Veteran's Day

The second grade teachers have planned an activity to teach our students about Veteran's Day. On Monday, Jim Rogers, (kindergarten teacher, Tiffany Rogers' husband) will speak to the second grade about Veteran's Day. He served during Desert Storm. We will also be reading the book about John McCain's life. The second grade teachers made a flag on the wall in the hallway outside the gym to honor Veteran's during the month of November. All students and staff were given a star in keeping with our theme "Our Veteran's are our stars!" to decorate with the name of a Veteran family member or friend. They could also include the branch of service, a photo copy of a photograph, years served, and/or places they were stationed. Students returned the stars to school to be placed on our wall. Students and staff are enjoying reading the "stars" on our flag. We will leave the stars up through parent/teacher conferences for all to view.

Students are learning to write a friendly letter. Students selected a favorite aspect of second grade to write about to a first grade student. In this way they can tell first grade students about the changes in their life to second grade. We have scheduled a time to read our letters to Mrs. Hoesman's first grade class next week. Hopefully, we will have grown in our letter writing skills while giving our first grade friends some insight into second grade.

Our class is finishing a chapter on habitats in science. They made habitat booklets showing the landscape and animals that live in each habitat. Science books were sent home to review for the test this week.

As Thanksgiving approaches, we begin to think about our Thanksgiving dinners. Students brought home a recipe form to be filled out with a favorite recipe from your family. Thank you for taking the time to share a recipe with us.