Beware of the Crocodile

Crocodiles are cool! Our 5th Chickadee nominee is a nonfiction book about crocodiles. Watch these videos to see them up close.

Chickadee Nominee Number Three!

 Here is our story for this week. It takes place during the Great Depression, a difficult time period in our history when people were very poor. 

Moon Phases

 Hello Everyone!

Second graders are learning about the moon. Below is a video that will help to understand the different moon phases. You can download a cool app called Moon Phases that will help you to view a calendar of each day and what the moon will look like on that day. 

The Proudest Blue

 Our second Chickadee book is the Proudest Blue by Olympic Medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali and art by Hatem Aly. To learn more about Ibithaj Muhammad click on the videos below.

Does this story remind you of something?

Here is a great holiday story on Storyline Online.

Hour of Code 2020

 Hour of Code is an initiative to get kids coding. Each year in December, there are lots of special events and activities from various apps and websites to encourage students to learn about computer programming. Our students use a variety of programs depending on their grade level:

Kodable 

Code Spark Academy

Tynker

Lightbot

Swift Playgrounds

Dash Robots-Blockly

Most of these have free activities that you can do. Coding is an interactive activity that requires students to come up with solutions and solve problems. It is an excellent way for them to learn new skills and follow directions. To learn more about Hour of Code you can watch these videos. Click on the links below to learn more about Hour of Code.

Kodable

Scratch Jr. from PBS

All Ages

Hour of Code

Balloons Over Broadway

 

Celebrate the holidays by learning about how the Macy's Parade started.

Then do one of these fun activities from Melissa Sweet, LINK