Miss Piggy has arrived!

We had a special delivery yesterday! The kids were so excited and they even got to name her! We voted and came up with some cute names! Daphney, Ribbit, and Hoppy were a few. After narrowing it down...the kiddos picked Miss Piggy.....really?? It's their class pet so I had little say in this matter. I myself liked Daphney, but I'm not the one taking it home over the weekend! Hopefully the kids will have a blast with her and she will serve as an incentive to make smart choices. 

Remembering September 11th

Today in order to honor and remember those who lost their lives and those who lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks, the kiddos wrote letters to either a Police Officer or Fireman. I hand delivered their letters to the Bulverde Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and the Bulverde Police Department. The kids did a great job on their letters and it meant a lot to the Policemen and Firemen. We are also in the process of making a quilt with the other second grade classes to honor those who lost their lives. This was a really great project and I am so proud of the compassion our kids possess. 

Making Math FUN

I was trying to come up with a fun way for them to review math vocabulary! Well I think they liked my idea! I wrote 1st grade terms on index cards and they had to hold it up to their forehead while their partner had to try to get them to guess their word! It was AWESOME!!!

Adjectives!!!

The kiddos were learning about adjectives and how to be a good citizen....so I figured why not combine them?? They made a poster about themselves, and used adjectives to describe them!! They loved it! 

Library Mouse

Today we got to meet an author!! We read the story Library Mouse, and at the end of the story we realized the "mouse" had left us his tissue box from the book! The kids lit up when they looked inside the box and saw themselves in the mirror as the author! This activity really inspired my little authors!!!

Celebrations!!

What a great day!! The kids earned two minutes of Just Dance!!! They were so cute dancing along with the music! I love having rewards for them that they actually like!

Day one...CHECK!

Well our first day has come to an end!! The kids did amazing!!! I'm sure their brains are overloaded with all of the procedures we went over today!! I can tell this year is going to be amazing!! I can't wait to see what the kids brought in their "me bags". Day two...here we go...


-Elizabeth Matthews