URBAN, SUBURBAN, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES

Urban


Suburban


Rural


Hello Students:

In your classroom, you have been studying about why and how communities develop differently. Today we are going to learn about Urban, Suburban and Rural communities and how they affect where people choose to live.

Click here (username: ps376, password: ps376) to watch a short film about Urban, Suburban and Rural communities. After you are finished taking the quiz, raise your hand and I will direct you to a follow-up activity.

Presidents Day

Hello Students:

Every year on the third Monday in February, we celebrate the holiday Presidents' Day honoring the birthdays of both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln,. Today we will watch a film and do an activity where we learn about these great men.

Click here (username: ps376 / password: ps376) and watch the film about George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. When you are finished, take the graded online quiz. When you are finished, raise your hand, I will come over and check your score and show you what to do next.

Martin Luther King Day

Hello Students:

In honor of Martin Luther King Day (Monday, January 18th), we are going to take a look at the life and work of this great civil rights leader.

Click here to watch a movie about the beginning of the Civil Rights movement and the bus boycott organized by Martin Luther King. After you are finished, take the graded quiz. Raise your hand when you have a score. I will check your work and then you will go on to the Activity Page.

Unit 2: New York City Over Time

Essential Question: How and why did New York City change over time?

Sub category- Features of New York City include the skyscrapers of Manhattan

Students in Class 312 used Kidspiration as a note taking strategy to identify the six New York skyscrapers they are studying.

This Week

Hello Students:

I will be out of the building until Friday this week. I would like you to take this opportunity to brush up on your technology skills. Here's what I'd like you to do:

1. Click on this link for Learning.com

2. Username: 222
Password: 1234
Region: NY Region 4

3. Start with lesson #1. When your are finished and can see your score, raise your
hand and show the teacher. If you have 80% correct or above, go on to the
next lesson.

4. If you complete all the lessons, go to the portaportal.


See you on Friday!

Best,

Mr. Almaas

Our Community’s Geography

Land Forms Project

In the context of studying how geography influences where people choose to live:

1) Students learned, This Land Is Your Land, a song which portrays the natural beauty of our country and reminds us that it's available for all of us.



2) Students watched a movie in BrainPop Jr. about various land forms found in our country and how they affect where people live. Students discussed these effects and we recorded their responses using a graphic organizer, Kidspiration.






3) Students drew pictures of the various land forms studied using the program Kid Pix.



4) The class recorded a version of This Land Is Your Land using the program Garage Band.




5) Using a program called Animoto we made a presentation of their drawings and song.


Here are the culminating projects from the second grade classes:

CLASS 2-203



CLASS 2-204



CLASS 2-205

Land Forms

Hello Students:

Below are pictures of some of the land forms we have been studying in class:

MOUNTAIN



CONTINENTS



HILL



PLATEAU



VALLEY



ANOTHER VALLEY



YET ANOTHER VALLEY



CANYON




PLAINS



PRAIRIE



COAST



BEACH








ISLAND




Now you will open Kid Pix and draw your own picture of a land form.