Thursday was our 20th day in school. Zero the Hero stopped by for a visit. He read to us part of the book Emily's First 100 days of School by Rosemary Wells. He will read from this book each time he comes and will count with us to the decade number we are on by 10s and 1s. Students especially enjoy when Zero "flies" from the room when he leaves.

And we had a butterfly!

We were so lucky when we returned to school on Tuesday after Labor Day to our newly hatched butterfly. We were so excited! We went outside immediately after breakfast/snack to release it. Mrs. Lombard's class came to watch and Mrs. Spear's class had two butterflies to release. Many preschoolers joined us as well. It was a highlight of our week!

cocoon

Here is Wormy in its' cocoon. We continue to talk about the Monarch Life Cycle - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. On Friday we got to see a blue bear butterfly be released. Thank you Mrs. Spear! We are also anxiously awaiting our own butterfly. Cross our fingers for Tuesday!

Wormy

Meet Wormy, our caterpillar turned chrysalis. Last week a student brought in a Monarch caterpillar for our class to observe. After only a few days, Wormy made a cocoon around him/herself. We are anxiously awaiting our butterfly and will rename him/her once we he/she emerges. Yesterday we made a chart to show what we know about caterpillars and butterflies. We discussed the life cycle and one student titled it "The Circle of Life". I am so impressed with our first few days of school. I can't wait to get to know everyone better.

Welcome class of 2028!

Welcome to our classroom blog. Here you can find a glimpse of what we are doing in the classroom. Check back often for updates. It's going to be a fabulous year!

writing numbers

Writing numerals and numbers is something Kindergartners work hard at mastering. It is often challenging to figure out how many of something and write that number correctly. Teen numbers are especially tricky. We practiced counting one group of ten and then some more to think about how teen numbers look. It is an ongoing skill!

baby chicks

Students in 2nd grade study life cycle. One of the ways they study this concept is through watching baby chicks hatch. Second grade teacher Ms. Dana, invited us to see the baby chicks once they were hatched. Our students were able to touch the chicks and see what they might do as 2nd graders. Hopefully our connection with other grades in the school will keep students excited about learning and what they have to look forward to in the future.