Mrs. Goodger's Classroom Times

CLASS SCHEDULE (May 29-June 2)

Monday – MEMORIAL DAY (No School)
Tuesday – MUSIC (LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE TODAY!)
Wednesday – ART
Thursday – GYM
Friday – MUSIC

(June 5-9)

Monday – ART & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – GYM
Wednesday – MUSIC
Thursday – ART
Friday – Alward Olympics (Dismissal at 12:15)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, June 1 – Second-Grade Field Trip

Friday, June 9 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! (Dismissal at 12:15)

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READING – Fairy Tales & Fables

MATH – arrays & equal shares

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SILLINESS AT SCHOOL

* “My teacher doesn’t know anything. All she does is ask questions.”

* Teacher: “I told you to go to the end of the line.”

Student: “I did, but there was already someone there.”

* Why did the teacher wear dark glasses? (Because the class was so bright!)

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Enjoy the long weekend & may your summer be extraordinary!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (May 15-19)

Monday – GYM
Tuesday – MUSIC & LIBRARY
Wednesday – ART
Thursday – GYM
Friday – MUSIC

UPCOMING EVENTS

June 1 – Second Grade “End-of-the-Year” Field Trip (More information will be sent home Friday, May 19.)

READING – Fairy Tales (We are learning about the many features of fairy tales.)

WRITING – Personal Narratives

MATH – 3 digit addition/subtraction word problems with regrouping

SCIENCE – Plants – Our plants popped up quickly and were sent home this week.

STAR STUDENT

Kaitlyn did an excellent job presenting her poster to us today! Kaitlyn is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

Kaitlyn is 8 years old. Her birthday is in February. Her favorite subjects are art, gym, and writing. When she grows up she wants to play her favorite sport, softball, professionally. Kaitlyn is very good at reading and softball. Her favorite softball position is pitcher. Kaitlyn’s dad makes her laugh and she is looking forward to going on our class end-of-the-year field trip. Kaitlyn is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

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JOKE – What did the burger name his daughter? (Patty!)

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (May 8-12)

Monday – MUSIC & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – ART & LIBRARY
Wednesday – GYM
Thursday – MUSIC
Friday – ART

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 9 – Scholastic Book Look (1-1:25)
May 11 – Scholastic Book Buy (1-1:25)
May 12 – EARLY RELEASE – Dismissal for students at 12:15
June 1 – Second-grade “End-of-the-Year Field Trip (Details will be sent home May 19.)

READING – Fairy Tales!

READER’S THEATER

Sylvia, McKennah, Drew, Connor, and Addie did a GREAT job presenting the story of the “Three Billy Goats Gruff”!

WRITING – Personal Narratives

MATH – 3 digit numbers/ungrouping

SCIENCE – Plants

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STAR STUDENT

Will presented his Star Student poster to the class today. Good job Will! Will is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!!!

Will is 8 years old. His birthday is in September. Will’s favorite subjects are gym, math, and recess. Will is very good at math and wants to be an accountant when he grows up. Two things Will loves are math and movies. His favorite sport is soccer. Will’s dad makes him laugh because he tickles him! Will is looking forward to getting older so he can have more time on his iPad. Will is a SUPER STAR SECOND grader!

JOKE – What do you call an angry pea? (Grump-pea!)

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Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (May 1 – 5)

Monday – ART & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – GYM & LIBRARY
Wednesday – MUSIC
Thursday – ART
Friday – GYM
*Please Note – Due to 4th grade M-Step testing, our SPECIALS are scheduled at 9:40-10:30 and LIBRARY is scheduled at 2:40-3:05.

UPCOMIING EVENTS

May 9 – Scholastic Book Fair Book Look (1-1:25)
May 11 – Scholastic Book Fair Book Buy (1-1:25)
June 1 – Second Grade End-of-the Year Field Trip (A note was sent home today.)

READING – Kevin Henkes books continued …

WRITING – POETRY continued …

MATH – 3 digit addition

SCIENCE – MATTER (solids, liquids, gases)

STAR STUDENT – Postponed until next week.

JOKE – Did you hear the joke about the jelly? (I won’t tell you because it might spread.)

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Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (April 24-28)

Monday – GYM & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – MUSIC & LIBRARY
Wednesday – ART
Thursday – GYM
Friday – MUSIC

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 9 – Class Scholastic “Book Look” Day (1-1:25)
May 11 – Class Scholastic “Book Buy” Day )1-1:25)

READING – Books by author Kevin Henkes

WRITING – Poetry continued . . .

