Second Grade Update

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Flat Stanleys Abound!

Below: 1) Oliver and this Texan Flat Stanley. 2) The group that has received their Flat Stanleys as of midweek. 3) Aidan receiving his Flat Stanley in the mailbox in Tennessee via smartboard and yes 4) Flat Stanley had a difficult time driving. Somebody, please design a booster chair big enough for him.

Weekly Highlights 4/20/12

And the weeks just keep zipping by. It's hard to fathom that there are only seven weeks of school left and that your child will be a third grader. Moms, please keep May 4th at 12 noon open for our annual Mother's Day Luncheon in room seven. This is an event that you do not want to miss. Also, we are looking for parents to help bring in pot stickers, sushi, and fortune cookies for our flight to the Orient on May 18th. We are enjoying receiving the Flat Stanleys from all over the country. Texas Stanley arrived in the mail the other day with his ten gallon cowboy hat, boots and spurs. In math, we covered a unit on probability and odds. We continue moving up with our multiplication. And in Social Studies, we are learning about just how rough our pioneers had it coming out on the Oregon Trail. They were true heroes.

Ivan - I liked the creative writing piece on my favorite person, P.E., watching, The Adventures of a Cardboard Box and the Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday video. I also liked making clay pots in Mrs. Switkes' class.

Kenna - I liked the Mardi Gras and Adventures of a Cardboard Box video, working on our notes in music and receiving my second Flat Stanley from New Jersey.

Rohan - I liked the Mardi Gras video, the Adventures of a Cardboard Box, and writing my second Flat Stanley letter.

Aidan - I liked playing handball in P.E., art and getting my Tennessee Flat Stanley and my Virginia Flat Stanley. That's so cool that he went to the Clarksville Train Station where the song by the Monkees was inspired.

Liam - I liked P.E., art, our creative writing paper, I chose President Lincoln, Mrs. Barulich and the Mardi Gras video!

Oliver - I liked getting my Flat Stanley from Mrs. Barulich's niece, Elizabeth in Texas. He has a cowboy hat, boots and even his own personalized belt buckle. I also liked the Mardi Gras video, P.E. and art.

Vicki - I liked the Mardi Gras video, receiving my Flat Stanley and making the pots with Mrs. Switkes.

Madeline - I liked Art, P.E., science and creative writing on Thursday.

Stefan - I liked handball in P.E., art with Mrs. Switkes, watching the Mardi Gras video and sending Miss Nelson a Flat Stanley.

Renee - I liked the creative writing we did on Thursday, music, the Mardi Gras video and our Flat Stanley project.

Nathan - I liked the Adventures of a Cardboard Box video and P.E. I did NOT like getting sick this week.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Rap of the States

We are going to start practicing our "Rap of the States" that the whole second grade will perform on Thursday, May 31st. If you want to practice singing along at home, here it is!

Delaware

Thank you to the many parents who were able to cheer on our class this morning! They did a fabulous job singing and performing.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Spelling Words Week 4/16/12

th words:
1. they
2. teeth
3. those
4. than
5. tooth
6. these
7. moth
8. them
9. both
10. thank
11. through
12. their
13. they're
14. there
15. another
16. beneath
17. author
18. thoughtfully
19. weather
20. whether

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Wishing all of you a very wonderful spring break!

Egg Hunt Photos

We had so much fun chasing the bunny around the playground while searching for eggs this morning!

Three is a Magic Number!

To help us learn our times three facts, we've been singing "Three is the Magic Number". It's amazing how much staying power School House Rock has!

Enjoy- the lyrics are included on this version.

Three is the Magic Number (YouTube)