Student of the Week for the week of November 7, 2011.

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of November 7, 2011. He is safe, respectful and responsible. He is a kind friend. He always has a smile on his face, which cheers up our class. He loves to learn and volunteer to answer comprehension questions. He's always focused on our task, he's bright and contributes greatly in class discussions. Keep up the AWESOME JOB!!!

October's Student of the Month

Congratulations to our October Student of the Month. She has been safe in and out of the classroom. She has been careful so that she and others around her are safe. She has been respectful. She looks and listens to all of her teachers. She has been responsible. She comes to school everyday, on time, and is ready to learn. She follows all directions, the first they are given. She is always focused and on task. She tries to figure out and solve any problem she may encounter. She is also reliable; I can give her a verbal message for her parents and she will make sure she conveys that message to her parents. Keep up the awesome work!

Student of the Week for the week of October 31, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week! She is an excellent student. She is always on task and focused. She has great comprehension skills. She is always raising her hand to try to answer comprehension questions. She is very involved and interested in school. She is of course, safe and very respectful to everyone. She is a model student. Keep up the awesome job!

2011 Holloween Costume Parade

Here we are at Delevan Drive's Annual Halloween Costume Parade and Contest.

Srudent of the Week for the week of 10/17/11

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of 10/17/11. She has been safe, respectful and responsible. She always follows the class and yard rules. She has not been hurt nor have hurt anyone. She is very respectful towards all of the adults in school. She is also a very kind friend to her peers. She is responsible, she stays on her task and finishes them all. She does not give up on her work. She is focused and concentrates well. Above all, she transitions from one activity to another without any problems, delays nor excessive talking. Keep up the super-awesome job!

2011 Delevan Drive's Annual Try-A-Thon

Here we are at Delevan Drive's 2011 Annual Try-A-Thon!

Student of the Week for the week of 10/10/11

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of October 10, 2011. She has been a model student since the first day of school. She has excelled in the three A's; Attendance, Academic, and Attitude. She has come to school everyday, on time with all of her materials and ready to learn. She has a great attitude about school. She looks and listens to her teacher, follows all directions the first time they're given, and completes all of her work neatly and on time. She is a kind and helpful friend to all. Keep up the grrreat work!

Student of the Week for the week of 10/3/11

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of October 3, 2011. She has been safe in and out of the classroom. She has been respectful; she follows directions, the first time they are given. She is helpful and kind to children and adults. She has been very responsible; she is always on task, she finishes all of her work on time and is a natural leader. She is a model student - keep up the awesome work!

September's Student of the Month

Congratulations to our Student of the Month for the month of September. He has been working very hard in and out of the classroom. He has come to school everyday, is focused, and ready to learn. He finishes all of his work on time, is kind to everyone and remembers all of his responsibilities. He does his homework, gets his parent's signatures on important documents, and returns all of his assignments. Keep up the super job!

Our Classroom

This is our classroom. Our first writing piece is a personal narrative; they're displayed on the closet doors. We went through the five steps of The Writing Process. First we did a Pre-Write, next, we wrote our Draft, then, we Revised by ourselves, then, our teacher Proofread our paper with us, last, we Published (and illustrated) and Presented. We took turns sharing our story.

Our culminating activity for Topic One of Math is on the bulletin board. We used a Part, Part, Whole model to show we understand addition and subtraction.

Student of the Week for the week of 9/19/11

Congratulations to our first Student of the Week! He has been safe; in and out of the classroom. He has been responsible; he has been doing all of his classwork and homework. He has been respectful; he has followed his teacher's directions the first time they are given. Keep up the super work!

2011-2012 Second Graders

Welcome 2011-2012 Second Graders and Families! We are going to have a very productive and fun year. We will learn a lot of new standards and ace the California State Test (CST)!

2011 Spelling Bee Winners

2011 Second Grade Spelling Bee First Place Winner.

2011 Second Grade Spelling Bee Second Place winner.

Congratulations to our winners! Your intelligence, dedication, and hard work payed off. You've worked hard all year, keep up the perseverance.

June Student of the Month

Congratulations to our Student of the Month for the month of June. He persevered and worked hard all year long! He has been safe in the classroom and on the playground. He has been kind to his peers and respectful towards his teachers. He has helped his classmates learn how to play basketball. He has been very responsible; making sure his part in academics is taken care of. He comes to school everyday, on time, pays attention in class, finishes all of his work on time, does his homework and gets his Parent's signature on his work. Way to go Model Student, Keep up the hard work!

