Ms. Pennington's 2nd Grade Explorers

Gingerbread House Building

In December, we created out own gingerbread houses after reading Hansel and Gretel and The Gingerbread Baby. We used our knowledge of pattern-making and 3-D shapes to design a house on paper, and then transferred the design to a real gingerbread house. We had lots of help from families who donated supplies, and volunteers who assisted us in our creations.

Thanksgiving Feast

Explorations in Math Workshop

We have been discovering ways to make and use numbers,
create shapes and patterns,
and how to begin to solve problems or puzzles.

Square of Life Imovie

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and please forgive the glitches because we're brand-new to video making!

If You Feel the Urge to Sneeze, Hurry and Grab a Tissue Please!

Amiyah and Anna share their projects. We are understanding the ways we can prevent germs from spreading.

An Object that Triggers a Memory

After reading Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, some children brought in an object that takes them back to a time in their past and told a story to the class. 

Reflections Writing Contest Finalists

Sharon's story will be posted soon!

Amiyah's story will be posted soon!

Powers Ferry is a NO BULLYING ZONE!

Here are the rules . . . plain and simple!

The O.R.E.O. Project

  The children all took turns making a stack of cookies and recorded how many cookies could be stacked before a "tumble" occurred. Sebastian (pictured) achieved the tallest stack with a total of 19 cookies!

Our results were averaged and shared with our friends all over the U.S. We enjoyed using estimating and counting skills before we finished our project . . . YUM!