2012 Holiday Activities

 Dress Rehearsal Day

 Like our sign said, "Santa Stop Here", so he did.

We passed out Goody-Bags.

Pictures of the dance in the auditorium and party will be uploaded soon.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Student of the Week for the week of December 10, 2012

Congratulations to our Student o f the Week.  She is safe, respectful and responsible. She is a kind friend and plays safely with others .  She very sweet and respectful towards her teachers.  She comes to school ready to learn.  She tries her best and does not give up when times get tough.  She works hard and is improving greatly.  Keep up the awesome work!

Student of the Week for the Week of December 3, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for being safe, respectful and responsible.  She is safe in and out of the classroom.  She is kind to others and is respectful towards her teachers.  She is a responsible learner, she looks and listens to directions.  She is focused, works independently, finishes and turns in her work on time, and her answers are is accurate.  Keep up the hard work!

November Accelerated Reader Top Points

Congratulations to our top three students who scored the highest points in the month of November.  Keep up the reading!

November Student of the Month

Congratulations to our Student of the Month.  She is safe and kind, very respectful and responsible.  She comes to school very early everyday and stays late after school doing her work.  She is very aware of her surroundings and knows what to do.  She does all of her work and turns them in on time.  She is a responsible learner.  She contributes to our class discussions and is a leader when working in a group.  She is very fashionable, a happy child , and a pleasure to have in class.  Keep up the awesome job!

Student of the Week for the Week of November 26, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  She is safe, respectful, and responsible.  She has been contributing greatly to our class discussions during reading comprehension.  She is bright and is enthusiastic about school.  She loves to learn new information and is very responsible for her learning.  She looks, listens, and pays attention.  She is independent, knows what to do in class, is focused, does her work, and turns them in on time.  Keep up the hard work!

Student of the Week for the week of November 13, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week!  He is safe, respectful and responsible.  He is a kind and helpful friend.  He plays safely in and out of the classroom.  He is very polite and respectful to all of his teachers.  He is a responsible learner.  He takes care of his needs.  He looks, listens, and pays attention.  He knows what to do and he finishes and turns in his work on time.  He is proactive, he does not need to be reminded of his classroom duties.  Keep the awesome work!

Santa Cecilia Orchestra

Mr. Roper, from the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, shared his knowledge of the tuba with us today.  He brought his 16 feet, 30 year old tuba with him.  He also brought a 9 feet tuba and he has a 170 year old tuba at home.  Tubas have been around for 180 years.  He showed and talked about shells, horns, and bones being used as musical instruments.  He played a composed piece for us titled Effie and Effie sings a Lullaby.  He invited us to see a free concert at Occidental College.  If we come an hour early, we can try playing some instruments that they'll have out on display.

Student of the Week for the Week of November 5, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  She is safe, respectful, and responsible.  She plays safely out in the playground.  She is a kind friend and is careful not to hurt anyone.  She is polite and respectful towards all adults in school.  She listens and follows all directions the first time it is given.  She is a responsible learner, she looks and makes sure she knows her assignments.  She is an independent worker.  She knows what to do, she tries her best, she is careful with her work, and turns in her work on time.  Keep up the great job!

October Student of the Month

Congratulations to our October Student of the Month.  He is a model student.  He is safe, respectful, and responsible.  He plays appropriately with others and is respectful towards adults.  He comes to school everyday, on time, and is ready to learn.  He looks, listens, and pays attention.  He knows what to do and does what he's supposed to do.  He is dependable and very responsible.  I can always count on him.  He volunteers to answer comprehension questions, he contributes greatly during our class discussions, he's focused, and on task.  He does all of his assignments, turns them in on time, takes great pride in his work, and writes beautifully.  I can tell he loves school as much as he loves sharks.  Keep up the super hard work!

2012 Halloween Costume Parade and Contest

We just finished participating in our annual costume parade and contest.  Our class won the prettiest and most original award among the second grade classes.  Congratulations!

Student of the Week for the Week of October 29, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  She is safe, responsible and respectful.  She is a kind and considerate friend.  She comes to school everyday, on time, and is ready to learn.  She is a responsible learner.  She looks, listens, and pays attention.  She is focused, independent, does all of her work, and turns them in on time.  She is very respectful and polite.  Keep up the super work!

Student of the Week for the Week of October 22, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  She follows the school's main focus, she is safe, respectful, and responsible.  She is safe in and out of the classroom.  She is kind to others.  She is doing well academically because she is proactive in her learning.  She takes responsibility in making sure she learns the lessons being taught.  Keep up the focus and great job!

Unit 1 Project - Friends and Family Skits

 We invited our Parents, students in room 204 (2nd graders) and students in Room 18 (Kindergarteners) see our skits on October 19, 2012.  It was in the auditorium, at 8:30 in the morning.

