September's Writer of the Month

           Each month MES teachers will be choosing a student writer to showcase.  A piece of this student's writing will be on display in the main hallway.  This month's writer is pictured below.  She did a great job describing our tent.  She used complete sentences, topic-specific words, and a detail as a subject.  Great work!

Tribe Pride Students of the Month

           We had our first Tribe Pride Assembly on Monday afternoon.  Congratulations to my Tribe Pride Students of the Month for September!  Remember, to earn this award students must have perfect attendance for the month (this includes arriving to school on time), show Tribe Pride in all areas of the school, and have no office referrals. 

Way to go, guys!  I'm proud of you!

 

Second Grade Goes Camping

           Last week we read Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night.  In the story, Henry and his dog Mudge go camping with Henry's parents.  In our classroom we read and wrote about camping.  We got to read in a tent, and we wrote about flashlights, lanterns, sleeping bags, and trail mix.  It was a fun week!

 There's nothing better than a good book in a tent with a flashlight!

 After an hour of meeting with writing groups to describe the sleeping bag, I was melting!

 He's making s'more words!  He was working so hard, he didn't even notice me standing over him to take the picture.  I love that!

         

Pedal the Plains

We enjoyed our walk to Old Threshers on September 21st for the Pedal the Plains opening ceremony.  MES students were a great addition to the morning's festivities.

Library day has changed!

Our day to check out books from the school library has changed to Wednesdays beginning this week.  We will still go to the library on Monday afternoons for library skills time, but checkout will be Wednesdays instead of Thursdays.

Happy Friday!

Here's a copy of this week's newsletter.  Have a great weekend!

How do scientists classify animals?

We are beginning to study animals this week in science. Today we paired up and classified animal picture cards. A few of our categories were...
-big and small
-water, land, and flying animals
-feathers, skin, fur
-jumpy, swimmy, slithery
-mean and nice