Mrs. Abrusezze treats The Second Graders to a special experience each year at this time. They are invited to wear their pajamas and bring a stuffed animal to the library to watch The Polar Express.
Thank you to our parents for donating the popcorn and drinks!
We enjoyed having our little friends in the classroom with us after the movie!
Bells were waiting for everyone when we returned to the classroom.
The kids put their buddies to work!
December has been a little bananas in room 205! A week ago we welcomed a visitor.
He arrived with a note.....
He's been pretty busy since he got here.
Today was HAT DAY at Shaker Lane. We collected a lot of food for Loaves and Fishes!!
We ran into George, our awesome custodian, when we were delivering our cans.
Hopefully you saw the last post about the worldwide initiate we took part in called "HOUR OF CODE". Here we are in the Computer Lab with our certificates!
Click on the link to the Shaker Lane Website under "Helpful Websites" on this blog, then access the Computer Science tab. Mrs. Lord has posted links to coding programs and apps for kids.
Shaker Lane is participating in a world wide movement called Hour of Code.
Mrs. Lord started us last week for our first 30 minutes.
We learned to write basic code.
This week we returned to the lab to complete our hour of code.
President Obama cheered us on!
Thanksgiving is for giving thanks.
We've talked a lot about what we're thankful for lately. It's nice to have a holiday to remind us of such an important feeling. We've discovered we're thankful for BIG things like our lives and our families and little things like cookies and sharp pencils.
One day I asked the kids what they were thankful for that tastes good. Those were easy answers. Next I asked them what they were thankful for that tastes bad. That took a little more thought.
"Medicine because it helps me."
"Vegetables because they're good for me."
"Potatoes because I don't like them but my family does."
The whole Shaker Lane Community is feeling thankful this time of year !
I'm thankful to work at a job that I love. I sat down one night to think about one thing that made me smile about each student. I hope everyone already knows that I'm thankful for them, but just in case, this is a great opportunity to be sure!
We'll have our own little feast.....
I'll let the kids tell you what's inside those "turkey legs".
You may enjoy these Thanksgiving Resources for a little family fun!
Printables.familyeducation.com. (Search Thanksgiving printables)
We're a group with many talents....
Earlier this week we practiced using time ordered words such as first, then, next, and finally to write directions. Some chose to organize their steps using bullets or numbers. We published our results.
Here are a few sample recipes:
I must say, I learned many new techniques and picked up some great tips! Everyone brought home a book today. Be sure to check out all of the recipes.
We finally filled our HEART jar! It's quite a feat earning 100 hearts.
We voted to celebrate by bringing in our favorite games. It was a lot of fun sharing them with each other.
Honesty Effort Acceptance Respect Take responsibility
To honor our veterans and bring meaning to this day, we asked our second graders to talk with their families about veterans they know or have known.
Names were sent in and added to our Wall of Honor.
Thank you Mrs. Sturtz for writing every name!
You've earned a heart for EFFORT!
The children have taken great pride in finding names of friends and family and sharing them with others.
Reading stories has helped us to understand big ideas like "sacrifice", "honor", and "commitment".
To all of our veterans...
Thank you for your courage and service to our country.
We honor you this Veterans Day.
As we learn about immigration, we're discovering that our families came to America from many different countries. Each student is researching a country from his or her heritage.
We're using books, maps and technology to find out about the culture, the region, the flag and other cool facts!
Students with the same heritage are researching together.
Today we finished our ancestor dolls. They are clothed in traditional dress from their countries.
We'll be watching the movie Molly's Pilgrim,
next week. This Academy Award Winning
Short Film inspired this project.
Along with our heritage, we've learned a bit about out extended families. Our FAMILY TREE project showed how families branch out but are connected by roots. Many children were surprised to see the visual comparison of each side of their families.
Here's a song we learned from Tom Chapin about Family Trees.
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