MATH – 3 digit addition with regrouping

CLASS SNAPS

Second graders hard at work…

Will, Elli, Trey, and Charlotte presented a play called “Henry & Mudge & the Starry Night” to us today. They did an amazing job!!!

STAR STUDENT

Marissa did an incredible job presenting her poster to us today. Marissa is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!!!

Marissa is 8 years old. Her birthday is in January. Her favorite subjects are lunch, math, and specials. When she grows up she wants to be an actress and singer. Marissa is very good at drawing and her favorite sport is soccer. She loves her family and friends and all of her stuffed animals. Marissa’s dad makes her laugh and she is looking forward to another family trip to New York. Marissa is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

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JOKE – What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? (Nacho cheese!)

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (April 17-21)

Monday – MUSIC & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – ART & LIBRARY
Wednesday – GYM
Thursday – MUSIC
Friday – ART

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 9 – Scholastic Book Fair – Class BOOK LOOK (1:00-1:25)
May 11 – Scholastic Book Fair – Class BOOK BUY (1:00-1:25)

READING – Next week – Kevin Henkes books . . .

WRITING – We are writing POETRY!

MATH – We finished up Unit 5 on time and graphs. Next week Unit 6 (3 digit addition & subtraction)

CLASS SNAPS

Miss Clark (one of Alward’s amazing instructional aides) worked with these incredible actors and actresses for a Reader’s Theater production entitled “Miss Nelson Is Missing”. It was so FUN!!!

STAR STUDENT

Taryn did a great job presenting her poster to the class today. Taryn is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

Taryn is 8 years old. Her birthday is in November. Her favorite subjects are recess, gym, and music. She is very good at gymnastics and wants to compete in the Olympics someday. Taryn loves her cat, Lesha (who makes Taryn laugh) and her dog, Scooby. Taryn looks forward to getting a hamster when she moves. Taryn is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

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JOKE – What do sea monsters eat? (Fish and ships!)

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Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (April 10 – 14)

Monday – ART & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – GYM & LIBRARY
Wednesday – MUSIC
Thursday – ART
Friday GYM

UPCOMING EVENTS

Spring Break! (MARCH 30 – APRIL 9) See you APRIL 10!!!

READING – Helen Lester Books

MATH – Graphs (picture and bar graphs)

SOCIAL STUDIES – Communities

Miss S had the students participate in a “pretend” decision making activity that would benefit their school community. They voted to express their choice and to determine the will of the majority. Students also experienced how money travels through a community and we played a money “match-up” game. Today we said goodbye to Miss S as all of our lessons have been completed. She is an amazing teacher and we will all miss her!

The student citizens have voted! The majority picked the recycle project over the other two options.

Elijah and Dominic are having fun playing the money “match-up” game!

Miss S is surrounded by all of her wonderful students.

The students made an AWESOME “thank-you” book for Miss S and we gave her a big variety jar of M & M’s. She was delighted!!! THANKS for teaching us all about communities Miss Salerno. We will miss you!!!

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Enjoy Spring Break!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (March 27-March 31)

Monday – MUSIC & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – ART & LIBRARY
Wednesday – GYM
Thursday – MUSIC
Friday – NO SCHOOL (SPRING BREAK) – See you April 10!

READING – “Listen Buddy” by Helen Lester (comprehension activities)

WRITING – Opinion Writing continued . . .

MATH – Picture & Bar Graphs

SOCIAL STUDIES – “Our Community” – Students learned that workers who produce goods and services earn money for their work, get taxed and why workers get taxed.

Miss Salerno reviewed vocabulary from last Thursday’s session. Plus, she introduced many new words (produce, product, production, goods, and services).

Students were asked to produce “donuts” for sale at Sweet O’s Donut Shop. I was the inspector and the donuts had to be of “high quality” in order to sell them.

Max and Sam are busy trying to produce quality donuts for their team.

Elli is working as fast as she can while trying to produce perfect donuts for her team!

Miss Salerno went over the Production Record chart to discuss production amounts, how many donuts were defective, and how many donuts met quality standards.

Miss Salerno asked the students to be innovative and create a donut flavor of their own. Marissa was designing a Rainbow Rain donut.

Drew is busy creating his donut. Yum . . .

Miss S is “paying” the workers from Sweet “O” Donut shop.And then do you know what she did? She became the tax collector and collected taxes from each of the workers!

These students are employed by the government. Miss S also paid them for the work they do. Guess what? She came along and taxed them too!

Graham is busy putting stickers on the appropriate spots on his community map.

Charlotte is busy locating businesses and workers to put her stickers on her community map.

