The Littlest Reindeer - Second Grade Holiday Performance

The music at the concert was good.Because they practiced hard.And they war dressed nice. And the light  made me not see my family. I loved the concert. by Teagen

 

 

Tuesday December 17 it was the second grader’s concert there  was a lot of people.and we sang up up up and away .and we sang 5 more songs it was fun .  By Prestyn     



I had a concert  on Tuesday the 16t.My hair was curled I had a pretty dress on me.It was the best day ever in my life.We sang alot of songs.I was good at everything.The musicwas really super good.  Ihad stage fright .I was really scared about the show.The lights were  really bright I could  barely see.  Love Macy



Hi I am EmmaA mery christmas to all of you .Today  is Friday December 6 2013. Tommorow I get to see my cousin and maybe get a christmas tree and decerate my house .We will play and play and play it.     


December 17 was our classes concert at the Paw Paw High School and it was awesome.My class was really good and all of the other second graders were awesome too.All of the second graders sang and did the hand motions for the Littlest Reindeer concert.I was nervous at first but then I was’ nt .My music teacher is also the best because she did all the work.That’ s my first  concert as a second grader. Emma K.





Merry christmas everyone I hope you all have happy holidays and I will too.And if you dont I wish you a berry merry christmas.My name is Avery and im in second grade and my teachers name is Mrs.Koehn.[Kane].Please stay warm and have fun in the snow and drink hot coacoa.


Tuesday the 17.My class had a cesrt.We sligs. One slig was klid The littelstes rader.And up up up and a wain.  and we sing 6 miyc.My terel tlok list a pikrs.The End a sti the pfomis we drob in   frunt af the ghdbesinis. My tlok was hae meto and my cles.  By Cameron





The class (and the whole second grade) did an awesome job at their concert!  They smiled and sang and danced and brought the holiday spirit to all!  We all loved seeing the kids dressed up and showing off their talents on stage!  Thanks to Ms. Goodenough, our Music and Drama teacher for all her hard work putting our performance together!  Thanks also to all the families, grandparents and friends who attended the concert!  We wish you all the Happiest of holiday seasons! 

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Voices Choir

Today we had the privilege of hearing the Voices Choir from the Paw Paw High School!  They came to the EE and sang us several amazing holiday songs! 

 

 

Thanks to all the high school students and their director, Mr. Yzquierdo for their beautiful performance today.
 I wonder how many BUGS will sing in that choir some day?!

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Being Unique

This week Orrin shared with the class some information about being diabetic.  He explained how and why he tests his blood sugar and what he does if it is high or low.  The kids were very interested in learning about this unique quality in Orrin!  

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I Care Club Kids Help at Lion's Club Food Baskets!

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Second Grade Holiday Performance Canceled for Tonight - Rescheduled!!

Due to the weather conditions, the second grade holiday performance scheduled for tonight at the PAC has been canceled.  I will keep you all posted if it is to be rescheduled.

I assure you, I saw the kids sing today and they were AMAZING!!

RESCHEDULED!!!  The concert has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, December 17th at the same time at the PAC!!  :)

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Shut the Box!

Ian and Ross play Shut the Box during math stations

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Learning Past Tense

This week we have focused on learning the regular past tense - which all just means that the verb will end with the letters -ed.  These two little letters help our eyes to tell our brains that this action took place before now.  I jumped.  She planted.  He scored.  The trouble with this pattern is that it never SAYS what it looks like!  Our Word Detectives were hot on the scene, though!  On Monday, the class created lists of all the regular past tense words they could find in the room.



On Tuesday, we looked over our lists and read the word out loud to ourselves or a neighbor and tried to figure out what sounds we heard the -ed saying.



We discovered that "-ed" will say, /t/, /d/ or /id/.  What is most interesting is that it never says /ed/!!  The class sorted all their verbs into three columns, one for each sound of the past tense.  This is what the list looked like when we finished:



Hmm... we wondered  if there was a pattern to these sounds.  Could we find clues that might tell us when the -ed would make the /t/ sound?  Was there any way to know when it would make the /d/ sound?!  Our detectives were ready to find out!  The class took their lists home and worked hard on solving the mystery!

On Wednesday, we had several students return to school with ideas about the pattern.  Three students figured it out!  Before you read any further, can YOU figure out the pattern?!

If a verb ends in a quiet sound (one that does not jiggle your voice box), the -ed will make the /t/ sound (which does not use your voice box either. It is easier for our mouth to keep our voice box off and make two quiet sounds in a row.  Try it.  Jump ends with a quiet sound of /p/.  Your voice box (put your hand on your throat) does NOT jiggle or vibrate.  When we add the -ed ending for "jumped", we stay quiet, and get the sound /t/ on the end.

If a verb ends in a noisy sound (one that DOES jiggle your voice box), the -ed will make the /d/ sound (which is also noisy!!) Try it with the verb "clean".  The /n/ makes your voice box vibrate, so we let it vibrate right on through the - ed ending and we get the /d/ sound instead of the /t/ sound!!  Pretty cool, isn't it?   Just for kicks, try saying the word "clean" but put /t/ on the end, or try "jump" but with a /d/ sound on the end.  It's hard to do!

Finally, we found that words that already ended with a /t/ or a /d/ couldn't repeat the same sound easily!!  We can't say "paint"-/t/!!  Or "decide" -/d/!!  Instead, we need a vowel sound  in between the t, d and the -ed ending.  I cannot explain why we don't just say /ed/, but we say /id/ instead.  So, a word like "paint" will now say "paint-ID" for past tense.  Or a verb like "pretend" will say "pretend-ID".

Way cool, once you know the pattern, right?!  I think so too.  And the BUGS were pretty excited to figure out the pattern.



Especially Dylan, Kolleana and Avery, who each won 10 Power Paws AND a treat out of the treasure box!!  Way to go detectives!

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