Twas' the Day Before Christmas Break

We had a busy day finishing fairy tales, watching Polar Express w/ yummy treats, pj's and book buddies. 

Christmas Program

The students did a wonderful job singing in the program and they looked so nice.  Tomorrow we get to wear our pjs for our special activity with our 5th grade book buddies.  Don't forget! 

Electronics Party

The kids are so excited today about winning Box Tops and having electronics time in class.  They are playing electronic Monopoly, listening to music on itouches, playing games on DS's and ipads.  FUN FUN FUN!!!
Keep up the great work sending in those Box Tops! 

Learning about Pollution

We did an experiment called Freddie the Fish today to help the students visualize water pollution.  We then read about water, air and land pollution and tried to brainstorm ways to help prevent these. 

Treemont Field Trip

We had a really nice trip to Treemont today.  The kids sang beautifully and really brightened the residents day.  They all seemed very happy to have visitors and the kids all behaved well. 

Tis' the Season

We made Christmas cards today for our Grandfriends we will be visiting at Treemont on Monday.  We listened to Christmas music and used stamps and stickers and decorated the cards.  It was a nice break from work for a little while. 

Thank you for allowing your child to dress up today.  They all looked so nice.  I am sure the pictures will look amazing.  I know my son's was last year. 

Grandparent's Day!

We had a very nice day yesterday.  I really enjoyed meeting so many grandparents.  They were all so sweet.  The children sang beautifully.  Please thank them again for coming and helping to make it such a wonderful day.  

Pumpkin Art

In Art they are painting their pumpkins like works of famous artists.  They are working hard and the pumpkins look great.  They will be on display tomorrow afternoon and next week in the glass hallway. 

Geography

We are learning about Geography in Social Studies.  Today we played a geography game to help us recognize the different land and water forms. 

Fairy Tales

We are reading and beginning to write Fairy Tales.  We are learning about using vivid verbs and adjectives to make our stories more interesting. 

Base 10 Blocks

We practiced place value using base ten blocks.  We practiced showing numbers different ways using our blocks and discussing how many ones, tens and hundreds we used to make them. 

Using Coins to Buy Things

In math we practiced counting money and pretended to buy fruits and vegetables from our partners.  This is very good practice for them.  Anytime you can, allow your child to count coins. 

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch this morning.  We love our pumpkins!  In writing, we wrote pumpkin poems about the pumpkins we saw and bought.  

Thank you Lesli for making the awesome Witches Brew project.  It was so cute!  

Kickoff to Writing

I hope you enjoyed our celebration.  The kids had a blast sharing their stories with you. 

Celebration and Pumpkin Patch

We have been busy getting ready for our Kickoff to Writing Celebration and hope you can join us.  It is tomorrow at 11:00 am in Massey Tucker.  

We will go to Pumpkin Patch Friday morning at 8:30.  

Hope to see you!  

Writer's Workshop

We worked on leads in writing today.  The kids did amazing!  I love to watch how fast they catch on to something new!!

Have a fabulous weekend!!

Healthy Choices

We are talking about the food plate in Science right now and making healthy choices at lunch.  Today, the nurse, Mrs. Emerson, came and talked to 2nd grade about nutrition as well.  She talked about the importance of having something from all of the food groups and cutting back on the unhealthy choices.  We will be completing a chart to hang in the cafeteria to help the younger students make good choices at lunch.

Columbus Day

Have a great, long weekend!  See you on Tuesday.

Sizing Up Our Stuffed Animals

Thank you for sending a stuffed animal with your child today.  I had some extras for those friends who forgot.  We predicted and measured the length and diameter in inches and centimeters.  We also weighed them using the pan balance and bear counters. 

I just noticed, I only got pictures of the boys.  The girls measured too.  

Math Games

In Math, we played Domino Top It.  Math games are a great way to reinforce their learning.  Domino top it is a great review for counting and addition facts.  Your child should know their addition facts through five.

Scavenger Hunt

We went on a measurement scavenger hunt today for science.  We went throughout the hallway and found the inches and centimeters of many different objects.  They all did a great job working with partners and using quiet voices. 

Box Tops!

We won the 2nd grade box tops contest.  We had 659 box tops in our class.  We voted to have a free dress day on Thursday this week.  Your child will have free dress this Thursday and Friday. 

Thanks for collecting! 

Our Community Mural

We finished our different types of communities today!  We wrote what we learned about them and put it in the hall as one big mural.  They worked hard and it looks great!