Christmas Around the World

The Christmas musical was amazing! Everyone did such a fabulous job! It was so fun learning about Christmas all around the world! The best part was telling others about Jesus! Boys and girls, what was your favorite part of the Christmas play?

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Verbs, Verbs, and more Verbs!

We are learning about verbs. Verbs are action words! We thought of as many verbs as we could to fit in the Christmas sentences! Here are the verbs we thought of:

Santa can ACT funny.
Elves can BIKE.
Reindeer can CUDDLE with others.
Frosty can DANCE.
Santa can EAT fat free cookies.
Elves can FIRE BB's.
Reindeer can GLIDE.
Reindeer can GIGGLE and LAUGH.
Frosty can HELP Nick.
Frosty can HICCUP.
Santa can ICE SKATE on thick ice.
Elves can JUGGLE toys that they made.
Reindeer can KICK each other.
Frosty can LAUGH and DANCE.
Santa can MAKE toys.
Elves can NAP.
Reindeer can OPEN a jack in the box.
Frosty can PUMP balloons and balls.
Santa can QUIT.
Elves can RAKE snow.
Reindeer can SLIDE on ice.
Frosty can TICKLE people when they are sad.
Santa can USE his reindeer to fly.
Elves can VOTE for president.
Reindeer can WADDLE.
Frosty can X-RAY his body.
Santa can YELL at this elves.
Elves can ZIP up the bags.

Novel Study

Our class has really enjoyed reading "The Best Seat in Second Grade." It is our first chapter book to read together as a class! Sam has the best seat in second grade because he gets to sit next to the class pet--a hamster named George Washington.

Christmas Down Under

We are learning all about Christmas in Australia! Did you know that Australia is both a country and a continent? Australia is located in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Summer occurs during December, January, and February. So, people in Australia get to celebrate Christmas by hanging out at the beach!

We made Australian ornaments like kangaroos, crocodiles, aboriginal artwork, and boomerangs to decorate our class tree. Thanks to all of the second grade Room Moms who helped us make the ornaments and decorate the trees!

Baby Shower

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Homecoming 2009

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Oobleck!

Today we made oobleck! It was fun and messy! We discussed the properties of the oobleck. It acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. Very interesting! If you make enough of it, you can even walk on it! Several of the students begged me for the recipe so that they could make oobleck at home. All you need is 1 1/2-2 cups of cornstarch, 1 cup of water, and green food coloring. Enjoy!

Mystery Reader

Kelland's dad was our mystery reader this week! He read us a very suspensful story called Jumanji! Everyone loved the story! Some of us even recognized the book from watching the movie!

Our class compliment gumball machine has been filled, and I am so excited! Every time the whole class does something really exceptional or someone gives them a compliment, we get to add a gumball to the machine. When the machine gets filled, we celebrate! Today, I brought some delicious donuts for the class reward. The students enjoyed the special breakfast treat!

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States of Matter

Matter is all around us! Solids are one type of matter. Objects that have a definite shape and that do not change when moved are called solids. Here are some solids that our class thought of today. They used smaller solids to make their pictures!

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Mystery Reader

Madison's mom was our Mystery Reader this week! She read The Berenstein Bears: The Prize Pumpkin. It was a perfect book to read on the first day of Fall! Thank you so much for coming, we loved this story!

Friendship Collages

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This week we read Wilson Sat Alone. We discussed what it means to be a great friend to everyone, so nobody every has to feel lonely. We ended the week by making a friendship collage by out of magazine pictures. Everyone did a wonderful job!

Particle Dance Party

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Mystery Reader !

Piper's dad, Mr. Mark, was our first mystery reader this year! He read Mom and Dad are Palindromes. It was fun coming up with words that can be spelled the same way when it's written backwards! What a great book!

Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon

This week we read Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon. It was about a boy and his dog who love to spend time together! We celebrated the end of our story by enjoying a "yellow moon" pie! They were delicious!

Using technology!

We practiced learning all about nouns while using our ActivBoard in class! It makes learning much more fun!

Grow Beast results

Here are some of our results from our experiment! We learned that as our Grow Beasts grew, the amout of water decreased! It was really neat graphing our results!

Grow Beast, Grow!

This week in science we were put into groups and given a pet alligator! At first, he was very tiny, but when we put him in water, he grew bigger each day! Every afternoon, we would check his length in centimeters and inches, and measure his mass and weight. At the end of the week, we will find out if the water he was living in increases, decreases, or stays the same! It's so much fun to watch them grow!

Partner Reading

We read Asha in the Attic with partners today. Partner reading gives us a chance to help each other become better readers. After we were done, we got to ask our partners some questions about the story. It's fun to read with a friend!

Fact Families

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M&M Measurement

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Liquid Art

Wonder what happens when you add food coloring to whole milk?? We found out! We used our 5 senses to make predictions, observe, and record our predictions!