We made Peep S’Mores and wrote Peep poetry for our Spring Celebration last Friday.  A good time was had by all!  Even Ms. Fennell tried a Peep, but only after shouts of, “Eat it! Eat it! Eat it! Eat it!”  Here is a sample Peep poem written by one of our students.

yellow Peeps

sparkly yellow Peeps

nasty, sparkly, yellow Peeps

puffy, nasty, sparkly, yellow Peeps

fluffy, puffy, nasty, sparkly, yellow Peeps

Peeps, Peeps!

Our class celebrated 2014 with a countdown to 1:00pm on January 2.  We watched fireworks (on the computer), blew horns, and wore party hats.  After the countdown, we enjoyed some sparkling apple cider.  We invited Mrs. Baeta and Mrs. Davis to join in on our toasts.  We toasted to a great new year and all agreed that we can’t wait to learn and grow in 2014!

Before we went off track, we read the book Corduroy, by Don Freeman.  We got to bring our favorite stuffed animals to school.  We were so excited!  Queen Fen Fen came to our class and we wrote 2 whole paragraphs about our favorite animals.  Here are a few quotes taken from our writing.  I’m sorry I missed some of you in the pictures.

“If Chloe went on an adventure like Corduroy, I think she will get out of bed and set the party up.  Then she will wake the other animals and dance crazy too and eat pizza!” (Ava)

“Fixerter is a blood hound.  He is black and his ears are striped.” (Honey)

“Jerry is round and is a furry cow.  The color is black and white polka dot, and that looks smart.” (Justin)

“If Shareton went on an adventure like Corduroy, I think he would find a tail because he does not have a tail!” (Haylie)

“I got Keaton Jr. when I was 7.  Keaton Jr. is a bear.  He is fluffy and he is cute.” (Keaton)

“Jake has yellow dots and black and the yellow sometimes gets in the black hair.  He has an old looking tail.” (Jordan)

“Fluffy Pants is my favorite because he is fluffy and cute and I like it when he smiles.” (Scarlett)

“Ellejellka has bright eyes.  Her favorite food is steak.  She likes to eat it.” (Cornelia)

“Aflac is my favorite.  He makes a sound and I laugh so hard.  I think when he slips out of bed he would maybe go to the pond.” (Christopher)

“If Pooh went on an adventure like Corduroy, I think he would go wandering off trying to find some pants.” (Kyla)

“Noname is a lion.  Noname is sometimes brown.  My sister got me this lion.  Noname is my favorite because he is fun to play with.” (Anthony)

“I think Pillow Pets would go into the kitchen at night and pour some milk and eat all the cookies out of the cookie jar and go to bed.” (Katrina)

“Patrick is my favorite because he keeps me warm when I sleep at night.  He is cool and so fluffy.” (Ameer)

“Logen is cute with a bow.  Logen has shinky black eyes.  He likes to watch Spongebob Squarpants with me.” (Jacob)

“If Piggy went on an adventure like Corduroy, I think she will go to a castle and be a princess.  Piggy is my favorite stuffed animal and I love her so much!” (Wanqi)

“I got Lilly for my fourth birthday from mom and dad because I was scared of the dark.  Lilly is my favorite becaues she helps me sleep and plays Candy Land with me.” (Kai)

“Happy has snow white fur and a glittery bow.  Happy also has a lot of beautiful dresses and shorts.  My grandpa gave Happy to me.” (Gabby)

“Archie is my favorite because he warms me at nightime and keeps the monsters and zombies away.  He fits great in my arms.” (Eknoor)

“Puffin is a panda  and his hears and paws have leaves on them.  It has an orange tail, pink paws, and warm and green eyes.” (Lexi)”

“Lilly is a blue and sparkly bunny.  Lilly has a colorful nose and bright purple eyes.  Sometimes I put a flower on her ear.” (Hannah)

“Lisa is light brown with black eyes.  She is little and soft.  I got Lisa from my father when it was Valentine’s Day.” (Stefania)

“Rabecca is my favorite because I feel like monsters are in my room and she makes me feel safe.  I also play with her everyday.” (Leila)

“I got T-Rex when I was 7 because he is cool.  He has sharp teeth and he has blue eyes.  I play with him on Fridays.” (Clifford)

“If Lucky went on an adventure like Corduroy, I think Lucky would hide in my room and make a mess.  Then he would wake me up.” (Janelle)

Today I went to the garden.  I saw different kinds of fruit.  I also saw tomatoes that were red, green, and yellow.  I also saw apples watermelon, and grapefruit.  The grapefruit it was green.  There were other living things like bugs, butterflies, and bees.  I also saw baby ladybugs, dragonflies, and caterpillars.  I also was with Honey my classmate.  The garden was great! Happy Digging!

