Thank you for all the unnecessary kindness this week! I am the one who should be expressing gratitude! Thank you all for being so wonderfully supportive and engaging in helping your children succeed in school this year. I recognize that I can’t fully comprehend just how much behind the scenes work goes into getting homework done, learning states and capitals, practicing songs and times tables, and getting out the door with a smile. It’s been a fun year full of growth and milestones- and we still have a month to go!
We finished all of states and capitals regional tests this week- congrats! The students should all be very proud of their accomplishment. The final hurdle is matching and labeling all of the states and capitals. The students aren’t expected to recall landmarks and facts about states on this exam. It will look just like the practice blank map going home today. They will have the sheet with the states and capitals listed from which to copy spelling. The test will be on Thursday, May 24th.
Riley: I liked earning the compliment party, the Mother’s Day breakfast, and practicing the rap more. Basically, I liked everything!
Maya: I liked sharing the state posters, practicing the rap, the Mother’s Day breakfast, and handing over Paddington to Mihir. I also liked losing my tooth in class and making a tooth necklace!
Lindsay: I liked doing the rap, earning the compliment party, Mother’s Day breakfast, making tissue paper flowers, and sharing my Hawaii poster.
Alex C.: I liked being captain in Star Wars in PE, the Mother’s Day breakfast, and sharing my Vermont poster.
Mihir: I liked Star Wars in PE, math, Mother’s Day breakfast, making flowers for our moms, spelling, and our compliment party.
Mishal: I liked everything! I liked PE, playing the guitar in science, and painting in art. I especially loved the Mother’s Day breakfast!
Matt: I liked PE, math, computers, compliment party, Mother’s Day breakfast, and sharing my Florida poster.
Nina: I liked earning the compliment party, Mother’s Day breakfast, and using watercolors for my haiku.
Spencer: I liked Star Wars in PE, having gym outside, Mother’s Day breakfast and Tay coming, and earning the compliment party.
Brynn: I liked Star Wars in PE, Wilma and Mom coming in, watercolors for our haikus, sharing my Michigan poster, finishing the states regions, and partying! I also liked making the “Otter Juice” experiment with Kayla.
Kayla: I liked making our slideshow for our moms, sharing my New York poster, the “Otter Juice” experiment with Brynn, and the Mother’s Day breakfast.
Brennan: I liked Mother’s Day breakfast, sharing my Texas poster, playing Star Wars in PE, and the compliment party.
Alex L.: I liked science, music, and reading my book to my mom.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Challenge Spellings Words Week of 5/7/12
1. basket
2. napkins
3. salad
4. wagon
5. melon
6. celery
7. lettuce
8. vegetable
9. crisp
10. smock
11. wiggle
12. nibble
13. twist
14. model
15. tumble
16. puddle
17. bonnet
18. stump
19. hobby
20. gruff
2. napkins
3. salad
4. wagon
5. melon
6. celery
7. lettuce
8. vegetable
9. crisp
10. smock
11. wiggle
12. nibble
13. twist
14. model
15. tumble
16. puddle
17. bonnet
18. stump
19. hobby
20. gruff
Friday, May 4, 2012
Weekly Highlights May 4, 2012 Mrs. Barulich
All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my mother. - Abraham Lincoln
And we wind down yet another memorable week. 2A held their Mother's Day luncheon today and it was a wonderful time had by all. We enjoyed a pasta lunch, lemonade, fresh strawberries, rolls and a yummy cupcake for dessert. The highlight was the group singing, Wind Beneath My Wings to their mothers along with their classroom made books titled, "There's No Other, Like My Mother." Cheers to eleven fabulous moms and their babies, for no matter what age they are, they will always be our babies.
Rohan - I really liked P.E., gym, the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata and our visit from Ahimza. It was great having her tell us about going to school in India.
Stefan - I really liked P.E., science, the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata and having Ahimza visit. The mango candies she gave us were very good.
Liam - I really liked the creative writing piece about our mothers. I also liked P.E., the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata, thank-you Mrs. Samaras and Ahimza visiting our class today.
Ivan - I liked P.E., the Mother's Day luncheon, gym, doing the backbends and the pinata. I can't believe I hit it blindfolded!
Nathan - I liked science, P.E., the dailies, the Mother's Day Luncheon and the pinata!
Oliver - I liked the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata and having Ahimza visit. They don't have core virtue programs in India.
Aidan - I liked the Mother's Day luncheon, P.E. playing the Doctor and the Spy, and the pinata. There were all sorts of cools things in that pinata. Thank-you Mrs. Samaras.
Vicki - I liked the pinata that my mommy brought to school today. I also liked the Mother's Day luncheon and Mrs. Barulich!
