Back to School Again....

I hope that everyone had a great Fall Break!!! I know that I did :-) I was very glad to get back to school though and to my sweet second grade class! Here is a few of the highlights we had from our short week before Fall Break....

We had Bridger's mom come to do our "Look Who's a Mathematician". She works in a pharmacy and she showed the students how she uses math every day in her job...particularly how she counts by 5's!

She then allowed the students to get to try counting out skittles by 5's and then placing them in a bottle. The bottle was labeled with what the students learned about prescriptions and how and when they should use them. It was great! Thank You!

The students who had read over the required monthly amount during the month of September also got to be put into a drawing for some great prizes. These two lucky students got a new furry pet!

And we had a birthday over the weekend!!! Happy Birthday Madison!!!

*Note to parents....Tomorrow is Parents & Pastries from 8:00-9:00 at the school. Your child will be coming home with a note about it today.

Also: The PTO Book Fair is going on in the Gym this week. Please stop by if you can and look through the books with your child.

Thanks!!!

Hooray...it's almost fall break!

Yay...Fall Break is almost here!

This week will be a short one...we will not have school on Thurday and Friday.

Here is an update on what we did last week....

It was Red Ribbon Week...Which kept us very busy.....

So we had a little Read-a-Thon!

We also had a fun Pajama Day!!!

Hyrum's mom came for "Look Who's a Reader"...the kids all loved that Hyrum had his own Pirate book that was all about him!

And we had our first School Student of the Month from Mrs. Spencer's Class....

Congratulations Devan for being the September Student of the Month!

*Note: I sent home the Scholastic Book orders for November. They will be due on October 29th. There are many great ideas in there for Christmas...if you would like to order something for Christmas and you don't want your child to know about it...just send me an email or text and I will keep it safe for you :)

*Also: I am going to start having some parent helpers come in to help with the last half hour of our math time. They would be helping with some of the students who need a little extra support in finishing the lesson. If you are interested...please email me. This would ususally be between 1:30 and 2:00 daily but if you are only able to come once and a while-that would be great as well.

Red Ribbon Week:

Tuesday: Sports Day

* Students are encouraged to wear something sporty!

Wednesday: Reading Day

* class Read-a-thon

Thursday: Game Day

* Play Board Games at school

Friday: Lazy Movie Day

* Student's and teachers wear their PJ's Today!!!!

What we survived this past week.......

We survived our first Fire Drill....

The students did great with the drill...we talked about what we needed to do and when we heard the alarm...we calmly exited the building and went out to the south lawn of the school where we waited until we got the go ahead to go back inside! Great job kids!!!

We also survived school picture day.....

The kids were so cute all dressed up for the pictures!

We had a mom come to do our "Look Who's a Mathematician"...she showed the kids how you use math to make recipes....the kids loved it so much that several of them wanted to write down the recipe that they had on the board :-)

We had another great mom come to do our "Look Who's a Reader". She told the students the story of Les Miserables. They were in awe of how big the book for Les Miserables is and that she had actually read it! They loved hearing about the story.

We had some great Science Projects this week from AubriRose, Madisyn, Tucker and Canyon!

 Of course we have lost teeth...in fact, on Thursday, I warned the kids that we couldn't loose any more teeth in September  because our chart was full...we would have to wait for October....but then on Friday...of course we had another lost tooth :-)

Plus I love this view from the playground in the fall...my students are so lucky to live in such a beautiful place!
*Also Parents...Please remember the SEP Conferences this week on October 3 and 4th...if you have not already signed up for a time-please go to this website to schedule your time to come in....Thanks!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C49A8AF22A13-sepconferences

Busy Week.......

This past week was a busy one for our little second grade class! It started out with all of the fun of the Fall Festival.....

I had so much fun getting to see most of the students at the Fall Festival. We, second grade teachers, were manning the Bubble Gum Blowing Contest. I got to see some wild faces with that!
Once the Fall Festival was over...we spent the rest of the busy week doing many new things......

We had a fabulous mom come and do our "Look Who's a Reader". She read us some great books and showed how you can use Voice in your reading.

We had Nerd Day....I had some cute little "Nerds" in my class!!! 

 

 

 

We also had some great Science Experiments on Friday.....

 

 Callie taught us about the Electric Lemon...I had no idea that lemons could produce Electricity!

 

 

 Madison Showed us how we could use force to shoot a film canister across the table.

Sami taught us about density...using water, food coloring and cooking oil.

 

 We had a "Star of the Week"

And of course...we had to have a lost tooth!!!

 

Parents: Here are a few reminders for this week:

1. Remember that the Scholastic Book orders are due on Tuesday September 25th. You can either send in the order form and payment to me or you can order online. There is a link on the right sidebar of the blog.

2. We will be having a school wide fire drill on Tuesday September 25th. Please take a minute to talk to your child about fire drills in preparation. We will also talk about fire drills in class before the drill actually happens.

3. Remember that Tuesday's are our Library Days. If your child comes home with a book from the school library, make sure that they bring it back on Tuesdays so that they can get a new book at the library.

4. We have P.E. on Wednesdays. Please make sure that your child has good sturdy shoes on Wednesday so that they can properly participate in PE.

Thanks!

The latest news from your 2nd graders......

Wow...The weeks go by fast! These are a few of the highlights from our last week......

Second Graders apparently keep the Tooth Fairy in Business!!!!

AubriRose's Mom came and Read us some fun books for

"Look Who's a Reader"

 

We had another Birthday!!!!

 

 

Cameron gave did a great science experiment on Ooblek and sound waves! The kids had fun with that!

We had another Star of the Week!

We  finished our GREAT read-aloud: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. This is my favorite children's chapter book. The students LOVED it! Ask them about the story...... 

We wrote letters to Principal Killan and Mr. Moon (our Custodian)

 

And we got a Surprise letter back!!!

 

And finally we cleaned out our desks...so the "Desk Fairy" could make a visit!

 

A few notes as well......

Parents-Remember to click on the Spelling Words link on the right hand side of the blog-This will link you to the Spelling City site where there are some great games to help the students study their weekly spelling words.

Also-Remember the Scholastic link to the side as well. I am sending home a new October Scholastic book order Monday and it will be due on September 25th with the September order (so you can get the fun Halloween books that they have early in October). You can either make your book order online through the website or you can send me a check and the order form on the back of the catalog to class and I will make the order.

Help Needed: I am in need of more parents or family members who would be willing to come do our "Look who's a Mathmatician" and "Look Who's a Reader". These have been wonderful learning experiences for the students to see how grown-ups use math and reading in their everday lives! If you are able to help out....please send me an email: calleen.spencer@nebo.edu or you can send a note with your child or leave me a text as well.

I am still trying to see exactly where I will need parent volunteers in the classroom during the week...I know that many of you would love to help :)