What's going on?

At my current school in Missouri, we've been out of school for two weeks for spring break. Yep, my school gets two weeks.  In addition to resting my throat and voice, I  went to Chicago to visit family. One of the places I visited was the Shedd Aquarium. I took tons of pictures for my students. They are very much interested in sea life, plus we just did a camouflage unit in Open Court in which we read stories about ocean animals using camouflage. We go back tomorrow and although it is bittersweet, I am anxious to hear about the things that my students did over spring break.

Spider Crab at Shedd Aquarium. YIKES!

This is so late. The students made their own invitations to our Christmas program in December.

At my school, giving students a spring break work packet is mandatory. Now, in second grade, I usually only have like 5 out 15 turn in the completed packet the day it is due. So I have decided to give those students a special treat at the end of the day. A golden Easter egg with goodies inside. You have to recognize those students who are trying their best as well.


Also this week and next week in writing we will be doing descriptive sentences and paragraphs. Notice the pop rocks in the picture to the right. I found a great way to reintroduce descriptive writing to my students from a Abby Mullins, an amazing and creative teacher blogger. I will post her blog info at the end of this week and pictures of our writing activities. Enjoy the pictures!
Take care!