-Gabby

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I took a clipboard with me.  I observed stems and leaves.  Some stems are curved, skinny, long, fat, short, and pointy.  Some leaves are thick, thin, dried, bumpy, smooth, and different shapes and sizes.  My favorite thing was looking at the pink and purple pretty flowers.  Going to the school garden is my favorite thing to do!

-Leila

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I observed flowers.  Some flowers are very tall.  Some stems are long, short, and fat.  There were sunflower seeds.  Some stems are long, short, and fat.  I saw bugs and ladybugs.  I saw red and green tomatoes.  There were thick and thin leaves.  The grapefruit was green and not ready to eat.  The roots are very very rough.  I saw a baby worm and a bee.  Flowers are different colors on flowers.  Nobody could see the roots, but I saw sunflower roots!  Some flowers are different sizes.  Some plants are small and  big.  The leaves felt so dried.  I hope we can go to the garden again.

-Lexi

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I had a pencil in my ear and a professional clipboard in my hands.  I saw a butterfly and some other bugs like baby ladybugs and mama ladybugs and even some plants like tomatoes on a bush.  Some were even green and yellow and red and some were orange too!  I can’t tell you all the pretty flowers we saw.  We saw pink ones, purple ones too, and some orange.  Also we saw a huge sunflower at the garden.  It was bigger than me and I am pretty big if I say so myself!  The garden was great!

-Haylie

Today we went to the garden.  I took a clipboard with us.  I observed bugs.  I saw sunflowers.  I like sunflowers.  I like everything.  I think red is nice and I like red flowers.

-Anthony

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I took my stuff with me.  I observed fruits.  We found fruits.  There are corn, tomatoes, grapefruit, apples, watermelon, and I saw some bugs.  There are dragonflies, ladybugs, butterflies, bees, caterpillars, and then I saw seeds.  There are big leaves, thick leaves, thin leaves, small leaves, different leaves.  Stems are long and short.

-Ava

On Monday we visited the school garden.  i took a clipboard with us.  I observed flowers.  They are pretty.  I also observed bugs.  I saw a butterfly.  It was a pretty light blue and a dragonfly.  It was red.  I saw fruit.  The grapefruit it was not ripe.  I like going to the garden.

-Kai

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I took a clipboard with me.  I observed bugs.  They are amazing.  Ladybugs are red.  I also saw ants and dragonflies and wood bugs.

-Honey

On Monday we went to the school garden and brought a clipboard with us and pencils on our ears.  We found lots of different kinds of flowers.  The flowers have different colors.  Every flower had a center in it.  Sunflowers are very tall when they’re fully grown.  The sunflower is so tall that it was taller than me!  I like going to the garden for science.

-Hannah

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I had a partner with me.  My partner shared her clipboard and paper.  We did observations on watermelons, corn, apples, and grapefruit.  And we also did observations on flowers.  All of the plants are different colors.  I saw sunflower seeds in the garden only.  It was great!

-Janelle

On Monday we visited Arlene Hein Elementary school garden.  I took a brown clipboard with me.  I observed flowers.  They are colorful.  They have different sizes.  We also leanred about fruit and bugs.  We saw one butterfly, a baby ladybug and a blue dragonfly.  We saw red and green tomatoes.  We also saw corn.  Going to the garden is fun!

-Wanqi

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I observed fruit.  I saw tomatoes, watermelon, grapefruit, apple, and corn.  I took a clipboard with me.  I had a pencil behind my ear.  We looked around the garden.  I had fun.  It was exciting to be at the garden.  I never knew the garden could be so much fun to go check the plants.

-Justin

On Monday we visited the school garden.  Flowers have a center.  My favorite thing was looking at the beautiful flowers.  I like all the butterflies.  They are cute.  I saw different flowers in the garden.  I like the fruit because watermelon is sweet.  The sunflowers have stems on them.  They are long and short.

-Katrina

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I took a clipboard with me.  I observed stems.  I also observed 5 bugs, roots, sunflowers, green and brown tomatoes, corn, spiky thorns, red apples, pretty flowers, and finally pretty butterflies.  I loved to go to the garden and be a scientist.

