Chair Pocket Fairy Visits

Today some of us noticed that the "Chair Pocket Fairy" came and left us a bonus penny for keeping our chair pockets clean and organized.

We created really cute reindeer today for our December calendar.

Once they were up, we gathered around to see where ours ended up.

I enjoyed watching these two enjoy a quiet moment together reading a book.

We have earned another treat from our "Monkey Moments". (1 compliment = 1 monkey)

TP's mom made us her famous no bake cookies. Thank you!

String Games & Basket Raffle/Bingo Night

We have started using the dual pen option when working on our math.

It is nice to have two students working at the same time.

We read about "cat's cradle" in our reading book this week. and found this site that helped us learn a few tricks. http://www.alysion.org/figures/introkids.htm

Thursday evening many of us attended the Bingo & Basket Raffle.

We had a great turn out and many of us were crossing our fingers in hopes of bringing home one of these exciting baskets.

BC just starting a new game.

This is the basket JS wanted.

ER had a lot of fun with her friends and was hoping to bring our "Chocolate Lovers" basket home.

Thank you everyone for donating such wonderful items. I think the night was a great success.

Thank you Parents Club for organizing it all.

Turkey Cookies & Friends

We made these cute turkey cookies with our reading buddies today.

We put a blob of frosting on our gram cracker,
then secured an Oreo (double stuffed) cookie to it.
Next we stuck some candycorn candy between the oreo cookie to make the tail.

Finally we finished it up with a goldfish cracker for the head.

These were the fastest disappearing turkeys I have ever seen.

We are THANKFUL for good friends.

Lots of Information

Today while I was administering a reading test to a small group, I noticed this group of students. They quietly organized themselves and were "playing school" in the front of the room. They took turns pulling our writing words out of the container while the other students practiced writing them. Talk about making ME proud! These kids are every teachers dream.

It is a very busy time of year for everyone. I am going to try and help out by providing the following information. Feel free to participate in what you can and know that we appreciate everything you do for us.

1. Can Food Drive this coming week

2. Basket Raffle & Bingo for Books - November 19th

(Thank you for all the chocolate item.)

3. Hat Day - (Bring a can of food too) November 20th

4. Bake Sale - Friday, November 20th

5. We are creating Christmas labels (so don't buy any at the store). We will be selling them - $1 for a sheet of 10. Illustrations created by your second graders. They will be ready the first week in December.

Math Skills to Review

Does your child understand these concepts?

Counting money to one dollar.

Telling time to five minutes

Rounding to the nearest ten

Art & Friends

Every year I do a special project with my second graders that allows them to share their talents and help others in a very meaningful way. We create art work that we then print into cards. We sell those cards and with all the proceeds we help a family or two during the winter months. This is a great opportunity for us to realize that we can make a difference in the world. I will let you know when the cards are printed and ready for purchase.

After lunch our second grade buddies came over to practice our writing words together.
We partnered up and had a great time learning together.

We are stronger together.

Back to our art work. We are trying to create 3 different packages. An angle set, a zoo animal set, and a farm animal set.

We have enjoyed our art time and are excited to share them with you.

A few samples of what we have so far.

No spelling list this week.

Scarecrows Come Down

As sad as it was to take our scarecrows down, we sure had fun tossing the newspaper around as we took them apart.

Our wonderful volunteer came back from a trip to Seattle with these huge leaves for us.
Thank you Mrs. S.