Marcus

=What It Was Like in Second Grade= = By: Marcus Sweeney = =In second grade, my favorite Field Trip was to Crissy Field Center. We got to take pictures. We looked at really small bugs. We got to make masks. We got to look at the beach. We got to have a bingo game. We had to find plants, animals and dirt. I learned we own 300 National Parks. That meens we can go for free. We can go when we want to. I thought that the Great Blue Heron was the coolest and the biggest bird. Looking at the bugs in mud and looking through the microscope was the funnest.= = = =This year I learned about the roller coaster. It was made out of foam half sticks. What we rolled down the roller coaster was a marble. We kept trying to make the marble go all the way. But we did not. First we had a group of students. Then we put all our ideas together. First we did not get along so well. The second time we got better at working well. Then we got along a lot more. Sometimes we rolled the marble 3 quarters of the way down the ram[p. But mostly we rolled it half way. Well I am going to try it again and I am going to roll it the whole way!= = = =My best memory of second grade was playing shark tag. I was not "It" so much. But I was tagged. This is how to play. If you're tagged you have to be like a shark. You can't go on the playground or the bench. But you can go on the mat or sand. So you have to wait until someone comes down. If someone does not come down, the person that did not come down is It. You can play 2 ways: on the playground or the bench. It is the most funnest game ever!= = = =Next year in third grade I want to be in the gardening program. I think gardening is fun. Planting plants will grow flowers. This summer I 'm looking forward to seeing my cousins in L.A.= = = =Next year in third grade I will be on the overnight trip. It will be exciting staying away from home at Clem Miller. This summer I will be on the Junior Giants team. That means I can go to free Giants games. The great part is I play at AT&T Park!=