Second Grade - From Farm to You
Prior to going to remote learning, we began our unit "From Farm to You". Students germinated and planted lima beans. On Thursday, March 12th students who were at school took their plants home with them. As we begin remote learning, it would be great for you to follow through with these exciting lessons and share what you are learning about how we get our food.
Let's begin with a review of the things we did and I will share information about what we are learning.
First we explored living and nonliving things in our environment (outside areas). We created T-Charts and shared our ideas on our K-W-L chart (what we know, want to learn, and learn). Students were then given a lima bean and asked if it was living or nonliving. Four students believed the lima bean was living; 8 said it is nonliving. We began our journals and measured, drew and described our bean.s using adjectives. We split some beans open and identified the seed coat, the food and the (embryo) baby plant inside. Then we placed our beans in baggies, gave them a papertowel for warmth and water. We taped our baggies to the window. A week later we opened our baggies and found our beans had changed. They now had roots and when we opened some up we saw the an embryo (baby plant) insisde. Two things for you to explore further are germination, and the life cycle of a plant. We were going to create diagrams (pictures with labels) of our beans and draw and label the life cycle of the plant. If you have a place to replant your plant, it would be great to continue journaling how it is growing. Remember to date your journal entries.
Students also began investigating some of the foods we eat, identifying stems, leaves and seeds in our food. We tasted celery and sweet peppers. Many students were uncertain about trying the peppers thinking they were spicy! We saved the seeds from the peppers and I planned to plant them with the students. We also placed the end of the celery in water. A few days later a stem and leaves began growing in the center and I have planted it in a pot at home. I hope you are eating lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and will continue exploring where our food comes from. Begin by reading From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons. Remember when reading nonfiction text to use your text features to help you understand the text. I will post my pictures and pictures you send me on our 2nd Grade TeleSchool page.
Let's begin with a review of the things we did and I will share information about what we are learning.
First we explored living and nonliving things in our environment (outside areas). We created T-Charts and shared our ideas on our K-W-L chart (what we know, want to learn, and learn). Students were then given a lima bean and asked if it was living or nonliving. Four students believed the lima bean was living; 8 said it is nonliving. We began our journals and measured, drew and described our bean.s using adjectives. We split some beans open and identified the seed coat, the food and the (embryo) baby plant inside. Then we placed our beans in baggies, gave them a papertowel for warmth and water. We taped our baggies to the window. A week later we opened our baggies and found our beans had changed. They now had roots and when we opened some up we saw the an embryo (baby plant) insisde. Two things for you to explore further are germination, and the life cycle of a plant. We were going to create diagrams (pictures with labels) of our beans and draw and label the life cycle of the plant. If you have a place to replant your plant, it would be great to continue journaling how it is growing. Remember to date your journal entries.
Students also began investigating some of the foods we eat, identifying stems, leaves and seeds in our food. We tasted celery and sweet peppers. Many students were uncertain about trying the peppers thinking they were spicy! We saved the seeds from the peppers and I planned to plant them with the students. We also placed the end of the celery in water. A few days later a stem and leaves began growing in the center and I have planted it in a pot at home. I hope you are eating lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and will continue exploring where our food comes from. Begin by reading From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons. Remember when reading nonfiction text to use your text features to help you understand the text. I will post my pictures and pictures you send me on our 2nd Grade TeleSchool page.