Field Day Fun

Second Grade Field Day Fun on PhotoPeach

Great Gardeners

We had an awesome guest speaker talk to us today about caring for a garden and growing our own vegetables.  Ms. Brenda spent some time in our classroom telling us about the different potatoes we can grow. Then she took us out back to the Chets Creek garden and let us dig up some potatoes to take home to our families!  We also took turns weeding the other areas of the garden but then the rain came.  While rain is good for the garden it's not so much fun for the gardeners - especially right before lunch time!  We tied our gardening experience to literacy by reading Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by our special author, Tomie dePaola!
Great Gardeners on PhotoPeach

Social Studies Guest Speaker

Yesterday during Social Studies City Councilman Robin Lumb stopped by to talk to us about our city government. We learned about the judicial system and how laws protect us.

Spirit Week at the Creek

This week we've been decked out in CRAZY attire! You may see us walking through the halls looking like rock stars, pop stars, in a fashion disaster, dressed like the careers we hope to have when we grow up, or just wearing blue! On Monday we had some fun in the photo booth, Tuesday we went on a field trip to MOSH, Thursday we were inspired by Donovan Darius on what it means to be a HERO, and Friday we supported our third, fourth, and fifth graders as they went to a Pep Rally for the FCAT! Not your ordinary week in our school!Spirit Week on PhotoPeach

MOSH Field Trip

We went on an educational trip to the Museum of Science and History. We learned about the human body, investigated properties of matter, and even saw a show about matter! Since the weather was so nice, we enjoyed our lunch outside at Friendship Fountain.
MOSH field trip on PhotoPeach

Boosterthon Fun Run

For the last week we've been raising money for our school. Friends and family members have been pledging money and today was the day for us to run our laps and earn their respect and money. The most laps allowed: 35. Our time limit: 1 hour. Our teachers and parents encouraged us as we continued to run around the Boosterthon track. At the end of the race we received many cool prizes (waterbottles, sunglasses, balls, watches, bracelets, and even t-shirts and more) and our class raised over $90 per lap!!! Over the last week we enjoyed extra recess, popsicles, free drawing time, hat day, lunch outside, and bubble gum, setting and meeting new goals almost daily! We certainly will miss the daily visits from the Boosterthon team. What a FUN way to raise money for our school!
Boosterthon Fun Run on PhotoPeach

Choosing Independent Reading Books

Each student has an independent reading book bag hanging on the back of his/her chair. Every Friday students return the books that they are finished with and choose 10 new books to read the following week. They try to find some "just right" books and vary the genres. Student favorites include poetry books, books of the month, nonfiction books about animals, Magic School Bus books, and chapter books.