Second Grade
Pondecott 2018
Over the last few weeks, we evaluated several of the top picture books from 2017 and chose our favorite. Below is our winner and honor books. Great choices this year, second graders.
It will be fun to compare our Pondecott winner with the actual Caldecott winner when we have finished this acivity.
It will be fun to compare our Pondecott winner with the actual Caldecott winner when we have finished this acivity.
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PONDECOTT WINNER
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Claymates was our winner by a landslide. This book is illustrated by Lauren Eldridge and uses mixed media to create humorous creations with the lump of gray and the lump of brown clay.
You can visit Ms. Eldridge's website here. There are images that show how she creates her magical illustrations. |
1st honor
2nd honor
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3rd honor
4th honor
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Ishi
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During the month of December, we will be enjoying Ishi: Simple Tips from a Solid Friend. We will then create our own Ishis to help us think positively.
Click here to view your Ishi pictures. |
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Ishi the Rock Website
Click here to complete a happy jigsaw puzzle of the Ishi cover. Click here to complete an Ishi puzzle by one of your classmates. |
Rocks and Minerals - How to use a Field Guide
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In the story of Oliver Olson, his best friend J.P. loved to collect rocks. And he would have identified the different rocks using a Field Guide.
In library, we will use a field guide to identify pictured rocks. Let's see how we do?
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World Changing Ideas
Genres
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For the next several weeks, we are learning about Genres in library class. A genre is defined as a category of children's literature that shares the same characteristics of plot, tone, mood, settings, characters and themes. We are focusing on the following 5 genres in second grade:
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Learning about the Solar System
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To support the second graders study of the solar system, we will be reading How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills. This book will also begin our study of GENRES. Oliver Olson belongs to the genre Realistic Fiction.
Learn with us by clicking on the book cover to travel to a Glog that accompanies the story. 
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