2011 Second Grade Award Recipients

Our Language Arts Award recipients have been strong in consistently contributing to class discussions about our themes and the stories we've read. They've scored at least 95% on all of their assessments in reading fluency, comprehension, spelling, vocabulary and writing. Keep up the awesome work!

Our Mathematics Award recipients have been strong in consistently understanding new math concepts. They are very independent workers and executes Jiji math activities with ease. Keep up the hard work!

Our Most Improved Award recipients have worked tirelessly and have grown tremendously in academics. They have kept their focus and have only moved forward this year. Keep up the super job!

Our Citizenship Award recipients have been model students since the first day of class. They have been kind, thoughtful, considerate, helpful and above all, someone that their peers can look up to. Keep up the great job!

Our Good Attendance Award recipients have kept themselves safe and healthy, resulting in only missing one day of school. They also have no tardy and have come to class ready to learn. Super cool job!

Our Perfect Attendance recipients have come to school, on time, for 175 days! Way to go guys! It's super hard to come to school everyday - no matter what may come your way! A huge round of applause to you and your Parents.

Congratulations to you all!

Student of the Week for the week of June 13, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week. He has been safe in school. He has been respectful towards his teachers. He has been responsible in trying to take care of his work in and out of the classroom. Keep persevering!

May Student of the Month

Congratulations to our May Student of the Month. He has been working hard all year long. He has been safe, respectful and responsible. He plays safely in and out of the classroom. He is kind to his peers and follows directions the first time they are given. He comes to school everyday on time. He works independently and turns in his work on time. He studies well and does great on his tests. Keep up the great work!

April Student of the Month

Congratulations to our April Student of the Month. She has been very safe, respectful and responsible. She is super polite and kind to all. She always has a smile on her face and greets her teachers "Good Morning," "Have a good recess or lunch," and "Have good afternoon." She is amazingly responsible. She does all of her work, in and out of the classroom, they are neat, and she turns them all in on time. She studies well and has awesome test scores. Keep up the wonderful work!

Student of the Week for the Week of May 2, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of May 2, 2011. He has been trying to be safe in and out of the classroom. He has been responsible, turning in his homework weekly. He has been trying to finish all of his assignments on time. He has been respectful, trying to listen and follow directions the first time they are given. Keep up the hard work!

Thank You to Our Student Teacher

Thank you to our super smart, awesomely fun, and totally caring Student Teacher! Thank you for helping us with our work, teaching us new lessons and being so dedicated to teaching. We appreciate all of your hard work.

Fossils Projects

These are our projects about fossils which depicts our theory of how the dinosaurs dissappeared.

Egg Hunt

Before Spring Break we had an egg hunt. First, we decorated a bag to put our eggs in. Then, we went to the upper apparatus area to hunt for eggs. It was easy to find most of the eggs but, some were hidden pretty well. Thank you to the parents who helped hide the eggs. After the hunt we went to the Parent Center to have some ice cream prepared by Mrs. Garcia. She baked some crust, put a scoop of vanilla ice cream in the center, and a small scoop of orange sherbert on the very top. It looked like a broken egg! It was yummy! We also had fruit punch. Thanks Mrs. Garcia! After eating, we divided our findings so that everyone had about the same amount. We also made a rabbit made out of foam. Thanks Miss Tamrazian for showing us how it's done. We had a lot of fun!

Student of the Week for the week of April 11, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week. He has been safe; he has been following school rules. He has been responsible; he has been paying attention in class and doing his work in and out of the classroom. He has been respectful; he has been listening to his teachers and yard supervisors. Keep up the hard work!

March Student of the Month

Congratulations to our March Student of the Month. She is sugar and spice and everything nice. She is as sweet as cotton candy. She has an amazing spirit. She is super positive, she participates greatly during Reading and Responding, and she never gives up. She is always safe, in and out of the classroom. She is very respectful towards adults and kind to her peers. She is very responsible, she worked on her home project right away and was ready to turn it in a day before it was due. Keep up the awesome job!

Music Class

We have been learning about different types of instruments and the family which they belong. The different families are the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion. We watched a video of Peter and the Wolf. The characters didn't talk, instead, they were represented by a different instrument sound. At first, it was challenging to listen to and remember the different types of instruments that represented the characters. After a while, we began to remember and figure out which instrument was being played.

Chuck E. Cheese Fundraiser Night

We had a lot of fun eating and playing at our Chuck E. Cheese Fundraiser Night! Many Delevan Drive students and their family came to support our school. Our Principal and teachers came too. Thank you Chuck E. Cheese for giving the teachers a free meal and giving the students 10 free tokens.

