Student Blogs

Friday will be our first student written blog. The other students are also busy working to write a blog. I'm anxious to read them. Look for your student's blog. Check with them to see when they will be in charge. Have a good day!

100 days of School

I have 100 books. I would like 100 puzzles. I wouldn't like 100 brothers. Having 100 baby brothers or sisters could really be a problem because they could make a gigantic mess. In 100 years I would like to be in heaven. In 100 years the world will be very cool. The strangest thing will be earthquakes. I can lift 100 giraffes. If I had 100 dollars I would spend it on a lot of toys. I wish I had 100 pieces of legos. Then I would build a gigantic lego house. We are now going to plan some of our blogs and then do a math puzzle. Then we will put puzzles and legos together.

Blogging

The students in our class may volunteer to write a blog by themselves. They may work with one or two partners. They will choose their partner or partners and choose what they want to write. They will write about something that happens at school. They will pick the date that it will be written in our blog. They will need to write about 7 good sentences. Make sure you read our blogs to see who our student bloggers will be. Have a good day.

Weekend Plans

Tomorrow is the weekend. Some people are going to sleep overs. There's a birthday party. Some people may be going to their dad's or grandma's in Omaha. A couple of people may have friends over. One of us might go on a hunting trip with their father and brothers. Some of us might be helping people do chores. Tomorrow some people may go to Cedar Rapids and play hockey. That same person's mom will come down to their house. If it's warm tomorrow, some may put on their warm clothes and go sledding. Some of us may have swimming lessons at the YMCA. Others may build things out of wood. One person will go ice fishing with their dad, uncle and cousins. Relatives may also be visiting. One person is going to call a cousin to say happy birthday. Some people may be writing a story and a song. Have a "jammin" January.

Burr

It is cold outside. Lately it has been really freezing outside. The title really explains the weather. The low was 18 degrees below zero. Make sure you wear coats, snow pants, snow boots, gloves, hats, and scarves. Hopefully no one has frost bite. It's probably not a good idea to go sledding when it is this cold. We hope you get bundled up for this weather. Outside on a thermometer it said it was about minus 14 or 15. Last night it was the coldest day of 2008. Some people thought it was so cold out that they didn't want to go outside. Some people can't believe that it would be like summer in Texas when it is so cold here. It would be good weather to be a popsicle. Have a snowy day. We all hope we don't get frozen.

It's Friday

It's Friday and I hope you have a good day. Tomorrow is the weekend. Some people may have friends over on the weekend and maybe a sleepover. We are all glad that it's Saturday tomorrow. Some people are glad that it is Friday so we can sleep in on Saturday. We get a 3 day vacation because the teachers have a meeting on Monday. There will be football on the weekend. Some people have to go to CCD and church. On Monday it is Martin Luther King's birthday. Some people may be going to their grandma's house or the boy's high school basketball game. A little bit before time for blogging we checked out books. On Friday we have homework. Some people are going to play on the weekend in the snow and make forts. Have a great weekend!!!!!

Physical Education

Physical education is another name for gym. We played Poison Ball and we were sweaty. Some of us were so hot we thought we were in a desert. Some people like Poison Ball and some don't. We had a lot of points in Poison Ball. We played catch the leader. We did cals. We do lots of things in gym. Most of us worked our hardest in gym. Sometimes we play basketball with a team of 3 or 4 people. One person got hurt in gym and bent their thumb. We ran for a very long time. Some people had to run 4 laps. It's really fun playing Poison Ball in gym. If we don't play catch the leader, we run from 3 to 5 minutes. It was so much fun in gym. Have an icy day.

Music Program

On Monday night we had our music program. That was last night. Mrs. Dreyer's, Mrs. Dreher's, and Mrs. Riggs' classes were the first one on stage. The other 3 classes went after us. They were Mrs. Daugherty's, Mrs. Garrett's, and Mrs. Ambrose's classes. Ms. Brown said we did a terrific job. Ms. Brown said that we could see our program on tape. Mrs. Dickerson taped the program so we can see it some time. Some parents video taped us. Many people wore their best clothes. Everyone looked good for the program. We sang some neat songs. We all sang our best. I hoped that all the parents thought we did a good job. At the next concert we hope that the audience doesn't shout so loudly when we are singing our best. We hope they encourage us before we perform, not when we are on the stage singing. It was fun. Have a good day.

