Laptops!

Contrary to popular belief...we do get SOME work done and don't party EVERY day! ;)

Hee! Hee! Hee!

Today we spent the afternoon working hard on a special presentation that you will see at Open House. I am constantly blown away by what these kiddos can do on their computers. Simply amazing! :)

Rain Dance!

After a whole week of constant rain and feeling cooped up inside the classroom for way too long, there was only one way to end the rainy soggy week: DANCE PARTY!!!!! :)

Showing off some sweet break-dancin moves!!

Singin' at the tops of our lungs! :)

WOW!

cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-CHA!

Feelin the music! :)

Gettin our groove on!

Doin the worm!!

Robot Dancin!

WOO! HOO!

Having lots of fun! :)

Spirit Day: Sports Jersey Day!

Showin some Angels love on Spirit Day! (Aren't I a nice teacher to allow such love and devotion in my classroom?) :) :) :) hee hee hee

Go Dodgers!!! :)

We LOVE the DODGERS!!!! :)

YAY for Spirit Day!!!! :)

It's Raining! It's Pouring!

Wow! What a week of weather! We've had lightning and LOUD thunder, heavy wind and lots of RAIN! Unlike most teachers, I love rainy days! Rainy day schedules mean pulling out the board games, dominoes, coloring books and playing classic indoor games like "Heads Up, Seven Up"! Rainy days provide us with a different and fun routine at school. There is no better time than rainy days to have fun with indoor PE, curl up with a good book or wear the cutest and latest styles in rain-gear fashion! :)

Photo Of The Day

Have you ever seen a lemon that looks like this one? How cool is this??? This is a lemon that grows on a friend's tree where all the lemons grow to look like the one our friend brought in. It smelled heavenly...not like your typical lemon. It had a beautiful floral scent to it that brightened up our whole classroom! Cool, huh?? :) :)

Polar Express PJ Party!

One of the ways I love celebrating Christmas in second grade is by having a Polar Express PJ Party! Every one came dressed in their cutest PJs and brought their blankets, pillows and favorite stuffed animal. Our hosts and hostesses for our party brought donuts and milk for us to munch on while we watched The Polar Express together. We moved all the desks to the side and spread out all our blankets on the floor to lay on while we watched the movie. Afterwards we had fun playing board games and just relaxing in our jammies at school. :)

James and The Giant Peach Party!!

For Literature, this semester, I read James and The Giant Peach out loud to the class. It's a classic story written by Roald Dahl about a young boy whose life changes for the better when he gets trapped inside a peach. :) To celebrate finishing the book, our class had a "Peach Party"! Everyone was encouraged to bring in something "peachy" to eat as we watched the Disney movie of James and The Giant Peach. Boy! Did we ever have a peach feast! We had homemade peach cobbler, peach pie, peaches and cream, peach yogurt, peach jello, peach smoothies, peach juice, peach fruit cups and peach rings! :) YUM! I was proud of everyone for trying and tasting a little bit of every thing! :)

Buddy The Elf!

Buddy the Elf came to visit our class from the North Pole during the holiday season. He was keeping a close eye on some certain cutie patootie second graders and reporting back to Santa each night on whether they were naughty or nice. :) Buddy would surprise us each morning by hiding in a new spot in our classroom. He'd pick a high and lofty spot to spy from and make his observations through out the day.

It became a game each morning before school to see who would be the first to spot Buddy in his new hiding place. The picture below shows what I would see each morning as I sat at my desk. :) Do I have the best job in the world or what???!!! :) :) :)

Catching Up!

I thought these pictures were too much fun to pass up. So I am a little late but in my opinion...better than never! :) I LOVE Christmas and love sharing the season with my students. It's always a magical, sweet and fun time celebrating Christmas with a bunch of excited kiddos. One of my favorite Christmas traditions at Sonrise is the wrapping of the desks. :) It makes the whole class feel festive and makes doing that math work a little more fun!

Library Friends

These cute little critters above are holding Arthur and Clifford from our school library. The cuddly friends are given to classes who are on their best behavior when visiting the library. YAY!! Our class has been doing GREAT in the library! Woo! Hoo! We've enjoyed having Arthur, Clifford and Pigeon in our class! They rotate around the class by sitting on a different students desk each day. :)

Photo Of The Day

Why did the second grader eat his homework?

Because his teacher said it was a piece of cake!!!!

This funny joke brought to you by this cutie patootie above!!! :)

Photo Of The Day

Checking out our Bible verse for the week: “And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.”

Luke 2:40