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After
reading Fall is Here! I Love It ! we were
inspired to create a class sensory poem:
In the fall
We
see
colorful leaves floating gently down from the trees.
We
hear
trees blowing in the cool windy air.
We
taste
apple pie, warm and sweet.
We touch our rakes and rake the leaves into a pile.
We
smell
bales of hay on the farm.
Fall is Here! We love it! |
Read our
individual poems
too!
 To
integrate some math into the project, we also made scarecrow glyphs
to gather seasonal data about our class, such as favorite apple food
to taste and favorite fall activity.
Some of our favorite fall activities in our area of Massachusetts
include going to the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, MA. We love
seeing the giant pumpkin winner. Some of us go to Haunted
Happenings in Salem, MA (Salem is known for its witch history.)
There are some frightfully fun activities there. Also, many of
us go apple and pumpkin picking at local farms.
 But
the biggest fall event for us this year was cheering on our Boston
Red Sox in the World Series and finally “reversing the curse” after
86 years. We rewrote an alphabet book by the Red Sox Wives called
Fenway Park From A-Z. Our finished work can be seen here:
The Boston Red Sox from A to Z
by Mrs. Kielty's 2nd Grade
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Language Arts Standards
Students will pose questions, listen to the ideas of
others, and contribute their own information or
ideas
in group discussions or interview in order to
acquire
new knowledge.
Students will understand and acquire new vocabulary
and
use it correctly in reading and writing.
Students will identify and analyze how an author’s
words appeal to the senses, create imagery, suggest
mood, and set tone and provide evidence from the
text
to support their understanding.
Students will write with a clear focus, coherent
organization and sufficient detail.
Students will use knowledge of standard English
conventions in their writing, revising and editing.
Students will organize ideas in writing in a way
that
makes sense for their purpose.
Math Standards (glyphs)
Students engage in problem solving, communicating,
reasoning, connecting and representing as they:
*Use interviews, surveys and observations to gather
data about themselves and their surroundings.
*Organize, classify, represent and interpret data
using tallies, charts, tables, bar graphs,
pictographs
and Venn diagrams & interpret the representations.
*Formulate inferences (draw conclusions) and make
educated guesses about a situation based on
information gained from data.
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