Music Practice

We will have to be at our program at 6:45 tonight at the Middle School; and we will start at 7:00 pm. Our program is tonight. We hope we make it in time for our practice. One song is "Trot Old Joe." One of the songs in our program is "All Around the Brickyard." I hope all the parents like our musical. We need to wear dressy clothes for our program. After our program we will go to our parents. One of our songs is called Engine, Engine, Number 9. We hope everyone sings their best. We hope our parents like it alot. We have several songs. We hope everyone has fun at the music concert. We will sing with Mrs. Dreyer's and Mrs. Dreher's classes. Have a great day today!

Semester Time

We have an early out so teachers have time to work on report cards. We get out 3 hours early. School was fast today. Some people have to go to their sitters today. Some people may have a friend over. Today was fun. Some of us are working hard as we can. All of us are going to miss our friends and teachers. I hope everyone has a good weekend. Some people may be doing arts and crafts today. We are all happy that we are dismissed 3 hours early. We hope that all parents remember to pick us up early. I hope everyone has fun today. Today we didn't have lunch. Mrs. Riggs has a lot of work to do Someone has a wrestling tournament. Some of us will be really busy today. Have a nice day. Have a good time. See you later. We have to go.

Tuesday's Guidance

On Tuesday Mrs. Stickler talked about self-discipline. We are working on self-discipline. Self means yourself and discipline means to punish. We need to STOP, THINK, and ACT. We have a sign that says STOP, THINK, and ACT. One of the words for self-discipline is habits. We went over to Mrs. Garrett's for Guidance. We mostly always go to Guidance in Mrs. Garrett's room. When someone asks you to do something wrong, you tell them no or walk away. Don't be their friend. We also talked about how you can get punished. One person was gone. Guidance is really, really fun. Sometimes when we go to Guidance we watch movies. She talked about our cautions. Self-discipline means you discipline yourself. In Guidance we always learn something new. We all wish you a happy year. Have a snowy, snowy day.

Ooops!

Yesterday we forgot to do our blog! We all forgot about our blog yesterday. We were busy with Guidance. In Guidance we learned about self-discipline. We're very sorry we forgot. We also had to write our December stories. People who are finished, got to do centers. There are two or three people done in our class right now. We hope we don't forget again. We like to blog. Today we will try to have two blogs. We hope everyone gets done with their December stories today. Some people worked on their story this morning. Have a great, great, day. Have a nice week.

End of Semester

The 11th of January is half way through school. Also on the 11th some of us might get a sack lunch. Some of us might go to Minnesota for a vacation. It feels good to be almost half way through second grade. It's amazing that we are almost half way done with school. We will be done with school in May. It will be fun to be done with school. Some of us might think that there will be 1000 days left of school. We're all going to miss our teachers and friends. When summer comes we will have more time for video games and movies. We will have time to run in the sprinkler. School is getting harder since we are closer to becoming a third grader. Some of us really don't want to get out of school or last forever. Have a good week and year.

Dazzling December Stories

We are writing stories. We have special titles. We are working hard on stories on our Christmas break and how Christmas went. We have a list of words that will help us spell better. Some people have a little written while some have a lot written. Some people want their stories really long and some want them short. Some might be chapter stories. We also illustrated a picture. It's been fun so far. Everyone is writing a story. Mrs. Garrett's class came into our room for directions and to work. Mrs. Riggs said that our stories may be on our web site. We are going to edit our stories. We're going to get done with our first draft of our stories today. We hope Mrs. Riggs likes our stories. Have a great day,month, and New Year in January.

Christmas Vacation

A family received a Wii from Santa and played it during vacation. Another family received an aquarium and fish a few days later. A family got a big crib, new doll, and ten cars. Some people got video games or Guitar Hero 1, 2, and 3. One person received an American Girl and learned to how to play spoons. Some people received mp3 players. Moon shoes were received by others. Some people received I penguins for their I pods. Another person received an air hockey game and then went to Cedar Rapids. One of us received a doll house. One person received a pogo stick and a scooter. Another person's mom had to write a note to Santa because Santa forgot to bring something. Another person received a gigantic keyboard. Someone received a WWII game with a joystick. I hope everyone had a fun Christmas vacation.