Anti-Bullying Week

Today students wore 2 different shoes to "Stomp out bullying"! Don't forget tomorrow is hat day!!!

Pumpkin Decorating

On Friday's field trip each student chose a pumpkin to bring home.  Today we spent some time decorating them.  Students had a great time and got really creative.   Later this week we will invite the other classes in to vote on their favorite.

Noah and Remi

Gavin, Adriana, and Dakota working hard on their pumpkins.

Field Trip

Yesterday we went on our last field trip as second graders.  It was such a beautiful day.  The sun was shining and the temperature was amazing.  Fun was had by all as we visited the fire station where they talked to us about fire safety and everyone got a chance to spray a fire hose.  We then headed to Waxman candles where we learned about how candles are made.  It was then off to the park for lunch and a little playing and then we finished our day at the bowling alley. 

Shaving Cream Fun!

Today we had some fun and used shaving cream to practice our spelling words.  Yes, shaving cream.  Students had a blast with it!

Avery and Walker

Ryan, Lillie, Brayden, Alexis, and Quentin joining in on the fun.

Sky having fun.

The Goat in the Rug

This week we read a story called The Goat in the Rug.  It was about a Native American girl who used the wool from her goat to weave a rug.  Today we did some weaving of our own! 

Crazy Sock Day!

Today we continued to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America by wearing crazy socks.  Here are the crazy socks that were in our 2nd grade classroom.  Don't forget that tomorrow is hat day.  Students may wear their favorite hat to school!

Rocks, Soils, and Fossils

In Science we just finished our chapter on rocks, soils, and fossils.  Today the 2nd graders made imprints of shells to finish up the chapter.

Rock Activity

Today we started our rock project.  Each students was asked to bring in a rock from home.   We looked at their different qualities.  They then had to draw and color pictures of their rocks. 

Read Across America

Did you know that Dr. Seuss was not really a doctor?  Or that a man gave Dr. Seuss a list of words that were easy to read and told him to write a book only using those words?  From that list came the book The Cat in the Hat.  Today McLouth Elementary took some time to celebrate Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss' Birthday.  The Cat in the Hat brought each classroom green eggs and ham.

The Cat in the Hat (Mr. Dodge)

Students eating green eggs and ham and watching a video.

The Cat in the Hat delivering green eggs and ham.

Solid Figures

Avery gluing her cube together.

Sky working on her cube.

In Math we are currently learning about solid figures.  Here are a few pictures of students making cubes yesterday in the classroom.

QR Code Activity

Today for Science students used the i-pods and i-pads to scan QR codes for an activity.  QR codes were first invented by Toyota to keep track of vehicles during manufacturing.  Now we see QR codes all over.  You may have seen them in restaurants, on cars at dealerships, or even on packaging.
Students were given vocabulary for this chapter in Science.  They were sent on a vocabulary scavenger hunt around the classroom.  When scanned the word and definition would pop up on the screen of the i-pad or i-pod.  Here are a few pictures from today.

Walker scans a QR code.

Sky, Gage, and Alexis copy the definition from the I-Pod.

Kaylynn and Quentin scan a QR code.

100th Day of School

One group and their cup structure.

Sky counting how many times Kaylynn can say the ABC's.

Last week we celebrated the 100th Day of School.  We did different activities through out the day and even the week.  We stacked 100 cups so see what we could build. We estimated and then counted how many times we could do different things in 100 seconds such as say our abc's, sit and stand, write our name, and clap our hands.  We wrote about what we would spend $100 on.  We had students who would spend it on hamsters to students who would spend it on legos.  We really had a fun time with the 100th Day this week!

Tie Week

I am sorry that I am behind on sharing what is going on in the classroom.  A few weeks ago we read a story called Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble.  This story was about a principal that auctioned off all of his ties, except for his most favorite tie, to help build a school playground.  Students each designed their own ties and we auctioned them off in the classroom.  On Friday students wore the tie that they had bought at our classroom tie auction.  Here is our class with their ties.

Snack TIme!

I would like for each  student to bring in about 4-5 cups of their favorite snack.  We will be making a big batch of snack mix to share with everyone during our daily snack time. This way students don't have to worry about bringing a snack everyday.   Some good ideas are cereal, pretzels, m & m's, cheetos, cheese crackers, goldfish, ect.  Please send by Tuesday, January 22.  Thanks so much for your help.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Connor, Sky, Quentin, and Katlynn practice drawing Martin Luther King Jr. on the whiteboard this morning. 

Daily 5

Today during Daily 5 Owen and Ryan listened to our story Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble on the I-Pad.  This is just one of the ways we use the I-Pads and I-Pods in our classroom.