Catching Up

We opened up the classroom store before we went to Spring Break and spent our money that we have earned. CC was really thoughtful and shared her gumball machine with us.

Today I showed the kids how to practice their typing skills with the AlphaSmarts.
We are trying to keep our fingers on the home row keys and really, we are good at it already.

First we got to program them so they will keep track of the lessons we work through.

Here BU is working on his AlphaSmart.

We also finished up our art work today.

BC was very focused on his work and it is turning out beautiful.

KB and TD working on their typing skills.

Some of our art work for you to enjoy.

Art by CR.

Going For a Walk

We started the next newspaper today and we'll try to get it out to you before we go to break.

Writing is getting so much easier. Many of us are able to help each other edit our work and give helpful feedback. It is a fun process to watch develop.

It was too nice out today to stay inside so we headed out for a walk.
We got a block away and had to stop to tie shoes...which gave me the opportunity for a photo, a goofy one...

and then a "how can you not love them" photo.

Our plan was to go over a few bridges. Looks like I put them in a cage doesn't it?

Our second bridge.

It was fun to get out and enjoy the weather with this great group of kids.

Books on Tape

Reminder:

Pie Social is tomorrow!

Thursday, March 11th at 5:30

We are working on our fluency and we are having fun recording ourselves as we read.

Tomorrow we are going to choose a book that we can read well, then we will record our voice and draw, or take, pictures to make it into a book on tape.

i touch Learning

At the beginning of the month we got to check out the mini i touch lab from the ESD.

We have all kinds of reading and math apps on them.

They are fun to learn with and we are keeping them very busy.

I came across some of our science pictures and realized I didn't post very many earlier so thought I would add them to today's post.

On this day we were trying to build the strongest bridge.

It was fun to watch as we worked with partners.

Classified Week

We are celebrating classified week and here the girls are creating a top ten list of why we love them.

We practiced an intruder drill today. Here we are in the corner waiting quietly for the "all clear" signal.

Voicethread Story #1

AW and CR created a Voicethread Story called Lucky and Benny.

You can click below to view their story.

http://voicethread.com/share/937912/

Snack Sale Is Coming Up

Reminder -

All second graders have been asked to bring in some kind of snack for the Parents Club snack food sale this Friday.

Students will be able to purchase snacks for 50 cents.

Thank you!

New Blog

I have opened up a new blog site where the children will be doing all the posting.

We have a few posts already and many more on the way. We are working on correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. It won't be perfect, but we hope you enjoy it

and please leave comments to encourage us to share our lives with you. You can help us grow as writers and individuals because interacting with you makes learning so much fun.

Thank you for all your support.

See our new blog at: www.schimelkids.blogspot.com

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is possibly our favorite day of the year.

We had all kinds of good treats to eat.
Lots of good friends,
and special valentines.



Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Valentine Holders

This week we read a wonderful story about how Abraham Lincoln kept all his important papers in his tall top hat. We decided to make tall hats like he had and put our important Valentine's in .

We will have our Valentine party on Thursday since we don't have school on Friday.

Trophy

Today we went to a teaching assembly where the staff and leadership team taught us about the characteristic of being a "caring" citizen. At the end of the assembly one class of primary students is awarded a trophy for the best assembly behavior. Today we earned the trophy.

Another month has gone by so we opened up the store.

Everyone decide what they wanted to purchase with their pennies that they have earned.

I sure enjoy watching 7 and 8 year olds count money.

Have a great week end everyone!

Thanks for visiting.