-Jacob

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I took a clipboard with me.  I observed leaves.  There were dry leaves.  There were small ones too.  I observed stems.  There were fat stems.  There were skinny stems.  There were some sunflower stems that were bigger than me!  And I observed flowers.  There wer colorful ones and small ones.  I also observed bugs.  There were dragonflies, bees, and ladybugs.  I did not see any seeds or roots because they were under the plant.  I also saw fruits.  There were watermelon, grapefruit, and corn.  There were some thorny plants and some bushes, stems, and sticks.  I felt good about everything in our garden.

-Eknoor

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I observed fruit.  In the school garden outside I saw grapefruit, watermelon, tomatoes, corn, and apples.  I also observed leaves.  There are thick leaves, dried leaves, different sizes.  The leaves grow and the leaves need water.

-Clifford

On Monday we visited the garden.  I took a clipboard with me and observed leaves.  Some were dried and some were bumpy.  I also looked at stems.  They were long and fat.  The flowers were all cool colors.  We didn’t see any seeds, but we know they were there.  We did see fruits like apples, and grapefruit.  The grapefruits were green.  The sunflower is bigger than me.  The garden is fun!

-Scarlett.

On Monday we visited the school garden.  I took a clipboard with me.  I observed flowers.  I saw different colors of flowers and different shapes.  I saw sunflowers.  They were big.  I also saw a bug.  It was a butterfly.  I also observed leaves.  I saw different shapes and different sizes.  I also observed fruit.  I saw tomatoes that were red, green, and yellow.  I saw green grapefruit.  Going to the garden was fun!

-Stefania

This week in class we learned a new game in PE and it is really fun.  We even are learning how to make 100 with tens.  We are reading The Library, and in Workshop, we are writing in our journals.  Second grade is really fun!

Hello Families and Friends!

I am enjoying getting to know all of your your children.  I can already tell that we have a great group and we are going to have a wonderful school year.  Thank you for stopping by to check out our website.  Most of the pages listed above are still under construction.   Under the Math tab, you will find games that are beneficial while studying Chapter 1.  The Spelling tab includes games covering our first spelling list.  I have also included a page for important documents.  Currently you will find the Back to School Night packet and Powerpoint.

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Enjoy these pictures from the first few days of 2nd grade!

-Ms. Fennell

Today we celebrated Pi Day!  March 14….3/14.  We used Skittles and M&M’s to find the ratio of a circle’s circumference and its diameter.  Although our answers varied, the ratio was slightly over 3.  We learned that the number pi is an irrational number and continues infinitely.  The world record for reciting Pi is up to 100,000 digits.  It took the man from Japan over 16 hours to recite that many numbers of Pi.

Packages, luggage, flash lights , chapstick, what am I missing?   We are readying for the Sly Park field trip.  We have waited too long for this trip, so we have to be extra careful with what we are going to bring.  We are going on a five-day field trip to the most famous place of all the time…..Sly park!

After the transportation, we stretched out to welcome the cool breeze of Sly Park. I stepped on the land of Sly Park, and saw the views I have never seen before. The fresh air made my lungs comfortable.  Splendid as it was, we still had a task to finish. We unloaded the packages, carried them to our room , and gathered around in the gym  .After about 10,000 hours(at least to me), we got to have a little fun at the gym. After a few seconds, all I heard was people shouting and cheering.  The basketballs were flying to the basket and suddenly met by other basketballs in the air. However, crowded as it is, there was still orders. It’s a good thing that everybody follow the rules because safety is important.

Hiking and learning is the main purpose why were we going to Sly Park. After we checked out our bunker cabin, we got our “armor” , fill our water bottle, hiking trails, and………check out mushrooms, rocks , and wild life. Our teacher in Sly Park told us how to recognize plants as poisoness or edible. Douglus Fir, for example, contains an abundance of vitamin C in its leaves, Dispite of my curiosity, I chewed on one of the Douglus Fir leaves, the sourness of it ran straight through my veins.

At last, we had to leave Sly Park. It was a misfortune to leave the place where we were all so glad to be. I took a last looked of Sly Park and thought when we will come back again.

In January, we made our Egyptian masks. We had a lecture on what to do, and then the fun began. Everybody got with a partner and they would one by one cover each others face. First, we got a paper bag filled with the materials we were going to use. Next, we had hard sticky vaseline rubbed all over our face. Then, we dipped some plaster strips in hot water to mold and cover our entire face. The strips were warm and gooey when they touched our faces. After the strips were on, we let them cool and harden. An adult slightly pulled the mask off and we were done. The mask process was not only weird but cool and I am totally looking forward to decorating them.