Renee - I liked making our, "There's No Other, Like My Mother" books, the Mother's Day luncheon and seeing Ahimza again. I also liked the bindis.
Kenna - I liked music, singing to my mother at the luncheon today and dancing to the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company C.
Madeline- I LOVED the Mother's Day luncheon, bringing in the pictures of Foster and I when we were small, the pinata and seeing Ahimza.
Mother's Day pictures will post on Monday, May 7th. I borrowed Ms. Der Yuen's camera and my uploader doesn't work with her memory card. Happy weekend all.
And we wind down yet another memorable week. 2A held their Mother's Day luncheon today and it was a wonderful time had by all. We enjoyed a pasta lunch, lemonade, fresh strawberries, rolls and a yummy cupcake for dessert. The highlight was the group singing, Wind Beneath My Wings to their mothers along with their classroom made books titled, "There's No Other, Like My Mother." Cheers to eleven fabulous moms and their babies, for no matter what age they are, they will always be our babies.
Rohan - I really liked P.E., gym, the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata and our visit from Ahimza. It was great having her tell us about going to school in India.
Stefan - I really liked P.E., science, the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata and having Ahimza visit. The mango candies she gave us were very good.
Liam - I really liked the creative writing piece about our mothers. I also liked P.E., the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata, thank-you Mrs. Samaras and Ahimza visiting our class today.
Ivan - I liked P.E., the Mother's Day luncheon, gym, doing the backbends and the pinata. I can't believe I hit it blindfolded!
Nathan - I liked science, P.E., the dailies, the Mother's Day Luncheon and the pinata!
Oliver - I liked the Mother's Day luncheon, the pinata and having Ahimza visit. They don't have core virtue programs in India.
Aidan - I liked the Mother's Day luncheon, P.E. playing the Doctor and the Spy, and the pinata. There were all sorts of cools things in that pinata. Thank-you Mrs. Samaras.
Vicki - I liked the pinata that my mommy brought to school today. I also liked the Mother's Day luncheon and Mrs. Barulich!
Renee - I liked making our, "There's No Other, Like My Mother" books, the Mother's Day luncheon and seeing Ahimza again. I also liked the bindis.
Kenna - I liked music, singing to my mother at the luncheon today and dancing to the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company C.
Madeline- I LOVED the Mother's Day luncheon, bringing in the pictures of Foster and I when we were small, the pinata and seeing Ahimza.
Mother's Day pictures will post on Monday, May 7th. I borrowed Ms. Der Yuen's camera and my uploader doesn't work with her memory card. Happy weekend all.
Weekly Highlights, Ms. Der Yuen, 5/4/12
Weeding, digging, and planting- we fun working in our garden plot this week. We’ve planted aromatic herbs which we will be tending to through the end of the school year. Hopefully we can figure out some creative culinary ways to use them in our Mother’s Day breakfast next week! Click on photos to enlarge.
Maya: I am looking forward to seeing Ahimsa this afternoon. I liked PE, origami, gardening, getting Flat Stanley from Seattle, and math.
Spencer: I liked making a Mother’s Day book, gardening, math, the states rap and geography in general, and PE.
Brynn: I liked everything! I liked gardening, making my Mother’s Day book, PE, Paddington traveling, origami, getting more Flat Stanleys in class, making sounds in science, computers, and I’m looking forward to Ahimsa visiting. I just love being here at school!
Brennan: I liked doing the Mother’s Day books, seeing Paddington pictures from his trip to Lindsay’s, doing origami, and gardening (even though I was only here for one day of it). I’m looking forward to Ahimsa’s visit.
Kayla: I’m looking forward to seeing Ahimsa! I liked origami, gardening, singing the states rap, and I did NOT like bringing back Paddington!
Matt: I liked the spelling test, math, PE, painting clay bowls in art, seeing Kenna get an award, and doing the states rap. I especially liked bringing Paddington home!
Riley: First of all, can you write, “Everyone is looking forward to seeing Ahimsa” at the very end? I liked writing the Mother’s Day books, gardening and smelling the mint. I basically liked everything.
Mihir: I liked gardening, math, PE, geography, finishing my Mother’s Day card in computers, and origami.
Alex L.: I liked PE, art, getting ready for Spring Tea in music, computers, Indian in the Cupboard, Flat Stanleys arriving, passing around Paddington, spelling test, and geography.
Lindsay: I liked Indian in the Cupboard, planting herbs, painting bowls in art, origami, making harps in science, playing Graveyard in PE, and I did NOT like giving Paddington to Matthew!
Alex C.: I liked everything! I liked doing origami and the thing I liked most of all was playing Graveyard in PE (Prisoners Free!).
