This week has been a very out of the ordinary week! Mrs. Fisher has been thinking about report cards and conferences this week, while 2A students had been dreaming about Wednesday, Halloween night! Wednesday was a day of celebrating, as we used our math skills to examine various parts of pumpkins, such as its circumference, price per pound, number of lines, and number of seeds. Mr. Bean, Alex's dad was able to help us with our work. We also found out that pumpkins float not sink! After everyone cleaned their pumpkins and seeds out, we found out we had about 2900 seeds for 7 pumpkins. Wednesday was an early out day, which always makes things short, and a bit hectic. After lunch, we had our party and got the chance to parade around for the other rooms.
On Thursday, we did the second half of our fall celebration, using candy corn to estimate and measure different parts of the room and ourselves. Thursday was Day 1, the start of a new rotation, and our morning special is music. We were in the middle of music when everything went dark! It seemed odd at first, but the power stayed off for about 4 hours. We did our best to continue the school day, and it was interestingly quiet when we all settled in to get some work done in the dark. We got to eat in the classroom in the dark. Who knew that would be seen as such a reward! I will have to keep that in mind for the future. The power did come on before it was time to come home. We hadn't considered how much we use the document camera and smartboard, and the internet to help us throughout the day. It gave us a new appreciation for being thankful for what we have! The evening was a great time to meet with many 2A parents and talk over where we are and where we are headed for our year in second grade. I look forward to meeting with the rest of you next week!
Don't forget that this Friday night, November 2, is the PTO skate night at the skating rink. Cost is $1 for skate rental. The skate runs from 6:30-8:30. On Saturday, November 3, will be the Chip Shoppe fundraiser pickup. The pickup goes from 8:30-11 AM. This will be a busy weekend!
