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

Students of the week:

Colvin and Katelyn

Thank you for being honest and fair this week!

Important Dates:

• 3/15:  Teacher Planning Day – Student Holiday
• 3/18-22:  SPRING BREAK!
• 3/28:  PTAO Meeting – 8:35 am
• 3/29:  Mystery Reader – Minnie Dunn
• 3/29:  Report Cards on HAC!
• 4/2:  Lighthouse Field Trip – 1:30 – 2:30
• 4/8:  i-Ready Reading Testing 1:30-2:30
• 4/10:  i-Ready Reading Testing 9:45-10:45
• 4/11:  Mystery Reader – Megan Matos
• 4/18:  i-Ready Math Testing 9:45-10:45
• 4/19:  Student/teacher holiday
• 4/22:  i-Ready Math Testing 1:30-2:30
• 4/24:  Interims
• 4/26:  Mystery Reader – Allison Ryan

Reminders:

• Have a great spring break!  Come back rested and restored to tackle the FOURTH AND FINAL QUARTER OF SECOND GRADE!  Finish STRONG!  🙂

 

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 give us a true, crunchy (EW!) experience.  The kids LOVED it.  🙂

Table Top Tuesday!  Children chose a student in the room and wrote something they noticed about their character on their desk with a dry erase marker.  This was an encouraging way to begin our day!

Thank you to Gia’s mom, Mrs. Ashley, for being our Mysery Reader today!  We enjoyed comparing the orginal Goldilocks and the 3 Bears to Goldilocks and the 3 Dinosaurs!  The children also got a huge kick out of your hysterical story of the REAL owl in your kitchen!  🙂

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  The Giraffe, the Pelly, and Me by: Roald Dahl; multiple meaning words with vocabulary, adjectives

Writing: POETRY

Math:  Fractions

Science:  Life Cycles

Students of the week:

Luca and Gia

Thank you for being sincere and cooperative this week!

Important Dates:

• 3/11:  Class book fair preview – 1:00-1:30
• 3/13:  A.R. Party!  Kickball and donuts!  How close is your child to meeting their goal?
• 3/14:  3rd quarter ends!  FIELD DAY!  12:00-1:00 (meet us on the field!)
• 3/15:  Teacher Planning Day – Student Holiday
• 3/18-22:  SPRING BREAK!
• 3/29:  Mystery Reader – Minnie Dunn
• 3/29:  Report Cards on HAC!

Reminders:

• Any parent volunteers willing to bring in a cool snack for the class to eat or drink after field day?  I was thinking watermelon, popsicles, and water?  Email me if you are able to donate!

 

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

Math:  Fractions

Science:  Life Cycles

Students of the week:

Ameilie and Dimitrios

Thank you for being ambitious and problem-solvers this week! 🙂

Important Dates:

• 3/5:  Music in our schools (parents meet outside of the Music Room door)- 12:10-12:50
• 3/5:  SAC meeting at 3:00
• 3/8:  Mystery Reader – Ashley Samora
• 3/11:  Class book fair preview – 1:00-1:30
• 3/13:  A.R. Party!  Kickball and donuts!  How close is your child to meeting their goal?
• 3/14:  3rd quarter ends!  FIELD DAY!  12:00-1:00 (meet us on the field!)
• 3/15:  Teacher Planning Day – Student Holiday
• 3/18-22:  SPRING BREAK!
• 3/29:  Mystery Reader – Minnie Dunn
• 3/29:  Report Cards on HAC!

Reminders:

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10) – A HUGE thank you to our PTAO for paying for every student this year!  Unbelieveable!  We are so grateful!

• Don’t forget to fill out the SAC survey!
• https://surveys.stjohns.k12.fl.us/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=p2LK9o93

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 2nd graders come up with in a few years!  It will be here before we know it!

Thank you to Cash’s grandmother, Ms. S, for being our Mystery Reader this week!  We enjoyed listening to  “Abiyoyo” and “Abiyoyo Returns” by Pete Seeger!  Never underestimate the POWER of a musical instrument!  

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  The Hundred Dresses by: Eleanor Estes; dissecting vocabulary, spelling words with the SCHWA sound

Writing: friendly letter writing – with a focus on ADDRESSES

Math:  Data

Science:  Life Cycles

Students of the week:

Tati and Soleil

Thank you for being DETERMINED and KIND this week! 🙂

Important Dates:

• 3/5:  Music in our schools (parents meet outside of the Music Room door)- 12:10-12:50
• 3/5:  SAC meeting at 3:00
• 3/8:  Mystery Reader – Ashley Samora
• 3/11:  Class book fair preview – 1:00-1:30
• 3/13:  A.R. Party!  Kickball and donuts!  How close is your child to meeting their goal?
• 3/14:  3rd quarter ends!  FIELD DAY!  12:00-1:00
• 3/15:  Teacher Planning Day – Student Holiday
• 3/18-22:  SPRING BREAK!
• 3/29:  Mystery Reader – Minnie Dunn
• 3/29:  Report Cards on HAC!

