The second grade class read the story Down in the Sea: The Jellyfish this past week. Before we read, the students were able to listen to an interview with an aquarist at Chicago's own Shedd Aquarium. It was very exciting for them not only since it is in our city, but also because our field trip last month was to the Shedd! There were several facts given in the interview that we listed on a large poster board after listening. For example, there are 500-700 different species of jellyfish, moon jellies are the most common species, and most jellyfish are translucent. After reading Down in the Sea: The Jellyfish, every students picked one of their favorite facts from the story. Each child wrote the fact on another large sheet of paper entitled What We Learned from Reading. These poster-sized papers are hanging in the hallway outside of the second grade classroom. Surrounding the posters is a large school of second grade made jellyfish! The students were able to choose how many tentacles to attach to their jellyfish, but they had to include one fact on each of the tentacles. Real jellyfish can have just a few tentacles and up to as many as eight hundred! This was just one of the many many things we learned this week from heading under the sea! Ask your son or daughter to tell you about their favorite jellyfish facts!
