It's Friday

We are changing our seating arrangement today. Some people are going to their relatives. Tomorrow is a "weekend" day. We talk about week days and weekend days in our math classes. Some second graders are going to the football game tonight. Their brothers are playing or their fathers are coaching. Lots of baking may be going on at our houses. Chocolate chip cookies sound very good. We might invite friends over. Cooper has hockey practice tonight. Several second graders play soccer or flag football. The first away soccer game is tomorrow. Lots of people are traveling this weekend. Some are going to South Dakota and others are going to a concert. The zoo trip is also one of the activities. Have a good weekend.

Active Listening

Mrs. Riggs wants us to be active listeners. We should look at the person that is talking. We should follow directions the first time. Mrs. Stickler tells us how to be a 4 Star Student. We should pay attention. All of us should use our ears, eyes, heart, and undivided attention. Always tell the truth the first time. Don't play with your supplies or other things. Be quiet when other people are talking. Don't be a 1 star student that doesn't listen or follow directions. Wait until you are called on to answer and wait your turn. Work to be a 4 Star Student -- not a 2 Star Student. Always try to sit with all 4 chair legs on the floor. Listen to the teachers. Try to whisper during quiet work time. Talk to you tomorrow.

Early Dismissal

Some people have AWANA. Some students have chores to do when they get home. A few of us are going to relax inside the house by the TV and make a healthy snack. Others may get to go with their grandparents. Friends may be coming over to our houses. Others may be enjoying family time. Maybe some of us will have a busy afternoon. Mrs. Riggs has meetings this afternoon and she hopes that lots of students will get outside and play!!!! Talk to you later.

Science and Writing

Yesterday we planted rye and alfalfa. We put soil in the container. Mrs. Riggs makes us call it "soil" not dirt. Soil has lots of good things in it to help plants grow. We predict that we will have more rye. The rye will look like grass. In writing we did editing our stories. First we had to finger frame each sentence. Then we had to look for capitals and punctuation marks. They had to have spaghetti and meatball spaces. We had to tap out the words. Last we circled words we didn't know how to spell. It's time for lunch now!

More and More Science

Riley brought brussel sprouts today. They are a vegetable. Cody brought an apple and a raspberry. The apple was maybe a Granny Smith or a Yellow Delicious. He squished the raspberry to see the juice. Emily brought a goose-neck gourd that definately looks like a goose bending down to eat. Emily has named her gourd, Larry. We are going to plant rye and alfalfa. Science will be really fun today. Talk to you later.

Weekend Plans

Some people are going to the Trojan football game. It is an away game in Glenwood. We all hope to have fun at the football game. Some people are going to church. Tomorrow some people have flag football and soccer. Some of us are going to cool off by going through a sprinkler. Others may cool off by going to the YMCA or finding a pool. Some building will be going on this weekend since a toolkit will be bought. The Farmer's Market will be in town this weekend. The Coke company is having a celebration this weekend. We may also visit friends. Have a good weekend!!!!!

Science

Zeke brought a red bell pepper. He told us that Columbus discovered them a long time ago. He thinks it was in 1492. Bell pepper come in red, yellow, green, purple, and brown. The seeds are the hottest part of the pepper. Cody brought us a cheery tomato and a long green bean. The seeds are in the middle. We eat the green bean seeds. There are seeds in the cherry tomato also that we eat. We eat sunflower seeds, cucumber seeds, corn, and peas.

Wednesday's Science

Luke brought a tomato. We talked about how some people think that it is a fruit and some call it a vegetable. In the old days, people thought tomatoes were poison and were called sweet apples. They were only used for decoration. Grace brought some hickory nuts. We might cut open some vegetables today to see what's inside. Yesterday we observed our Brassica plants. Some Brassica plants were a little different in color. Some have sprouted and some have stems and leaves. Most of them are growing Some of the leaves still had a seed shell on it. When we were observing our plants, we also compared them to others. Tomorrow we probably won't talk about science.

Lots and Lots of Science

Nicole brought a little pumpkin from her aunt's garden. We got to pick the pumpkin by her garden. Miranda brought a pumpkin that weighed 15 pounds and was 33 inches around. It was huge. She also brought two sweet potatoes. One was beginning to sprout. Luke brought some peppers today. They were called banana peppers, habanero, and a jalapeno pepper. In our regular science we are not going on our plant hunt because it is wet. We are going to observe and record our plants. I think Science will be fun today. People have brought a lot of plants so far. Some people brought squash. No one has brought tomatoes yet. We think Science is really cool.

