Living Healthy Iowa Kids

It seems there's a little confusion about the calendar that I sent home earlier this week. To be honest, I'm a little confused too :) I talked to some other teachers so here is a recap of the note that was sent home:

*We are trying to encourage our kids to live a healthy lifestyle so we are asking them to record the fruit they eat and the physical exercise they get daily. This calendar needs to be returned to school and will be picked up by the PE teachers on February 15.

*Fruit: please record the fruit they eat at home. You can also ask them if they ate the fruit from their school lunch.

*Exercise: PE at school can be counted. We have PE on Monday and Thursday for 30 minutes. You can record our noon recess on the calendar: 20 minutes. We have a 2:00 recess daily: 15 minutes. We have 10:00 recess on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 15 minutes that can also be counted on your child's calendar. Also record the physical exercise they get at home. Exercise with a video game cannot be counted.

I hope this helps. I'm sorry about the confusion!!! Our main goal is to encourage all children to be healthy and active!

Welcome Back!

Wow! I can't believe it's already January...where did the time go? I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Christmas Break. I know I sure did!! I was quite busy getting settled into our new house, so I guess it wasn't quite as relaxing as normal. I did enjoy the time home with my girls though.

It was WONDERFUL to see all my students again this week...I really did miss them:) Everyone seemed very excited to be back at school. They also had a lot to share. It sounds like Santa was very good to the students in 2A! We spend quite a bit of time reviewing this last few days: Daily 5 and Cadet Pride. They seemed to remember quite a bit :) Next week we'll put our noses to the grindstone and get right back at it.

Your child may have mentioned we have another teacher/helper in our classroom. She is in the process of writing a note about herself and your child will bring it home on Monday. We are very excited to have her in our classroom and the students were very welcoming towards her.

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I sent home their math tests today from before Christmas. I was VERY pleased with them!! Those are yours to keep.

Report cards will come home on Monday with your child.

Cross your fingers that the snow stays away and we make it school. I really don't want too many more make-up days.

Have a great weekend!!

2nd Trip to the Nursing Homes

The last day before Christmas break we went to the nursing homes again. 2A went to the Patty Elwood Center. While there we sang them Christmas and other holiday songs. The residents loved the songs and many were singing along. We also read books to them again. We did do something a bit different this year. In the past we have asked you to provide a couple of gifts for the residents. This year second grade students made presents for them in art class. Mrs. Weideman had them decorate CDs using glitter and then they turned them into ornaments. Hopefully they liked their ornaments :)

Mega Party

Before our Winter Break the kids had their mega party. I wasn't there that day unfortunately...Grace was sick. But, from what I heard they had a GREAT time and I guess I have some pretty good dancers in the class :) I can't wait to see their moves someday!! Here are some pictures from the day. Enjoy!