Enterprise Day!

This quarter the children are learning about our economy. They will be earning "School Bucks" for demonstrating the 7 habits.

Students will be spending the money they are earning on our class February 18, 2014. The children will be taking turns being both producers and consumers. In order to make this possible, each student will be responsible for making a good. They will need to come up with an original product t o "sell" to their classmates. Products should be simple, low cost, and creative as they'll need to produce 23 of the same item to sell. The students may not sell food or candy! 


Some examples of goods students can make include: 
Popsicle picture frames 
Decorated Pencils 
Pet Rocks 
Painted rocks fo r paperweights 
Friendship Bracelets 
Drawings 
Greeting Cards 
Noodle Necklaces/Bracelets 
Decorated Paper Airplanes 
Origami 
Please note that this is meant to be a fun, hands-on learning activity. You should not have to incur a lot of expense for this. If you have trouble coming up with a budget friendly product, let me know and we'll suggest one. 

Thank you for your support! 

Quarter 3, Week 3?

I hope you all enjoyed your snow days! We have Saturday school February 8th and 15th until 12:45. Please continue to look at Wake County's website for updates.

 Here is the link:  Saturday Make-up


Our class needs: 

Thick black Expo markers

Clorox Wipes (we really need these!)

Quarter 3, Week 2

Report Cards

Report cards were sent home with your child this past Friday, January 24th. The report card is for you to keep, but please return the envelope signed.

Many of you were very patient with me with conferences first quarter. A huge thank you for that! This week a conference sheet will go home, please return that sheet with available times that work best for you. 

Upcoming Events:

Early Release Feb. 14 Spring Class Pictures Feb. 18 Book Fair Week of Mar. 3 Early Release Mar. 7 Early Release Mar. 28 Track Out Mar. 31 Track In Apr. 23

Quarter 2 Week 9

This week:

Case 21 testing Reading & Math. Make sure your child has a great breakfast and gets to bed early.

Friday: We will be wearing our adorable pajamas, drinking hot chocolate as we watch the Polar Express. A paper asking if you would like your child to opt-out will be sent home this week. 

If you would feel inclined to help me purchase the ingredients for the crock pot hot chocolate, here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
1 can 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
6 cups milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips (depends on your liking…dark, white or milk chocolate. Any kind works!)

2 bags of marshmellows

Look who discovered frost!

On Friday, we went on a text feature scavenger hunt! 

What's going on in 2403?

We are going to have a hot chocolate, pajama and movie party on the last day of the quarter. However, they need to earn it first. They earn it by writing act of kindness forms about their classmates. We're almost there!

Spencer Kate decided to write a novel during Reader's Workshop. 

A little fun during indoor recess. 

During Reader's Workshop Jared wrote in his Reading Response Journal questions about weather!

Above: We are trying to come up with a classroom motto. I asked them to describe our class. These are the adjectives they came up with! 

Quarter 2 week 8

In-House Fieldtrip

Our class will have our next in-house fieldtrip this Wednesday, Dec. 11th. "Science Made for Fun" will visit all second grade classes to enrich the concepts learned in our Weather unit this quarter.

Upcoming Events:

Weather-wise (in-house fieldtrip) Dec. 11 Case 21 Testing (Reading) Dec. 17 Case 21 Testing (Math) Dec. 18 Track-out (last day of school) Dec. 20 Track-in (first day of school) Jan. 23

Please Sign & Return

Title I Compact:

Included in your child's mail is a Title 1 Compact (gold sheet) that EVERY Lake Myra family must agree to. Please sign and return it back to school asap. Beware, you may get some pressure from your child, as he/she will receive extra recess time if theirs is returned! :)