Between the Lions: Brian McKnight & Cleo sing "Homophones"

We learned about homophones today.  This was a video I showed that the students liked.  We also watched a Brainpop video and took the quiz, did an online game in the working with words station, and played homophone tic tac toe in the teacher station.

Donation from a RedditGifts Donor

We were very thankful to receive some school supplies from a donor (Chrissy in NY) at RedditGifts!  I found this resource over the summer in which you can sign your class up for a donation!!!

 

Distance Learning on Monarchs!

We had an awesome distance learning program with a nature center in Texas!  We learned so many new things about the lifecycle of a butterfly and of monarchs!!!

Oreo Stacking Challenge

Today we did our Oreo cookie stacking challenge!  Our class average was 16 cookies stacked!  As of today, 10,680 students throughout the world have participated and the average number of cookies stacked is 18!  18 is also the average number for 2nd graders who did stacking.  We had fun doing this project.  We compared our prediction to our actual results and did a couple math problems too.  We have a couple other activities to do to finish the project but didn't have time today. 

Wellness Walk

Today we had a Wellness Walk!

Mystery Reader!

Our Mystery Reader read Twas the Night Before Halloween.  He did great!

Lunch and Movie with a Friend!

These two watched Open Season!

Mystery Reader!

Our mystery reader did an awesome job reading a nonfiction book on butterflies!

Our Monarch

Today we released our monarch butterfly!  It took off quickly and flew high into the air!

We have a Butterfly!!!

Sometime around 1am our butterfly emerged from its chrysalis!!!!

9:30 PM Getting Closer!

Butterfly Live Stream

Remember, we are streaming live!  We think the butterfly is very close to emerging!

Go Noodle!

SHEWWW!  Did we ever do a lot today!  These are pictures of us taking a very much needed Brain Break using Go Noodle!

Abe Lincoln Blabbers!

Parents,
To see your child's Abe Lincoln Blabber, look at the left of the blog, find your child's name under "Kidblog" and click.  Your child's blabber will be the first post you see!  Enjoy!

Mystery State Skype

Today we did a Mystery State Skype!  We asked yes/no questions and figured out that the 2nd graders we were talking to were from New Haven, Connecticut!!!  It was a great experience!