Dr. Brad Schwall: Helicopter Parenting!

Please take a few minutes to read this short article by Dr. Brad Schwall:

I think the main points are that it is GOOD to be involved in your child's life and in their academic life.  The problem lies when parents try to protect their children from natural consequences instead of letting them learn lessons that will help them as they continue in their lives and enter "the real world."  Of course, it's natural to want to protect your children, but when we try to protect them from everything, we only do them a disservice by making them think the world will always alter itself to fit their needs and wants.  And we, as adults, KNOW that is not the case!  :)

Here is the article: 

http://momsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/09/whats-wrong-with-helicopter-pa.html



Have a super day!

Doubles!

This week, we are learning all about doubles.  To introduce the concept, we read One Potato, Two Potato, a book about a poor farming couple who discover a magic pot that doubles whatever you put into it!

Check out these fun videos that practice making doubles:

Science: Rolling Spheres

The past few weeks in science, we have been exploring the properties and causes of force, motion, and balance.  After doing several experiments with how to balance objects using counterweights, we did an experiment about how spheres roll using foam runways, marbles, and tape.  We explored the different ways we could make our marbles travel depending on how we varied the position of our ramp(s).  We had a great time!

Johnny Appleseed Week!

Here are some books we will be reading next week for our unit on Johnny Appleseed.

You can even purchase them by clicking the links below if you'd like!

Pinwheels for Peace

Tuesday, September 21, was International Day of Peace, and thanks to Mrs. Narez & Mrs. Warren, our school participated by creating "pinwheels of peace."  We displayed our pinwheels in the school yard that morning to let the world know that we support a peaceful world!

We hope you enjoy our pictures from Pinwheels for Peace. 

Pinwheels for Peace

Lakeside will be participating in the Pinwheels for Peace Project where we will be displaying 500 handmade Pinwheels (made in Art class) on the school grounds on Sept.21, the International Day of Peace.   The project has been around since 2005 and this year they expect to have 3 million pinwheels spinning around the world to send a message of peace. For a video, a map of participants or to make your own pinwheels go to:

http://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com/pinwheelsforpeace/home.html

Welcome to 2A!

Hello all,

I am so excited about our class this year. We have gotten off to a fabulous start in 2A, and we have a lot of amazing things in store for this school year.

I will use our class blog to post information, photos of our class, videos of class projects and special events, super student work, and other such things.

I hope that our class blog will be an additional, fun form of communication between parents, teacher, and students.


I will begin posting pictures soon!

Thanks for everything you have already done this year to make our classroom a great place to learn.