A Peek from the past few weeks!

View pictures from our Easter celebration, jelly bean experiment and our VERY IMPORTANT READERS! 

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Catch up on Spring

The past two weeks we have been very busy learning about seeds and plants.  View our pictures and enjoy the music.  It is a song we recorded to help us learn the parts of a plant.

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Letters from Florida!

As many of you know I have several volunteers that support our classroom.  My father spent a lot of time working with us before he went south for the winter.  Since he left, many of us have been writing back and forth.  It is fun to learn about his adventures in Florida.


A few weeks ago we all got a personalized letter!  Inside each letter were 4 puzzle pieces.  It took us a few minutes to figure out that we all had to work together to put the puzzle together.  Everyone had fun putting the puzzle together and sharing their letters.  Thanks Dad (Mr. Maginn), for sending us some fun. 

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Career Day!

Last week many students dressed up as something they wanted to be when they grew up.  Meet some future executives, veterinarians and sports players!

Executive

Baseball Player

Soccer Player and Doctor

Veterinarian

A special moment in our class.

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Sneak Peek into Week of February 17th

We had a busy week working on computers in our classroom, celebrating Valentine's Day, and learning many new things about germs, President Lincoln and taxes! Take a look!

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Peek into the week of February 10th

This was a busy week! We celebrated 100 days of school on Thursday. Enjoy!

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Peek into the week of February 3rd

This week we had an exciting time studying penguins.  In addition, we had a fun time with Junior Achievement!

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We "Doctored" up our Contractions!

The past two weeks we have been working on contractions.  To help us better understand that contractions are taking some letters out and inserting an apostrophe we stepped into the operating room.  Everyone was given a set of words, an operating mask, scissors and of course a band-aid.  First we surgically removed the unnecessary letters and then patched things up with a band-aid!

Peek into the week of January 27th

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Sneak Peek into Last Week!

Last week was busy due to our field trip to the Strong Museum. We were allowed two lessons. One group went to the butterfly display and another group was instructed on what parts of their body help them learn. Enjoy the pictures!

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Holiday Memories

We were very busy celebrating the holidays in December.  We had a week with a reindeer theme, Santa theme and finally a Grinch theme.  Enjoy the smiles as you view our fun!

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The Great Poem Race!

Second Graders continue to work on their fluency by reciting a special poem as many times as they can each week.  Below you will see the most recent winners.  This group combined read to 250 people!  The group picture includes all students who read their poem to ten or more people.  They are the "Ten and Up" Club.

Second Graders can Make A Difference!

On a windy, cold day 6 Second Graders set out with the Canal View Service Learning Club to honor several veterans living in our community.  It all started with a few students wanting to give back to our community.  After several attempts at creating a community service project, they landed with the Service Learning Club.  This group of 4th and 5th Graders welcomed our 2nd Graders to work with them on a project.  The group met several times to create signs and gifts for the Veterans.  The also prepared songs and poems to recite for the Veterans upon their visit.


Great Job to those who made a difference by giving a special thank you to those who served our country.  

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Happy Thanksgiving!

 Here is a sneak peek into the week of November 14th. Next
enjoy viewing some fun we had this week getting ready for Thanksgiving.

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A visit from the author Tedd Arnold

Canal View was very lucky to have a visit from the author Tedd Arnold. The Canal View Parent Association supported the efforts to bring him to our school community. The excitement began to build weeks before his arrival as we read his books, visited his website and began to form questions we wanted to ask him.


It was truly a learning experience for all. You will find enclosed small clips of everyone sharing their favorite part after Tedd Arnold's presentation.

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The Great Poem Race

How can you improve your fluency?  How can you become a better reader?  How can you better understand what you read?

Join the Great Poem Race!  

Each week we start a new race.  Just read the poem to as many people as you can and you could be the winner. 


You can read to:  Mom, Dad, friends on the bus, friends at school, teachers at school, family and neighbors.  You can even call friends or family on the phone!  If you read to at least 10 people you can be in the "10 and Up Club!" 

10 and up club for week 1!

The winner for week 1!

10 and Up Club Week 2!

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Winner for Week 2!

Peek into our week - More from November 4th

I didn't take many pictures this week.  But I did find some pictures from last week that I did not post.  Please enjoy our adventures.

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A "Toast" to the Authors in Second Grade

Mrs. Marsh's Class got together with our class to celebrate our writing.  We completed our first unit of writing small moments.  We celebrated by serving toast and sharing our pieces with a partner.  Here is a sneak peek.

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Weekly Newsletter - November 4th

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