Author Archives: Meghan Saxon

Thank you to Katelyn’s mom, Mrs. Megan, for being our mystery reader this week!  We enjoyed hearing “The Princess and the White Bear King”  by Tanya Batt!  We are so glad everyone lived HAPPILY EVER AFTER! This week we focused … Continue reading →

Happy Spring!  We discovered some precious baby grasshoppers at recess this week! March Madness Math Challenge!  Children were grouped in pairs to calculate the final score of NCAA teams given the a certain number of free throws, 2-pointers, and 3-pointers! … Continue reading →

Happy birthday to Aiden!   What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA:  Class Novel:  The BFG by: Roald Dahl; multiple meaning words with vocabulary, suffixes -ible and able Writing: POETRY Math:  REVIEW Science:  Life Cycles … Continue reading →

Our culminating activity for “How to eat fried Worms” by Thomas Rockwell was eating  (gummy!) worms!  We have quite a few actors in our room!  Ha!      A special thank you to Mrs. Chaconas for FRYING the worms to … Continue reading →

  What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA:  Class Novel:  How to Eat Fried Worms by: Thomas Rockwell; using illustrations to better understand characters, plots, and settings; spelling words with -er endings Writing: POETRY … Continue reading →

Thank you to Anastasia Mosquito Control for teaching us all about mosquitos and their life cycle! Checking out the 5th Grade Science Fair Projects!  We had some proud siblings in our room! 🙂  I can’t wait to see what these … Continue reading →

Thank you to Whitney Lab for an educational and hands-on experience today! Happy Birthday to Dimitrios and Colvin this week! 🙂   Happy Valentine’s Day!  Thank you to ALL parents for the delcious treats and v-day prizes!  We had a … Continue reading →

  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo!  Student’s did an OUTSTANDING job presenting their biography projects today!  I am so impressed with these SECOND graders!     Happy Lunar New Year!  Thank you to Ms. Sasha for the informative YOGA lesson!  Each student received … Continue reading →

We had a great time celebrating Literacy Week! D.E.A.R Day! Read my Shirt Day!  We had 100% participation from our class! Idiom Parade!  On the CHILLIEST day all year!  We were COLD AS ICE! 😉 Q:  What’s BLACK and WHITE … Continue reading →

Thank you to Soliel’s Mom, Mrs. Heather, for being our first Mystery Reader this week!  We enjoyed listening to “Who Will I Be?” By Abby Huntsman.  Students had a great conversation about what they do for OTHERS!  SERVANT LEADERSHIP at … Continue reading →