We did a Reader's Theatre and had a lot of fun. :) Enjoy!!!

It's been a real jungle in our room the past few weeks but we are learning a lot. Be sure to ask you student what is happening with their mealworms and what new life has sprouted in the mealworm homes. Don't stop there, be sure to ask them about some of our new reading and writing centers.

If they haven't already told you how much fun it is to do math on an i-touch be sure to ask about that. We are down to business and everyone is working hard. Thanks for all you do to help them at home in their learning. Here is to a fabulous year.

Hello to Gavin

We are off to a good start this first week. We are missing Gavin who will be joining us after the first of the year. We wish to include Gavin in our classroom from a distance so we have set up a separate blog to communicate. I am experimenting so it may/may not work or be totally user friendly. It is a work in progress but try it and see if you can send a quick hello through the comment section. Let me know.....

Ms. McGinley

Welcome to 2nd Grade

Welcome to 2nd Grade,

I'm glad you could swing by and check out our classroom website. I have some fun learning websites listed along the side to get you started and ready for your first day.

Open house is August 25 at 5:30 - 6:30 so please come and say hello, check out your new room, and let me see how much you grew over the summer.

Wear something jungly if you have it -- this is a clue about our classroom . See you soon.

Ms. McGinley

More pictures of camping.

More pictures of Yellowstone National Park

I took some really cool pictures of the geysers and we will talk about them when you return to school. I have a lot of pictures but I will only show a few on our website.

What is everyone doing this summer?

Hello Everyone,

I'm missing you already, but I am having some fun with Dakota this summer. We went camping at Yellowstone National Park and we saw a lot of animals. We even saw a bear right by our campsite. YIKES! :) We are going to write about our summer and all the fun things that you are all doing. I can't wait to see you all again as second graders. Don't forget to keep reading so you can enter second grade as superstar readers.