Scaring away drugs!!!

Friday we had some awesome scarecrows in 2nd grade to help us "Scare away Drugs" in honor of Red Ribbon Week. Check out some of the scarecrows from our classes......

Mrs. Shaw and her scarecrow girls

We also had a visit from Ronald McDonald Friday morning and our very own, Mrs. Carrell, was called to the stage to be one of his helpers......way to go Mrs. Carrell!

What will we be learning for the week of November 1st - 5th........

Math: This week we will continue our study of place value of numbers to 999. Our focus this week in our place value unit to 999 will include recognizing patterns when skip counting, and comparing numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to in the number sentence. We will have a place value test on Friday.

Science: This week in science we will be exploring light energy. We will perform a few different experiments to show that light effects the color of objects, light affects temperature, and light effects the appearance of objects.

Social Studies: This week we will continue our unit on government. We will continue our discussions on the functions of local, state and national government. We will be focusing on national government this week and take a closer look at the White House, Capitol Building and the Supreme Court Building. We will learn who works in each of these buildings in Washington D.C. and what their job is at each building.

Language Arts: This week we'll begin a study of the author, Marc Brown. He is most famous for his books about the beloved aardvark, Arthur . We will take a look at some of Marc Brown's very first Arthur books and how they have changed over the years. We will also learn how he got his ideas to start the series many years ago. We will also be learning how to write a friendly letter and be proofreading and editing some letters in class this week as well.

What we will be learning for the week of.......October 25th - 29th

Today in Language Arts the students participated in a Reader's Theater of "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything". We worked on using expression in our voices while reading! Here are a few pictures from the groups as they were reading today......enjoy!

Check out what we will be learning this week at school.........

Math: This week we will begin our study of place value of numbers to 999. We will explore different ways to show numbers. For example: expanded form 400 + 50 + 3 = 453, using the number in written form--four hundred fifty-three, drawing a "quick picture," and writing it as a 3-digit number. Our place value unit to 999 will also include recognizing patterns when skip counting, and comparing numbers using greater than, less than, and equal to in the number sentence.

Science: This week in science we will be exploring different materials that work together to become a system or structure. For example we will look at certain materials based on their physical properties such as: "bricks are good building material because they are hard and sturdy."

Social Studies: This week we will begin our unit on government. We will begin to discuss the functions of local, state and national government. Our focus this week will be on making the students aware of these different parts of our government and how they work together. We will also look at how a bill becomes a law.

Language Arts: We will be reading fiction and non-fiction stories about pumpkins this week and doing lots of fun poetry about pumpkins and scarecrows. We will also be learning dictionary skills. For example, how to use the dictionary, guide words, parts of speech, and definitions. We will also work on putting words into ABC order throughout the week.

A visit from Wuzzy

Friday morning Wuzzy arrived in our classroom bright and early. He was ready to start the day in 2nd grade!



Wuzzy was a little bit frightened when he saw the poster about vampire bats hanging in the classroom (here he is with Mitchell covering up his eyes). Once we explained to him that bats are actually gentle, helpful creatures, he felt much better!



Several of the students enjoyed reading their library books to Wuzzy in class like Mattie did in this picture.




Wuzzy enjoyed listening to Paris share some of her writing.




Wuzzy LOVED Ameena's book about adjectives!




Wuzzy helped Eryn get prepared for her spelling test.

Evan and Issaih explained the cafeteria rules to Wuzzy and he was a very good listener and followed ALL of the rules. Way to go Wuzzy!

Wuzzy became great friends with our classroom bear, Brownie.

Alexis and A.J. explained how to do the morning warm-up and Wuzzy caught on very quickly.

Mrs. Shaw and Ms. Overbeck knew their students could be responsible and take good care of Wuzzy........and they did! Time for Wuzzy to go back to the clinic.......maybe he'll get to come and visit again soon!