Science Discovery Fair 2013

The second grade class did a wonderful job of studying the solar system for this year's science fair! This week each student will present their planet, sun, or moon in the classroom. They each became the expert for their project topic. The other students will have time to ask each child questions about their subject as well as their model. Overall, I think everyone learned a lot.

By this morning, everyone's projects were displayed in the lobby of the school. The second grade class first visited the junior high projects in the basement. Then they stood by their own projects while other classes walked around and observed their work. While they were standing near their projects, many junior high students and teachers came around to ask questions and take a look at their creative work. The second grade will be able to visit first, third, and fourth grade science projects tomorrow as well as watch the preschool and kindergarten presentations. We are so busy this week! Ask your child which was their favorite at the end of the week. 

        

Please come see the wonderful work of the St. Sylvester Science Discovery Fair! The school will be open to families on the evening of Wednesday, May 1st from 5:30 -7:30 PM. All are welcome!

Welcome Ariel Luisa De La Fuente!

Room 205 received such happy news when Ms. Lara delivered a happy and healthy baby girl this past Friday, April 26th. We cannot wait to meet her! Congratulations to Ms. Lara and her growing family!

Down in the Sea: Jellyfish!

The second grade class read the story Down in the Sea: The Jellyfish last 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 since that aquarium is in our city! 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!