Box Tops for Education

Please save your box tops and send them to school with your child.  We are having classroom competitions to see who can bring in the most.  Each box top brought in is 10 cents for our school.  In the past the money has been used to purchase a new swing for our playground, help with field trips, and purchase items for classrooms from teachers' wish lists.  Thanks for your help!

Community Walk

Today we walked around town and looked at our community.  We stopped at the flower shop, bank, post office, and city hall.  At City Hall Carl talked to us about each of their jobs.  We also learned that long ago our town was a cattle town.  There were railroad tracks that ran through the middle of town.  We learned that it takes math and reading skills to run the city.  The city cop talked to us about being safe.  We enjoyed our walk around town and next we will be working on community murals. 

2nd Grade Field Trip by Mrs. Wright's class

Our class went to Pendleton's Butterfly Garden and Pumpkin Patch.  First we got to look in the butterfly garden.  We got to see monarch butterflies and swallowtail butterflies.  There were also caterpillars.  There was a chrysalis that was about to hatch at any time.  We learned many facts about butterflies.  We learned that you cannot touch a butterfly that is hatching from a chrysalis.  It will freeze in its spot.  Male butterflies have scent spots on their wings.  If a monarch butterfly is born in the summer it only lives for 2 weeks.  If it is born in the fall it lives for 6 months so it can migrate to Mexico.
Walker and Elijah helped release a tagged butterfly.  Elijah put it on Walker's head so it could warm up its wings.  It stayed for awhile on his head and then flew off to Mexico.  
We ate lunch while we were there. After lunch we got to play.  They had a corn bath, a pumpkin slingshot, a no left turn maze, and a tricycle track.  Lots of us had corn in our clothes from the corn bath.
After playing we went to the pumpkin patch and we each got to pick the perfect pumpkin for us!
We wished we could stay forever but we had to go back to school.  We had an awesome day!

October Book Order

Thanks to everyone who ordered books in October!  We were able to order 7 new picture books and 4 books with CD's with bonus points and coupons from parents ordering online.  I spent some classroom money and ordered the Junie B. Jones books and the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book too!  Thanks so much!  The students are always so excited to get new books on the bookshelf. 

2nd Grade's Crazy Pumpkins

Today we took some time and decorated the pumpkins that we picked from the pumpkin patch yesterday.  The students were very creative.  Some brought items from home to use and I had some things on hand.  They all turned out great!  Tomorrow we will invite classes to come in and vote on their favorite pumpkin. Here are just a few pictures from today.  I even got in on the fun and decorated my pumpkin with silver glitter.  Above:Sky concentrating while working.  Avery working hard on her pumpkin.  Ryan with his Planter's Peanut pumpkin.  Mrs. Wright's glittery pumpkin.

Daily 5 in 2nd Grade

During Daily 5 students are given options on what they want to work on.  For reading, they may read to self, buddy read, or listen to reading.  In this video Kaylynn and Lillie are buddy reading from the book, "Where the Sidewalk Ends".

2nd Grade Field Trip

On October 10 we will be taking our first field trip of the year to the Kaw Valley Market Butterfly Bio-Villa.  We will be observing butterflies, going through a maze, and picking out a pumpkin!  The cost is $3.00.  Parents are more than welcome to attend but the cost for a parent is $4.00 and $2.00 if you want a pumpkin for yourself.  We are only taking 1 bus so parents attending will need to provide their own transportation.  We will be leaving the school at 10:30 and returning around 2:00.  Please make sure that you get your child's field trip form and money turned in as soon as possible!