Fire Fighters

This week Katie was our STAR of the week. She brought in her dad, who is a fire fighter, to teach us all about what it means to be a fire fighter. Katie's parents sent up four stations for the kids to do. It was really informative and the kids loved it! Thank you!

 We learned how to make a temporary cast.

 We also learned how to do CPR.

Catching up in 2014

We've had a busy 2014 so far!

We were lucky enough to be invited to the 7th Grade plant exhibits. The kids had so much fun and learned a lot! We learned where chocolate comes from, how pencils are made, which companies sell the most cotton, where coffee comes from. It was wonderful!

We've had a couple STAR of the Weeks since we've been back...

Miss Channing was one of our STARs of the Week. She brought in her mom, dad, Grandma and Grandpa. Her Grandfather started a foundation called "Ride for 3 Reasons." He talked about his travels and discussed the importance of giving back to others.

 Torri was also another of our STARS.

 Torri brought in her mom, who is a nurse. She brought in supplies for us to make a First Aid Kit. It was very helpful.

We've also been learning about multiplication and division in math. We've been playing games to help us with our facts. 

Polar Express Party

The week before Christmas we had a Polar Express Party. We had read the book and did some activities and journal writing with it. I let the kids bring their pajamas, slippers, and stuffed animals to watch the movie. We had tickets, ate cookies, and drank chocolate milk. The kids had a lot of fun! 

Christmas Party

The Friday before Christmas, we had our classroom Christmas Party! It was a blast! The kids did Mass and did a wonderful job, then we came back to the classroom to party. The moms thought of some very fun activities and brought some delicious snacks. Thanks moms, we couldn't have done it without you. 

 We also celebrated Chloe's birthday!

 Cute little Santa treats

 I think the kid's favorite activity was the snowman game. Each pair had to make a snowman using a whole roll of toilet paper. It was so funny.

 Hard at work

 The winners!

 Another finished product!

 We also made some snowflake ornaments.

 Showing off their ornaments.

Multiplication and Division

The past two weeks we've been working on multiplication and division. Since it can be a tricky concept for 2nd Graders, we tried to make it very hands on and concrete.

 We used our smartboard to make groups of.

 We split our cubes into "equal groups" and wrote division sentences.

Christmas Play

The kids did a great job putting on the Christmas Play. They sang some beautiful songs and all looked so nice in their holiday outfits.

 Practicing the day before.

A new member of our class

Our friend, Nicholas bought our class an Elf on the Shelf. We read the book and voted on names. We decided on the name Elfis (like Elvis). haha It was pretty creative if you ask me!

 The first morning Elfis was doing Bar Modeling.

 Then he hid in our cubes.

 He dressed himself with our Wiki Stix.

 He wrote us a note and burried himself in our canned goods.

Last Friday, he took a nap!