Science Quiz-Quiz-Trade

Today our second graders were reviewing for our science test tomorrow. In order to review some key concepts we decided to play a fun review game called Quiz-Quiz-Trade. To play this game, each second grader was given a card that had a question and its answer. Students walked around the classroom and matched with another second grader. These partner pairs took turns asking each other their question; if their partner couldn't answer the question, then they gave them clues and helped them answer. After each partner asked and answered a question, they then gave each other a high five, traded cards, and went off looking for another partner.

Second graders did a great job reviewing for their science test today using Quiz-Quiz-Trade!

Chapel Buddy Reading

To celebrate reading month, this week we got together with our sixth grade reading buddies and read a few Bible story books together with them. Students enjoyed getting together with their chapel buddy and reading together!

Lego Science

We recently began a new unit in science where we have the opportunity to study changes on the Earth. We began by studying fast changes on Earth, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and landslides. Now we are working on learning about slow changes on Earth. These slow changes include weathering, erosion, and deposition. These are three difficult concepts for students to understand, so to help them understand what each step is, we demonstrated these concepts by using Legos!

I had four different Lego "rocks" built up with the same amount of Legos on each "rock". Students were then separated into four different teams and were given the task of breaking apart these Lego rocks. Students began somewhat of a relay race in their teams as they broke apart the rocks one piece at a time. One team member would run to the Lego rock, break off a piece, run back to the team, and deposit it with the team members. This game continued until all of the Lego rock pieces were broken off and there was no longer a Lego rock on the other side of the room. Once teams had all of the rock pieces, they then formed a new Lego rock to finish the relay race. Of course, to make the relay race a little more interesting, I changed it up on them and sometimes said that they had to skip to the Legos, hop to the Legos, walk backwards, etc.

One day we did this relay race in the classroom and another day we did the relay race in the gym. After going through the relay race both days, we discussed each part that they students just demonstrated. As students broke off the Lego rock pieces they were demonstrating weathering, as students brought the rock back to their team they were demonstrating erosion, and as they were building up a new Lego rock they were demonstrating deposition. Students loved participating in this Lego Science and having fun learning about weathering, erosion, and deposition!