Wow- what a fantastic first day of school! The kids were so eager to learn about their new classroom and blew me away with how quickly they are picking up all the new routines and procedures. I have to give a huge thank you to three of our amazing parents who put together our KOALA…

I really enjoyed getting to meet so many of you this morning at Meet the Teacher. It’s always fun to watch the kids explore their new classroom for the first time. It gets everyone excited for the first day of school! *The 2nd grade team is looking for parents to help with a few small projects…

Welcome to our class family blog! I am so glad you found our little home in cyberspace. 🙂 As mentioned in the teacher placement letter you received, OCPS has been having some difficulty publishing the changes that I made to my class website. Luckily, most of the important information has remained the same. I am…

Most of us have heard of the “summer slide” that occurs when students are out of school for 2 plus months. Here are some tips for making the most out of your summer and keeping your child’s brain engaged! Read, read, read and read some more this summer! Take weekly trips to the library and…

Thank you for making our end-of-the-year party such a hit! The kids really enjoyed the celebration and I know it meant a lot to them to have so many parents there. Mrs. Highfield really took charge of the event and put so much time and effort into making it a memorable day for the kids.…

Since our last week of school is a 3-day week, this will be our last Fridge Notes of the year. Continue checking the blog, though, for important announcements. This will also be our last week for Homework.  Beginning next Monday, we will take time off to enjoy the end of a truly amazing year! This…

On Friday your child brought home information about ordering school supply packs for next year. This is the easiest way to make sure your child has everything he/she will need for 3rd grade. This year the supply packs are going to work a little differently. All orders will be done online. The order window is…

This is Field Day week! We will have our Field Day on Tuesday, but our schedule will change slightly on Wednesday and Thursday when the other grade levels have their Field Days. Here are the changes: Wednesday, May 14th LUNCH: 11:50-12:15 (estimated time…we are switching with 5th grade) SPECIALS: Music 12:40-1:15 Thursday, May 15th SPECIALS:…

If you are looking for additional information about the Animal Habitat Diorama project, please scroll down to the post below this one.  Homework Log May 5 PDF Challenge Spelling Words: Vowel Pair OO (Hook) (F) Our field trip got us a little behind last week, so we did not get to our last “Juicy Word of…

On Thursday your child will be bringing home information about a special science project. Our current unit is all about animals and the students will be creating animal habitat dioramas about an animal/environment of their choice. I did tell the students that their animals must be real (no animal legends), a wild animal (no domestic…