Best.Field.Trip.EVER!

Prairie Heritage Center
Petersen, IA
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Challenges from Home!

Kids!  Visit the Sumdog from home!  

www.sumdog.com

Communities Cooperative Computer Time

Today students worked as cooperative pairs to research attributes of 3 types of communities.  They used non-fiction text and their background knowledge to fill in a graphic organizer.  Then pairs began to write sentences on our new Chromebooks!  Our final document will have sentences contributed by all kids.  It will help us write our final paragraphs about communities.  

June

I am excited to see that a few kids have logged in to KidBlog and have been working on posts.  I do check! Each time you add a post, I get an email alert.  So, start blogging kiddos!!  Your blog will be available until school starts.  It is such a great way to talk about the books you are reading this summer.  Joe and Ben have been added to the blog too and (they have to) are blogging about what they read.  I am reading a REALLY long book about a couple of rowdy boys growing up on the east coast  of the United States about 50 years ago.  I am laughing all the time and I know that I'd be sharing the characters' crazy adventures with you in circle.  I hope that you are all enjoying the (finally) sunny days.  Remember to GET OUTSIDE and read under the trees.  The birds are going crazy in our backyard lately, so it is my favorite spot.  We have blackbirds, sparrows, bluejays, a male and female cardinal and wrens constantly visiting our bird feeders!

Just Dance One Direction

Walking With Dinosaurs 3D trailer WOW!!

New Dino!

New dinosaur found in China

Smiles for the Last Day

Jerson: Perfect Attenance  Hunter: Physical Fitness Award

One of our favorite "brain breaks" this year was Just Dance.  Students got VERY good at a few of the routines.  This is my favorite.  See if you can pick out your child!  I think we have some future dancers in this class.

Girls, you crack me up!

Picnic day!

Helping out!

Today we gathered all the box tops, HyVee slips, milk tops & Campbell's Soup labels. Students sorted and organized them, then grouped and counted it all.  We will post a final count!

The End of the School Year

It is so hard to believe that our school year is coming to a close!  Each child has contributed to making our room a home, our class a family.  They have held their friends hands as they cried, patted backs, given hugs, band-aided, encouraged, smiled & cared for each other like family.

2L kids, you are special. 
You made this year wonderful for me and for all of your classmates.  As you go on to third grade take that special magic with you....the magic that made this class great and unique.  Spread it to your new friends.  They will be better people for knowing you.

Have a wonder-filled summer!  Read everyday. Use your imagination.  Write fun stories.  Dance! Sing.  Be silly.  Meditate!  Sink your toes into the sand.  Skip rocks.... Smile.  Hug your parents.  Go to the park.  Bake cookies.  Lay in the grass, breathe & listen to the birds. 
You are only a child for a few years. 
ENJOY IT!

Know that I will miss you all summer and look forward to every time I see you on the street or at the pool! 

Hugs & High Fives!

Ms. Langner

Dinosaur Sites to Explore

Discovery Dinosaurs

Kids Dinos

Bob Bakker

Paul Sereno

Nat Geo Dinosaurs

Nat Geo Dino Eggs