We are lighting up our poems in second grade! During Poetry Month in April the second graders spend time using ReadWriteThinks interactive poetry websites. They wrote Acrostics, Diamantes, and Haikus. After learning about these 3 types of poems and others in their classroom students worked in small groups to brainstorm as many sources of light as […]
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STEM Roller Coasters
My favorite part of the school year this year is probably teaching STEM/STEAM. The curriculum concepts, the thinking skills, and the personal skills the students have learned have made STEM days my favorite days of the week. The last few weeks the fourth graders have been learning about basic physics concepts by building roller coasters. […]
Science Simulations
While teaching STEM this year I always start with a little bit of research for background information. There are many ways to do this such as reading a picture book or an article, manipulating objects such as toy boats or zip lock bags, even watching a short video. The CK-12 Foundation has brought a wide-range of […]