Spirit Week Next Week!!

In celebration of Homecoming week, we are having Spirit Week at the Early Elementary!

Monday - Pajama Day

Tuesday - Neon Day

Wednesday - Superhero Day

Thursday - Career Day

Friday - Spirit Day (Wear red, white, grey or black!!) 

Show your Paw Paw pride!!

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Picture Day!!

Beautiful BUGS!!

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The Prowl!

We had so much fun at the Prowl!!

We ran laps to raise money for our school!

Every lap helped us earn more money to support field trips,
 books and events at the Early Elementary!

We wanted to do our part to support our school. 

Thank you to the PTO and all the volunteers who helped make the
Paw Paw Prowl a huge success again this year!!

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Everybuggy Blogs!!

What are two things you like most about Fall?

My favorite things are jumping in leaves and climbing trees. Benny

My favorite things about fall is the leaves and the colors. Abby

My favorite thing about fall is drinking cider and breaning leaves. By Andrew

My favorite things about fall are the smell of the wind when it hits my face and carving pumpkins. Jude  

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Learning About Units of Measure

Today, in math, we learned about using centimeters and meters to measure.  We had a GREAT discussion about why we needed both kinds of measurements!  (Just ask Natalie and Benny who tried to measure the carpet with centimeters!)

We used our rulers and meter sticks to measure different objects in the classroom. 

We found some things that were long and needed a meter stick to be measured. 

We also found some things that were pretty small and using a ruler was the most efficient tool!

Sometimes we found objects that were more than one meter, but not two meters.
We had to think about how many meters it might be.

We had to be very careful with our measuring!

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In Honor of Constitution Day

We have been learning about our government and today, in honor of Constitution Day, we learned about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.  We learned about how the delegates had to compromise to create a set of rules for the new government and so we worked together to create a set of rules for our classroom.  The students came up with the following:

We the students of Room 18, in order to form a more perfect classroom, create these rules to make our classroom a safe, calm learning environment where all students can succeed:

• Treat others as you wish to be treated
• Do the right thing even when no one is looking
• Everyone should be focused and on task

The BUGS also figured out very quickly that our classroom is NOT a republic because I am ultimately in charge and they didn't get to vote me in!!

We had a great time learning about our country today and applying our new knowledge to our classroom!  Happy Constitution Day!

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How to Pick the Perfect Book

Step 1: Figure out if you want a fiction book or a nonfiction book.
 Go to the section of the classroom library.  

Step 2: Find a bin that interests you...cats, dinosaurs, Magic School Bus, biographies...

Take out a book and try to read it. 

Step 3: See if the book is a "Goldilocks Book" - not too hard, not too easy but juuuuusssst right for me!

Step 4: READ!!

Step 5: READ!!!

Step 6:  READ some more!!

Step 7: Keep reading everybuggy!!

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Getting Started

Meet the B.U.G.S. of 2016-2017!!
We are all so excited to be in second grade together this year!
 We have an amazing class of Bright, Unique, Generous Students!

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Open House 2016-17

Open House is one of my favorite days of the year!  I LOVE meeting all my new BUGS and I LOVE how excited they all are to be second grade!

David, Alex and Jackson

Olivia and her brother, Kyle (a former BUG!)

Karleigh, Sophia and Jude

Holden, Bradley and Abby

Zach, Christian and Logan

Andrew, Benny, Karsyn and Kami

Blayne and Natalie

Evan and Ezekiel

See you all next Tuesday!!

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