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Connetquot Second Graders Bring Stories and Science to Life Through Dioramas

Connetquot Elementary School students in Melinda Dunn, Debbie Graham and Melissa Love’s second grade classes recently created their own animal habitat dioramas to complement both the novel “The Year of Billy Miller” and their informational writing unit on animals. Inspired by a scene in the book in which Billy builds a bat habitat diorama, each student designed a shoebox habitat at home featuring the animal they had researched and written about.

Students proudly shared their informational writing and creative dioramas first with their classmates and then with first graders during a special presentation in the cafeteria.

“Our second graders loved sharing their amazing work,” Love said.

A young boy smiles proudly in the foreground, gesturing towards a diorama of a river scene with horses, while other children and a bulletin board are visible in the background.
A smiling young girl in a white t-shirt stands in the foreground next to a diorama of giraffes by a river, with other children and classroom decorations visible in the background.
A smiling girl stands next to a diorama of a farm, with other children and classroom elements visible in the background.
A young girl smiles at the camera in the foreground, while in the background, children stand behind tables displaying dioramas in a classroom with red curtains.
Two smiling children stand in the foreground next to a diorama, while other children and a red stage curtain are visible in the background of a school gymnasium.
A young boy smiles proudly in the foreground next to his diorama of a miniature forest, while in the background, other children and adults are visible in a classroom setting with a colorful mural on the wall.
Two young boys examine a diorama of a pond and its surroundings on a red table, with other children and tables visible in the blurred background of a classroom.
Two young boys stand in front of dioramas on a table, with a classroom wall featuring fruit decorations in the background.
Two smiling children stand behind their animal dioramas on a red table, with a red curtain in the background.
A young girl smiles in the foreground next to her project, while other children work on theirs in the background against a colorful mural.
Two smiling girls stand in front of their animal research dioramas, with a red curtain and wooden floor in the background.
A smiling boy in an orange shirt holds an owl cutout in front of a diorama of a snowy owl, while other children and a colorful mural of %22The Very Hungry Caterpillar%22 are visible in the background.
A young boy in a Sonic shirt stands proudly next to a diorama of a natural landscape, while other children and a teacher observe in the background before a red curtain.
Two young girls proudly display their animal research projects in front of a colorful mural of a caterpillar, butterfly, and sun.