Science Continues

Luke brought some buckeyes and gourds. We opened the green buckeye with a big shell on it. Corey brought a cucumber. We talked about how cucumbers can change to pickles. Jessica brought a big zucchini. We planted Brassica plants on Friday. Some are sprouting. Science is really fun this year. The plants that students have brought in have been really cool. We learn a lot in science. Three people brought in zucchinis. Some people have eaten zucchini at home. You can make zucchini into bread, casseroles, and cake. Talk to you later. We have to get back to science.

More Science

Emily brought a big goose neck gourd. It wasn't quite ready to pick. She also brought a bumpy orange one. One gourd was squishy, so it is probably a little spoiled. She also brought a sunflower from her neighbor's garden. We saw a vine and what the gourd looks like in the beginning. Ethan brought Indian corn. Indian corn is all different colors. Now people use Indian corn for fall decorations. He also brought a hedgehog gourd. Austin brought a big zucchini and also helped us spell it correctly. You can eat the flower and zucchini is usually cooked. It is a low calorie vegetable. This zucchini weighs 2 and a half pounds and is 13 inches long.

Science Time

Yesterday and today we are talking about plants. Nicole brought a marigold today for science. Yesterday Luke brought an ear of corn and part of a soybean plant. Some plants have moss growing around them. A lot of plants are cool. Some plants are big and some plants a little. Cale discovered some trees have sap on them. Our homework was to look at a plant for two minutes and see the parts. Heather brought a squash and another vegetable that Mrs. Riggs isn't sure about the spelling. It wasn't in our dictionary. So far we have been talking about plants in science. Some plants have fungus. Today we are going on a plant hunt. We'll let you know what we find tomorrow. We like science.

The Best Day Ever

Today is an early dismissal. We read in reading today. Some of us started a book club with Mrs. Dickerson. Our pictures came in today. We are having pancakes for lunch. Today Mrs. Riggs did her happy dance because everyone brought their homework. Everyone joined in the dance. Most people like pancakes for lunch. Some people don't. We didn't have a special today since we have an early out. See you tomorrow.

Gym Day

We played soccer in gym. We like to play soccer. We ran for 3 minutes in gym. The non red team made 4 goals. We did sit-ups, push-ups, v stretches, toe touches, and jumping jacks. Both teams won a game. We played our games inside. There were some injuries. We are going to play more soccer during the school year. We like gym.

Movie Monday

We had two movies at our recesses today. Today was the first time we had to stay inside because of rain during recess. The movie was really interesting. It was continued from the first recess. The movie was about underground creatures. The movies were funny and cool. The movie was about a lizard and rabbit. We learned about underground animals. My favorite animal was the anteater. Some of the animals can dig really fast. We had fun watching the movie. I like the little mole in the movie. They had to make choices. Talk to you on Tuesday.

Super September

In math we did a pattern on the white board. We had to drag the correct shape to the right spot. We also did the pattern in colors and letters. It went square, triangle, and circle. September has been great so far. We are making a scrapbook with our writing. School has been awesome. We have had a really nice day. Some people passed partner math today. We did computers in math. We played soccer in gym today. It was nice and cool today. I hope it stays this way all the time in our class. Some of us had their spelling test today. We have math meetings every day. Some of us go downstairs for math. Have a good weekend.

A Good Day

We are going to work on our Super September writing/scrapbook today. We are going to the computer lab today to work on our writing project. Our word bank words talked to us. We are having a great day at school today. Yesterday Mrs. Riggs did a happy dance. We pretended to wash a car with music. Some will have a spelling test on Friday. Some had a spelling test today. Spelling was really fun today. Some of us were reading at spelling time. We like to write. Some of us have fun at reading. We had gym today. Mrs. Riggs is planning to do a happy dance when we all have our reading supplies.

A Day of Firsts

It was our first day of Art. In art we were doing self-portraits. We ran out of time. Miss Hatfield was talking about projects we will be doing in art. It was nice to see her again. We were also thinking about different ideas. She was really nice today. In second grade we get to pick out two books. Some of us need to return our books. Some people read magazines. Library was really fun. There are a lot of cool books in the library. The library is awesome. I like the books. There are a lot of chapter books. We like the library.

The Big Bug

My name is Zeke and I brought the big bug! It had horns by its head. Everyone liked the big bug. Some could see its yellow legs, but some could not see the legs. It had huge eyes. Zeke walked around so we could all see the bug. It was starting to get smaller, so Zeke let it go. On Friday we pulled weeds at Washington Elementary School. There were a lot of weeds. It was hot when we were working. We worked with Mrs. Garrett's class. We saw gourds there that were planted by last year's second graders. Some people saw spider webs. We were careful not to pull the flowers. Hope you had a great Labor Day!!