Aunt Kay and Uncle Chip Return

As a part of our Valentines celebration, Aunt Kay and Uncle Chip came and made Valentines crafts with our class. They also read us a book and brought goodies to share. We always have fun when Aunt Kay and Uncle Chip visit!

Be Mine!

Our Valentines party was a huge success! We swapped cards and enjoyed some candy and pizza with each other. Each student created a Valentines box for our February project. Our class came up with some creative and inventive boxes to house their Valentines Day cards.

Christmas Party

Uncle Chip came to read us a Christmas Story!
We made reindeer food.

Students decorated Christmas Tree puzzles, then exchanged them with friends and worked each others.

Our party food was delicious.

Here are some students (and Shawn) making Christmas Cards.

Holidays Around the World

Here we are dressed in attire from countries around the world. They look so authentic!
Eric and Lucas are playing a game together.

Some of the girls are making hand art using stamps.

Alex tries to eat using chop sticks.

Twins!

We had a wonderful experience learning about how different countries and cultures celebrate around the world. Thank you for all the donations that made this day possible!

Gingerbread Men

Abby made here gingerbread man using her troll's hair. So now, it's a gingertroll!
Alex made his from playdough and bendaroos. His head fell off, but Alex was able to put him back together successfully.
Kolbe's gingerbread man was edible. Thanks Kolbe for sharing with us! Yummmm!

Preparing for the Holidays

Each student made a snowman ornament.
We used canning jar lids, hammers, and nails to make this Christmas tree ornament.

We took class pictures and put them on Rudolph's antlers.

Each student made a 2011 calendar for his or her parents. They wrapped them up themselves and delivered the gifts on Christmas day.

This is our class posing with our decorated Christmas tree. We worked so hard on our ornaments and gifts. We were finally done and were awaiting an exciting and fun Christmas party.

High School Speech Team Visits

These two students told and acted out the story of the Ginger Bread Man. It was very entertaining.
These girls shared How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

These two students sang and danced to Frosty the Snowman. They have awesome voices and are so brave for singing in front of all of us.

Second Grade Thanksgiving Feast

Each class brought a certain item to the Feast and shared it with the rest. We wore Native American headdresses and pilgrim hats to the feast.
Kolbe and Eric enjoy their meal together.

Carlos, Allie, and Harmony enjoy the beef jerky and wild rice.

Thanksgiving Plays

This is a picture of the Thanksgiving Spell Down.
My pilgrims are learning to plant corn.

This is a job well done by my little actors and actresses! I was so proud of them!

We Are Thankful

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Thanksgiving Book Reports

Today, my students presented their Thanksgiving Book Reports. Each student selected a Thanksgiving, Pilgrim, or Indian book from the library or our classroom library to read several times. Then they either created a scene from their book or made a poster to retell the story. I was quite impressed with the outcome. My students are so creative and smart. It was so much fun watching them present their project. I could tell that they were very proud of the outcome. Their hard work really paid off. Way to go guys!!!

Thanksgiving Storytelling and Crafts

Aunt Kay is sharing some of the neat things she found on their hike over the weekend.
Aunt Kay and Uncle Chip gathered leaves, moss, acorns, pine cones, and pine needles. We made Thanksgiving decorations with all of them.

Uncle Chip read Huggly's Thanksgiving Parade and Aunt Kay did some amazing crafts with the class. Here we are showing off our new creations. We had another great time with Aunt Kay and Uncle Chip.

Thanksgiving Music Program

The second graders at J.W. Wiseman sang their little hearts out at our Thanksgiving Program last night. Mrs. Evie did an awesome job, as usual putting together a unique and meaningful show. We have so many reasons to be thankful. Our second graders proudly sang about the things that make them thankful, like family, friends, and freedom. Way go go guys!

We Recycle

In honor of Nation Recycling Day, our school held a book swap. We brought in old books that we had either outgrown or didn't want and traded them for new ones. Each book brought in earned the students one book buck. We went shopping on Monday for our new books. Thanks Mr. Martin, Mrs. Brown, the Title 1 staff, and volunteers for giving us this wonderful opportunity to reuse these wonderful books.

Brandon's Last Day

We're going to really miss Brandon. Good luck at your new school!

Thanksgiving Lunch

Allie and Her Grandfather (Above)
Harmony and Her Mom (Above)

Aubrey, Adeline, Kolbe, and Carlos Enjoying Lunch Together (Above)

Lucas and His Mom (Above)
Sasha and Her Family (Above)
Aubree and Her Grandmother (Above)
Chloe and Her Mom (Above)
We are thankful for so many reasons. I loved eating with my students at our Thanksgiving lunch. I am so thankful for each one of them!