Student of the Week for the week of March 7, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of March 7, 2011. She has been safe, respectful, and responsible. She has been safe, walking to and from her play area. She has been respectful to all of the adults and children in school. She listens and follows directions, the first time they are given. She has been responsible, she has tried very hard to do all of her work independently in class, and turn them in on time. Keep up the hard work!

Field Trip to The Page Museum and The Labrea Tar Pits

This is our first field trip. We went to The Page Museum and The Labrea Tar Pits. We learned a lot about fossils, ice-age animals, and the tar pits. We learned where the tar pits came from and how they were formed. We learned how and what fossils were found. This trip is a great unit opener. We will begin our next theme, Fossils, in two weeks!

February Student of the Month

Congratulations to our February Student of the Month. She is an excellent student. She is highly intelligent. She has superior memory. She is proactive and self sufficient. She is a hard and careful worker. She takes pride in her work. She makes sure her work is neat, complete and correct. She has beautiful manuscript/printing. She is polite and kind to adults and children. She comes to school everyday, on time, ready to work. Keep up the fabulous job!

2011 Dr. Seuss' Week

We celebrated Dr. Seuss' Week. There was a Wacky Animal Contest last week in honor of Dr. Seuss. One of our classmates won first place among all the second graders. She received a cool Dr. Seuss' t-shirt, a certificate, a pencil and a bookmark. We all got a paper Cat in the Hat hat. We got to write our name, in a silly way, on the front of the hat. We had a guest reader come to our classroom to read a Dr. Seuss' book. She read a story titled Gertrude McFuzz. She was one of Delevan's former teachers. She taught for LAUSD for 35 years!

Student of the Week for the week of February 28, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of February 28, 2011. He has been safe, respectful and responsible. He has been practicing self control in and out of the classroom. He has been very polite to his teachers and kind to his friends. He has been focused in class. He works independently and finishes on time. He works hard to make sure his homework is complete. Keep up the awesome job!

Try-A-Thon Prize Recipients

Congratulations to our classmate, who is one of the top fund raisers for Delevan's 4th Annual Try-A-Thon. He is one of the four top fund raisers who received a bicycle!

Our classmates won more prizes from the Try-A-Thon raffle. For each $10 donated to the Try-A-Thon, a student gets their name on a raffle ticket for a chance for a prize. Enjoy your toys!

Student of the Week for the week of February 22, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for the week of February 22, 2011. He follows classroom and playground rules during play and has been safe around his peers. He has been very respectful towards his teachers, friends, classroom materials and school property. He has been responsible in trying to keep his focus during instruction, in working independently, in finishing all of his classroom assignments, and homework. Keep up the hard work!

Delevan Drive's First Father-Daughter Dance

On Friday, February 11, 2011, was our first, Father-Daughter Dance. Although the title says Father-Daughter, this dance was not just for our young ladies and their father. Our students were able to and did bring, their Grandfather, Uncle, Cousin, Older Brother and any male figure that has had a possitive impact on their lives. Some of my students came with their father and had a great time dancing and bonding. Thank you to all of our possitive male role models, you leave such a great legacy when you take the time to be with kids!

Valentine's Day Card Exchange

To celebrate Valentine's Day, we first decorated a bag for our Valentine cards and goodies. We drew on and colored them. We put stickers and used rubber stamps as well. Then, Mrs. Garcia came and did some face painting for us all. Next, we passed out cards and treats to each other. Lastly, we thanked one another, ate a cookie, and mini cupcake as we walked out the door. We had a lot of fun!

Student of the Week for the week of February 14, 2011

Congratulations to our Student of the Week, for the week of February 14, 2011. He has been safe, respectful and responsible. He has been safe in and out of the classroom. In class, he does not tilt back on his chair. When playing outside, he plays in our designated area and never wanders off. He is kind to his peers and all of of his teachers. He works independently, works hard and completes his assignments. Keep up the super job!

Sweet Project

We made marshmallow lollipops today! First, we wrote our name on the label that was on our lollipop bag. Second, we moistened one end of our jumbo marshmallows by dipping it on a wet paper towel. Third, we dipped our marshmallows in some sprinkles. After we dipped all of our marshmallows, we "glued" them together. We put marshmallow spread on their sides so that they stick to each other. Last, we put a lollipop stick through some of the marshmallows so that we have a handle. Our teacher and Room Moms helped us put it all in a clear bag and tied it up. We had a lot of fun! Thank you Mrs. Tse and Mrs. Hamet for doing a sweet project with us!