Mrs. Pettibone's 2nd Grade Class: Week of January 18-20

It was so nice to not only have Monday off but then to have a surprise day on Tuesday! It was nice to see everyone back here on Wednesday.

Wednesday:
We kicked off our Hearts For Jesus Campaign 2017. We are helping kids in the Detroit urban area learn about Jesus as they participate in sport's summer camps through Kids2Camp. The children brought home coin boxes that they will return each week. If each week the 2nd grade class can bring in $40 we can have a jeans day the following Wednesday. Pray about our mission project, tell others about it and give!

In science we learned about physical and chemical changes. We tore, folded, and crumbled up paper to show physical changes. I burned a piece of paper to show a chemical change. I also cut a apple in half (physical change) then we let it sit out and when the apple mixed with the air it underwent a chemical change. The children enjoyed seeing these examples.

Thursday:
We read about Elijah and the Ravens in religion. We learned that through everything God is there and will always help us just like Elijah.

We worked on addition and subtraction word problems in math.

We watched the 4-8 graders participate in the Geography Bee. Congrats to Mitchell in 8th grade for 1st place!

Today in handwriting we had the uppercase R. Check out our remarkable all stars!

We got to do 2 experiments in science. We learned about how states of matter can change so first, we guessed how long it would take an ice cube to melt. Leighton guessed 100 minutes and Max guessed it would melt at 3:08. It melted at 2:45, just 5 minutes before Leighton had guessed so Leightom and Max got a reward. Then, we wanted to see if we added the heat from our mouths to Popsicles what would happen. We quickly found out they melt, and taste yummy too!

We finished reading The Boxcar Children today. Our BLURT dessert for tomorrow is to watch the movie!!

Friday:

We started by reading a devotion about Our Daily Bread. We talked about how God provides our needs and how each of our needs are different. We all took turns saying our memory too!

In math we practiced word problems with 2 digit addition and subtraction.

We did a fun science experiment this morning. The children put a liquid (cream) in a jar and put on a lid. We took turns shaking the jar. When we added the air to the cream it turned into BUTTER! The children all got crackers and tasted their experiment!! YUMMY!