Happy Halloween!

Today, our PIE (Partners In Excellence) Partners came. We made masks for Halloween and enjoyed a treat from them! The kids really enjoy having Angelique and Paige come to our classroom and do different activities with us. 

Yahir modeling his werewolf.

Franky and Kungsha putting their masks together!

Our class with Angelique and Paige.

Field Trip!!!

On Wednesday, our class went to the Prairie Heritage Center, near Peterson, Iowa. The kids had a great time and learned alot. We divided the day into four different sections. One section we learned about birds and discussed the wingspan of different birds! Our second section was about the different animals in the prairie hertiage center and we went on a scavenger hunt. Our third and fourth sections were outside. We played a game called predator/prey in the prairie grass and looked at different bones of buffalo. Then we went on a hike. Throughout our hike we had "boxes" to find, which had clues of a certain animal that we may see in the wild. The students loved using the clues to figure out the animal.

FUN FRIDAY!

2nd grade had a fun filled Friday! We started our day with a walk to the the Little Storm Lake Discovery Center to start our unit on animals! The kids really enjoyed this and saw evidence that animals had been there and saw some animals. To continue with our animal unit the BV County Naturalist, Katie was here to show us some animals. The students got to see turtles and snakes.

Some of our 2nd graders at the Little Storm Lake Discovery Center.

Turtle!

Bucket Fillers!!!!!

The conclusion of our day ended with the class filling their "bucket" of compliments and good behavior. Keep working hard 2nd grade!

Partners In Excellence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Partners in Excellence (PIE) came today. Angelique and Paige from Storm Lake United came and read us a story about jobs. We discussed what we wanted to be when we grow up!  Some answers: cop, FBI, teacher, football player

The 2nd graders are working very hard in class because they know that in order to reach their goal to have those jobs, they have to try their very best all the time!

Thank you Angelique and Paige! See you in October for our next adventure!

Looking Ahead!

Looking ahead at our schedule:

Thursday, September 27th: PIE partners (Storm Lake United) is coming to read a book to us.

Friday, September 28th: Walking to the boardwalk!

Wednesday, October 3rd: Field Trip to Prairie Heritage Center!

Good Character!

Congratulations to Jake, Hennessy, Damian, Brooke, & Lydia for reaching the top of our behavior chart. They worked hard all day, showed good character, and were always on task! Keep up the good work!

Good Behavior!!!!

Tristin was awarded for standing nicely and waiting for specials! He was being very respectful! Great Job Tristin!

Cesar was also awarded for waiting nicely! It is great to know I can trust him to be responsible and respectful! Great Job Cesar!


Reminders!

Friday, September 21st- Early Out at 12:25 (The homecoming parade is at 2:30 if you would like to attend!)
Monday, September 24th- NO SCHOOL

Spelling List!

Each student should have gotten a spelling list on Monday. Please practice the words at night. Their spelling test will be on Fridays.

Papers Coming Home!

Please look over the papers that come home with your child. There will be a vareity from community education, practice papers, and papers we have done in class. Please look over the papers with your child, as I may have wrote comments on their homework. After each unit in math, a DPP (Daily Practice Problem packet) will be coming home. Some of these problems will be done, and other will not. This is a great opportunity for extra math practice! If your child would like to do them for practice and bring them back, I would be happy to look over them! Some of these problems may be challenging for your child, while others will be easy.

 

Class Picture!

 

 

These are my wonderful 2nd graders! We are getting back into the routine of school. Each and every day they look forward to come to school and come in with a smile on their face. Hopefully it will cool down soon, so we can continue working on our routine! Thank you all for being patient and flexible on these early out days!

 

Silly 2nd graders!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to a new school year! I am very excited for this year and a new group of students. Here is a little about me. I am married and am expecting a baby in February. This is my 5th year teaching, but only my 2nd year at Storm Lake Elementary School. I love to come to school each day and see each of the students and help them grow. I look forward to meeting all of you at welcome conferences. I hope you are ready for a great year!