 Group 1 wrote a skit about brothers and sisters helping each other.

 Group 2 wrote a skit about students helping their teacher.

Group 3 wrote a skit about friends helping each other.

Group 4 wrote a skit about parents helping their children.

The students worked with their groups for four weeks.  Each student thought of a story and shared it with their group.  They each voted for a story and picked that for their skit.  They made up the characters, setting, and plot.  They wrote their scripts, rehearsed their skit, and painted their background.

We remembered our lines and did well!

We reached an API of 900!

To celebrate our 900 API we dressed up in our regular "smarty-pants" self!

Student of the Week for the week of October 15, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  He is safe, respectful and responsible.  He is a kind friend to all.  He's very polite.  He has such a positive attitude, one look at his smile and you're sure to have a better day.  He is a responsible learner.  He looks, listens, and is focused.  He does all of his work and turns them in on time.  He is bright, has perseverance, and contributes to our class discussions.  Keep up the wonderful job!

September Student of the Month

Congratulations to our September Student of the Month.  She is safe, respectful, and responsible.  She excels in attendance, academics, and attitude.  She is a model student. She comes to school everyday ready to learn.  She takes responsibility in her own learning.  She looks, listens, and follows directions the first time they are given.  She is focused, does all of her assignments and turns them in on time.  She scores well in her assessments because of  her awesome study skills.  She volunteers to answer comprehension questions and contributes greatly to our class discussions.  Keep up the super-awesome job!

Student of the Week for the Week of October 8, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  He is safe, respectful and responsible.  He is safe when he plays, he follows school and classroom rules.  He is respectful, he follows directions the first time they are given. He is also very polite to his teacher.  He is a responsible learner, he looks at what the teacher shows, he listens for the teacher's voice, and is ready to learn.  He is focused, does all of his assignments, and turns them in on time.  He takes pride in his work, he checks his work and turns them in with little or no mistake.  Keep up the awesome job!

Student of the Week for the Week of October 1, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  She is safe, respectful and responsible.  She is a model student.  She comes to school ready to learn.  She looks, listens, and follows directions the first time they given.  She takes responsibility for her learning.  She is always on task, focused, and is eager to learn.  She finishes all of her assignments and turns them in on time.  She is very bright and is a natural leader.  Keep up the AWESOME JOB!

2012-2013 2nd Grade Class of Room 17

Today was Picture Day!  I'm so glad that we were all finally together; this is our class photo.  This picture was taken by me, Mrs. Rivera, before the photographer took the "real" picture.  I think the class looks marvelous!

Student of the Week for the Week of September 24, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  He is safe, respectful and responsible.  He follows all school rules and is a kind friend to all.  He is polite to his teachers and follows directions the first time they are given.  He is a hard worker, he's focused, and tries his best in all that he does.  He's an interested and independent learner.  He sticks to all of his assignments until they are all finished and turned in.  Keep up the hard work!

Student of the Week for the week of September 10, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week.  She is a bright and interested learner.  She takes great responsibility in her learning.  She is always looking at what the teacher is presenting, listening to what the teacher is saying, and doing her tasks right away.  She answers comprehension questions accurately and contributes greatly to our class discussions.  Of course, she is safe, respectful, and very responsible.  She is such a pleasure teach.  Keep up the awesome job!

August Student of the Month

Congratulations to our August Student of the Month.  He is safe, respectful and responsible.  He is a model student.  He comes to school everyday, on time, and is ready to learn.  He is safe and kind to all.  He follows school and class rules, and follows directions the first time they are given.  He is a pro-active learner.  He makes sure he does and turns in all of his work on time.  He's always on task and focused.  Keep up the tremendous job!

Student of the Week for the week of September 3, 2012

Congratulations to our Student of the Week; he is a safe, respectful and responsible student.  He's safe, he plays safely and appropriately.  He stays in our play area and follows the rules of the game.  He's respectful, he listens to his teachers and follows directions the first time they are given.  He's responsible, he looks and listens to daily classroom lessons and tries to complete all of his work on time.  He stays focused on his tasks and always tries his best.  He keeps track of his materials and brings back his planner and homework envelope daily.  Keep up the hard work!

Class Picture

Our Class Picture will be posted soon, many of the students have been out ill and we have not had a chance to take a complete group picture.  Hopefully we can all rest and get better this weekend and be together again to take our Class Picture.

Music Class

Music class with Ms. Johnson.  We reviewed counting beats and rests, reading notes, and worked on the notes so and mi.  We learned two new songs, each having something to do about the sea and sailing.

Dance Class

Dance class with Mrs. Frauchiger.  We traveled then froze into a statue all within the count of 16.  We used high, medium, and low levels.  We took turns leaping over our partner.  We used scarves to dance in place as well as travel.  We have a dance journal where we enter what we learned after each lesson.