Valentine Party

Valentine's Day Treat Bags!

Our class made Valentine treat bags for the staff at Howard. The students decorated bags and attached a "Valentine Survival Kit" poem. The bags were then filled with items from the "Survival Kit" poem. The kids took a field trip around the school and personally delivered the bags to each person. We had a lot of fun letting people know they are very special to us!

We received a letter!

Well, the waiting is over. We received our first letter from our Adopt-A-Grandparent today! We were all so excited. Our "grandparent" sent a nice Valentine's Day card along with a letter. In the letter our "grandparent" told us she was so excited to get our letter and was looking forward to receiving more. What a blessing it is to know that we have touched a life of a person we don't know. Hopefully, we will be receiving more letters.

Hat Day!

Today our Student Council did a fund raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The children could bring in $1.00 and buy a "hat pass". The students were allowed to wear their hat all day. We will have two more fun hat days on February 13th and 20th. Please bring in your dollar and donate money for this wonderful cause.

Centers!

During our center time today, we worked with time practicing how to tell time on clocks, did Reader's Theater, played on the computers, worked with sequential order, played bingo with our vocabulary words and read for Accelerated Reader. Wow! Look at all the wonderful learning! Great job second graders!

5 A. R. points

These students have joined our 5 point A.R club! Congratulations and keep working hard. Reading is a lot of fun!

Accelerated Readers

Look at the readers who have 5 A.R.points this week! Mrs. Irwin is very proud of what great readers you are becoming in second grade! Keep up the great work, I am very proud of all of you!

Adopt-a Grandparent

Here we are working on our letters for the Adopt-A-Grandparent program. The students were given a name of an elderly person who would like to receive letters. We learned the different parts of a letter and how to write one. We also learned how to address an envelope and mail it. Now we are hoping that we will have a good response from our "grandparents".

Clowns!

In celebration of the 100th day of school, clowns from Miles of Smiles came to visit us. The kids had a lot of fun. Look real close and you will see that two of our kids were choosen out of the crowd to participate. What fun!

Reading

In reading, we found a partner and read to them. We then had a chance to work with our buddy to discuss what we had read.

Math

In math, we were learning about symmetry. The students were given a piece of paper and told to fold it in half. I then put paint in the center where the fold was. Look at the great symmetrical pictures they created!

5 A.R. points

These girls have reached their 5 A.R. points! Congratulations and keep reading!

Field Trip to the Rescue Mission

On December 11, we took a trip to the Kokomo Rescue Mission. We had a tour of the facility and got to see first hand how much time and money it takes to keep the place running. We also decorated the cafeteria where we got to experience what it is like to eat there. We also donated four boxes of food to the shelter. We had a great time and learned so much. What a great learning experience!

Christmas program

Wow, we looked great and did a fabulous job singing! We hope you enjoyed the program, and we wish you a Merry Christmas!

Giving Tree!

Thank you for donating to our "Giving Tree". We will be donating 55 hats, 50 pairs of gloves, 30 scarves, and 8 pairs of socks to Kokomo Urban Outreach. It is amazing how much we can do when we all work together. I really appreciate all of your thoughtfulness. I know the person who receives these will be very grateful!

Homelessness

The students are learning about homelessness this week. We are discussing things such as who can become homeless, where the homeless go, how the homeless are fed, the difference of a want and a need, and things we can do to make a difference in a homeless person's life. We will be taking a field trip to the Kokomo Rescue Mission on Thursday to see how the facility operates. The students will be taking a tour, decorating the cafeteria and eating at the shelter. What a great experience!

5 A. R points!

We have another group of great readers. These students have reeived 5 A.R. points. Congratulations and keep reading!

Shopping!

The kids have been saving their money all year long. They receive money for getting an A+ on their citizenship grades, being good students, or being caught doing something nice. The students were given a choice to buy something for $1dollar,$5 dollars, or save their money for a $40 item. It was very interesting to see who saved their money. Not a lot!

Indian Research

We did research on different Indian tribes. We learned about the Cherokee, Mohawk, Seminole, Pueblo, Sioux and Apache Indians. We had so much fun researching and writing our reports. These are the posters we made and presented to the class. It was a lot of work, but we learned a lot.