This week, 2N braved chilly weather to visit the Upper Montclair area to collect data that will support their Town study. Second graders bundled up and headed to Upper Montclair with clipboards and data collection packets to find examples of places to live, places to work, transportation, and open spaces. Students were excited to notice various buildings, ways to get around, open spaces, people, and “street furniture” (like parking meters, solar-powered trash bins and recycling bins). Each second grade class will visit a different section of Montclair for their exploration and data collection. 2N visited Upper Montclair area, 2M/G will visit Montclair Center/Church Street area and 2S will visit the Watchung Plaza area in the coming weeks to round out the students' data exchange. The information they gathered will be shared in a variety of pictographs and bar graphs after the data is reviewed during math and social studies times in class. All the collected data will be a useful reference as students progress through our Town unit in social studies. Special thanks go to our parent volunteers for accompanying us on our data gathering field trips!