We had an exciting visitor come to our room unexpectedly this morning. There we were, busy and minding our own business when we all turn around and saw SANTA! You could tell by listening to him and looking at him that he was just magical! He keeps his little doggie with him all the time. She keeps his lap warm on those cold Christmas Eve nights. Buttercup is adorable and was not stressed out by 17 little hands reaching up to touch her.

Tomorrow will be loads of fun rotating classes while we learn about Christmas in other countries. Then it will be PARTY TIME! Hope to see you all there at 11:00 tomorrow!

Mrs. Cooper

Week 16 Dec. 12-16 and 19-20

This is the last week in the first semester of our second grade year!!!

**Reading CBA on Tuesday, December 13

**Math CBA on Wednesday, December 14

**PTA Christmas Choir on Tuesday, December 13, at 7:00p.m in cafeteria

**Chapter book for christmas Party due this Friday, December 16. Please wrap the book and put who is from.

**Christmas Party December 20, will begin at 11:00-12:30. Parents are welcome. We will be sending the kids to p.e. at 12:30. School will release at 1:25. You are welcome to sign your child out anytime during the party, if you choose to, and it will not count as a partial day absence. Students may choose to get both the pizza and cafeteria lunch if they desire.

Learning for the week:

Reading - Fact and Opinion - discuss with your child facts vs. opinions with commercials, ads, e-mails, mail, etc.

Spelling - Review this week over long e (ee,ea), long i (igh,i,ie), words ending in k,ke, or ck, and double the consonant when adding er, ing, or ed.
locket alike silk pickle chuck sneeze speech cheap dream peace bigger slipping grinning shopped trapped nightlight flies spider behind cried

Writing/Grammar - Edit and publish persuasive letters

Math - Review and take CBA

Science - Continue study of mealworms and begin unit of milkweed bugs

Social Studies - Back in Time - What are the differences between ancient and modern times?

Class Field Trip Pictures!

Mrs. Wuest's class

Here are a few more field trip pictures!

Mrs. Thompson's Class

Mrs. Cooper's Class

Mrs. Friedman's Class

Week 15 December 5-9

First off I would personally like to say thank you to all the wonderful parents who were able to attend our field trip with us. The kids loved it and the teachers were appreciative of all your help. Mrs. Cooper has posted some, not all, of the photos in another post on our blog.

Any late work or re-do work your student may have must be turned in by the end of this week as there is only 1 full week, after this one, left in this 3rd 6 weeks.

If you have not already returned your progress report please do so to your teacher.

PTA Christmas Choir performance coming up on Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00p.m.

Christmas party letters went home today. Please make sure you sign up and return your sheet as soon as possible. We are asking for $3 from each child and a wrapped chapter book for the book exchange.

Our learning this week:

Reading: We are focusing on digital media this week which includes e-mail, e-books, video games, interactive websites, and internet.

Spelling: Long i spelled ie, i, or igh
bright high nightlight fright lie cried tried files child kind pilot title

Writing: We will be writing persuasive letters (ex: letter to mom of why we should get that special toy for Christmas)

Grammar: Correct capitalization and punctuation of letters

Science: study of live organisms and mealworms continues

Social Studies: What caused the Civil war and the nation to grow

First of all, I am new to blogging so the pictures aren't in the order I would have liked! I hope you enjoy the pictures of some of our students having the time of their lives!

Mission accomplished! The field trip was a success! We went, had a great time and returned with only minor injuries, and just a few of those. Everyone LOVED the musical. The students were engaged throughout with all of the wonderful acting, singing, dancing and drumming. I was amazed with the talent displayed as well as the behavior of our awesome second graders. We were happy to get moved right to the front of the theater from our seats in the back. We would also like to express our appreciation for ALL of the chaperones who helped more than they know. Field trips would not be as fun or even possible without you! We enjoyed seeing your children having fun with you as well! They were all proud to show you off!

Although the weather was dreary, we decided to go ahead with the original plans of going to the park for a picnic lunch. The best part of the park was that besides us, it was empty! The children had the entire playground to themselves. We got to play for an hour or so before loading the buses to return to school. The teachers AND students (probably the chaperones too?!) were happy to be back at Galloway Elementary. Although the day seemed already full, we had still time to have Reading, Centers and a short Writers Workshop.

Get some rest Second Graders! We have another week packed with lots of learning!