Nina: I liked making a harp in science, playing Prisoners Free in PE, making a Mother’s Day book, practicing Spring Tea in music, origami, PE, and I’m looking forward to Ahimsa’s visit! I also can’t wait to get to bring Paddington home!
Everyone is looking forward to seeing Ahimsa this afternoon while she is visiting from India!
Maya: I am looking forward to seeing Ahimsa this afternoon. I liked PE, origami, gardening, getting Flat Stanley from Seattle, and math.
Spencer: I liked making a Mother’s Day book, gardening, math, the states rap and geography in general, and PE.
Brynn: I liked everything! I liked gardening, making my Mother’s Day book, PE, Paddington traveling, origami, getting more Flat Stanleys in class, making sounds in science, computers, and I’m looking forward to Ahimsa visiting. I just love being here at school!
Brennan: I liked doing the Mother’s Day books, seeing Paddington pictures from his trip to Lindsay’s, doing origami, and gardening (even though I was only here for one day of it). I’m looking forward to Ahimsa’s visit.
Kayla: I’m looking forward to seeing Ahimsa! I liked origami, gardening, singing the states rap, and I did NOT like bringing back Paddington!
Matt: I liked the spelling test, math, PE, painting clay bowls in art, seeing Kenna get an award, and doing the states rap. I especially liked bringing Paddington home!
Riley: First of all, can you write, “Everyone is looking forward to seeing Ahimsa” at the very end? I liked writing the Mother’s Day books, gardening and smelling the mint. I basically liked everything.
Mihir: I liked gardening, math, PE, geography, finishing my Mother’s Day card in computers, and origami.
Alex L.: I liked PE, art, getting ready for Spring Tea in music, computers, Indian in the Cupboard, Flat Stanleys arriving, passing around Paddington, spelling test, and geography.
Lindsay: I liked Indian in the Cupboard, planting herbs, painting bowls in art, origami, making harps in science, playing Graveyard in PE, and I did NOT like giving Paddington to Matthew!
Alex C.: I liked everything! I liked doing origami and the thing I liked most of all was playing Graveyard in PE (Prisoners Free!).
Nina: I liked making a harp in science, playing Prisoners Free in PE, making a Mother’s Day book, practicing Spring Tea in music, origami, PE, and I’m looking forward to Ahimsa’s visit! I also can’t wait to get to bring Paddington home!
Everyone is looking forward to seeing Ahimsa this afternoon while she is visiting from India!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Spelling Words for week of 4/30/12
Compound words:
1. inside
2. myself
3. bedroom
4. football
5. birthday
6. baseball
7. downtown
8. cannot
9. outside
10. into
11. cupcake
12. forever
13. everywhere
14. anybody
15. underline
16. spaceship
17. treehouse
18. sunset
19. underground
20. eyeball
1. inside
2. myself
3. bedroom
4. football
5. birthday
6. baseball
7. downtown
8. cannot
9. outside
10. into
11. cupcake
12. forever
13. everywhere
14. anybody
15. underline
16. spaceship
17. treehouse
18. sunset
19. underground
20. eyeball
Friday, April 27, 2012
Upcoming Events- May/June
The last few weeks of school are jam packed with fun activities! Thank you to Stacey for emailing out to all the families.
Thursday, May 10th: Teacher Luncheon. 2nd grade is responsible to staff this event with volunteers. A volunteer link will be available soon.
Tuesday, June 5th: 2B Greek Play, 8:45-9:15AM in Room 8
Friday, June 8th: Last day of school Paddington Party, 11:00-12:00
Friday, May 4th: 2A Mother's Day Celebration Lunch, 12-12:40pm in Room 7
Monday, May 7th: State poster reports due
Friday, May 11th: 2B Mother's Day Celebration Breakfast, 8:45-9:30 AM in Room 8
Thursday, May 17th: Spring Tea in the evening, time and details to follow
Friday, May 18th: Flight to China & Japan, 8:30-9:45 AM
Please sign up here to bring food for the flight or to help out- sign up on Google doc here.
Monday, May 21st: Field Trip to the San Francisco Japanese Tea Gardens. Field trip forms with chaperone opportunities will be sent home shortly.
Thursday, May 24th: All States and Capitals Test
Thursday, May 31st: Rap of the States, Assembly
Wednesday, June 6th: 2A Greek Play, 8:45-9:15AM in Room 7
Weekly Highlights- Ms. Der Yuen, 4/27
Spencer: I liked everything! I liked Dancing Sushi, starting origami, more Japan, geography test, spelling test, computers, and graveyard in PE.
Kayla: I liked Dancing Sushi, origami, geography test, seeing the science fair, and getting Paddington.
Alex L.: I liked playing with rubberbands in science, Paddington, writing postcards from the Northeastern states, science fair, practicing the rap, geography practice and test, Indian in the Cupboard, making sushi arrays, and Dancing Sushi. Basically, I liked everything.
