Author Archives: Meghan Saxon

Namaste! Thank to Mrs. Sasha for the fun YOGA lesson that took us on an underwater dive!   Thank you to SAFD for the great presentation on fire safety! Congratulations to all students who met their A.R. goal for 1st quarter!  … Continue reading →

Busy at work in math centers this week putting our addition and subtraction strategies to WORK! Dem bones, Dem bones, Dem DRY BONES!  Creating our skeletons while listening to Bob Barner’s SKELETON SONG!  We learned some great information about our … Continue reading →

Breaking geodes to find what color minerals were inside!   Sneak Peek at our “Best Part of Me” writing project from the book The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald.  Can you guess what your child chose as the best … Continue reading →

Students are FIRED UP about the FUN RUN!  Don’t forget to find sponsors! Sharing progress on our “Best Part of Me” writing project!   Looking modelesque for picture day! 100% participation in SILLY SOCK day AND SPIRIT DAY!  WOO HOO! … Continue reading →

  Emma caught a lizard! Hard at work in reading and writing!Leaping into Friday like……. What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA:  Class Novel:  Began Gooney Bird Green by  Lois Lowry,  Text features – … Continue reading →

Happy Girls 🙂   Math centers this week practicing place value, fluency, and STRATEGIES! Intense, strategizing faces during teacher-time work!  These kids are mathematicans! Students are having a BLAST learning about rocks, minerals, and GEODES! HAPPY CLASS – 100% school … Continue reading →

The race is ON!  The results are in… Amelie is the fastest girl in our class and Colvin is our fastest boy!  We will check again halfway through the year to see if anyone catches up!   Congratulations to this … Continue reading →

Sketching inspiration for our writing from our surroundings! Scientific tools at work!   Practicing asking/answering questions with partner reading!   What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA:  Class Novel:  Horrible Harry and the Goog … Continue reading →

GO BRAZIL!! 🙂 We learned A LOT about our classmates this week! Number Sense with 100’s charts What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week: Academics ELA:  Daily 5 center rotation group training, asking/answering questions, short/long vowels … Continue reading →

We had a great 1st day of 2nd Grade!   A few reminders: Pack a healthy snack for your child daily Water bottles are permitted on desks Send in any necessary paperwork (reminders went home in red folders today) If … Continue reading →