Rudolph is Missing!

This week in centers we had to finish a story about Rudolph. We hope you enjoy reading our different endings! Here is how the story begins:

It was Christmas Eve and Santa had just finished loading up his sleigh. He called all of his reindeer by name to get them ready to leave. "Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph! Let's go!" Santa yelled. All the reindeer came running, except for Rudolph. Rudolph was missing!

When I Grow Up...

When you grow up you can be anything you want to be! What do you want to be when you grow up? Tell about what you want to be and why.

Cultures and Traditions

We have been learning about how different people around the world have different cultures and traditions. Some ways that we celebrate those are with holidays. Write about one holiday that you celebrate, and tell about some of the traditions you have on that holiday.

Our New Smartboard!

We have had a Smartboard in our classroom for about 2 weeks. What do you like best about the Smartboard? Do you think it helps us learn better? Why or why not?

Asking Questions

In reading we have been learning about asking questions while we read. What have you learned about questioning? The story we read this week was Charlie Anderson. Here are some questions I asked while reading the story.

Mayor Joines

Yesterday Mayor Joines spoke to us about the local goverment. What did you learn from Mayor Joines? Do you have any other questions that you would like to ask him?

Presidential Election

The President of the United States is a very difficult job. Do you think that you could be President one day? What kinds of things would you do if you were the President?

Meterologist Brian Slocum visits

On Wednesday, Brian Slocum from WXII 12 came to talk with us about weather. He told us about dangerous types of weather and how to stay safe in them. Here is a short video clip of his visit.


What did you learn about weather from Brian Slocum?

Blogging Opinions

We have been using our blog for about a month. What do you think about blogging? Do you like it or not? Why?

Seasons

We have been learning about the four seasons and how the weather changes during each one. What is your favorite season? Why do you like that one the best?

About our Blog

This video was taken the first time the students used laptops in the classroom. To get used to writing on our blogs, they wrote about anything they wanted to post. Here is Ivanna telling us a little bit more.

Responsible Citizens

Our class has been learning about how to be a responsible citizen in our community. They have written about what a responsible citizen is and what things they do to be responsible. Look under their names and find the comment posted on 9/19/08.

Essiah

Montsserrat

German

Nina

Da'Qwan

Elijah

Hasna

Kamryn

Reginald

Tyrina

Ryan

Ethan

Jesus

Natalie

Tyrese

Ivanna

What are we going to learn?

We have been talking about all of the exciting things we will be learning in second grade. What do want to learn this year and what do you hope that we will do in second grade?

Welcome to 2nd grade! I am so happy to have you in my class this year. We are going to learn lots of new and exciting things in new and exciting ways, and I can't wait! I look forward to learning together with you.