Nina: I liked my all about me poem in computers, science, geography, the spelling test, seeing my sister’s work in the science fair, and volleyball in PE.
Brennan: I liked Indian in the Cupboard, geography, and I LOVED Dancing Sushi!
Lindsay: I liked everything! I mostly liked Indian in the Cupboard, making sushi arrays and watching Dancing Sushi, Japan and sharing my origami crane, having gymnastics outside, science, art, and computers.
Alex C.: I liked everything but the thing I liked most was playing graveyard in PE. I liked experimenting with magic and making faces with the magnet balls with Mihir.
Riley: I liked watching Dancing Sushi, Paddington, seeing the science fair (especially the earthquake proof buildings), and computers.
Matt: I liked geography, computers, math, art, PE, states rap, Indian in the Cupboard, sharing our highlights and everything! I liked Brynn’s Paddington pictures the best.
Brynn: I liked “All About Me” in computers, PE, sharing highlights, origami, getting to bring Paddington home, that my buddy got first place in the science fair, and everything!
Mihir: I liked the geography test, spelling test, sharing highlights, sushi arrays, computers, writing postcards (mine was from Massachusetts), practicing the states rap, and the magnet balls with Alex C. and you can’t imagine how much I liked the Dancing Sushi!
Maya: I liked sharing my Al Gore autograph, Brynn’s Paddington journal and photos, computers, gym, geography, and PE.
Mishal: I liked everything! I liked gymnastics outside, PE, science, and everything else.
Kayla: I liked Dancing Sushi, origami, geography test, seeing the science fair, and getting Paddington.
Alex L.: I liked playing with rubberbands in science, Paddington, writing postcards from the Northeastern states, science fair, practicing the rap, geography practice and test, Indian in the Cupboard, making sushi arrays, and Dancing Sushi. Basically, I liked everything.
Nina: I liked my all about me poem in computers, science, geography, the spelling test, seeing my sister’s work in the science fair, and volleyball in PE.
Brennan: I liked Indian in the Cupboard, geography, and I LOVED Dancing Sushi!
Lindsay: I liked everything! I mostly liked Indian in the Cupboard, making sushi arrays and watching Dancing Sushi, Japan and sharing my origami crane, having gymnastics outside, science, art, and computers.
Alex C.: I liked everything but the thing I liked most was playing graveyard in PE. I liked experimenting with magic and making faces with the magnet balls with Mihir.
Riley: I liked watching Dancing Sushi, Paddington, seeing the science fair (especially the earthquake proof buildings), and computers.
Matt: I liked geography, computers, math, art, PE, states rap, Indian in the Cupboard, sharing our highlights and everything! I liked Brynn’s Paddington pictures the best.
Brynn: I liked “All About Me” in computers, PE, sharing highlights, origami, getting to bring Paddington home, that my buddy got first place in the science fair, and everything!
Mihir: I liked the geography test, spelling test, sharing highlights, sushi arrays, computers, writing postcards (mine was from Massachusetts), practicing the states rap, and the magnet balls with Alex C. and you can’t imagine how much I liked the Dancing Sushi!
Maya: I liked sharing my Al Gore autograph, Brynn’s Paddington journal and photos, computers, gym, geography, and PE.
Mishal: I liked everything! I liked gymnastics outside, PE, science, and everything else.
Dancing Sushi!
Sharing highlights this morning, a number of students emphatically raved about watching "Dancing Sushi". It's a silly animated series on Nicktoons that we watched a couple clips of while wrapping up making our sushi arrays. If you can brace yourself for neon flashing characters and high pitched decibels, enjoy the show! Links below-
Dancing Sushi
Dancing Sushi- YouTube
Dancing Sushi
Dancing Sushi- YouTube
Billy Bug- Coordinate Math
We introduced coordinate planes today, referring to the points on a graph as (over, up). The kids enjoyed practicing their new graphing skills playing "Billy Bug and His Quest for Grub"- check out the link below.
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Billy Bug
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Spelling Words Week 4/23/12
Homophones:
1. paws
2. pause
3. would
4. wood
5. bored
6. board
7. wait
8. weight
9. plane
10. plain
11. dear
12. deer
13. here
14. hear
15. tale
16. tail
17. our
18. hour
19. meet
20. meat
1. paws
2. pause
3. would
4. wood
5. bored
6. board
7. wait
8. weight
9. plane
10. plain
11. dear
12. deer
13. here
14. hear
15. tale
16. tail
17. our
18. hour
19. meet
20. meat
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Delaware
The kids did a great job performing Perry Como’s “Delaware” at assembly! Thank you to the many of you who were able to attend, it was encouraging to see your smiling faces in the audience.
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