Reminders:

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10)

• Don’t forget to fill out the SAC survey!
• https://surveys.stjohns.k12.fl.us/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=p2LK9o93

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 great day!  

 

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  The Mushy Gushy Valentine by:  Barbara Park; using context clues to decipher new vocabulary, SCHWA sound in reading and writing

Writing: friendly letter writing – with  focus on PUNCTUATION

Math:  Data

Students of the week:

Emma and Aiden

Thank you for being responsible and thoughtful this week! 🙂

Important Dates:

• 2/15:  Teacher in-service day, student holiday
• 2/18:  Presidents Day – Student/teacher holiday
• 2/21:  PTAO Meeting at 6:00 pm, STEM NIGHT!  Come see me!
• 2/22:  Mystery Reader:  Donna Swan

Reminders:

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10)

• Don’t forget to fill out the SAC survey!

 

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 an ORANGE for GOOD LUCK in the New Year!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Cam Jansen and the Valentine Baby Mystery by:  David Adler; the use of alliteration and repetition in reading/writing, syllables

Writing: friendly letter writing

Math:  Data

Science:  The Human Body

Students of the week:

Cash and Abby

Thank you for being adaptable and considerate this week! 🙂

Important Dates:

• 2/8:  BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH REPORT DUE
• 2/13:  Non-food items due for V-Day Celebration
• 2/14:  Whitney Lab traveling zoo, send in V-day cards!
• 2/15:  Teacher in-service day, student holiday
• 2/18:  Presidents Day – Student/teacher holiday
• 2/21:  PTAO Meeting at 6:00 pm, STEM NIGHT!  Come see me!
• 2/22:  Mystery Reader:  Donna Swan

Reminders:

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10)

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 and READS all over?! 

A:  OUR CLASS! 

  

Digital Book Day! 

We finished reading E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web this week and watched the movie for our digital book on Friday!  We completed a double-bubble map for a compare/contrast.  Majority of students agree… book is WAY better.  🙂 

Congratulations to Soleil for being our 4th student to make it into the MILLION WORD CLUB!  We are proud of you, HEY!, We are proud of you! 

 

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White; vocabulary and context clues, compound words

Writing: Favorite Book recommendations

Math:  Measurement

Science:  The Human Body

Students of the week:

Gia and Liam

Thank you for being attentive and productive this week!

Important Dates:

• 2/5:  SAC Meetingat 3:00 in Media Center
• 2/7:  Interims
• 2/8:  BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH REPORT DUE
• 2/14:  Whitney Lab traveling zoo, send in V-day cards!
• 2/15:  Teacher in-service day, student holiday
• 2/18:  Presidents Day – Student/teacher holiday
• 2/21:  PTAO Meeting at 6:00 pm, STEM NIGHT!  Come see me!
• 2/22:  Mystery Reader:  Donna Swan

Reminders:

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10)

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 its finest! 

NEW (TO US!) TECHNOLOGY IN OUR CLASSROOM!  We are so excited to have 3 additional desktops bringing our total number of devices to 10!  WOO HOO! A special thanks to Mr. Kenny for getting us all set-up!

Thank you to Emma’s Dad, Mr. Brandon, for being our second Mystery Reader this week!  He read one of my ALL TIME favorite books – “Tikki Tikki Tembo” by Arlene Mosel!  We enjoyed figuring out who had the longest name in our class… although it had no comparison to Tikki-tikki-Tembo-No-Sa-Rembo-Chari-Bari-Ruchi-Pip-Peri-Pembo’s 50 letters! 

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White; vocabulary and context clues, closed and open syllables

Writing: rough drafts/sloppy copy and edits

Math:  Measurement

Science:  living and non-living

Students of the week:

Kai and Amelie

Thank you for being task-oriented and honest this week!

Important Dates:

• Monday January 28	Kick off Florida Celebrate Literacy Week! *Schoolwide DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) **If the weather is nice, I’d like to take the class outside to read!  PLEASE PACK A TOWEL!
  Tuesday January 29	“Read My Shirt Day”-Wear a shirt with words (school appropriate) on it that others can read.
  Wednesday January 30	*The Idiom Parade(feel free to substitute any type of figurative language)
  Thursday January 31	“Newspaper Day”-Wear black and white and read all over! Maybe even, talk about the newspaper.
  Friday February 1	View a digital version of a book on school’s closed circuit TV to “Snuggle Up with a Good Book One View at a Time”.

