Oregon Retired Educators Convention

Today we took a quick field trip up the the Red Lion to present how we use technology in the classroom for the Retired Teachers Association. We showed them the Promethean board, Internet sites we us for writing, reading, and math, and our itouches. I know they really enjoyed seeing how well the second graders worked together and how advanced their technology and speaking skills were.

Animal and State Reports

We have been creating Animal and State Reports using Glogster.
Click on the links below to see some of our work.

LG Hawaii

CF Water Buffalo

CC Spotted Hyena

CR Michigan

JC Mississippi

TD Montana

ZJ Texas

TS Alaska

MA Pelican

KM Sabertooth Tiger

GF Koala

More links to come.

CC New Hamphire

TP Oregon

CU Dolphin


GP Red Fox

AB Great White Shark

JA Great White Shark

CM California

TS Giant Sea Turtle

KS Connecticut

TS Florida



JW Zebra

CC Narwhal

Science

This week we have Eryn with us to teach us about Matter and Energy.















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Egg Hunt

Last week we colored two eggs each and then searched for them in the yard.

We had a great time and everyone found their own eggs.
We put our names on them so we search for only ours. If we see someone elses, we keep right on going.

Then if someone asks for help, then we might provide them with a clue.

Farm To Market

Today we enjoyed learning how our food gets from the farm to our house.

We got to see all the kinds of fruits and vegetables that are grown in our area.

This is a dragon fruit. It does not grow here, but was too neat to skip.

TD got new glasses, so cute! We also got to sample cumquats.

Looking at a map of what region certain products come from.

When we left, they gave us a bag full of great items. We each got a package of seeds to plant at home.

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Foil Art Work

We painted on foil paper today using the dry brush technique.

We will display the finished product at the Art Show next week.

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Art

Drawing the first step to our latest art activity.


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Math Operations & Pizza

Today the 3rd graders had a pizza party for selling the most Pie Social tickets.





We have a new math game. I put up 3 numbers and the students use those numbers to make the magic number using a variety of operations.

See You Around

Today was ZR last day with us, but we didn't say "Good bye" as we hope to still see her around.


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Recess

Recess is always fun when you have good friends.











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Jump For Heart

CR turned in his Jump For Heart contributions and got these prizes as a thank you.



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Thumb Scanning

Starting tomorrow, we will not have to type in our lunch number when we go through the lunch line. Today we scanned in our thumb print and from now on all we have to do is pass our thumb over this pad. This will get us to the table quicker so we have more time to eat our lunch. What do you think 2nd and 3rd graders? Do you need more time to eat?

Our Writing

We have been writing about some of our personal experiences. Click below to hear our stories.

M.A The Castle

J.A My Split Lip

G.P The Movies With My Mom

T.S My Bunny

Leprechaun Visit

After coming into a very messy room, we discovered a treasure hunt.


We had to use the mirror to read the notes.


Each clue sent us to another book. In the book, we collected important words that created a final clue.


We discovered a mess in the yard and knew we had to clean it up.











A few treasures were left behind for us. We found Lucky Charms, gold coins and green jello.


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