Wrapping up the week!

Whew!  What a week!  We were so busy this week with learning and special projects.  Today, we had two tests!  Here is a quick recap of the last two days:

Thursday afternoon we did a special art project making fall trees.  We made the ground and traced a tree onto black paper.  Then we started cutting the circles that would be the leaves.  We talked about abstract versus real.  This was going to be an abstract tree because the leaves are circles.  It was a fun project that the kdis worked very hard to complete.  Look for them in the hallway outside of our class.

                                         

                                         

Today, we were very busy this morning with Literacy Workshop, a Literacy test and some extra read aloud time as a reward for good behavior.  We finished the second Mercy Watson book and started the third book.  We love Mercy Watson!

This afternoon, we had a math test and made our calendar pieces and pattern for Mr. Nelson's class.  Just before music, we had a chance to plant bulbs in the inner courtyard area otherwise known as the Peace Garden.  The PTA has asked the second grade to help beautify this area and keep it looking nice for the school.  We study plants in the spring and thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to talk and learn about bulbs and plant some!   We talked about bulbs this morning including what they are and how they grow.  This afternoon, we went outside and each of us planted a bulb.   We were the last class to plant bulbs in our area, so we also got to help put the dirt over the bulbs.  We are very excited to watch for our bulbs to come up in the spring.  

Listening as we learn how to plant the bulb.

Everybody had a chance!

Getting them in just the right place.

We planted Muscari also called Grape Hyacinth