Author Visit on Thursday

The first and second grade classrooms had an author visit today from Ms. Susan!  She brought her dog Scooter along with her.  He was a Jack Russell and was so adorable! 

She brought a few books to share with us and even showed the group a few of scooter's best dog tricks!

She talked about the importance of being nice to our peers and the importance to find help if a person is bullying us.  What a great lesson!

Building Friendships Through Poetry

This week we learned how to become second grade poets.  On Wednesday afternoon we wrote friendship poems for our classmates.

WAX MUSEUM PHOTO PICTURES

Enjoy our class slideshow!

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Jump Rope For Heart.

A great afternoon right before April vacation.  Beautiful weather and a great time had by all!

Silly Starfish! :)

Second Grade Wax Museum Pictures....Finally!

Look at those accomplished second graders!

100 Days Smarter!!!

Second Graders Playing Math Games on the Ipad

Starting this week, our class has signed up to use to IPads in our classroom each Thursday. The students are excited about the new learning tool. On the school IPads, the school has downloaded familiar Everyday Math games that the kids have learned in the classroom using playing cards. Some of our favorite math games include Name That Number and Addtion Top-it! Our class can't wait to use the IPads again soon!

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard (Alex's grandparents) bring a special friend for Mystery Reader on Friday

We love when Mr. and Mrs. Bernard come in to read to our class! This time they brought in a puppet that looked just like Albert Einstein!! This puppet read How much is Million? by David M. Schwartz. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard also brought in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The kids fully enjoyed the stories and there were many laughs by all!

Publishing our Fairytale Stories

The starfish are working very hard to publish their fairytale stories. the children are learning what it means to create a piece of writing for an audience of readers. This week we worked on watercoloring the backgrounds of our book pages. They amaze me each day with their creativity! Enjoy

Journey to South America

We had such a fun day on our trip to South America! Enjoy the slideshow!

The kids enjoyed the snow on the playground

We enjoyed making Snowmen!

It wasn't the best weather for four square but we had fun anyway!

At least we were prepared and bundled up!

December Holiday Events and Special Projects