Time Flies

I have to apologize for taking so long to get a post on here. It seems that the beginning of the year gets full and goes fast. We've settled into a nice routine and are going strong. I am enjoying getting to know all of the children!

A main focus of our day is Daily 5 when the students get to work on reading, writing, word work, technology, listening, partner reading, journal writing and much more. It is a great all inclusive way to touch on all the language arts. Here are some pictures of the class enjoying our new Ipads. We use them to reenforce skills that we are working on, for instance math facts, nouns, complete sentences, etc. Also you can see the students writing and working with words. They Love Daily 5!!

 

 

A New Year Begins

Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year!!
It's hard to believe it's here already. We've had 2 and a half days and are ready for a full week. Here are some quick pictures of the class working. I hope over the year you find our blog fun and informative. There's always something going on in the class that's news worthy!!

Dog Day 2013

In case you didn't hear we had DOGS at school!!! Second grade had their annual "Dog Day" on Thursday and it was great fun!! We had a Search and Rescue team as well as some therapy dogs in the morning. In the afternoon we had Scott County Kennel Club members come and share their dogs with us. They did some obedience, agility and nose work. The kids learned a ton and had a great time!

Egypt Time!

Studying Egyptian Pharaohs and making the crown of Northern and Southern Egypt.

Catching Up

It seems that time has gotten away from me. I'll try to catch up as best I can.

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We studied cultural holidays and made some Chinese lanterns.

 

We welcomed back Flat Stanley!!

 

 

And made some dog blankets to send to a rescue.

Of course we did so much more than that, but catching up takes time and there are only 8 more weeks to go and so much to do!! Let's hope time slows down a bit and we can get everything done before the end of school!!

Technical Difficulty

 I've been trying to post some pictures, but for some reason blogger hasn't wanted to let me. I have some great ones from the spelling bee and a few others. So we'll see what happens!!

 

 Well, I think I've figured out the problem. Of course I left my camera at school so this is the only picture I have for now. I'm so proud of ALL of the students that participated in the Spelling Bee. How brave they are to get up in front of everyone and give it a try!! Congratulations to all!!