Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday! This week, students reflected about what it means to complete quality work and to have pride in your work. They had great thoughts: focusing on what is in front of you, doing your best job, checking your work / rereading / editing, writing in… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday! This week, groups presented their continent projects! There is always a lot to learn when presenting. How do we move and share space? How loud do we need our voices to be? How do we start and end the presentation? So many… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday! This week, students were amazing collaborators and practiced presenting their continent projects! It is quite something for second graders to work on a group project and then present together as well! Together, each group considered how to introduce themselves, who would share first, the logistics… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday! This week, we jumped back into our second grade routines! Students worked hard, followed our SLEs, and had fun seeing friends again!It was wonderful to see students collaborating for their continent projects. Working in a group can be awesome AND challenging at times. We discussed strategies for… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, I hope you’ve all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas break so far! Wishing you a happy new year as we start 2024! On Thursday, we will jump back into normal second grade routines. 🙂 It will be wonderful to see our students and hear about the time they… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday! We made it to Christmas break! This week, we experienced many joys! – decorating gingerbread houses and our Christmas party today were just a couple! Thank you to our volunteers, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Lobo, and Mr. Howard for leading the children… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, What a great week! The biggest highlight had to be the Christmas Concert – second graders did such a lovely job with their performance! Hard work pays off! We have a fun week ahead, including building gingerbread houses (out of graham… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday! Thank you to families who have donated to Adopt-a-Family or the Alameda Food Bank! These donations make individuals’ Christmas season brighter and more hopeful. It is so wonderful that our children understand the importance of demonstrating generosity and thoughtfulness. If you haven’t had… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday! Only two and a half more weeks until Christmas break, and second grade will make the most of them! This week, we anticipated the beginning of the Advent season – we will have a weekly prayer service in our classroom to celebrate the four weeks of… Read more »
Dear Second Grade Families, Happy Friday and happy Thanksgiving break! Thank you so much for rallying around the Annual Fund! As a teacher and fellow parent, I truly appreciate how you supported our school! Students will have free dress and a treat on Wednesday, November 29th. 🙂 Another highlight was watching… Read more »
