Spelling Bee

Yesterday four of our second graders and four of our third graders had the opportunity to participate in the school spelling bee. All eight of our students did an amazing job and everyone enjoyed watching them spell up on the stage. Great job second and third grade spellers!

Valentine's Day Slime

Last week our second and third graders celebrated Valentine's Day by passing out their Valentine treats and doing some fun activities in the classroom. One fun activity that the second and third graders took part in was in making homemade slime! Second and third graders loved making the icky slime and getting their hands dirty as they had the opportunity to play with the gooey stuff. Below are some pictures of our fun Valentine's Day together, enjoy!

100th Day of School

This week our second and third graders celebrated the 100th day of school. To celebrate this special day, we decided to do some math centers that had to do with the number 100. At these math centers, students created a "100's day crown". To make this crown, students had to stamp, draw, or cut 10 things onto 10 strips of paper (because we know that 10 10's make 100). Once students finished decorating their crown, they were able to wear the crown around the school. Students loved showing these crowns off to the rest of the school!

During these math centers, students also played math games. One of these games involved rolling two dice 100 times to see what number they rolled the most. Second and third graders loved participating in these 100's day math centers!

Students also celebrated 100's day by thinking about what they are going to look like and what they are going to do when they are 100 years old. Students wrote about what they are going to be like when they are 100 years old and then they took a picture using an aging app. This aging app allowed students to get a glimpse of what they may look like when they are 100 years old. Second and third graders loved seeing these pictures! If you would like to get a closer look at these 100's day writings and pictures, feel free to stop by our classroom!

Happy 100th Day of School!

History of Michigan

Our second and third graders are finishing up our social studies unit on Michigan history. As we have been working through this unit of social studies we have been reading through our Michigan textbook as well as other trade books to discover somewhat of a timeline on the events that have happened throughout the history of Michigan as well as what life was like in Michigan hundreds of years ago. We often go through parts of our text together as a class in order to we answer questions about Michigan history. But for a bit of a change, last week we mixed things up and partnered up to answer questions by reading through the text. Students did an awesome job of reading through the social studies text and answering questions about the Toledo War and how Michigan became a state!

Christmas Craft Day

Before Christmas break, our second and third graders enjoyed walking around the school and making different winter crafts throughout the day. Here are a few pictures of some of the fun crafts that our second and third graders had the opportunity to enjoy!

Merry Christmas!