An Amazing Year

You are almost finished with second grade! What will you always remember about this school year?

Through a Poet's Eyes

We have begun learning about poetry this week and how to look at things with a poet's eyes. On the blog, type the poem you started yesterday in writing. Finish writing your special poem, being sure to use line breaks!

Butterfly Field Trip

This week we went on a field trip to the All-a-Flutter butterfly farm. We learned about monarch butterflies, and got to go in a flight house with lots of monarch butterflies. Write about the time you spent in the flight house with the monarchs.

Undersea Treasure

We watched a video about Undersea Treasure and saw how people use math and science in the real world. What would you do if your job was to search for undersea treasure? How can you use math and science when you grow up?

Animal Life Cycles

We have chicken eggs and caterpillars in our room to help us learn about animal life cycles. Watch this short video on animal life cycles, and then write about what you learned.

Teeny Tiny Caterpillars

Yesterday we received our caterpillars! We will be taking care of them for the next few weeks, observing their growth, and watching them turn into butterflies. What have you learned about caterpillars? What observations have you made about your caterpillar?

Beautiful Butterfly

This week we have been practicing using adjectives and describing words in our writing. Write a descriptive paragraph about this photograph of a butterfly.

Not a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day for Us!

On Tuesday we saw the play "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". What did you think about the play? What things did you notice were the same as the book, and what things were different?

Spring is Here!

Today is the first day of Spring! Describe this beautiful Spring day using lots of detail and describing words. We also learned about similes this week. Try to use at least two similes in your writing.

Technology Choice

This year we have been using lots of technology in the classroom, like our Smartboard, the laptop lab, and blogging. If you could choose to go to a school with technology or one without, which school would you choose? Why?

A Sticky Situation

Imagine that a piece of gum gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe. Imagine all the places you might walk. Just think, the gum would go along with you to those places too. Tell the story of the piece of gum and all the different places it travels.

* We had a potential computer virus on our computer network, so we were unable to get on our laptops today. Instead we wrote our stories on paper, and Mrs. Foster typed them for us. She tried to keep our spelling the same, but did fix some of our punctuation and spacing!

Famous African Americans

This month we have been learning about famous African Americans that made a difference in the world. If you could meet one of these people, who would you like to meet and why? What would you talk to them about?

Snow Day!

We had our second snow day of the year on Wednesday. Describe what it looked like at your house when it was snowing. Use as many describing words and details as you can.

Transition Words

This week we have been learning about how to use transition words in our writing. Write about how you get ready for school in the morning. Use as many transition words as you can.

Barack Obama

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States and the first African American President. Today we read about Barack Obama's life, and watched his inaugural address at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm . What did you learn about Barack Obama? If you had the chance to meet Obama, what would you say to him?

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?

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?