Conference Time

I sent home reminders this week with your conference time. If you did not receive yours or you can not make your time, please email me at marshallc@csdvt.org and I will get back to you. I look forward to meeting with you and discussing your child's progress! 

"Go Fish" Musical

This is just a reminder that the UMS production of "Go Fish" will be this Wednesday, February 22nd in the Colchester High School Auditorium.  Students will meet me in the cafetaria at 6:10 and the production starts at 6:30.  After the play, I will walk all students back to the cafetaria.  I will dismiss students to you when you come to our group.  It can get very crazy and hectic so I will not let kids manuever the crowd looking for you. Please come directly to our group, tell me you are here, and then I will dismiss your child.  Ms. Mutz will be sending home more information this week! It will be an amazing show! See you there!

Valentine's Day Celebration

We had a wonderful Tuesday full of love. laughter, and friendship!  We made a coupon book, graphed candy hearts, created a class book, read some amazing stories, and shared valentines.  It was a great day!! Here are a few photos from our class celebration. I am sorry that I don't have more but I was so busy handing out goodies, I almost forgot!  Enjoy the pictures!

 We passed valentine cards out in small groups so it wasn't as crowded or confusing!

Everyone decorated a valentine "goodie bag" to bring everything home in.

We were full of love in Room 9!

We had a feast of amazing food!

Big happy smiles were everywhere!

 Things started to get a little silly after eating sugar!

We read our cards and were thankful for all of the kind words.



They wanted to share their favorite valentines with the camera!



I think that the food was a huge hit!  Thank you to all of the parents that donated yummy treats!

Friday Fieldtrip

This Friday, February 10th, the entire second grade will be going on a field trip!

• Half of the students are going with Mrs. Thibault and Mrs, Davis to Cairns Arena in South Burlington to ice skate!! If your child has signed up to ice skate, please remember to send them in with their own helmet on Friday morning. They MUST have a helmet to skate.
• The other half of the second grade is coming with Mrs. Howard and myself to Spare Time Bowling in Colchester.
• All chaperones can meet their child at the site (either Cairns Arena or Spare Time) as there is no room on the buses.
• We will be back in time for lunch and we will have snack later in the afternoon.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at 264-5959.

Valentine's Day

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day next Tuesday, February 14th  Each student is invited to bring in valentine's for the class.  I have already sent home a list of students, but if you can't find it, I can send another one home.  We will be having a low key party on that day from 2:00 - 2:45.  Everyone is welcome to attend. 

100th Day of School

Today was a day filled with fun and celebration!  We have made it through 100 fantastic days in second grade!  Our entire day (except SWR) was filled with the number 100.  We counted 100 things, read 100 words, took 100 steps, made a snack with 100 pieces, connected 100 numbers, wrote 100 words, and colored some amazing 100 day attire such as glasses and a hat!  I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we enjoyed our day!

We started the day with a hundreds themed school wide meeting! Everyone's behavior was wonderful!

During Morning Meeting, everyone partnered up and traded their 100th day baggies.  Partners counted each others bags and reported back to the class.  We noticed that the bigger the item, the harder it was to close the bag but the smaller items fit effortlessly into the bags.

 We noticed that the green paint balls took up more space than the beads.  Good counting and teamwork!

 I loved the 100th day hat and glasses!  So cute!

Here are some friends making their hundreds day hats. 

 Here are two friends reading 100 words together!

 After an amazing amount of effort, the final touches are being put on a 100th day hat!

WOW!! Look at how busy he is writing 100 words! He is on number 75! 

His glasses are done, now he has to decide what activity to do next.  Smiles make everything worthwhile! 

 We are counting out 20 Cheerios, 20 M&M's, 20 raisins, 20 pretzels, and 20 marshmellows for a yuumy 100th day treat!

Making 100th day hats was almost as much fun as eating M&M's!  

After taking 100 steps, each child put down a piece of tape where they ended.  I know the picture isn't too exciting, but many students predicted they would end up in the book nook.  Many were close! 

At the end of our day, I wanted a picture with everyone in their hats and glasses. This is the "serious" picture. 

Here is the goofy picture! We had a great day!