September 30, 2011

Homecoming 2011

Go Comets!

Duct Tape Day

Twin Day
We even have real twins in the picture!

September 28, 2011

It was pajama day today at Cardinal! We think every single day should be pajama day! Go Comets!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 26, 2011

We are celebrating homecoming at Cardinal this week. Today was Smurf Day. We had a lot of Smurfs running around the school. Duct Tape Day is tomorrow. We think that should be really interesting. In math we made a pictograph of our favorite days of the week. It is called a pictograph because we use pictures to make a graph. When we read Flat Stanley, we noticed that his brother Arthur was starting to become very jealous of him. Stanley was getting a lot of attention for being flat. In music we danced to lots of fun songs!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 22, 2011

Tonight is our Literacy Night here at Cardinal Elementary. Some our families will be coming to hear about what we do during our reading time. Next week is homecoming. Tomorrow, Mrs. Ferrell is sending home a note that will tell us all about the fun activities that will be going on next week. We did Rocket Math again today. Mrs. Ferrell is impressed with how much we have improved in just a few short days. We introduced a new task from the Daily 5. It is called Word Work. We only have one more task to learn! We have worked really hard today in 2nd grade!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 20, 2011

We are excited because we have no school tomorrow! Mrs. Ferrell still has to come to school. She is going to learn things that will help her teach us. Mrs. Ferrell told us that tomorrow is the first day of fall. We noticed that the days are getting shorter, and the temperature is getting cooler. We learned that the Earth is spinning around the sun. Today was the second day of Rocket Math. We are getting lots of practice with addition facts. The cooks planned a very nice meal today. It was spaghetti. It tasted so yummy!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 19, 2011

We have had great behavior in 2nd grade today! We have worked very hard. In math we did Rocket Math for the first time. Some of us even made our goals, so we get to move on to the next level tomorrow. In reading we started the book Flat Stanley.  We are excited to hear about Stanley's adventures. During Read-to-Someone we made it to 11 minutes. We have been learning about lines of latitude and longitude.

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 16, 2011

 We have had a busy day! We had Pick a Better Snack this morning. This afternoon we had art and gym. After recess we went to the high school to watch Team Impact. They were awesome! Some of us are going to the football game tonight. Go Comets!

September 15, 2011

Today we had music. We got to play a bell, use sticks, and another stick that made noise. We aren't sure what the name is. Today it was cold when we came to school. It was still chilly at recess. During Work on Writing time we made it to eight minutes. Our stamina has improved. In math we learned how to tell time one hour ago and one hour from now. We also had a focus lesson on Rocket Math. Tomorrow we will be starting Rocket Math with our partners. Fridays are Comet Pride Day. We are allowed to wear a Cardinal shirt or a red shirt if we choose. Homecoming is in two weeks. We are having a parade in Eldon this year.

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 14, 2011

BIG NEWS! We made it to 31 minutes during Read-to-Self time! We are so proud! We also earned enough Comet Cash for an extra recess tomorrow! What a great day we had! In art we learned about shapes and textures. Lunch was delicious today. We had Hot Pockets, beans, fruit, and ice cream. In math we learned about "some, some, went away stories." Recess was chilly. It was definitely cooler outside than yesterday. Next Thursday we are having a literacy night in 2nd grade. Mrs. Ferrell will be sending notes home about this soon.

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 13, 2011

Today was our P.E. day. Gavin and Reece had a tie at the finish line. We had two winners! We played a game with frisbees. It was fun! In social studies we are still learning about continents. During Read-to-Self time we read for 27 minutes straight! We improved our stamina in all areas of Daily 5. In math we covered designs with pattern blocks, and we had a written assessment. In Shurley English we are practicing our question answer flow, jingles, subject nouns, and verbs. There was a good breeze at recess. We even thought it was chilly. We had a great day in 2nd grade!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 12, 2011

We did a good job packing our things today. We have been working hard at staying quiet during dismissal time. In music we played a game called the Big Red Sign. In math we did a problem-solving activity. We talked about the problem-solving strategies logical reasoning and acting it out. We worked on adding ones and zeros during fact practice time. Some of us were very sad the Cyclones won. Peyton was happy the Cyclones won!

September 9, 2011

Happy Birthday to Morgan! Morgan brought yummy snacks for us to eat. We were so thankful because we were all starving and thirsty! During Daily 5 we learned about the task Read to Someone. We also learned about EEKK! EEKK stands for Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee. Recess was wonderful. We are so thankful for all the beautiful days we have had lately. We had P.E. and Art today. In P.E. we got to play Moon Monster and color tag. In math we used our pattern blocks. We compared the sizes of the pattern blocks. We had to put the pattern blocks in order from smallest to largest. For lunch we had pizza, salad, applesauce, and milk. Some of us brought our own lunch to school. Many of us wore our Iowa or Iowa State gear. We think that more people wore Iowa Hawkeyes! The fifth grade students got to wear their pajamas today, because they earned twenty Comet Cash! Good job fifth grade!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 7, 2011

We had a good day today in 2nd grade. Friday, September 9, we will get to wear our Iowa or Iowa State shirts! Our special for today was art. We worked on our imagination pictures. We were able to have our Saxon Math Meeting! The order finally arrived! During our math meeting we discuss the date, time, weather, days of the week, months of the year, counting, patterns, graphs, fact families and money. We have math homework today. Most of us wish we didn't have homework! Grandma Barb is coming into our classroom now. She loves our new playground! In Shurley English we have been talking about declarative and interrogative sentences. During Work on Writing we brainstormed a large list of writing topics.

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 6, 2011

We all enjoyed our Labor Day weekend. It went by really fast, and we are all tired today. On Friday we think that the football players and cheerleaders will be coming over to the elementary to sign autographs. The football team won their ballgame Friday night. They beat the Winfield Mt. Union Wolves. We have earned a lot of Comet Cash. We earn Comet Cash by displaying good behavior. We have to earn twenty Comet Cash to get an extra recess. We are very close. Today we had P.E. We played a game called Shark Island. During Read-to-Self time we made it to fourteen minutes. That is the longest we have read so far. We are trying to make it to at least thirty minutes. During Work on Writing time we made it to nine minutes. We are very proud of the improvement we are showing. We had Salsbury Steak for lunch. It was pretty good. We had lots of fun at recess. It was beautiful outside. The weather is great! In math we used pattern blocks. We made pattern block designs and shared the designs with our group. 

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 2, 2011

It is time for the weekend! Tonight some of us are going to the football game to watch the Comets! Many of us have big plans for the Labor Day weekend. We added doubles in math. Some us remember doubles from last year.

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

September 1, 2011

Today is the first day in September. It is a hot day! It is almost 100 degrees outside! We went to music today. In music we sang "Three Blind Mice." Some of us even got to use the instruments. During The Daily 5 we learned how to work on writing. To help us work on writing, we got special writing notebooks. We also learned about "Good fit books." In math we have homework. Tomorrow we will check our homework with a partner, and then we will check it as a class. Lunch was extremely delicious. We had hamburgers, fruit, tator tots, and milk. After lunch we went to recess. Recess is so much fun! In english we learned about adverbs. It is almost time to go home.  Blogging is lots of fun!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class