It's almost Valentine's Day! The kids are excited. I have an awesome week planned to my class.
      
Monday, we will be celebrating the beginning of the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the Snake (but there won't be any live snakes in the classroom). The class will be learning about some of the things from the Chinese culture I think they will like. Junie B. Jones has been reading to our class. The class loves her visits!

Tuesday is Abraham Lincoln's REAL birthday. We will be reading about Honest Abe and creating a mobile about him. We will also be decorating our Valentine's Day bags.

On Wednesday, we will study gravity. Wait until you hear what we do!

Thursday is the Valentined themed day. Our party will begin about 2:30. Room parents have something very exciting planned!

On Friday, we will be talking about presidents in honor of Presidents' Day on Monday.

It's a busy, yet fun week for Room 222!!

Fridays

It seems Mother Nature does not want us in school  on Fridays. Maybe we will have a full week this coming week. We just go with the flow in second grade~

This week we are starting the money unit in math.  I have posted some awesome website games to help students with the money counting. You can help also by letting them count the change in your purse or pocket, or what they find in the couch!! I hope to set up a pretend store in the classroom for a couple weeks for them to test their money counting skills. Do you remember playing "store" as a kid? I hope they find success this way!

We are also learning about Matter in Science/Reading. We will be learning about solids, liquids, and gases. Also, there is a lesson on mixtures and solutions. I love science!