November

We are starting our second quarter of school. We are busy practicing our math facts, studying spelling words, and getting ready for the Iowa Assessment tests. They will be the week of November 7th. Don't forget to do your best, get to bed a little early, and have breakfast. Have a good week.

Friday

It's Friday and it has been a busy week for our second graders. On Wednesday we participated in the Fall Fitness Day at the track. Students chose to walk, jog, or run around the track. Washington Elementary logged in over 914 miles from 10:00 to 12:00. Our class logged in over 30 miles. Keep up the good work.

Science

We have been busy plants and their parts. We have talked about their roots, stem, leaves, flowers, and seeds. Today we made leaf prints. We also compared leaves that we brought in on Thursday. We predicted what had happened to them.

Reading

Lexie's group made a rainbow fish. Brady's group worked on sight words. In Ayden's group they read books to each other. In Aubreigh's group, they wrote 2 book responses. Brynna's group loves to read. In Jakob's group they wrote about the Apple Orchard Race. In Adrian's group, they took a spelling test. In Jeanna's group they went to the computer lab to write spelling words. In Bind's group they worked on vocabulary words. Logan's group likes to read. Kaitlyn's group wrote their spelling words on the computer. Corbin's group worked on spelling games on the computer. Kaitlin's group silent reads for awhile. Felicity's group drew pictures of plants in reading. In Jacob's group, they read books. In Devin's group they read about a person in an attic. Reece has read a book called Pet Detective.

Mrs. R's Class

We have been busy at school. We have been reading several books. In science we are watching what celery will do without water. We predicted that it will go limp. Tomorrow we will add water to see if anything changes. We are also practicing our Partner Math. Some students are already on level G!! Keep practicing those math facts.

First Full Week of School

We had music, P.E. and partner math this week. We had fun. It has rained. On Wednesday we had our pictures taken. Today we were outside for a little when it started to rain. We were with Mrs. Garrett's class for part of the day. We had library on Wednesday. We can check out 2 books this year. We worked hard. We read books. We took a lot of tests. We had center time yesterday and did lots of different things. We had computer lab. We did stationery studio. We had homework. A weather balloon fell in Mrs. R's yard. It took 9 days to get here from Nebraska. It had a box and a radio on it. There was a sand bag on it. We get to have loud music when everyone brings back their homework. We played loud music on Tuesday, Thursday, and today. We like our classroom. There's a football game tonight.

Tuesday

We had P.E. today. We played the dead ant game. It was really fun. We also played scrambled eggs. We have early dismissal today because of the weather. Yesterday we had a fire drill and today we had a tornado drill. Everybody brought back their homework. We get to play loud music. We had a lot of fun today. Picture day is tomorrow. Moms and dads need to sign our homework and bring it back to school. We had recess today.

Second Day of School

We told the principal about good behavior. Yesterday we had science and gym. We talked about plants. We did lots of math. We learned new things. We worked really hard and went to Music for the first time in the second grade. We have fun here. We like our teacher. We do hard work. We have made new friends.

Welcome to the New Second Graders

I would like to welcome all of the new second graders to Mrs. Riggs' room. I'm really glad you are part of our class. I'm anxious to meet you at Back to School Night. Hope to see you there. You'll have time to put away your school supplies while Mom or Dad fill out some registration sheets. See you Tuesday at Back to School Night.

Our Store

We went shopping at our school store. We earned currency by doing our work. This is not real money. The store was really cool. There were lots of cool things. Jacob bought a slinky. Joe purchased a puzzle. We shopped to buy things. Matt bought a slinky with his money. Some people were able to buy more than one thing. Some things cost lots of our money. If we had enough money, we could buy several things. Genevieve bought a gator aide. The store had games and toys. There was a lot to choose from at the store. Brendan bought a bowling game. Mason bought a skateboard toy. There were some things that I wanted, but couldn't get them. Lane bought a set of jacks.