Our First Week!

 Friday, we made quilts to represent our special memories from our first week in second grade.  Here are a few samples of our quilts:

We also worked on our hopes and dreams for second grade.  Each student wrote about and illustrated  their hope.  Here are a few examples:

We are very excited for our week next week!  Have a super weekend!

First Day of Second Grade !

Today was a wonderful day!  It was very hot !  Here are the top five things that happened today:

5.  Ms. Anderson read Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook.  In the book, all of the characters popped out of the story and came to life.

4.  We learned about how to behave in the lunchroom.  We made a chart of what the lunchroom should look like, sound like and feel like.  Ms. Connelly asked us to put it up in the lunchroom.

3.  In math we learned about the numberline.

2.  We went to Phy. Ed. and met Mr. DePrez.  We played a tag game and jumped rope.

1.  Tonight we have four things to share with our families.

It was a super fun day and tomorrow will be even better!

Welcome to Room 109 !

Yesterday was Meet Your Teacher at Brimhall School.  It was wonderful to meet all of the students and their families who will be a part of our class.  I am looking forward to a great year together!

Here are a few pictures of our classroom:

This is our Guided Reading area where we will meet in small groups to learn about how to be good readers.

Wow!  Check our Classroom Library!

Read, Set, Learn!

We will learn about writing letters this year.

Wonderful Words and Literacy Work

Have a fun weekend and see you Tuesday!

Ms. Anderson

Whew!

Wow!  We had an AMAZING last day of school!  Here are the details:

We enjoyed a snack of apples, string cheese and rainbow goldfish while watching slideshows of all the pictures from throughout the year.  We took more time to sign yearbooks and poetry books.  Then we wrote in Special Times in Second grade for the last time.  Mrs. Anderson read us Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama.  We got our report cards and then it was time to go.  We all said goodbye to each other and to Mrs. Anderson.  We walked out to the buses and as we left the parking lot all of the Brimhall staff waved to us.

Have a Super Summer and Keep Reading!

Best of Luck in Third Grade!

Mrs. Anderson

Summer Reading

Here are some Summer Reading resources and links from Ms. Zbacnik:

-  Bookawocky : This program invites kids to read and record reading minutes and gives prizes as rewards for completing 20 hours of reading.

- Storytime and Summer Events : Here is a list of activities at the Roseville Public Library.

- Summer Reading List : This list was compiled by students at Brimhall.  Check it out for suggestions!  It is amazing!

Please remember to take a picture of you and your child or family reading and send it to Ms. Zbacnik at anna.zbacnik@isd623.org or you can bring your picture to Meet the Teacher in August.

Happy Reading!

Terrific Tuesday

Here are the five top things we did today:

5.  We played Jungle Tag in Gym!  Mrs. Brink was back.  It was awesome!

4.  In math, we did puzzles in groups.  It was hard at first, but we all finished!

3.  We met two of the third grade teachers and they told us what third grade would be like, what projects we will do and we got to ask questions.

2.  We looked through our Writing Folders.  Every writing project we have done is in the folders.  We read them all and picked our favorite one.

1.  We wrote "Remember Me" letter to Mrs. Anderson.

We will have our Poetry and Popsicle Party tomorrow!

Buddies are the Best!

Today we got to spend some time with our fifth grade buddies from Mr. Norman's class.  They gave each of the second graders a certificate for completing second grade.  Then we went outside and the second graders read their poems to the fifth graders.  The fifth graders gave the second graders some tips to improve their reading.  The kids also got a chance to play together on the playground.

It was so much fun to see the kids play together on their own.  The fifth graders helped organize a few games and activities with the second graders.  Both Mr. Norman and I enjoyed watching the kids interact and truly enjoy being together.  We were both very proud of the kids!  It was a fun experience for all of the kids.

Finally, we said goodbye and good luck to our buddies!

Mrs. Anderson