7 Habits of Happy Kids

We've been talking about being proactive-being responsible, taking initiative and doing the right thing even when no one is listening. The students wrote about how they can be proactive. We've also been talking about setting goals. All of the students wrote a goal or two that they'd like to work on this year. Then today we talked about "beginning with the end in mind". The students wrote about how they are planning to reach their goal. Check out a few examples.

Sentence/Not a Sentence

Yesterday the students enjoyed using a flip chart to turn phrases into sentences! We also looked at groups of words and talked about if it was a sentence or not. We practiced turning those phrases into sentences. Today, we talked about nouns. The students are great at finding nouns! Tomorrow we'll be looking for verbs!

Social Studies

We've been talking about groups that people belong to and rules. On Monday, the students showed two groups they belonged to. Yesterday they wrote about a rule or two that they have at home. 

A, B, C, D, and E Schedule

Your child should wear tennis shoes on A days and C days.

Here's our schedule:

A day = P.E./Health

B day = Library/Technology 

C day = P.E.

D day = Music

E day = Art

A Recipe for Success

The students followed the recipe for success and made a delicious snack on Friday! I can tell we're going to have a great year together! 

Student Leaders

I have a room full of great student leaders! On Thursday, the students helped to write our Class Rules. Then on Friday, the students had great ideas for our Class Mission. Both days, students shared their good ideas and with great discussions and a little compromise the students created our Class Rules and our Class Mission. Check them out!

Finding Adventures in a Book!

Wow! What readers I have this year! I read the book The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco about a little girl who found adventures in reading a book. Then I showed the students how to find "just right" books and our reading adventures began! We are working on building our reading stamina and for our first day-the students were outstanding!!

First Day of School Fun!

We had a great first day! We started out the day with the book First Day Jitters. There was a surprise at the end of the book. Ask your child about the surprise! We played a few getting to know you games and I know for sure I have the most adorable second grade class! We worked on our class quilt too and it should be hanging in the hallway soon! 

Welcome to Second Grade

Welcome New Second Grade Friends

I look forward to meeting everyone at the Ice Cream Social/Meet the Teacher Night on Tuesday, August 18th from 5:30 - 6:15. Don't forget to bring you school supplies.

Meet your NEW classmates:

Mae B.

Marley B.

Sakima B.

Audrey D.

Hannah F.

Matthew G.

Alex H.

Jessie H.

Karly M.

Madison M.

Delaney M.

Lilly M.

Giovanni N.

Reese P.

Jacob P.

Henry P.

Willa R.

Myla S.

Parker S.

Gavin W.
Clair Z.

We have 21 students in our class!