Scarecrow Day!

We had a great turn out for Scarecrow Day, almost our entire class dressed up. We paraded around school this morning then we did our Fall Fun Day stations. For our first station we did a pumpkin toss. They had to toss stuffed pumpkins into buckets for points. The first bucket was quite large and only worth one point, the next bucket was smaller, farther away and worth three points and the last bucket was even smaller, farther away and worth five points. It was fun watching them think about which bucket to choose. They all really wanted to try for the five point bucket but they also wanted to make sure they got some points. They had fun competing against Mrs. Evans' class. I think we each won a game. We had a fun day!!

PJ Day

Here is our class on Pajama Day! Our whole class wore their pajamas! Way to go Mrs. Martin's Class!!!

Nana Pudding

For Red Ribbon Week we had a special guest come. He calls himself Nana Pudding, although I'm not sure why. He is a vantriliquist. He put on a program with some puppets and talked about staying away from drugs. He really did a great job. Here a few pictures of the kids and a couple of him.

Go Team!

Here we are in our team shirts!

Red everywhere!

We had a great turn out for wear red day!!!

Little Old Lady Pictures

We recently did The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything readers theatre. They performed for each other. Here are a few pictures from that day.

RED RIBBON WEEK!!!

Don't forget about Red Ribbon Week. It is from Oct. 27-31.
Monday - Wear Red
Tuesday - Wear a team shirt
Wednesday - Wear your PJs (bring tennis shoes)
Thursday - Bring a stuffed animal
Friday - Dress like a scarecrow

Second grade will do a Scarecrow Parade right after announcements on Friday at about 8:15am!

Practice makes Perfect!

Here we are practicing our reading skills. On Monday we read the story of The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. Tuesday I passed out the Reader's Theatre version of the story and we started practicing. On Thursday I split the class into two groups and assigned parts so that on Monday we can perform it for each other. I told the students I would pick the group that did the best performance and they would get a surpise. These are some pictures of them practicing their lines.

Education: Go Get It!

Some of the second grade teachers.


This week is Education: Go Get It week. Each day is a different theme and the teachers are dressing the part. Monday was career day and the teachers dressed up as different careers. I dressed up as an architect. We discussed different careers and how some of the different subjects they are learning now can help them in their careers later on in life. Today, Tuesday, we wore our college shirts and we talked about college. I talked to the students about my alma mater, Sam Houston State University and I showed them the website. We talked about going off to college and living on your own and all the responsibilities that come with that. Tomorrow, Wednesday, we will be discussing trades, the military and other options besides college. Thursday we will talk about the transistions between grade school, middle school, junior high and high school. On Friday we will talk about how to pay for college and all the different options such as loans, grants, and even scholarships. We are encouraging our students to think about school past high school and continuing their education. At home you can use this week to discuss college and careers as well. I am posting a few pictures from the last couple of days.


Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Trout. I was an Architect and she was a Scientist.



Mrs. Sheltraw, Miss. Overbeck and Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. Sheltraw was a pilot and Miss. Overbeck and Mrs. Shaw were doctors.



Mrs. Sudduth, Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Cordaway. Mrs. Sudduth was a doctor, Mrs. Evans was a chef and Mrs. Cordaway was a veterinarian.



Look at all of those colleges!! Losts of Horn fans, sorry Aggies. :)



My silly class. I always ask that we do a serious picture first then I tell them we can do a silly picture. Here they are, at their best. :)



Myself, Mrs. Trout and Mrs. Evans all went to Sam Houston State University. So did Mrs. Shaw but she chose to wear an Aggie shirt. Eat'em Up Kats!!!