Happy Halloween!

Check this out, just for fun: Virtual Pumpkin Carving

Happy Halloween!! :)

Science: How do Plants Grow and Change?

In Science we have been learning about the life cycle of plants. Yesterday we enjoyed seeing the following video clips which are time lapse snippets of plants growing and changing. How cool?!

Open House Paper SlideShow

Thank you to all our families who came out to our Open House last week. It was a great success, and this paper slideshow was a big hit. Check it out here...

We Are Published Authors!

Over the last 5 weeks, we have been working on Personal Narrative writing in Writer’s Workshop.  Students have created stories from their own lives and found ways to stretch them out into narrative pieces.  We have had many lessons about zooming in, adding details, telling our stories moment by moment, starting with a great beginning and more!  Last week, we turned our pieces into the best writing pieces ever by creating and using our Personal Narrative Rubric.  Finally, it was time to celebrate our writing with a PUBLISHING PARTY!  We sat around in a circle, ate Tootsie Pops, and celebrated each other as writers.  Check out our student Z as he shares his Personal Narrative piece.

You can also read his work here:

Z's Small Moment

Class Favorites

Check out what we think is the best part of Second Grade...

*** You should be able to click the word cloud to zoom in  :)