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