How Does Your Garden Grow?

For several weeks, we've been "parents" to lima bean plants growing in our classroom.  They've grown better than our own "tickle plants" that we planted before the limas came to visit!  This week, we got to transplant our limas into our school garden, with the help of the 4H Extension, along with tomatoes and peppers.  It was an exciting time!  Second grade will be providing the school with vegetables that the cafeteria will be able to use in food they prepare for lunch!

Career Day

Our first annual Career Day at MNES was awesome!  The kids had a lot of fun learning about different types of jobs, and a few came away with interest in being an officer, firefighter, landscaper, nurse, miner, and even a technical writer!  Here are some pictures of our fun day! :)

Frontier Culture Museum

We had a GREAT field trip the Friday of Spring Break! Check out the photos below. The kids had a wonderful time learning about life in the past and working on the farms! Yes, they were put to work and LOVED it! We also got to learn about how they celebrated Easter, with dying eggs from dandelion greens, to experiencing an egg roll! What a great way to start our break! :)

Stuck on a Buck!

We did it! We raised over $1,000 for Thomas Jefferson and Louisa High School, to help them out since their schools were severely damaged in the earthquake. The kids were so excited to gather in the auditorium for the big "unveiling" of whether the principals would stick to the walls! Check out the photos and video below!

What a "Wild" Time!

Our kids never cease to amaze me! They did so AWESOME at the musical on Thursday night.
Kudos to Mrs. Berlin, our fabulous music teacher, for putting it all together! Thanks to everyone who was able to attend! Enjoy the pics! :)

What a Seusstastical Day! :)

We had a great day today! What a cast of characters our room made up! :)

We started the day with an assembly where the Cat in the Hat promised mischief the rest of the day (we got sprayed with water while we were trying to read!). We kept the Seuss theme up all day today with math and literacy centers, and even substituting Electric Company (just for this week!) for watching Tim Tebow read "Green Eggs and Ham." I hope you enjoy our pictures!

Valentine's Day!

We had a GREAT Valentine's Day today (and we tried to run off the sugar at recess time today, honest!). Our math centers and writing focused around the holiday. I thought I'd share some pictures of both! (We also gave Abraham Lincoln some love as we discussed him for our Famous Americans unit!).