DTS - Created by YOU last year!
Check out all the cool examples of letters "in the wild" you found last year! Do you remember which were yours?
Try to complete this by April 24.
Didn't quite get to it? Complete it when you get to it.
ENRICHMENT CARDBOARD CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGE: APRIL 24 - MAY 8
Here's what you need to do:
- Collect cardboard around your house. Old cereal boxes? Toilet paper or paper towel tubes? All those boxes from your parents ordering stuff from Amazon? Put them to good use!!
- Build, build, build! If at first you don't succeed, learn from your mistakes and try again.
- Share with me: Make a short video or take some photos and write a description.
In your description, tell me:
- What you made
- What was challenging about your project
- What was fun about your project
Go to the Cardboard Construction page to share your thoughts and see what other kids have created:
Cardboard Construction
This will be our feature for Tinker Tuesday in a few weeks, and I would LOVE to share what YOU create!
- Need some inspiration or an extra challenge? Check out these resources!!
Caine's Arcade (this kid created a cardboard arcade full of games for the neighborhood to enjoy):
http://cainesarcade.com/
Marble Mazes:
https://edu.workbencheducation.com/cwists/preview/11276-stem-marble-maze-challengex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3uH0wHRMho&disable_polymer=true
Rube Goldberg Machines from Recycled Materials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEOB-iL-5VM