Our Reading Skill this week was Author's Purpose!
Check out the song that Mrs. Ganey's class taught us this week.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
April Late Opening Community Day and Run For The Arts
For our late opening in April we had community guest speakers! Officer Scott came from the Portland Police Department. He shared a lot of great information with the children and they in turn asked some amazing questions. He spoke about the tools he uses and the work he does in our community. After lunch Ms. Adonica came and shared her experiences as a letter carrier. The children we amazed that she had to deliver the mail in the winter time even in a storm. They were also excited to hear about how she dealt with large packages and dogs. Later in the afternoon the local fireman came over to visit. The children were able to take a little trip through the firetruck and see all the tools both on the outside of the truck and then inside.
RUN FOR THE ARTS
RUN APRIL 25th
MONEY IS DUE MAY 10th
I have challenged the children to have a little friendly competition in our class. The top three money makers will earn a trip to Mississippi Pizza with me before the end of the year.
The PTA is also sending the top two classes to Mt. Scott Community Center for a day of skating and swimming! My class has won this the last two years. I have challenged these guys to do it again! It is a fun trip and the money raised ALL goes to get more art in the classroom!
Contest Questions:
Have your student email me with the answers to these questions and your child could win lunch with the me! Everyone's name will be put into a drawing, I will draw two names to have a special lunch with me!
What is the most important tool a police officer uses?
What day of the week do mail carriers not work?
What type of fire vehicle came to visit us? What other types of vehicles are part of the fire department?
When should you call 911?
RUN FOR THE ARTS
RUN APRIL 25th
MONEY IS DUE MAY 10th
I have challenged the children to have a little friendly competition in our class. The top three money makers will earn a trip to Mississippi Pizza with me before the end of the year.
The PTA is also sending the top two classes to Mt. Scott Community Center for a day of skating and swimming! My class has won this the last two years. I have challenged these guys to do it again! It is a fun trip and the money raised ALL goes to get more art in the classroom!
Contest Questions:
Have your student email me with the answers to these questions and your child could win lunch with the me! Everyone's name will be put into a drawing, I will draw two names to have a special lunch with me!
What is the most important tool a police officer uses?
What day of the week do mail carriers not work?
What type of fire vehicle came to visit us? What other types of vehicles are part of the fire department?
When should you call 911?
Officer Scott shares what it is like to be a Portland Police Officer
Checking Out The Fire Engine!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Spring In 2nd Grade
This spring will be an exciting time in Room 102 at Boise Eliot Humboldt. This Friday will be a busy time for us. We will have Spring Pictures, and Artist in Residence and a field trip to Jefferson High School. Let's hope for good weather. Picture packets will be coming home on Monday. This is a free dress day for the students. Ms. Oakes will be our Artist in Residence this year. She will be coming to our classroom a total of four times to work with the children on a clay project around our science theme of animals and habitats. After her presentation we will immediately board the bus to head over to Jefferson for their Sustainability Fair. The children will be rotating between stations and learn from the high school students. This is sure to be a busy and productive day.
Important Dates for the next couple of weeks:
April 17th - Late Opening
April 19th - Spring Pictures, Artist in Residence, Field Trip to Jefferson H.S.
April 25th - Run For The Arts, Ms. Bolger out at PBIS training
May 1st - Jefferson Dancers Field Trip
May 8th - Ms. Bolger out at PBIS training
May 10th - RFA money due
Below I have hi-lited the BIG ideas in all of our subject area over the next couple of weeks.
I hope you enjoy getting caught up on the LIFE of a 2nd grader!
Language Arts: In second grade the children are really starting to get a grasp of reading to learn. They have been exposed to a wide variety of informational text. We have spent some time learning about the life cycles of different animals. During our Language Arts time for the past couple of weeks we have been looking at main idea, details and what a good paragraph consists of. As always we are still working on punctuation, fluency, spelling and capitalization.
Math: Out unit of study right now is called Branching into Larger Numbers: Money and Place Value. We all wrote story problems last week about presents and parcels and next week we will solve our friends problems. We have also spent some time with adding and subtracting bigger numbers. You may have seen your child come home with a "Time All Star" award or "A Magic Money Counter" award. By the end of second grade it is so important that the children are able to tell time and work with money. These students have been really working hard to master these skills.
Science: We are just getting ready to start our habitat unit. The children will each be picking an animal to research and write about over the next couple of months. They will work in cooperative groups to build a habitat and explore the world around them.
Health: Ms. Heather is back this year! She is from OSU and will be coming in once a week to talk to the kids about nutrition and exercise! Please watch for healthy recipes to come home and ask your kids about what they learned from Ms. Heather on Tuesdays!
Important Dates for the next couple of weeks:
April 17th - Late Opening
April 19th - Spring Pictures, Artist in Residence, Field Trip to Jefferson H.S.
April 25th - Run For The Arts, Ms. Bolger out at PBIS training
May 1st - Jefferson Dancers Field Trip
May 8th - Ms. Bolger out at PBIS training
May 10th - RFA money due
Below I have hi-lited the BIG ideas in all of our subject area over the next couple of weeks.
I hope you enjoy getting caught up on the LIFE of a 2nd grader!
Language Arts: In second grade the children are really starting to get a grasp of reading to learn. They have been exposed to a wide variety of informational text. We have spent some time learning about the life cycles of different animals. During our Language Arts time for the past couple of weeks we have been looking at main idea, details and what a good paragraph consists of. As always we are still working on punctuation, fluency, spelling and capitalization.
Math: Out unit of study right now is called Branching into Larger Numbers: Money and Place Value. We all wrote story problems last week about presents and parcels and next week we will solve our friends problems. We have also spent some time with adding and subtracting bigger numbers. You may have seen your child come home with a "Time All Star" award or "A Magic Money Counter" award. By the end of second grade it is so important that the children are able to tell time and work with money. These students have been really working hard to master these skills.
Science: We are just getting ready to start our habitat unit. The children will each be picking an animal to research and write about over the next couple of months. They will work in cooperative groups to build a habitat and explore the world around them.
Health: Ms. Heather is back this year! She is from OSU and will be coming in once a week to talk to the kids about nutrition and exercise! Please watch for healthy recipes to come home and ask your kids about what they learned from Ms. Heather on Tuesdays!
Look what happened during the magic hand experiment!
Second Grade Writers
On our field trip to see the Stinky Cheese Man one group stopped
by Pioneer Square to take a look around!
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