Elf on the Shelf and Plexers

I forgot to take pictures of our elf the last two days!  James brought us a little Christmas tree made out of garland on Monday and was hanging on to the top of it.  On Tuesday he left a note that it was too noisy on Monday and didn't come back from the North Pole :-( 

Luckily, our class had excellent behavior yesterday and James came back today!  We think he may have been trying to decorate and got all tangled up!

 

 

You may have heard your child talking about Plexers. They are word puzzles that I have been putting on the board.  They were quite challenging for students at first, but now they are figuring them out pretty quickly!  They are just a fun activity to get their brains thinking in different ways.  Below is a picture of our Plexer for today.  Can you figure it out?

 

 

:-)  Mrs. Z



Elf on the Shelf Day 2 and 3

James has returned to our classroom the last two days!  Yesterday he came down from the ceiling and was on one of our bookshelves!

I think all of elves in second grade classrooms talked last night...  This morning the elves in each classroom were on the calendars! 

I wonder where he'll be tomorrow?

:-)  Mrs. Z

Elf on the Shelf Day 1

Our classroom elf arrived!  We weren't sure if he was going to make it today as he only left this note this morning:

 

 

 

As you can see, we had many great suggestions for names!  After going through a voting process we agreed on "James!"

 

 

 

 

We aren't quite sure when James appeared, but he showed up at some point after he was named!  



It's been a very exciting day here at school!  Everyone is now on their very best behavior so that James has a great report to take back to the North Pole tonight :-) 

Mrs. Z

Bread Day

Bread Day

 

 

I hope that you all enjoyed Thanksgiving!  We had lots of fun making bread before the break. Below are a few pictures from Bread Day!

 

 

 

:-)  Mrs. Z

 



Discovery Center Field Trip

We had a fun time at the Discovery Center today!  Our kiddos were pretty wiped out by the time we got back to school!  Below are a few pictures of the exhibits:

:-) Mrs. Z

Turkeys in Disguise

Dear Families,

        Thanksgiving is just around the corner and you know what that means…turkeys everywhere are going into hiding. Yes, that’s right! Turkeys will do just about anything to avoid being your Thanksgiving meal. Help Tom Turkey survive this Thanksgiving by creating a disguise.

        A blank turkey template was sent home today, Friday November 7, 2014. Please help this turkey make it safely past Thanksgiving by disguising him through the holiday he fears the most! Turkeys that have made it through in the past have been dressed like ballerinas, football players, farmers, hula dancers, Elvis, snowmen, Spiderman, a princess, Santa, and even one of our second grade teachers, Mrs. Zuniga!

Your main focus is to dress your turkey in attire that will help him blend in with your family so he will go unnoticed at the Thanksgiving table!

Please have fun and be creative! You may use anything you can think of to decorate. Turkeys in the past have been decorated with crayons, macaroni, craft feathers, tissue paper, wallpaper scraps, dried beans, rice, clothes and shoes cut from newspaper ads, ribbons, fabric scraps, etc. 

Please follow these directions when disguising your turkey:

1. Cut out the turkey

2. Decide how to disguise him

3. Have fun decorating   

Below are examples from turkeys students have done in the past.  You can also do a Google search for "Turkeys in disguise" for lots of ideas.  Turkeys are due no later than Thursday, November 13, 2014.

:-)  Mrs. Z
 

Pumpkin Exploration

Pumpkin Exploration

 

 

Today we used our science and math skills to estimate and find actual measurements of pumpkins!  We looked at height, weight, circumference, whether our pumpkins would sink or float in water, and how many seeds were inside.

 

Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers for spending the morning with us and helping our activity go smoothly!

 

 

 

Below our some pictures of our morning :-)

 

 

 

 

Have a happy and safe Halloween!

 

Mrs. Z :-)