Insects have arrived in the second grade classrooms during March.  Students are enjoying observing the metamorphosis of mealworms into darkling beetles.  They also created habitats for milkweed bugs in a plastic storage bag.  Watching these insects molt just like the mealworms has been interesting as well.  However milkweed bugs do not become a pupa and emerge looking different.  Second graders are learning all about insect characteristics and the basic needs (air, food, water and space) of living insects during this hands-on science study.  

        In math, students have tackled fractions and measurement.  The focus in language arts has been on retelling and summarizing fiction and non-fiction stories.  Many second graders have started writing about their family photos.  These stories will be combined in a special book that will be shared during our Young Author’s Day at Simmons.