Settling in to Second Grade

On August 21st, we welcomed 15 second graders into our classroom.  Emma is our newest classmate who moved here from Napoleon.  On the second day of second grade, all the elementary kids enjoyed a welcome-back afternoon full of fun activities.  Our class had a blast swimming then having popsicles at the park.

Second grade friends enjoy each other's company at the pool.

Kaitlan tried to keep her cast dry....tried

Cole and Levi 

Dominic swam until he was too chilly

Avery made cool designs with her pattern blocks

Gavin and Parker explore the attributes of pattern blocks

Taylee watches Emma build a 3-dimensional design

Addison and Emerson used many hexagons for their designs

Taylee and her grandma found many seeds for her science assignment

She mounted and labeled her seeds to create a nice display

Addison, Carson, and Treyton show the seeds they brought in for our science lesson on seeds.

Kierra works on her owl art project

McKenna is hard at work

Reading Month: Fun with Dr. Seuss

Second graders each read 200 minutes this month to reach their reading goals.  All second graders earned a trip to the new Muppet movie at the theater in Jamestown at the end of March!  Mrs. Deile is SUPER proud of her readers!!!

Second graders with their Dr. Seuss hats on Cat in the Hat day

Erik and Alex read together on Partner Reading Day

We met with the 5th graders to partner up and read on Partner Reading Day

When we read Because a Little Bug Went Ker-Choo!  the kids wore bandanas or brought handkerchiefs to school

A Cat-in-the-Hat hat with flair

Our classroom door

Our Cats

Winter Happenings

Here are some pictures of many of the activities that help to make winter seem to go by quickly.

Second graders with their cool recycle, reuse projects



The very, very, very old Mrs. Thielges and Mrs. Bader on the 100th day of school

Old Mrs. Deile and Mrs. Bader getting ready to go out and play Bingo after school

Mrs. Deile and Mrs. Thielges showing their age on the 100th day

Some 100-year-old first graders made their way onto our second grade blog

Look out for these 100-year-old second grade boys

Old lady, Aria, is using her walker to get around

Grace uses a cane to help her walk

Old Man, Javen needs suspenders to hold his pants up

In other winter news, math centers have been the perfect way to make sure we are learning the Common Core standards

Learning in small groups make skills easier to teach and ensures better comprehension

We all love Kalli, our high school tutor, who helps us during math centers

Speed Match helps us to learn those dreaded subtraction facts in a super fun way.

 

The cast of Missoula Children's Theater's production of Blackbeard the Pirate

Grace, Damon, Isaac, and Clay were sailors

Kelsey, Aubriana, and Kya were mermaids in the play