Friday, September 15, 2017

A Week in Review

Here is a brief rundown of our week!

We worked on our Morning Meeting this week.  We really firmed up how we do various aspects.  We learned a new greeting and game.  Ask your child about the game - it was a HUGE hit!

We also worked on our Hopes and Dreams for 2nd grade.  We have the final copies hanging in our classroom.

We learned about a few activities we will do during Guided Reading Workshop time.  We are working on practicing these things so that they are automatic.

We learned about Bus Safety too this week!  We learned about waiting for the bus, getting on the bus, riding the bus, getting off the bus and the Danger Zone.

We started Literacy and learned about our families, stories and traditions.  We learned about making connections and using our schema.

Yesterday we had a great recess break in the morning that involved playing and snack.  It was awesome!  We also had library!  We checked out books!

Today was the icing on the cake!  We had our first assembly!  It was so much fun!  We learned about all the staff members of our school, met BLAZE our mascot, took a pledge to show Brimhall Pride and watched the teachers be a part of a game show all about positive behavior.  It was the best way to start our day!

We ended our day writing in our Symbol and Landmark books about the flag of the United States.  Everyone did a great job!

Happy Weekend!








































































Sunday, September 10, 2017

Library in 2nd Grade

Last Thursday we had our first visit to the Library at Brimhall.  Ms. Zbacnik and Mrs. McNulty helped us learn about how the library works and how we enter and leave the library.  

We will check out books in the coming weeks.  Our library day will be on Thursday, unless we do not have school on a Thursday or we are out of the building on a field trip.  I will let you know if there is a change.

In the mean time, please help your child find a specific spot to keep library books.  Please be sure the books are stored in a safe and dry location.

  













Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Today we . . .

Today we had another really good day!

Here are a few fun things we did!

1.  Learned more about each other!  We did an activity all about our friends in our class.  We found friends who did, had or liked certain things.  For example, find a friend who plays an instrument. Or find a friend who is wearing the same color as you.  It was lots of fun and got us to learn more about each other.


























2.  We also spent time exploring our math journal.  This is something we will use everyday.  It has parts we will complete in class and outside of class as homework.  We will formally start math Monday.  Be looking for homework each night.







3.  At the end of the day we took pictures on the playground.  We will put these outside our classroom door for the entire year!  They will go home with students at the end of the year.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

First Day of Second Grade!

What a fun day we had!  We did many things, here are a few highlights!  Ask your child about their day.  We did a sheet at the end of the day to help them think of four things they liked about their day.  I hope to see everyone tomorrow!



At the end of Morning Meeting we talked about how we are going home.

We read three really good books!

We worked on what a good friend looks like and doesn't look like.


Working hard!


We collected data about our names.
Working together!






Friday, June 9, 2017

Last Day of Second Grade!

Today was the last day of school.

First, we took care of some "must do" items.  We passed out report cards, work samples and fun summer work.

We read our Class Timeline books right away this  morning.  These books are full of all the fun things we did month by month along with special pictures.  We had a chance to read them and have our friends sign them.

Next, we had a snack while we finished the movie Ramona and Beezus.  It was such a good movie and there were similarities to the book we listened to last week.

Last, we read three books that sum up our year and how we are feeling about each other and our memories.  It was hard to say goodbye at the very end.  We had a chance to hug and give compliments as we left.

Thank you for an amazing year!  It was filled with many joy filled moments for all of us.

Happy Reading and Happy Summer!


























Thursday, June 8, 2017

Mill City Museum

Wow!  What a fun field trip we had today!  Ask your child what they remember and learned.  We did so many things and had lunch!  


Welcome, schedule and rules!



Exploring the exhibits!



All smiles at Mill City!



Ready to learn about water.



Making the turbine work.



Water lab - creating the falls!



Water = Power




Controlling the logs!



Teamwork!



More teamwork!







How heavy is water?







Looking at the ruins courtyard.



Learning about the flour mill.







Observation deck!








What a view!