Musician of the Week! Way to Go!

Making our BUCKETS!

The middle school leadership class joins our class every Tuesday afternoon and talks to us about the importance of "filling buckets" - being a good person, being nice, making good choices, and being helpful. 

SQUIRRELS! Thank you Kayleen Boltz for bringing in your pet squirrels. Our class loved them!

It's a Chemical Reaction!

One of our last experiments as we wrap up our Matter Unit, we predicted and observed what would happen when we dropped an Alka-Seltzer tablet (solid) in warm water (liquid). As a result, the second and third graders learned a new vocabulary word = Carbon Dioxide!

How Full is Your Bucket?

Mrs. Smith's Leadership Team shares the importance of filling buckets.....being nice, being helpful, saying kind words, being a good person. 

Musician of the Week! Congratulations!

www.gonoodle.com

Every now and then our class needs a "brain break" - we go to gonoodle.com and Zumba down!

Read to Someone

Part of our Daily 5 routine is Reading to Someone. Students love being able to read with a partner!

Musician of the Week!

This student was chosen because she is a good listener and always does her best! Way to Go!

Science......"The clay always stays a SOLID."

Brad Barton......GOOD CHOICES are MAGICAL

Our school had the privilege of hearing and seeing guest speaker and magician, Brad Barton, this morning. Students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed the show and message!

Science does MATTER!

Students observe bags with a solid, a liquid, and a gas.....definitely a good time being scientists!

Back to School! We are getting to know one another better. We are still in the process of launching Daily 5. The photos show students looking up vocabulary in the dictionary. They also show students practicing Read to Someone.

Pepita Talks Twice

This is the title of one of the third grade stories we read in class. It is about a little girl who is bilingual in English and Spanish. I invited Adela Penaloza as a guest reader to read the Spanish parts of the story. The students LOVED hearing the difference between her reading the Spanish parts versus the way I read them. One student said, "No offense teacher, but she does a much better job!" Lol :)

COVE PLAY DAY - Field trip

Wow! What a wonderful day! Super sorry I missed the second grade field trip :( You can check the other second grade classroom blog for pictures. Our third graders tried hard, participated with 100% effort, but most importantly had fun! Already looking forward to next year :)

Making paper with Melissa Jackman

A fun, hands-on activity where students make paper. My original plan for this paper was for a Mother's Day card (until I got so sick from strep throat and missed nearly a week of school). Kids had a wonderful time with this project!