Halloween Party

We had such a great time at our Halloween party on October 31!  We haven't had much time for fun yet this year, so we went all out!  A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Tirey for creating the crafts and bringing ice-cream sundaes and a huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Pecoraro for planning our games!

October Awards

My Rockin' Second Graders are working so hard this year!  We're 50 days into second grade and they have made so much progress already!  I think I'm going to have to find some more challenging stuff for them - especially math!

We recently celebrated our October successes with awards and celebrations.  Check them out!

October's Homework Hall of Fame... these students turned in every single homework assignment!

We had lunch in the classroom with The Lorax and ice-cream sundaes!

 

Awesome Behavior... these students' clips never went below green all month!

They celebrated with a special trip to the goody box.

Congratulations!  You're hard work is really paying off!

Red Ribbon Week

New Berlin Elementary celebrated Red Ribbon Week during the week of Oct. 22-25.  The goal of Red Ribbon Week is to raise awareness about drug abuse and educate children about the dangers and harmful effects drugs have on their growing bodies.  We discussed that drugs hurt your body and your brain and talked about healthier choices we could make (eating healthy foods, staying busy, playing sports, and getting exercise).  To garner excitement about the week, students participate in dress up days.

Monday:  Crazy Sock Day

 

 

 Tuesday:  Sports Day

 

Our baseball fans

 Our football fans

 Our racing fans

 Our all-things-Pretzels fans!

Wednesday:  Red Day

 Thursday:  Pretzel Pride Day

 

Our boys showing off their orange and blue

 

Our girls decked out in their orange and blue

You Read to Me, I'll Read To You Poems

During benchmark test week, we worked so hard on our tests that we deserved to have a little fun.  So, we worked on You Read to Me, I'll Read to You:  Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together poems.  Students worked in pairs and practiced until their fluency was perfect.  Check out our performances!

September Awards

At the end of each month, we celebrate students who have achieved significant milestones.  Check out our award recipients for the month of September!

 

Rockin' Readers:  These students completed their September reading logs.

We celebrated their accomplishment with a party Friday afternoon!

 

Homework Hall of Fame:  These students completed every homework assignment in September.

We celebrated by having lunch in the classroom - and I brought dessert!

 

Awesome Behavior:  These students never moved their clip below green all of September!

These students got to choose something from the goody box!

Congratulations on your accomplishments!  Keep up the great work!

Laptop Lab

If a Friday afternoon isn't exciting enough, add laptops into the mix!  Last Friday, we practiced our math skills by playing the games on the online Everyday Math games that can be found on their website.  Students were able to play online versions of our favorite classroom games, such as Top It, Beat the Computer, and the Number Grid Game.  Check out how much fun learning can be!

 

Kobi and Landon play Basketball Addition

 

Corren and Flynn are engrossed in their games

 

Molly, Caroline, Skyler, and Peyton on their laptops

 

Emily, Brady, Dominic, and Keira are deeply engaged in their games

 

Katie played the Number Grid Game.

 

Lilly played Top It against the computer.

 

Grandparents' Day

Over the weekend, Sunday to be exact, was Grandparents' Day.  This holiday isn't as widely known as Mother's Day and Father's Day, but in second grade, we like to celebrate the special relationships we have with our grandparents.  My fondest childhood memories are of spending the night at my grandparents' house with my sister and cousins.  We played Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo, made up games, and always walked to Caseys with grandpa to get donuts for breakfast!

Last Friday, we invited the second grade students' grandparents to join us for a small celebration.  The students wrote special stories for their grandparents, gave them a tour of the classroom, and then read Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas while we had a delicious snack prepared by our food service director, Jay Ayers (I'm telling you, try hot lunch this year!).  Here are a few pictures from the event.

 

Kaitlyn's grandma left with a few more granddaughters than she had when she came!

 

Tim and his grandmother read Dr. Seuss together.

 

Lilly showed her grandma how our clip chart works.

 

Caroline and Kobi read Henry and Mudge to Caroline's grandparents and little brother.

I would like to thank all of the grandparents who took the time out of their day to visit us; Jay Ayers, who worked overtime to make us delicious chicken salad sandwiches and apple cinnamon cookies from scratch; and the other second grade teachers, Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Crews, who put in a lot of hard work to make this event happen!  The students and grandparents had a wonderful time!