Good Morning!  Happy last week of school!  It is hard to believe that we are here already!  I hope you all have a great final week!  You certainly deserve it!

Here is our final weekly calendar! ->. June 8 – June 11

This week, I am primarily going to be asking the children to complete their reflection kites.  They have worked hard all year, so I am excited to let them have a great final week to celebrate all of their hard work.

I have scheduled a Zoom for today.  This is more just to spend some time together.  I am going to ask the children to share some of their plans, or “bucket list” items for summer.  I have sent out an email with a list of all of the zoom meetings for the week.

Here is a list of materials that the children will need to complete the activities for field day.Materials for Field Day 2020

I hope you all have an amazing final Monday!

Good morning!  Well done, second grade!  You have 3 1/2 days left!  I would love to see you post a picture of your habitat poster, when it is finished!

If you contacted me, or I reached out to you, today is the day to pick up your pencil box, from the school.  Someone will be there until 2:30.

I hope you all have an amazing weekend!  We will have a much lighter week next week.  The children will be working on their memory books, reflection kites, field day and a reading celebration!  As always, thank you for all that you continue to do!

Good Morning Everyone!  Happy Thursday!  Today, the children will be practicing fractions of a set with doughnuts!  I hope they have fun with that!  They will also hopefully be wrapping up their habitat research, as well!  They have been doing a great job!  There are two virtual field trips on the same post today.  One is with killer whales, and the other with porcupine fish!  Also, check out the reading celebration video, below!  Our kiddos did a great job, helping out with this!

Also, here is some information about our Virtual Field Day!

Family Field Day Letter

Good morning!  Looks like a drizzly day outside today.

Today, the children will be working on their habitat posters.  They should be pretty comfortable finding adaptations that are true for most animals in their habitats, or picking one NEW animal to talk about their adaptations.  They will also have more fraction practice.

There is a zoom today, for math questions.  This will not be a lesson, but more of a discussion of any concerns, or difficulties the children may be having.  So, drop in, if they have questions.

Also, check out the cool live jellyfish cam – posted as an optional assignment!

Thank you to all that participated in the sing-along yesterday!  You guys were flexible and amazing!  I am so proud of you!

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday!

Good morning everyone!  Phew, I couldn’t tell if it was spring, or fall yesterday.  There certainly was a chill in the air.  It feels much the same, this morning.  Hoping it will warm up a little.

Today, we have our sing-along zoom, for the reading movie!  I hope to see all of the second graders there!  It. should be a lot of fun, singing with our buddies!

The children will get to make pizza today, to practice fractions!  They will also have the option of a “whale” activity!

Wishing you all an amazing day!

Happy June!  It is crazy to think that we are entering out 12th week of remote learning!  Wow!  How far we have come!  Again, thank you for all of your support, with your wonderful kiddos!  I could not be more proud of them!

Weekly Schedule -> June 1 – June 5

Today, we will participate in a webinar from the Aquarium of the Pacific, on sharks.  This should be fun!  I have also sent an email with zoom updates for the week.  All of these zooms are optional, but should be some fun experiences!  Just a reminder, if your second grader wants to contribute to the reading video, please make sure to get those videos to me, by today!

Each day, the children will be working on a research project. They will be completing one part of that poster, each day.  The research options are listed on Seesaw and our PDF page.  The children will also complete a fraction activity, in Seesaw, each day.  Finally, they will have an optional Ocean activity each day, as well.  These are fun activities, and I am excited to share them with you!

Wishing you all an amazing final, full week of learning!

Good Morning!

Happy Friday!  I hope you’ve all had a great week!  Remember we have a Zoom at 9 today, with a special guest!  Also, remember to get those reading videos to me, too, for the reading celebration!

The children did amazing this week, with research and fractions!  Just a reminder that next week, we will be cutting way back on academics. The focus will be on a habitat research project! Everything else will be optional!  We will also be having our reading Zoom sing-along next Tuesday.

I hope you all have an amazing weekend!  As always, thank you for all that you continue to do!

Good morning!  It was an exciting night at my house.  My family saw two bears walk across my front yard!  I hope you all had a fun, and peaceful evening!  The children are going to continue with some rainforest animal research.  They are going to complete this in either pebblego or wordbook.  That information is all located in Seesaw, and on our webpage.  There is a list of animals for them to choose from.  They are going to also do a little more work with fractions.  I have posted a fraction lesson, of myself, but this is information that they will get from the posted lesson, as well.  I just thought it might be helpful for the kids to hear it one more time.

I sent out an email yesterday, with a Zoom meeting notice for Friday!  I also had some updates regarding the reading celebration!  Keep the videos of the posters coming!

I hope you all have a terrific day!

Good morning!  I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather!  I have attached a website to read an article about rain forest insects.  This is not a webpage that I have explored beyond the insect article.  So, please use caution with allowing your children to explore further.  I was just fascinated by some of these creepy crawlies.

We have a whole group zoom on Friday, with a special guest!  I will send out an invite, today!

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

Good Morning!  I hope you all had an amazing weekend, and Memorial Day!  Finally, some beautiful weather!  I hope you were all able to get outside a little and enjoy it!

Here is the calendar for the week – > May 26 – May 29

This week, we will be learning about the rainforest!  Each day will be filled with lots of rainforest activities!  I have switched things up a little, and all grammar and spelling will be optional.  Literacy activities will all be integrated into science and social studies.  I know it is getting harder for some kiddos to stay focused and motivated.  Especially now that the weather is looking more and more like summer.  Do the best they can to get assignments done, but feel free to take a break, when you feel like they need it.  We would often have to switch things up, at this point in the year, when we were having trouble focusing.  Feel free to do the same.  Most of the work is review, at this point, so it is okay to choose a different way to practice math and literacy skills.

Today, I have asked the children to write, or record a silly rainforest story.  I have provided four story starters, but if they have a different idea, that is great!  Go for it!  We are starting with a lesson on fractions today, and will continue with other fraction activities throughout the week.

As always, thank you for all that you do!  I am grateful for each of you!