Friday, June 6, 2014

It Ended


Hollis shared this picture of the bunnies they found in their garden.  They are quite a team of brothers and sisters.  They have grown since this was taken.  The bunnies are probably ready to leave the nest now.  Ready to have new adventures just like this year's second grade students.



The school year has ended.  It went by quickly and then ended just as it should.  There were tears, joys, giggles, and smiles.  Your students are ready for third grade!  They need to begin new tasks, expand ideas, and have more experiences.
 
Summer has started! That is a good thing.  The baseball season has begun.  Camping weekends, cook outs, playing tag until darkness falls, catching lightning bugs, and having a game of catch in the yard. The memories that are made in the next couple of months are grand life adventures even if it means you played board game, a card game, or made popcorn and watched a movie.  We are all so blessed!!

Thank you for sharing your children with me for 9 months of their lives.  They are forever wrapped in my heart, prayed for often, and cherished.  

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Lunches, Memory, and Fun

We dance!  I don't know if you know, but we dance almost everyday.  Please play Christian Rock music this summer and dance together.  I will play music, dance, and think of each of you!

We read!  We read everything, but maybe you don't know that we read outloud everyday!  We read with the voices of the characters.  We read smoothly and move the words right along like a recorded storybook!  We love to hear each other read.  Please read all summer!  Call your friends, read the same book, and talk about it as you read.  I will be reading too!  I will share books with my friends and talk about books.   When I read I will be thinking of each of you!

We continuously learn!  Learning doesn't stop in 2nd Grade for any of us.  Please try new ideas this summer, fail at them, and then keep practicing!  You will conquer new thoughts, new puzzles, new games, and new skills!  I will be doing the same when I take a college class and when I learn new computer skills this summer.  I will fail at first, but I will think of all of you and...
We will all KEEP TRYING!

HOMEWORK for Thursday is learning and signing our last Memory Verse,  packing a cold lunch, and maybe finishing some giraffe math.  Thursday we will celebrate earning our 20 point party.  We will have a class yearbook signing party.  We will listen to some of our favorite songs from the year and dance!

Monday, June 2, 2014

Memory Work and Field Trip

Memory Work is Due on Tuesday and Thursday!

Tuesday
Field Trip INFORMATION
Please wear a T-Shirt for protection from the sun.
Please wear tennis shoes.  Flip Flops are not appropriate for this trip.
Any sunscreen or bug spray must be applied at home.

Mr. Steffen, Mrs. Krueger, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Knospe, Mrs. Wiesneski and Alexa's Aunt are in charge of small groups as we enjoy the animals at Wildwood Park.  We are all looking forward to this last trip of joyful adventure in God's creation!

Wednesday 
We will have time to sign yearbooks in our classroom!