Student of the Week...

Kyle is the Student of the Week for this week. Here are some interesting facts about Kyle.
1. Kyle's favorite toy is his toy guns.
2. He enjoys playing video games.
3. Kyle has a black lab named Buddy.
4. Sausage pizza and gatorade is his favorite food and drink.
5. Kyle's favorite actor is Andy Griffith.
6. Blue, yellow, green, and red are his favorite colors.
7. Kyle chose his Dad as the person he admires most.
8. Dove is his favorite season.
9. Kyle's favorite book is Cows.
10. He wants to be a police officer when he grows up.
11. Kyle's favorite vacation was Sea World.

Thank You, Mrs. Amy!!...

We just wanted to say Thank you to Mrs. Amy for donating the water bottles to the class. They are very excited to have them. THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!

Student of the Week...

Quentin was actually the Student of the Week last week but I wanted to showcase his interesting facts.
1. Quentin's favorite toy is a mp3 player.
2. Monopoly is his favorite activity.
3. He has a pet cat.
4. Drake and Josh is his favorite t.v. show.
5. Quentin's favorite food and drink are corn on the cob and cola.
6. Indiana Jones theme is his favorite song.
7. Quentin's favorite color is green.
8. Super Mario Bros. is his favorite ds game.
9. Quentin wants to be a scientist when he grows up.
10. He enjoys racing.
11. Quentin's favorite vacation was Hot Springs.

McCain, Obama, or Mr. Earl?...

We have been learning a lot about elections and presidents the last few weeks leading up to today's election. The school participated in a mock election yesterday. The results were Obama won. The students have been really excited and couldn't wait to cast their vote. The pictures taken above are part of the election packet. I took the students up after they voted and took their pictures by McCain, Obama, and Mr. Earl. Note: Mr. Earl is not running for president. He is the spokesperson for the school mall program. The information was sent home Monday and those need to be returned by Friday.

We learned some interesting facts about past presidents. Did you know that Eisenhower was a football coach? L. Johnson was a school principal. J.Q. Adams, Fillmore, and Garfield were teachers. Abraham Lincoln was a postmaster. J.F.K.'s favorite book was James Bond. Nixon's favorite song was "Home on the Range". Calvin Coolidge had a pet donkey. Buchanan was a boxer. These are just a few of the many facts we learned about past presidents. The students really seemed to enjoy learning about the election and the presidents.

Student of the Week...

Caroline was actually the Student of the Week a couple of weeks ago but because of computer problems she wasn't able to be showcased on the blog. These are some interesting facts about Caroline.
1. Caroline's favorite toy her baby doll and she loves playing with her baby doll.
2. She has a dog, cat, and horse as pets.
3. Caroline's favorite t.v. show is Zoey 101.
4. Pizza and Gatorade are her favorite food and drink.
5. Taylor Swift's Our Song is her favorite song.
6. Caroline's favorite color is purple.
7. Basketball is her favorite sport.
8. She listed fishing as her favorite season.
9. Caroline's favorite board game is Monopoly.
10. Magic Tree House books are her favorite books.
11. Caroline's favorite amusement park and vacation was Sea World in San Antonio.

Catch up page 5...

Dirt-n-Worms and Mummy Trouble (Catch up page 4)...

Our Fall Festival celebration was themed. Our special treat was in honor of the book Diary of a Worm which we read during our author study. The game we played was in honor of the book Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble. The students seem to enjoy the treat and the game.

Catch up page 3...

Catch Up page 2...

There are some duplicate pictures on this post. I couldn't remove them without messing up the post. Occasionally technology is not all it's cracked up to be.

Catch Up...

