Handwashing

Coming back from break we started our Nutrition unit! It started out with a lady coming from the University of Nebraska Extension Office to demonstrate handwashing. We got a special lotion to mimic fake germs and rubbed it all over our hands. Then we put our hands under a black light to see all the germs, washed properly, and saw how many germs were left and where we might have missed when washing!  

We get to keep learning about all kinds of different things dealing with Nutrition for the next couple of weeks! It's one of my favorite units to teach about because I learn just as much as the kids do!

Meet a 2nd Grader: Dominic

Dominic is the Owl of the Week this week.

Dominic's favorite things are hunting, xbox, and animals. If he could have one wish it would be to have a sperm whale and a giant squid. He wants a Wii and he can't wait to go hunting.

Dominic loves to learn about new things and always has information to share with the whole class!

He brought in two of his favorite books and something from Minecraft that he loves! He also brought in a bag and a ton of pictures of his trip to Disneyland and even one of him and Ms. Schlegel from a haunted house they saw each other at!

Thanks for being the Owl of the Week, Dominic!

Happy 2nd Semester!

Welcome back to 2nd Semester of 2nd grade! So hard to believe that we are already halfway done! It has flown by!!

I managed to take almost zero pictures of all of the holiday and winter stuff we did before break, but here are a few random ones to share!

I hope everyone's break was fantastic! I know it was MUCH needed. I am excited to be back and for all of the fun things we have coming up!

We are jumping right back into all of our curriculum. Starting with nutrition, finishing up time with a math test at the end of this week, and starting a new unit in Literacy! We get to have a ton of fun with research writing during our writing time as well. We are all excited!

Spelling this week is TOUGH! It is on silent letters. The pre test was pretty difficult, so don't be worried when you see your child's score. We will work on these silent letters all week long in literacy, phonics, and during guided reading time. But keep practicing at home other wise this weeks test will be a hard one! 

As always, if you have any questions about anything, feel free to contact me!

Happy Monday! 

Meet a 2nd Grader: Cedric

Cedric was our Owl of the Week this week!

Cedric describes himself as cute! He wants stuffed animals from the Great Wolf Lodge. He dislikes bullies and he can't wait to have his birthday! He loves sharks, friends, dinosaurs, pizza, and video games

Cedric loves to learn and knows so much about so many things! He loves to help others in the room.

He brought in lots of pictures for us to see, a couple different books, and his favorite stuffed animal.

Thanks for being the Owl of the Week, Cedric!

Meet A 2nd Grader: CJ

CJ was our Owl of the Week this week!

CJ describes himself as cool. He wants games and doesn't like the dark! CJ can't wait to be very smart. He loves his mom and dad, his friends, and games.

CJ is always full of energy and loves to learn! He is so sweet and is so funny!

He brought in one of his motorcycle toys, a secret security camera, two of his favorite books, and lots of pictures of him as a baby!

Thanks for being the Owl of the Week, CJ!

Thanksgiving

While going through some pictures and cleaning up my computer, I found our Thanksgiving pictures and realized I completely forgot to put them up for you to see! 

Before Thanksgiving break we made little turkeys to go with our drumstick poem! 

I am not a drumstick,

No not yet!

I need to eat more, 

So fat I'll get.

Corn is what I like,

And lots of grain! 

Sometimes I gobble,

Can you guess my name?

If you guessed my name

On your first try.

You know I have a problem,

I don't have to tell you why!

If you would be so kind,

I have one wish.

Help me out,

And eat some fish! 

Meet Jingle!

By now I'm sure you have all heard of Jingle, our classroom elf!

Here are a couple things that Jingle was up to last week! We had a couple rough days and she wasn't too happy. She left us a few notes that told us we were not doing our jobs! So this week we are really really working on being nice to each other (sometimes we fight like brothers and sisters) and following directions the first time. So hopefully Jingle sticks around until break!

 Jingle said we had some puzzling behaviors and found some of our puzzles in our cupboard. She said hopefully those get taken care of so we can learn!

 Jingle added her birthday to our birthday wall!

 Our friends in our library tied her up because they didn't want her to come back. We really fixed our behaviors after this one!

 She stole all our candy!

 She showed us the North Pole where she lives!

I can't wait to see what Jingle is up to this week!