Week 1 of our Mealworms

In Science this week we began our study of the life cycle of mealworms.  We made habitats for them out of wood chips, oatmeal and apples and have been observing them for the past couple of days.  This observation will continue for about 5-6 weeks.  The kids love it because these plain little worms turn into big black beetles!  (which we will release out into Nature's Alley).  More pictures to follow as the changes take place.

2nd grade speaker

Today Malcolm Hill, brother of Lauryn and Evan Hill, came to talk to 2nd grade students about respect and doing the right thing.  Malcolm attended Anderson, Clark Middle School, Liberty High School and is now on the football team at Rice University.  He talked to the students about his experiences in elementary, middle and high school with regards to respect and doing the right thing.  What an awesome young man to be a shining example for our students. They (along with the teachers) were very inspired!

Boxes of Hope and Inspiration

What an inspirational day we've had.  This is our boxes of hope and inspiration project.  We drew names and for the past week when we've completed our work we made a drawing, a poem or short story, a letter of encouragement or inspiration and a gift for the person whose name we drew.  The whole thing was a secret until our reveal day  (today) when we got to open our presents.  We talked alot about how gifts from the heart mean more than gifts that you buy in a store because you put your time and effort into each one of them. Here are some of our fun pictures!

Our First Blog!

Welcome parents to our first blog!  We had a magnet demonstration in our classrooms and had a blast!  We learned so much about magnets.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Boxes of Hope and Inspiration

Sorry this is so late getting up, but I wanted everyone to see the pictures  The kids worked really hard for a week on a poem, a letter of inpiration, a drawing, a story, and a present for someone in the class.   Because they drew names and the presents were wrapped, no one knew who their present was from until they opened it and read the letter.  It was a fun time and a wonderful lesson that sometimes the best presents aren't the ones bought in the stores!

Magnets

This week in Science we learned about magnets.  On Wednesday we got to play around with magnets and learned about push and pull.  Hope you enjoy our pictures!  We sure had fun!!!!

Red Ribbon Week

What a fun week we've had!  Mrs. Free, our counselor, taught us about being drug free.   Here's a picture of our class and the ribbon we tied around a tree in front of the school in observance of Red Ribbon Week.