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Student of the Month

Congratulations to Tristin Cloke! 

December Student of the Month

Opera House

Christmas is almost here. We have been doing so many exciting things in our classroom. We have been slacking a little in the blogging area. We wanted to post some of our pictures from the Opera House in Eldon. Thank you to Mrs. Youngblut for supplying me with some pictures!

November 18, 2011

What an exciting week we have had here at Cardinal! Yesterday we got to dress as aliens and astronauts to kick off the book fair. Thursday afternoon we had an assembly to honor the students of the month. The student of the month in 2nd grade was Hunter Taylor. Congrats Hunter! Today some of our parents came and ate breakfast with us. It was a nice way to start the morning. This morning, students from Ms. Cronbaugh's Class gave a presentation to our class on "How to make a turkey." The students did a great job. Some of us are receiving our Flat Stanley back. He has been quite the world traveler! It is so exciting to learn about all of the interesting places in our world.

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

November 8, 2011

Wow! It is snowing this morning! We can hardly believe it! What crazy weather we have been having. In math we have been learning about tens and ones. We learned that a digit is a number and the answer to an addition problem is called the sum. In social studies we are still making our pockets for our Thanksgiving book. It will have eight pockets when we are finished. Mrs. Ferrell started using http://www.classdojo.com/ . It is a classroom management system. We really like it a lot. We all have a little icon that looks like a monster. They are really cute! 

October 17, 2011

WOW! We have been very busy! We haven't made a post forever. Friday we went to Jefferson County Park. It was so much fun. We played the squirrel game. We had to act like squirrels and collect our corn for the winter. It was hard. We couldn't even use our thumbs because squirrels don't have thumbs. We had to get the corn using only our fingers. In the afternoon we went rock hunting and insect hunting. We knew a lot about the insects because we are studying about them. We have Painted Lady Butterflies in the pupa stage right now in our room!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

October 7, 2011

Today our class participated in O.R.E.O. Project 2011(Our Really Exciting Online Project.) www.jenuinetech.com.  Reece was the best stacker in the room. He won with a stack of 22 cookies. We also made sculptures with our cookies. In science we decided to see if the Oreo cookies would float. At noon we tried to break a Guiness Book record. Many of the staff and students at Cardinal met at the track to walk together. You can read more about this in our newsletter. We have had a busy day!


Mrs. Ferrell's Class

October 4, 2011

Wow! We can hardly believe it is October! It was a beautiful day out at recess. We can't wait to go home and play outside. In math we learned about attributes. Mrs. Ferrell told us we had to sort our shapes so that they were alike in only one way. That was harder than we expected.

Tomorrow we are going to sort the shapes so that they are alike in more than one way. Mrs. Ferrell said that we are going to start studying about insects. We are really excited!

Mrs. Ferrell's Class

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