December Birthdays

December brings about chilly temperatures, snow, and many holidays.  In our classroom, it also brought many birthdays to celebrate.  Ayden, Sophie and Mrs. Barren all shared their special days with us!!  We wish all of them the greatest of birthdays!!  

Our Stars of the Week for December

We had the good fortune of having Aliya, Keira, and Xavier shine as our Stars of the Week for the month of December.  Each shared their pictures from home and then their personal posters.  We learned so many interesting things about each of these special children!  

Native American Day

To culminate our unit on Native Americans, all second grade classes joined together to do special activities centering around the customs and traditions of Native Americans.  We went on a hike to gather items for our dioramas.  We also shared a very special meal, prepared by our parents, that included food that would have been authentic to the Native Americans.  It was delicious!  Thank you to all of the parent volunteers for making this a fun tradition for all of second grade!  

Happy Halloween

We finished up the month of October with a frighteningly fun Halloween party!!  Thank you to our parents for making it such a fantastic celebration!  You can see our creative costumes in the picture below.

Campfire Stories

One of the many great traditions at Columbus Academy is our annual campfire stories.  We shared this special time with our Pre-K buddies.  Our fantastic librarians, Mrs. Oeth and Mrs. Arner, told us captivating stories around the campfire.  Then we made s'mores and drank hot chocolate!  It was a perfect fall day! 

Celebrating with Keira and Esa

Autumn was a time for celebrating birthdays!  Keira and Esa both shared tasty treats with us to honor their big days!!  They also read a book to our class.  Happiest of Birthdays to Keira and Esa!!!! Thank you for sharing your special day with us!  

Our Stars of the Week

Alester, Kallyn, and Esa were our latest Stars of the Week.  They each shared wonderful pictures and stories about their lives.  We are so fortunate to have such special and unique individuals in our classroom!! 

Sophie, our Star of the Week!

Sophie was our first Star of the Week.   She shared wonderful information with us about herself and her family.  She read our class a very unique fairy tale where she was the main character!    We loved listening to her expressive story!  Thank you Sophie for being such a shining star each day!

Mountains, lakes, and rivers! Oh my!

In culmination of our  land and water feature study, 2A worked together to create our own land masses.  Our 3D maps demonstrated our understanding of this map skills unit in a creative way.   Wouldn't you  like to visit "Fun Time," "Halloween Town," "Super Candy World," "Beach Paradise Island," and "Universe?"  Our maps each included land and water features as well as a map key.  Each group was eager to share their maps with the entire class.  Thanks again to the parents who made the dough for this activity.

Community Day

On Friday, September 26th, we had our second grade Community Day!  We started our day in the new outdoor classroom where we had our Morning Meeting.  We played a game with the hula hoops that was super fun and challenging!  Following that, we explored the campus of Columbus Academy during a scavenger hunt and then ate lunch outside.    The afternoon was filled with relay races, tag, chalk drawing, hula hoops, and water balloons.  We had so much fun with all of our second grade friends!  You can view some of the memories in our slideshow.

Community Day - Video Maker

Have you noticed our beautiful weather lately?  The Fire-breathing Dragons took full advantage with some extra recess time.  You can look at our photographs below to see just how much fun we have on our Academy playground!

On September 16th, we celebrated Jennifer's Birthday! Jennifer's parents brought us delicious cupcakes and other special treats to honor Jennifer on her big day. Jennifer and her father then shared with us one of her favorite books about dinosaurs. It was full of interesting facts! Happy Birthday to Jennifer!

The Fire-breathing Dragons meet their Pre-K buddies!

PreK buddies - Video Maker

Last week we had the opportunity to meet with our Pre-K buddies!  We introduced ourselves and shared the cards we had made for each other.  Popsicles and playground time followed.  We were so excited to share this time with our new buddies!

"Me in a Bag"

The Fire-breathing Dragons were asked to create "Me in a Bag."   Each child was asked to bring in three items that were special to them or represented themselves.  Enjoy the slideshow below!!

Copy of Zoom/3 things - Video Maker

Introducing The Fire-breathing Dragons!

Happy Birthday, Emma!

We celebrated Emma's birthday!  Emma's dad came to Lunch Bunch, and we celebrated after with Cheryl's cookies and two stories with Emma's mom!  Emma read one of her favorite books: Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty.

Read-In Recommendations

We LOVE our Read-In days!

Your Fireworks have some recommendation for Summer Reading based on the books they read during the Read-In.  Check them out!

Dairy of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck and Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett

Squish: The Power of the Parasite by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Hold

Percy Jackson: The Battle of Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Missile Mouse: The Star Crusher by Jake Parker

What Presidents Are Made Of by Hanoch Piven

I Survived Series by Lauren Tarshis

Ook and Gluk: Adventures in Caveland by Dav Pilkey, George Beard and Harold Hutchins

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Cobble Street Cousin: Summer Party by Cynthia Rylant

Happy Reading!

Happy Birthday, Noah!

We celebrated Noah's birthday with Graeter's ice cream thanks to Noah's dad!  He read us one of his childhood favorites, the Steadfast Tin Soldier.

Happy, happy birthday, Noah!

Special Friend Day

Thank you to everyone who came and participated in Special Friend Day!  

We started off the morning with introductions.  After introductions, your second grader instructed his or her friend in an activity.  They were able to show off their memory book, read their published work and present their family tree.  After their presentation, they walked the halls to show off our very own art gallery.  The hallways are very colorful right now!

We finished the day with music and sent our second graders home with their special friends.  It was a day full of smiles!

Check out our slideshow that shows off the fun day!

Special Friends - Video Maker

Reading with Pre-K

For one of our final visits with our Pre-K buddies, we read our favorite stories to each other!

PK Reading - Video Maker

Star of the Week, Julius | Spring Strings

Our Firework Friends learned about their classmate, Julius, last week!  He is a THIRD generation Academy student, loves his family and sports.

Thank you for sharing with us, Star of the Week!

Julius also participates in first year Strings with classmates Ria, Grace, Mikey, Camille and Maria.  We enjoyed their concert at assembly this morning.  Congratulations to all who completed their first and second year Strings program!  Excellent job!

 

Outdoor Week

Our Fireworks were lucky enough to have a nice and warm Outdoor Week.  

We enjoyed extra recess!

We played with new toys...

...and new sand in the sandbox!

Bubbles were a big hit.

 The nature hike was a big hit, too!

 We picked out pet rocks, and we decorated them in class.

We enjoyed days of dress down and measurement math lessons outdoors.  It was fun to join the other second grade classes to hike and play!