Articles by Rayna Anderson

On a very hot day, the second graders cooled off with some refreshing popsicles! Pictured here, enjoying their treats are:  Michael Bisharat, Jason Umecker and Lauren Hughes.

The second graders enjoyed an end of the year field trip to the Shedd Aquarium. One of our stops was visiting the Beluga whales. Pictured here are Nathalie Bisharat, Jenny Walsh and Josie Gardner with […]

After a brief study of archeology and paleontology in our 2nd grade class, the second graders practiced their excavation skills by seeing how many artifacts and fossils (AKA – chocolate chips and m+m’s!) they could […]

…no, it’s Egyptian hieroglyphics! The second graders have been studying  about people and places from history in Social Studies. We explored a little of ancient Egypt and learned how to write our names and our […]

The second graders are learning to write letters and address envelopes. Pictured here are Rian Norris and Josie Gardner with their letters ready for pick up and delivery!

Here’s a sampling of some book reports done by the second graders. The students read biographies of famous people then wrote a summary. They also depicted what their famous person looked like in various creative […]

Second graders are on an adjective hunt! We are learning how descriptive words can enhance our writing.  So, our class looked at advertisements to see how many adjectives we could find in an ad. Pictured […]