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Second graders learn about birds, brains, and biographies
May 4, 2004 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Lucy Babcock’s Buddies in second grade discovered that leaving ponchos outside to dry might have some surprising results. A Carolina Wren built in her nest in the hood of one of the ponchos making for some interesting bird watching.
In the classroom "laboratory," second graders have been making life-sized cardboard cutouts of our bodies and gluing on internal organs that they have studied. Dr. Carl Herring, Winston’s father, visited second grade to explain the functions of the brain. “It was very interesting, especially having several real brains to look at and touch,” Lucy Babcock, second grade teacher, said. Dr. Asif Saberi, Ibrahim's father, brought a diseased lung for the class to see the effects of smoking. Carmen Johnson, Chandler's mother, helped the class study the heart. She brought a diseased heart for the students to see.
The students moved from laboratory research to book research with book reports due in late April. Each student picked a biography book, and after reading the books, they learned how to pre-write, do a draft, revise, and edit their work before turning in their rough draft.
After Mrs. Babcock graded the rough drafts, students worked on a final copy. Each student made a “paper doll” type cover and dressed like the person whose biography they had written. They read their reports not only to Darlington Lower School classes but all the students in McHenry Elementary School’s first through third grades.
In the classroom "laboratory," second graders have been making life-sized cardboard cutouts of our bodies and gluing on internal organs that they have studied. Dr. Carl Herring, Winston’s father, visited second grade to explain the functions of the brain. “It was very interesting, especially having several real brains to look at and touch,” Lucy Babcock, second grade teacher, said. Dr. Asif Saberi, Ibrahim's father, brought a diseased lung for the class to see the effects of smoking. Carmen Johnson, Chandler's mother, helped the class study the heart. She brought a diseased heart for the students to see.
The students moved from laboratory research to book research with book reports due in late April. Each student picked a biography book, and after reading the books, they learned how to pre-write, do a draft, revise, and edit their work before turning in their rough draft.
After Mrs. Babcock graded the rough drafts, students worked on a final copy. Each student made a “paper doll” type cover and dressed like the person whose biography they had written. They read their reports not only to Darlington Lower School classes but all the students in McHenry Elementary School’s first through third grades.