STAR STUDENT

Katie did a great job presenting her poster to the class today. Katie is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

Katie is 7 years old. Her birthday is in July. Her favorite subjects are recess, lunch, and music. When she grows up she want to be a veterinarian. She loves her family and her dogs. Katie is very good at her favorite sport, gymnastics. Katie’s dog makes her laugh! Katie looks forward to going to Florida in the future. Katie is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

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AMAZING FACT! A Jumping Spider’s eight eyes give stereoscopic and binocular vision and its fourth pair of back legs provides water-pressurized leaping power! A jumping spider can jump up to twenty-five times its own length of 0.25 inches (6MM).

FOOD JOKES!

What did the apple skin say to the apple? (“I’ve got you covered.”)
Why did the bacon laugh? (Because the egg cracked a yolk.)
What do you call shoes made from banana peels? (Slippers.)
What did the burger name its daughter? (Patty.)

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Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (March 20-24)

Monday – GYM & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – MUSIC & LIBRARY
Wednesday – ART
Thursday – GYM
Friday – MUSIC

UPCOMING EVENTS

ALWARD CARNIVAL – Saturday (11-2), March 18

SPRING BREAK (March 31 – April 9)

IN THE CLASSROOM

READING – Book Series continued … Next Week – Author Helen Lester Books

WRITING – We are becoming EXPERTS at “opinion” writing!

MATH – Unit 5 – Clocks & Picture Graphs

SOCIAL STUDIES – Communities (We had our first of five sessions with our Junior Achievement awesome presenter, Jessica Salerno. It is so much FUN and we learned so much!) I took pictures but they didn’t turn out! I plan to have the situation remedied by her next visit on Tuesday of next week.

CLASS SNAPS

The boys are enjoying mini I-pad time.

These girls are busy mini I-padding too!

Sophia shared her book (Little Miss Champion) with the class this week. We all enjoyed it!

It was McKennah’s turn to use the big chart stand during break today. Isn’t her picture cute?!

STAR STUDENT

Elijah did a great job presenting his poster to the class today. Elijah is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

Elijah is 8 years old. His birthday is in October. His favorite subjects are recess, computers, and physical education. When Elijah grows up he might want to be a football player, movie maker, or a track & acrobatics athlete in the olympics. Elijah loves his mom and reading. Two things Elijah is really good at are playing video games and reading. His favorite sport is football and his friend Trey makes him laugh. Elijah looks forward to having his friend Max over to his house to play. Elijah is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

WEIRD BUT TRUE – Did you know the Giraffe-Necked Weevil has a long, hinged neck which operates like a crane and a bulldozer to roll up leaves for a nest?

JOKE – Why couldn’t the astronaut book a room on the moon? (Because it was full.)

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Enjoy your weekend!

Shirley Goodger

CLASS SCHEDULE (March 13-17)

Monday – GYM & COMPUTERS
Tuesday – MUSIC & LBRARY
Wednesday – ART
Thursday – GYM
Friday – MUSIC

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 13 – 16 (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
Saturday, March 18 – ALWARD CARNIVAL

IN THE CLASSROOM

“SUMMER FUN” – Thanks for your donations to our class carnival class basket. Some lucky person is going to win it at the carnival raffle!

READING – book series reading cont.

WRITING – We continue to make good progress in our “opinion” writing skills.

MATH – Unit 4 is complete! Unit 5 covers concepts of; Time, Graphs, and Word Problems

SOCIAL STUDIES – Next week our AWESOME Junior Achievement presenter (Jessica Salerno) will join us for our unit on COMMUNITIES. She is an amazing presenter and her activities are so much FUN!

CLASS SNAPS

Lily is sharing a book she wrote with the class. Thanks Lily!

Elijah finished his book and shared it with us today. Thanks Elijah!

STAR STUDENT

Trey did a great job presenting his poster to us. Trey is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

Trey is 8 years old. His birthday is in April. His favorite subjects are gym, recess, and math. When Trey grows up he wants to be a fisherman. Trey loves his family and his dog, Max. Trey is very good at singing and fishing. His favorite sport is baseball. Trey’s dad makes him laugh all the time. Trey looks forward to going to Florida on SPRING BREAK! Trey is a SUPER STAR SECOND GRADER!

JOKES

What does a T-rex eat? (Anything he wants.)

What makes more noise than a dinosaur? (Two dinosaurs.)

WEIRD BUT TRUE – A half-inch long flatworm has 60 eyes!

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Have a FUN weekend!

Mrs. Goodger