French: Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans ta chambre?

The girls have been learning how to describe objects in a room. They've drawn rooms, described imaginary rooms, and described their own bedrooms. Today, in pairs, they created dialogues where characters greet each other and ask and answer questions about their bedrooms. The girls used the app Puppet Pals to create videos of puppets having their conversations. They were très créatives and everyone is looking forward to watching each group's creation!

BMS and the BSO!!

The view from here... Just before the concert begins!!!

Je voudrais un Orangina, s'il vous plaît!

In France, people love to sit in cafés and leisurely savor a cup of hot chocolate, an Orangina, or a Coca Light. For this reason, the girls have been learning drink vocabulary in French class. They have been discussing their likes and dislikes and ordering drinks in Parisian cafés. In the pictures below, they are pretending to be waitresses and customers!

Art: Objects Observation

The girls continued their study of natural objects and drew shells and pinecones from observation.  They applied their new skills including mixing neutrals and using symmetry to draw what they see.  Here are some of the girls at work:

Music Fun

What fun figuring out melodies together!

Art: Neutralizing is Natural

The girls delighted in making the "rainbow" (color wheel) and learned about new relationships between colors. They expanded on their knowledge of primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) and secondary colors (orange, purple, green) by mixing tertiary colors. They also learned to call these colors by name! 

Next they mixed neutrals (a color with all primaries mixed) to prepare for painting their leaves. Here, a student recorded her chemistry with words, too! 

After drawing a leaf from observation using symmetry and dot-to-dot to help, the girls mixed neutrals to paint a natural looking leaf. 

2nd Grade Happenings

                                                2nd GRADE HAPPENINGS!!!!!!