Coach Sloth came to our school.  His last name is Sloth.  He is an author. When he writes a book, it takes about one year.   Coach Sloth was in some movies.  He was a football player.  He wrote the Big Fish book and Sammy's Big Gold Tournament.  His books are about Sammy Sloth.  He autographed our books. He told us his daughter's and son's names.   We made ice cream and gave him some.  We gave him a sloth shirt. 

By:  Jessca, Mason, Alex, Serena, Aiden, Dakota, Colton, Lexi, Cruz, Jackson, Jolyssa, Heather, and Brent

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November

In November we had election activities and we have Thanksgiving and a feast.  Thanksgiving is a holiday.  The Pilgrims sailed to a new land on the Mayflower in 1620.  Lots of people eat turkey, sometimes ham, and other good food.  We made turkeys, Pilgrim hats,  and native Americans.  We also made Pilgrim books and read them to our book buddies.  Thanksgiving is in two days.  On Thanksgiving Day and the day after we don't have school.  Lots of families get together and you get to see your relatives.  Thanksgiving is fun.  We are very thankful. 

By:  Dakota, Colton, Alex, Halle, Brent, Kaylee, Jessca, Jackson, Jolyssa, Josie, Heather, Claire, and Mason

Election

The second graders held an election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.  We voted for either Obama or Romney for president.  The term is for four years.   Each person in Mrs. Garrett's and Mrs. Riggs' classes had a job.  Some people handed out ballots, ribbons, and registrars.  Some moms came to help.  Kindergarteners, first graders, second graders, third graders, and staff voted.   Barak Obama had 277 votes and Mitt Romney had 192 votes.

By:  Jolyssa, Dakota, Claire, Jackson, Heather, Mason, Kaylee, Brent, Halle

The Election

You can only vote for one person -- Obama or Romney.  You can't vote for both candidates.  We will vote in a voting booth.  You can only vote one time. When adults vote, they do a lot of reading about the candidates.  You have to be 18 or older to vote.  Parents will help us make a voting booth.  Everybody can vote for who they want.  You have to be 35 years or older to be a president. You have to be a US citizen.   Every 4 years you can vote for president of the United States.  Don't make fun of the other person's candidate.  Please get out and VOTE!  You vote for the president and vice president.  Every president has a vice president. 

By:  Alex, Jolyssa, Dakota, Claire, Jackson, Heather, Kaylee, Colton, Brent, Lexi, and Serena

Give Me Five

This is a way for us to quiet down right away.  The five means:  Lips are zipped.  Legs are crossed.  Eyes are watching.  Ears are listening.  Hands are still.  Mrs. Stickler, the guidance counselor, taught us this.  We have done well.  We're practicing this at school and at home and in the gym with all the other grades.  We practice it in Mrs. Riggs' room.  It's good to practice and the more we practice, the better we get.  If we are too loud, the teacher says, "Give me 5."  It will last a whole school year.  When we get older, we can help others learn this. 

By:  Heather, Jessca, Dakota, Halle, Alex, Brent, Serena, Kaylee, Jolyssa, Jackson, Aiden, and Cruz

Art

We drew lots of pictures in Art.  We paint in Art.  Some people did free drawing.  We made a color tree. Some of us made colorful bushes.   We have fun in Art.  Sometimes we watch drawing movies.  We can do lots of stuff in Art.  We can do pictures for our moms and dads.  Some of us made a town.  We made an outer space picture.  We draw animals in Art.  Some of drew dragon pictures.  Sometimes we color in Art.  We do lots of creative and awesome things in Art.  Miss Hatfield is our art teacher.  We also paint in Art.

P. E.

We play soccer, blue ball tag, pull ups on the bar, flex arm hang, and exercise  in P.E.  We are doing our fitness test on the track.  Some of us ran 2 times around the track.  We play games in gym.  Some people like gym and some don't.  Some people might get hurt a little in gym. 

By Heather, Dakota, Jessca, Halle, Alex, Aiden, Mason, Colton, Jackson, Serena, and Lexi

Reading

Some of us go to Mrs.  Garrett's room for reading. Some of us stay in our homeroom for reading.  We read lots of different books.    We have spelling in reading.  Chapter books are for some of us.  Some books have big and hard words.  Sometimes we get stumped on some words.  We're learning our consonants and vowels.  Mrs. Riggs' group used their imagination for Ats and Hats.  The more you read, the more you know and the smarter you get.  We're talking about reading genres. 

By:  Mason, Dakota, Kaylee, Jolyssa, Claire, Josie, Heather, Serena, Jackson, Brent, and Aiden

Science

We have been learning about plants. We have learned the parts of a plant--roots, stem, leaves, flower, and seed. We talked about how seeds can move. Animals can help the seeds move. When it rains, it gives the soil water. The leaves help the water get into the flower and other parts. Flowers can be different colors. Mrs. Garrett's class comes over for science and sometimes we go to her room. Yesterday we went on a leaf walk. We are making a leaf rubbing.

By Jackson, Heather, Josie, Aiden, Dillya, Kaylee, Brent, and Dakota

We're off to a great start this year.  We have 21 students in our class.  We have been busy practicing our math facts, reading, and making new friends.  Please check our blog often.  We'll try to blog once a week.  See you then.

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.