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Show & Tell

Today was show and tell in 2nd grade and Gracie was extremely happy because she got to bring her baby sister Finley. Finley is almost 9 months old and now has two teeth. Though not quite crawling she can scoot wherever she wants to go. Finley was not intimidated in the least by our chaos!

Math Practice

Mrs. Strosnider and 2nd graders practice subtracting with and without regrouping.

Subtraction

2nd Graders are learning Double Digit Subtraction with and without regrouping! Mrs. S, our student teacher from Chadron is helping them with strategies and giving them lots of practice.

Making New Friends

On Tuesday we had the opportunity to Skype with our new friends- Mrs. Whitmer and her 2^nd grade class in Muhlenberg, Kentucky! Skype is a program that allows video conferencing using computers. This is very exciting and the students are looking forward to getting to know other 2nd grade boys and girls from another state. For more pictures see the North Platte Public School website and click on Elementary Schools, Hall, and News.

Aloha!

   We celebrated the first day at Hall Elementary School with a hawaiian theme. The staff was wearing brightly colored hawaiian shirts and grass skirts! As students entered the gym they were greeted with high fives and presented with hawaiian leis. Inside the gym music rocked as students walked and danced to the Chicken Dance, YMCA, and the Macarena. Then everybody participated in the Cupid Shuffle. After the staff was introduced they did a hula dance for parents and students. We welcomed new staff members Mrs.Evelyn Fletcher(custodian), Mrs. Vonnie Engler (Speech), Mrs. Cindy Delp (Resource), Mrs. Monica Kramer (Guidance), Mr. Ron Mohs (P.E.), and Mr. Duane Skiles (P.E.).

   Second grade also welcomes two new faces. We are so excited to have Caroline and Colton join our team- they are doing great and are already making new friends! We are fortunate to have them in our class. Our first day half day at school was spent unloading and organizing our tools for learning, getting to know each other, and practicing our speaking/listening skills. Your child received a gift bag with addition and subtraction flash cards, ice cream erasers, “Extra” gum, and a domino. Ask your child why a particular item was included and see if they can tell you the significance! I am very excited about this year and look forward to rigorous and relevant learning (flash cards), where mistakes are sweet (ice cream erasers) because we can learn from them, and to building relationships as we work better together rather than alone (domino)!

2nd Grade Shuffle

Second graders tried to get their groove on this April Fool’s Day…

2nd Grade Shuffle

100 Days of School

Today marks 100 days of 2nd grade and students celebrated by making “I Survived” t-shirts. Here is a PhotoStory…

100 Days

Going Batty!

We are going batty in class this week and it has nothing to do with the full moon! Second graders are using netbooks to research information and find interesting facts about bats and how they help people. Students will organize and present their information to the class on Thursday. If you would like to watch you can catch us live on Ms. Burkholder’s Blog. Go to the website and click on ustream in the upper right-hand corner.

Brrr…

The weather is cold outside but inside the 2nd grade classroom we are warm and buzzing with excitement! Last week we had the honor of Dr. David Engle, Dr. Kate Murphy, and Kim Cooper visiting our classroom during their visit to Hall School. They got to see our Reader’s Workshop that we are modeling after PEBC. Students are getting very good at making inferences and impressed our guests with their inferring! If you come out to school and check out the 2nd grade buletin board you can see your child’s two-point paragraph on the topic of thinking.