Wow! Our last week of school is complete. It's hard to believe that the year is already over. I will greatly miss our class! Thank you so much for all of your support and encouragement throughout the year. I feel extremely blessed to have gotten to know you and your amazing kids! Praying for safe travels this summer for everyone, and I'm excited to see everyone again in the fall.

Keep encouraging your kids to read and write all summer long:)

Here are some pictures of the last weeks' festivities!

Artist Wayne Trinklein taught the class about his artwork

The students got to make their own trees!

The kids received engineering challenge bags with materials and directions. The goal was to create a pom pom launcher that could launch a pom pom as far as possible out of the materials provided within the time span of 18 minutes.

It was really fun to listen in on their discussions about why or why not an idea would or would not work. 

We had some great engineers! Some groups launched their pom pom entirely across the room! 

Jackson Pollock Day was a blast!

DCE Aaron Hansen came in to read the kids a book

Another engineering challenge involved building a strong enough tower out of spaghetti noodles to support a marshmallow. 

It's hard to believe that the year is almost over!
A few end of the year reminders and information:
-No school on Monday for Memorial Day
-Tuesday: Professional sculptor, Wayne Trinklein, will visit second grade. Mr. Trinklein will talk to the students about being a professional artist. He will also bring in supplies to teach his craft and give students the opportunity to experiment with using copper.

Here is a link to his websites if you would like to take a look at his work:

http://www.grandnatural.com/

http://waynetrinklein.com/
-Wednesday is Jackson Pollock Day. Bring a change of clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting covered with paint. This will also be a no backpack day!
-Thursday's lunch recess will feature an ice-cream truck with peanut free, ice-cream treats for the kids to purchase. All treats are $1 or $2. We will be cleaning out desks on Thursday as well!
-Thursday Evening at 7pm is 8th grade graduation
-Friday is a no backpack day and we will dismiss at 10am
-Report Cards will be sent in the mail on Wednesday, June 3rd.

Congratulations to Evelyn, our 2nd-4th grade spelling bee champion!

Researching a place to travel for our vacation projects

Pointillism inspired by Georges Seuret 

The kids acted out a skit from our religion books. Paul, Silas, and the jailor at Philippi provide quite an encouraging story!

Researching wildflowers native to Kansas for the story, "Sarah, Plain and Tall."

Friday May 15, 2015

The kids did a great job at their musical!

Proposing changes to meet the needs of a community

Proposing changes to meet the needs of a community

In math this week, the kids created a survey questions and 4 options, then went to a different classroom to conduct their survey. They completed the project by graphing the results. 

Memory: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.    

Romans 3:23

Spelling: We will be testing this week over 2nd grade high frequency words. We will have a pretest on Monday, and practice them in class, and then retest to see how much we improve!

Grammar/Phonics: Open and Closed Syllables, Review of parts of speech

Reading: Sarah, Plain and Tall

Math: We have finished up on our tests, so we will be doing math centers most of the week

Social Studies: We will continue to learn about how communities change, and will begin a short project on summer vacations

News and Information:

-No school on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25

-Our last day of school will be Friday, May 29. This will be a no backpack day and we will dismiss at 10am.

The kids did a wonderful job during their literature circles

They asked each other great questions and I overheard some great discussion going on!

We went to Ms. Buerges' room to observe 5th grade science projects

The kids asked lots of questions and took notes 

We went outside for some simon says to practice our math terms of translation, rotation, and reflection

Then we did our homework outside too!

Thank you to our party planning committee for donating the clipboards! We LOVE them!

Spelling: Lesson 31 aught/ew
caught, taught, daughter, jewel, chewable, newer, fewest, interview, nephew, newsletter
Memory: For your were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.      1 Corinthians 6:20
Reading: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Grammar/Phonics: Prefixes and Suffixes
Math: Test on Tuesday
Social Studies: Chapters 9-10 Communities Grow and Change

Writing: Opinion Writing

News and Information:

• Second grade will sing for the 5pm church service on Saturday 5/9
• Next Friday, 5/15 will be a spirit day
• We will have a special chapel next Thursday to celebrate Christ's ascension. There will be a Zion service that night at 7pm.
• VBS registration is open, be sure to sign up for a week of learning about Jesus while have a lot of fun!
• Be sure to get all library books turned in. We had our last day of library this week. 

Writing Sentences with Subjects AND Predicates

Sentence Practice

Playing "Zap It!" during Math Centers

Playing "Speed Dice" during Math Centers

Differentiated Math Instruction using Adapted Mind

Happy May Day!

Memory: Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.  Ephesians 4:29

Spelling:Lesson 30 ee and double consonant
agree, between, career, deeper, eighteen, middle, anniversary, opportunity, different, support

Grammar/Phonics: We will continue to review sentence structure

Reading: We will begin a literature unit over the novel, "Sarah, Plain and Tall"

Math: Lessons 123-125

Social Studies: How Communities Grow and Change

Other News:

• The time for the musical on Friday May 8th has changed slightly. The musical will begin at 7:30 and the kids are asked to be there at 7pm.
• Next week is a "Week of the Young Child." The dress up days are as follows: 
• Monday: Sports Shirt Day-wear a sports shirt of their favorite team 
• Tuesday: Favorite Color Day 
• Wednesday: Spirit Day - Wear red or white or Zion wear 
• Thursday: Stripes Day 
• Friday: Mismatched Socks Day 
• 2nd graders will sing at the 5pm service on Saturday, May 9