GOBBLE GOBBLE!

We have the BEST parents at our school! We are grateful for IMPACT, and for all of the volunteers who cooked, gave, and served to make our Thanksgiving Feast a success. Our kids gobbled up their delicious dinner of "turkey" (um, chicken), mashed potatoes, corn, and rolls. Later on in our classroom, we got to enjoy pumpkin pie with whipped cream...well, for some of us, it was more like whipped cream with a little bit of pumpkin pie.

Thanks to Mrs. Currier who took photos of some of our gobblers:) If any of you took a whole group photo, please forward that to me and I will post it.

 

 

If I Were President...

On Election Day Tuesday, we did several activities related to the president. One thing that the children did was to complete the sentence, "If I were elected President, the first thing I would do for children all around the world would be to..."

Here are the kids' answers:

I would talk about God. (Alyssa P.)
I would make safe laws for children. (Audrey)
I would make a law that says children may not drive cars unless they're 16. (Sophia)
Giving money and food. I would teach them God's Word. (Becky)
I would give children money to buy food and they would put a smile on their face. (Derrick)
I would give children candy. Then I would give children fruits just to make it healthy. (Landon)
Would be that if they didn't have food I will donate food. (Alyssa O.)
If I were president I will let the kids play for 10 minutes. (Gabriel)
I would talk about God. (Sierra)
Tell people about the Bible, Jesus, and God on T.V. (Joey)
Give all the children the Bible so they can learn about Jesus (Isaac)
I would let them have safe laws for children. I would let the judges believe in God. (Jacob)
I'd give them a lot of food. Then go home. (Aaron)
Give all the poor people lots and lots of food. (Monroe)
I would teach them about the Bible. (Kaylynn)
Tell them to listen to what I say. ( Nicole)
Help them learn better. (Aidan)

Monthly Write-Ups

At the end of each month, the teachers are asked to do what they call "Monthly Write-Ups". Our board members and administrators like to get a brief summary of what each of the classes have been up to.

Even though none of this will be new to you (IF you are reading all of The Sweet News that I send to you every Monday), I will be posting them at the end of the month.

Here is the entry from September:

In class 2B, we have been working very hard on writing a paragraph. The students are forming topic sentences, 2 main ideas, 3 examples to support their main ideas, and a good concluding statement to tie everything together. Math has been exciting as they are learning to identify odd/even numbers, write numbers in expanded form, as well as rounding to the nearest ten. We are truly enjoying our new science curriculum with a variety of lab work. Reading time is full of interesting discussion as we learn strategies to improve our comprehension skills. Bible has been rewarding as the children have acted out what it must have been like to be an Israelite family back in the time of Moses. Second grade is awesome!

Here is the write-up from October:

Mrs. Johnston’s 2^nd grade class has been into WRITING! Our favorite assignment of the month was to write, “How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich”, and then to test out our directions writing skills by having our partner actually make the sandwich! It was a very yummy day. We are loving our new science books with beautiful photos on the life cycle of the frog, mouse, and grasshopper. In Bible we have just crossed the Jordan river and entered into Canaan. In Social Studies, we have been performing mini-skits on what life must have been like for the colonists in Jamestown and Plymouth. Reading has been a blast as many of us are reading chapter books, and showing amazing comprehension by using various strategies. 2^nd grade is too much fun!!