2A's Citizens of the Month: 1st Semester

These awesome students represented our class for showing these amazing character qualities:

Patriotism, Responsibility,

Cooperation, & Caring.

What wonderful examples these students set for others.  We are very proud of you guys!

School-wide Field Trip to Casa Manana

We all had such fun at our school wide field trip to see Santa Claus: the Musical at Casa Manana!  It was  great for us to experience a live theatrical performance and see all the work that goes into putting on a production like that.

"Santa Claus the Musical"

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Holidays in 2A

Some photos from the holidays in our classroom:

"Holidays in 2A"

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Arctic vs. Antarctic

We have been learning TONS of really cool information about the arctic and antarctic regions of the earth.

We have read several fiction and non-fiction books and are really enjoying reading about the animals that live on the North and South Poles.

Here are some fun websites that your child may want to explore more at home.

National Geographic Kids-Creature Feature

Winter Program

I hope you all were able to make it out to our 2nd grade PTO program in December.  It was fabulous and so fun to watch!  We have quite a few singers, dancers, and all-around performers in our midst!  :)

"Winter Program"

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Hedgie Drawings!

During our unit on Jan Brett, we tried out our artistic abilities by drawing several of her characters.

Here are our attempts at drawing her favorite animal, Hedgie the Hedgehog!

"Hedgie Drawings"

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Fall Poetry Celebration

Yes, I have a LOT of catching up to do on blog posts!

Our Poetry Celebration on October 31st was a huge success!

Here are some photos of our adorable kiddos who worked so hard to learn their poems and recite them with great expression!

"Fall Poetry Celebration 2011"

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Native American Research

Here are some photos of our presentations about the Hopi tribe:

"Hopi Research Projects"

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Special Friends' Day

WOW!  I JUST found these pictures from Special Friends' Day back in September!  So sorry about that, but I wanted to share, even though it's been a long time!

Hope you enjoy.

How to Draw a Penguin

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Ask your child to show you how to draw one!