• 1/29:  Permission slip and $3 due for traveling zoo
• 2/5:  SAC Meetingat 3:00 in Media Center
• 2/8:  BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH REPORT DUE
• 2/7:  Interims
• 2/14:  Whitney Lab traveling zoo
• 2/15:  Teacher in-service day, student holiday
• 2/18:  Presidents Day – Student/teacher holiday
• 2/21:  PTAO Meeting at 6:00 pm, STEM NIGHT!  Come see me!
• 2/22:  Mystery Reader:  Donna Swan

Reminders:

• Don’t forget to bring in canned food and non-perishable items for our SOUPER BOWL Challenge next week!  What side are you on – Patriots or Rams?!

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10)

Comparing measurements with non-standard and standard units!

Happy 8th birthday to our RAVENOUS READER Tati!

Congratulations to Luca for making it into the MILLION WORD CLUB!!!  We are proud of you!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Cam Jansen and the Snowy Day Mystery by David Adler; finding the MAIN TOPIC in a text; context clues

Writing: continued non-fiction writing

Math:  Measurement

Science:  Scientist Feauture –  Dr. Bath’s contributions to ophthalmology

Social Studies:  The contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Students of the week:

Katelyn and Anastasia

Thanks for showing creativity and being CARING this week!

Important Dates:

• 1/18:  Report cards on HAC
• 1/21:  MLK DAY – Student/Teacher holiday
• 1/24:  Mystery Reader – Brandon Goldberg
  

  Monday January 28	Kick off Florida Celebrate Literacy Week! *Schoolwide DEAR (Drop Everything and Read)
  Tuesday January 29	“Read My Shirt Day”-Wear a shirt with words (school appropriate) on it that others can read.
  Wednesday January 30	*The Idiom Parade(feel free to substitute any type of figurative language)
  Thursday January 31	“Newspaper Day”-Wear black and white and read all over! Maybe even, talk about the newspaper.
  Friday February 1	View a digital version of a book on school’s closed circuit TV to “Snuggle Up with a Good Book One View at a Time”.

• 1/29:  Permission slip and $3 due for traveling zoo
• 2/5:  SAC Meetingat 3:00 in Media Center
• 2/8:  Mystery Reader – Heather McMandon
• 2/7:  Interims
• 2/14:  Whitney Lab traveling zoo;
• 2/15:  Teacher in-service day, student holiday
• 2/18:  Presidents Day – Student/teacher holiday
• 2/21:  PTAO Meeting at 6:00 pm, STEM NIGHT!  Come see me!
• 2/22:  Mystery Reader:  Donna Swan

Reminders:

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10)

 

 

Happy New Year!  Students focused on goal-setting this week!  They created “New Year, New Me” mobiles to hang above their desks to remind them of their goals.  Ask your child what they plan to STOP and START in 2019!

Speaking of goals and resolutions… students read “Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!” by Stephen Manes.  Day 1 of the challenge was to wear a broccoli necklace for 24 hours.  Moral of the story – NO ONE IS PERFECT… and that is o.k.!  Practice makes progress… not perfect.  🙂

Measurement at work with partners

Thank you to Mrs. Charalambous for being our guest reader today!  We enjoyed hearing “Mr. Peabody’s Apples” by Madonna and “Probuditi!”  by Chris Van Allsburg. What great lessons on the importance of HONESTY and NEVER under-estimating the power of a younger sibling!  😉  We also super appreciate the delcious and nutritious snacks – Popcorn, veggie straws, pretzels, sardines, seaweed, and Vienna sausages! HA!  Believe it or not, ALL snacks were consumed!  

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes; the importance of following steps in a process; antonyms, synonyms, root words

Writing: Recording Facts

Math:  Measurement

Science:  The Human Body

Students of the week:

Colvin and Gianna

Thanks for having accountability and being KIND this week!

Important Dates:

• 1/17:  PTAO meeting at 8:35 am
• 1/18:  Report cards on HAC
• 1/21:  MLK DAY – Student/Teacher holiday
• 1/24:  Mystery Reader – Brandon Goldberg
• 1/29:  Permission slip and $3 due for traveling zoo
• 2/5:  SAC Meetingat 3:00 in Media Center
• 2/8:  Mystery Reader – Heather McMandon
• 2/7:  Interims
• 2/14:  Whitney Lab traveling zoo;
• 2/15:  Teacher in-service day, student holiday
• 2/18:  Presidents Day – Student/teacher holiday
• 2/21:  PTAO Meeting at 6:00 pm, STEM NIGHT!  Come see me!
• 2/22:  Mystery Reader:  Donna Swan

Reminders:

• Save the date!  2nd Grade Swim Week – May 6 – 9 (make-up date May 10)