Busy, busy, busy...

Our class has been so busy the last couple weeks.  I have seen students grow so much already since the beginning of the school year.  We are currently focusing on the elections and presidents, past and present.  Students have chosen a candidate to represent and are "campaigning" for the person of their choice.  Second graders have so many great ideas and I can't wait to see how everything turns out- from debates to commercials and posters to talk shows.  Their job is to convince the rest of the class to vote for their candidate- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.

Other Things Going on in Our Room...

Classroom Coin Challenge!  This is a huge fundraiser to help put books into the hands of children in our community.  We will have a collection container in our classroom to collect loose change from students during the week of the book fair.  The classroom in each grade level that collects the most change will receive $25 in free books for their classroom.  Help our class collect the most change!  This will start next Monday, October 29th and end November 8th.

Halloween Party: Next Wednesday, October 31st - Students can wear their costume to school.  They will participate in the parade Wednesday morning and then costumes will be taken off.  We will have our class party at the end of the school day.

Conferences: November 5th and 8th at the time assigned to you (Please send your yellow half sheet back with your student if you have not done so already.)

Bucket Filler

Congrats Mallory!  You truly are a bucket filler! I called all of the previous bucket fillers to a meeting and they decided that Mallory deserved the title last week.  I couldn't agree more!  She is a very caring friend and a great listener.  She is always willing to help anyone in need and is always filling buckets with compliments and good thoughts.