"Desk Inspection" passed by some 

 Turkey Tracks left for those who passed inspection.

Celebrating 25 High 5s!!

We had lots of fun sharing some of our favorite toys!!

November 7, 2013 Part 2

Here are a few more pictures of our field trip.

November 7, 2013

What a great day for a Field Trip!!  It started out a little chilly but it turned out to be a great day!  Our class started at Edgewood College and we learned about the water cycle and sources of water.  We played a fun game where we were water drops and we moved throughout the water cycle.  Ask your child where most of the drops (students) ended up. We also built mini ecosystems that we will use for some experiments in the next couple of weeks. We walked down in the marsh and along the shoreline of Lake Wingra on the boardwalk.  It was a neat adventure and luckily no one fell in!! After lunch in the Sondregger Science building we found some leaf piles to jump in, for a much needed recess, before we headed off to Memorial High School.  The planetarium was cool and we even saw a picture of school taken from high up in the sky.  Thanks to our chaperones for helping out!!  We couldn't do this without you.

Happy Halloween!!!

We had a great time parading through the halls of Windsor in our costumes.  The party was a hit - thanks again to all of you who sent in treats, drinks, and paper goods for our party.  We started doing a little Halloween graphing and then they were off to art. During writing we came up with some interesting tales on what happens to Jack-o-Lanterns after Halloween. Our afternoon was spent doing various activities in different Second grade classrooms.

Pizza and Pajama Party!!

Thank you again to all of you who donated money for pizzas and ice cream sandwiches or sent in juice boxes, veggies, and fruit.  We had a very fun morning!!  A few students were  heard saying it was the best day ever in Second Grade!!

Another guest blogger - this time it is about our Crane Foundation Field Trip that we took a few weeks ago.

This year on May 10, 2013 we went to the International Crane Foundation.  When we got there we watched a video.  Then we went outside to see all of the cranes.  The one with the nest was the Whooping Cranes.  The one with a yellow mohawk on top of its head is the Golden Crown Crane. - Grace
(Editor's note - we don't have a picture of the Golden Crown Crane.  I think it was the guest blogger's favorite.)

Good Morning,

Today we have two more guest bloggers  - one I asked to do it and the other asked me if she could do it!  We have great authors and poets in Second Grade.

Here is an article written about our new student -

 I am introducing Caleb, he is a new student in our room.  He is mostly happy all the time, and his favorite subject is math. He wants to make a power project. He plays super heroes at recess. His favorite teacher is Ms. G. He wants to ride a dirt bike.

p.s.  he’s awesome

written by,

alexander 

Here is a poem written by Alanna 

The school year is almost done. 

 I can't believe that I'm going to go to 3rd grade.

I'm going to miss Miss G. for ever and ever.

Hello,

I have invited a guest blogger to share our adventure to the Big Hill with you.  We will have several guest bloggers as we wind down our school year.

On  April  29, 2013,  our  class  went  to  the Big  Hill.  We learned a lot  of new stuff!  Things  like  Bluebirds are  really  rare  in  Wisconsin, so  they  have  special  bird  houses  just  for  them!  And   every  Spring   or   Fall,   they   burn   the   prairie.   I know it   sounds bad, but it`s actually   good!  Do you know why?  Because  there  are  plants  that  they  want  to  see and  don`t  want  to  see. For  example,  one  of the plants  that  they  don`t  want  to  see is  Wild   Parsnip.  I can`t   think   of   anything   that   they   do   want   to   see.  Oh!  I   just   thought   of   one!  They like   to   see   Coneflowers. The   teachers there   are:  Mrs. Brockel, and Mr. and Mrs. Kahl.  They   are   super   nice!   Anyway,   our   trip   to   the   Big   Hill   was   awesome!  I  really  like  to   go  to  the  Big  Hill  each  year. But  I`m  kind  of  glad  we  didn`t  go  yesterday,  because  it   was  eighty-three  degrees  yesterday!  Anyway, it  was  super  fun  going  to  the  Big  Hill!  That's all for now,  Emma 

I was going through some of the pictures that I have taken this year of my class to get ready for my Spring Break project and I found this one from Valentine's Day that I thought I would share.  It makes me smile whenever I look at it!

Math Explorations
Here we are exploring different math concepts.  One station involves trying to figure out how many different ways you can make a dollar using quarters, dimes, and nickels.  Another one uses geoboards to make different arrays. The last one involves using a handful of counters and then tossing a dice to see how many equal piles you have to divide those counters into.

Rockin' Readers

Ever wondered what your child was doing at school?  Here they are reading during Daily 5.  They like to find comfy spots around the classroom and chill with their favorite book!