Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Special Friend Day

The week before Thanksgiving was a short and fun week! On Tuesday we had our special friends come and visit us in the morning. They came to chapel with us, made a fun Thanksgiving turkey craft with us, and then ate some yummy donuts and juice with us. We loved having these special friends come and visit us in our classroom! Here are some pictures with our special friends:






























After our special friends left for the day, we did an exciting math activity where second graders had to purchase items for their Thanksgiving meal without going over their $25 budget. Students enjoyed "shopping" around and deciding which items they could afford for their Thanksgiving meal. Here are a few pictures of students shopping for their Thanksgiving meal:


























At the end of the day, our second graders were surprised with the opportunity to get together with their sixth grade chapel buddies to do some activities with them. In the sixth grade room, students read together, while in the second grade classroom they had a "Mayflower Challenge" where students were given a few items to create a Mayflower boat that would hold up and not sink when pennies were placed in the boat. Students enjoyed reading and working with their chapel buddies throughout these activities. Here are a few pictures of students working with their chapel buddies:







































Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 9, 2018

Coming Soon...

For the past few weeks our second graders have been busy writing our classroom book entitled "Our Christmas Traditions". Today, we will finalize our book and mail it into the book company so that they can create official copies of our book. Students are very excited to see their writing in an actual book! For the past three years I have had my students write a classroom book and each year my students get excited about becoming authors and illustrators. Below is a sneak peak at the cover of our book as well as previous books created by my students. We can't wait to share our writing inside of our new book with all of our families this Christmas!