Keep an Eye Out

Second grade families- Keep an eye out to the mail in the upcoming week. Your children should be receiving a surprise they made for themselves at the end of the school year. (I hope they all get to their destinations!)

Remember to read every day!

Prayers for You

Dear Students and Families of Second Grade,

Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers as the summer vacation begins. I am at Notre Dame, and I have already offered many prayers for you at the Grotto. Be safe, have fun, remember to go to Mass, and read every day! I miss you.

Sincerely,
Miss Foyle

The Golden Dome (Main Building)

The Grotto

Thank you!

The 2012-2013 school year is officially over! It is hard to believe summer vacation has started.

I want to thank all of my students and their families for a wonderful year. We learned a lot together and had a lot of fun.

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days:

Shaving Cream Spelling

Spring Concert - Celebration of Learning

Field Day Afternoon Movie Tickets

Field Day - Whole Class Pictures (thanks to Jessica's mom for sharing these)

Last day smiles

***Please remember***

1) Read every day (and complete the reading log).

2) Go to Mass every weekend (summer is not a vacation from God).

3) Be active (spend some time outside moving around).

4) Have fun! ;)

Thank you again for everything! Have a wonderful summer vacation.
If anyone would like to contact me over the summer, please email me: foyleolu@gmail.com

End of the year reminders

Thank you to students and families who attended our St. Ann "Celebration of Learning" (spring concert) on Wednesday night. The students did a great job!

Remember:

*Thursday = Field Day
Students may wear their gym uniforms. (Please pray for good weather! We would love to be outside!)
Thursday folders will come home. Please check these. There is important information about summer assignments, a letter from me, and other important information. Thank you!

*Friday = 12:00 dismissal
Students may wear their gym uniforms.
Don't forget to pick up your child's report card after school.

This has been a great year! Let's finish up strong!

Positive Attitudes

We can't control the weather, and we wanted to keep the students safe, so the Kindergarten and First Grade teachers and I cancelled the field trip to the zoo. We know the students were disappointed (and we were too), so we tried to do our best to bring the zoo to our classroom.

We made brought in stuffed animals and made our own animal masks...

We watched a movie about animals and ate animal crackers...

Our secretary even treated us to pizza!

Overall, we had a pretty good day. The rain couldn't stop us from learning... or from having fun!

Thank you for being understanding. I returned the money to your children, so be sure to ask for it!

Dig In

Tuesday was a busy day for us. We started the morning with the morning work problems. Then we transitioned to Phonics, where we studied words with ou (examples: out, shout, loud) and ow (examples: cow, flower, tower).

During Reading, we really stretched our brains as we read Wumbers (Amy Krouse Rosenthal).

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Wumbers = Words + Numbers

The students deciphered some words like cre8 (create), sh80 (shady), 2th (tooth), and 4give (forgive). Then a few students even made up some of their own. I love their creativity!

Then they spent some time Working on Writing, Reading to Self, and Reading with a Buddy while I met with some reading groups who started new books. They are moving up levels and really enjoying the books they are reading. It is a beautiful thing to see!

During Writing the students started transferring their biography facts from note cards to an outline. It was challenging, but they stuck with it, and they finished up their introduction paragraphs for their research reports.

We read about the church season of Easter and Jesus' rising from the dead in our Religion books before heading outside (a little early) to enjoy the fresh air for recess.

After lunch, we read from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and took a math quiz before starting Science.

First, we read a book about rocks and soil.

Then, we examined samples of soil.

Next, we completed a chart about attributes (properties) of soil.

We then discussed the three layers of soil: (1) bedrock (bottom), (2) subsoil (middle), and (3) topsoil (top). We labeled a diagram.

Finally, we made edible layers of soil.

Bedrock = marshmallows (bottom)

Subsoil = Cheerios (middle)

Topsoil = Cocoa Krispies (top)

We even added a gummy worm because worms live in the soil.

And VOILA! Our very own edible layers of soil. They each labeled their cup according to the different layers, and then we prayed grace before we were able to...

Dig in!

Yum!

The students packed up and went to Spanish... then it was time for announcements and dismissal... My, oh my, time flies when you're having fun...

More Photos from First Communion

Thank you to a parent who sent in more photos from First Communion. If you have any you would like to see up on this blog, please email me.