I want to apologize for not being able to update the blog. I am currently having some computer problems. It is not posting like I set it up to. I hope it will post on the blog though. We have had a lot happen since I was last able to post. We have had our Second Grade Music Program, Parent/Teacher Conferences, Pumpkin Contest, and our Fall Festival Party. I am going to try and post all of the pictures but as you can tell from above they are not posting in order. I will start with the Music program we had great attendance. I want to thank you for supporting this opportunity to let your children shine. I tried to get everyone's picture but Ms. G. had to pull some to get ready for their parts and I couldn't get them all. They did a FANTASTIC job!!! We had a wonderful turn out for the parent/teacher conferences. I was able to meet with 18/20 parents. I can not thank you enough for working with me to make this the best second grade year they could possibly have. We also had our annual pumpkin decorating contest. Tristan won first place with his bat from Bats at the Library. We had a tie for second place Seylor with her Frankenstein and Quentin with his Darth Mol. There were 13 entries. I have never had that many entries. The pumpkins were fabulous. We had a class election to vote on the pumpkins. We also had our Fall Festival Party last Friday. The students behaved really well and we had a lot of fun. There costumes were adorable. I would like to thank the parents for coming and helping out. Savanna received the award for Student of the Month for the month of October. I am going to try to get the rest of the pictures to post in another post. They are not posting in order though.

Fire Safety Week

This week has been Fire Safety Week. The Fire Department and Forest Service came out and spoke to the students about fire prevention and safety. We even had our picture taken with Smoky the Bear. We learned the importance of an evacuation plan. The fireman also told us what to do if our clothes ever caught on fire. We have to STOP, DROP,and ROLL.

They also survived end of quarter testing last week. I am very proud of them!!!

Student of the Week...

Tristan is the Student of the Week for this week. Here are some interesting facts about Tristan.
1. Tristan has one sister who is in the 6th grade.
2. Tristan's basketball is his favorite toy.
3. He has a pet yorkie.
4. Wipeout is his favorite tv show.
5. Tristan's favorite food and drink are chicken and root beer.
6. Brown is his favorite color.
7. Golf is Tristan's favorite sport.
8. Tristan named his Grandpa as the person he admires most.
9. When asked what his favorite season was Tristan replied deer season.
10. Dot the Flyer is Tristan's favorite book.
11. Tristan wants to be a dentist when he grows up.
12. Tristan's favorite place is the airport.

Visit from P.C. and Muscular Verbs

Visit from P.C.
P.C. dancing (sorry the lighting is not good)
Students showing their muscles and their muscular verbs.
Muscular verb list

We had a visitor come to our school on Tuesday. P.C. the drug and alcohol awareness car came to speak to the students about staying away from drugs and alcohol. In Writing this week we learned about muscular verbs. Muscular verbs are action words that truly describe the action.
Ex: The boy stepped over the water. (regular verb: stepped)
The boy leapt over the water. (muscular verb: leapt)
We read the book Stellaluna because it had a lot of muscular verbs such as clambered, murmured, gasped and many more. The students then brainstormed and came up with more muscular verbs. The list is pictured above. They came up with some really terrific muscular verbs.

I also want to brag on them. We didn't have anyone turn a card this past week. I am VERY VERY proud of them!!!! I tried a new seating arrangement and it is really working well.

Student of the Week...

Jacob is the Student of the Week for this week. Here are some interesting facts about Jacob.

1. Jacob has 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

2. Transformers is his favorite toy.

3. Jacob's favorite activity is video games.

4. Chicken and coke are Jacob's favorite food and drink.

5. Jacob's favorite color is blue.

6. Jacob chose his brother Kyle as the person he admires most.

7. No, David is Jacob's favorite book.

8. Jacob enjoys playing checkers.

9. Jacob wants to be an engineer when he grows up.

10. Texas is his favorite vacation spot.

11. Jacob's favorite thing to do is run around and play.

Pep Rally Part 3 ...

Andrew receiving the Principal's Award for Great Effort.
Lauren receiving the Student of the Month Award.
Students dancing at the end.
students dancing
There was a camera malfunction during the pep rally. I did not get a picture of Patrick telling
about Monday's lunch. He did an amazing job though.

Pep Rally Part 2 continued...

Carson D. explaining the Word of the Month.
Jasmine introducing Miss G. and Mrs. G.
Caroline singing Flag Waving American.
Tristan introduced and closed the pep rally.
Mrs. G. making her announcements.