Wax Museum!

Hi Everyone! 

I hope you had a great weekend! We are definitely feeling some excited energy revolving around our upcoming wax museum! We can't wait to have you join us this Friday morning for the offiicial Second Grade Wax Museum event with the theme of Change Makers! Families are welcome to come "push our buttons" and make us come to life on Friday morning from 9:00-9:45! The students have been researching and preparing for this event and they are definitely excited! We hope you can join us! Please pack a change of clothes for your dragonfly the day of the wax museum! 

When you arrive at the wax museum, we want you to interract with us and ask us questions! We've been working on our thoughtful answers and we've been practicing at school. If you would like to practice these questions at home with your dragonfly, I will write them below! Some friends are still getting a little stage fright when answering, but don't let them fool you, they've got the information in their brains- which is why some extra practice may be helpful! 

1. Tell me about yourself. 

2. When and where were you born? 

3. Can you share a fun fact about yourself? 

4. Describe one of your character traits.

5. How have you helped change our world? 

*Just a friendly reminder that we will be exchanging valentines in our classroom on February 14th!*

*There is an early release on February 14th. Students will be dismissed at 12:50!*

Valentine's Day!❤️❤️❤️

Helo Families!

Welcome to the busy month of February! Along with Wax Museum preparations, the 100th day, and Global Play Day, we also have Valentine's Day coming up!

Please have your child come to school with valentines to share with each member of our class. We will be exchanging valentines on February 14th as a classroom celebration! It is helpful if you send your child's valentines in a ziploc baggie with their name on it one day before our event! Please refer to our classroom allergy list when sending in candies with valentines. A list of our 17 dragonflies is below, if you'd like a hard copy, pleaese let me now! 

Emma

Dez

Ava

Avery

Callie 

Jordan 

Charlie 

Calla

Evelyn

Jack

Trevor 

Will

Sienna 

Colette

Jasper

Bora

Eizabeth

I would also like to remind you that I will be collecting report card envelopes back with signatures! I hope you had a great weekend and Monday!

100th Day and Global Play Day!

100th Day
I hope you've had a great week! Our 100th day of learning will be February 4th! We will be celebrating and doing many activities around the friendly number of 100! We can't wait to celebrate in our classroom!

Global Play Day

Our school is planning to celebrate Global School Play Day on Wednesday, February 6th. We feel strongly that students need to have opportunities to unplug and connect with their peers for extended unstructured play. There are almost 300,000 students across the world who are registered for this event, so we are not alone!

Students may bring in a toy (or set) from home. This needs to be a toy that your child is willing to share with others. We also recommend choosing something that is durable and not valuable, because sometimes things get broken.

Please use these lists as guidelines when helping your child decide what to bring. Your child always has the option to not bring anything at all! We have many games and activities already available at school.

Suggested Items	Do Not Bring
Hotwheels Dolls Dress-ups Figurines Stuffed animals Board games Legos/ Blocks Card Games Arts and craft supplies Origami or other specialty paper Clay/ play dough/ model magic Blankets/sheets	Electronics Anything with batteries Video games Delicate or fragile items Toy weapons (including Nerf guns) Valuable or sentimental items Sports equipment

We are looking forward to this exciting day and we are in need of empty and hopefully large boxes! If you have any empty cardboard boxes could you please send them in before this day!

Important Information!

Hi Everyone! 

I hope you had a great weekend! I am writing to let you know some important informtion! First, we are so lucky to have an intern joining us for the next month from Exeter High School. Her name is Lizzy Baldasaro and she is hoping to become a teacher and planning to head off to school in the fall to study elementary education. The students adore her and we are so excited to welcome her into our classroom for this next month of learning! A video permission form will be sent home in blue folders today. This is only for Lizzy's assignemnts to focus on her teaching. If you are comfortable with your child working with Miss Baldasaro and being filmed for one of her assignments, please send it back to school as soon as possible!

Second, we will be going outside for STEM buddies and PE on days that are weather permitting. Pleaese send your child to school with appropriate winter gear, especially if it gets snowy! Students should come to school with this gear daily so they are prepared for both classes!

Lastly, you should have seen a paper come home with your child's final wax musueum choice on it. This is who your child will be for the wax museum next month. We are going to study this person in school and plan for our big event but please be reviewing your child's choice at home as well. Some of these change makers are hard to get books on with our apps in class or in the library so we could use your help at home! Students should have a clear understanding of why this person was so important so that we can continue to work on our project in school. Students should also be thinking about what they will be wearing the day of the wax museum. We will need to know this so we can begin to create their mural. A planning sheet will be sent home with your child tomorrow so we can begin our work here on the murals. Please send the planning sheet back to school as soon as possible or by Friday, February 1st. Students will be told how to complete the sheet tomorrow at morning meeting, so keep an eye out for this sheet tomorrow evening!

Have a wonderful week!

Wax Museum Details!

Hello Families!

There is a very important paper coming home today about our upcoming wax museum! Please read it over and talk with your child about who they want to be for the wax museum. They will be researching this character and doing a lot of work about them in school, so please make sure it is someone they are truly interested in. We have explored some people in school this week to begin the brainstorming process! This person should be someone who has changed our world in some way. Please fill out your child's top three choices for the wax museum and send it in to school as soon as possible or by January 22nd. Have a great long weekend!  

Picture Perfect!

My pictures haven't been uploading for some reason but it seems to be finally working! Check out these hard workers!