The Weber Weekly

This school year is flying by; I can't believe it's almost November!

Our week was packed full of fun and interesting activities.  Here are the highlights:

A big congratulations goes out to Joshua Stratton for being selected as our "Student of the Month" as well as Andrew Fedmasu for being selected as our "Pillar of the Month".  Keep up the great work, boys!  

The kids are LOVING science!  It's so fun to see their excitement for each new experiment we do in the classroom.  They know all about mixtures and solutions now.  We performed experiments working with oil and water, salt water, lemonade, and Jell-o.  Make sure to ask your second grader about the soup factory separating activity!  Next week we will begin to explore solids, liquids, and gases with a lot more experiments. 

We read Cinderella and worked on creating summaries of the story for writing.  Be on the lookout for your child’s writing piece later in the week.  They blew me away with their quality summaries and illustrations; we may just have some future authors or illustrators in our classroom!

Math has been all about place value, ordering numbers, and greater than/less than.  We played place value BINGO for prizes earlier in the week.  Friday we had a little fun with a mystery monster grid.  Students followed the mysterious Battleship-like directions to reveal Frankenstein on graph paper.

We've been reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle for two weeks now.  The children wrote about their favorite part so far and it seems like the majority of the class agrees:  they LOVE the sassy, rude parrot that Mary is dealing with right now!  Ask your child to tell you about it. 

The Monster Bash was a huge success last night.  Thank you to everyone that was able to come out for some spooky fun!  Miss Hampton enjoyed seeing so many of the second graders there.  She was amazed by the packed dance floor filled with kids showing off their moves!

Don't forget Monday is our special PJ and Stuffed Buddy Day.  The children have definitely earned the celebration with their spectacular behavior and hard work.  We can’t wait to dress comfy and meet all the new stuffed friends that will be joining our class!  

Be sure to take note of these upcoming events:

November 1st - PTO Meeting in the Media Center at 6:00 PM

November 3rd - School "Rainbow" Spirit Day (Second graders wear YELLOW)

November 10th - Market Day pick-up at 4:45 in the gym

I'd like to give a special thanks to several family members:

Thank you to Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Korwin, Mr. England, Mrs. Koss, and Mrs. Saavedra for planning and running our Fall Celebration.  It was so nice to be able to sit back and watch the kids enjoy themselves at the party.  We can tell you put a lot of time into organizing the afternoon and we applaud your efforts.  Thank you!!

Thank you to Mrs. Fedmasu for being our Mystery Reader this week.  She read one of her favorite Disney stories, Atlantis.  The kids really enjoy having family members visit our classroom to share their love for reading.  If you'd like to sign up, check the Mystery Reader schedule below to see what date works for you.

BIG thanks to everyone that donated items from our "Giving Tree".  Your donations of baggies, plastic silverware, disinfecting wipes, construction paper, and candy will really make a difference in our classroom.  I am so thankful to have such wonderful, supportive families this year.

Thanks to our "Snazzy Snack" shoppers for the month of October.  We are really grateful for the families of Luke Deal, Andrew Fedmasu, and Raymond England.  These three boys are bringing in all the supplies and ingredients that we'll need for our "Cheesy Spider Webs" that we're making on Monday.