More Animal Information

Get free pictures at Wiki Commons.

Do an Internet Search

Word Wildlife Fact Finder

Field Guides from eNature

Great Sites for Animal Research!

Here are a few sites where you can research animal camouflage:

National Geographic For Kids - lots of pictures, maps, and even videos!
Zebras
Cheetahs
Snowy Owls
Praying Mantids
Polar Bear

Kids Go Wild - Wild Animal Facts - Information about predators and prey for many kinds of animals

National Geographic Animal Fact Site - Look up an animal alphabetically or by groups. See pictures of animals in their habitats!

Kids' Planet E-Species fact sheets - Look up animals based on where they live.

World Almanac for Kids -- Animals - Pick an animal to read about by name!

Subtraction With Regrouping

I've added links for two math activities. The subtraction lesson will review how to subtract with regrouping. The practice link takes you to a game where you can practice 2 digit subtraction. See the link below for another regrouping explanation.

Regrouping to Subtract

Types of Camouflage

Can you match the animal to the type of camouflage it uses? Click on the link below to play "Seeing Through Camouflage" and learn about the four types of camouflage animals use.

Seeing Through Camouflage

Unit 2 SCOE All-Stars!

Four students from our class passed all sections of our end of unit reading test. Congratulations! Thanks for your hard work!

Christmas Cookies

We had fun decorating holiday cookies in December.

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Butterflies have 4 stages in the life cycle. First, an adult butterfly lays eggs on a leaf. Next, a larva or caterpillar hatches. It eats leaves and grows. Then, metamorphosis begins inside the chrysalis. The pupa transforms. Finally, the butterfly crawls out. After, its wings dry it flys away. Have you ever seen a larva transform into a butterfly?

Butterfly Metamorphosis

Next week we are reading a story about butterflies. Watch this video to learn about the stages of a butterfly's life. A butterfly starts as an egg. The caterpillar emerges from the egg. After eating and growing it turns into a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis the caterpillar changes into a butterfly. This is called metamorphosis.

Accelerated Reader

We have started the Accelerated Reader program for the year. In this program, students can take quizzes about books they read in class or at home. They earn points for doing well on the quizzes. Students will be rewarded when they earn a certain number of points!

Students can take a quiz at home! Use the link for Accelerated Reader.

The Hummingbirds' Gift

We read "The Hummingbirds' Gift". First, the family was kind to the hummingbirds by feeding them. Then the birds helped the family by showing them how to make straw figures.

Kindness

We started our new unit this week. The theme is kindness. We will read books about being kind and helping others.

Field Trip November 8, 2007

We will be going on a walking field trip to the local public library.

Date: November 8, 2007
Time: Leave school 8:00 a.m. Return by 10:00 a.m.

Parents are welcome to join us. Please make sure your child wears comfortable shoes and dresses appropriately for the weather.

What Goes on iMovie

This is the movie we made to go with our performance.


The students sing the song while the movie plays in the background. The song is Elizabeth Mitchell's remake of "What Goes On". It's on this CD:

Come See Our Performance

We will be performing at the second grade flag assembly this week. Come and watch us sing!

When: Friday, October 19, 2007
Where: Multi-purpose room
Time: 9:50 a.m.

What a Queen Likes to Wear

My post is about what a Queen likes to wear on a chess board. A Queen likes to wear diamonds. This helps me remember that a Queen always starts on square d1.

Pawn Game

Here's how to play the Pawn Game:

1. First, set up the pawns. Black on rank 7. White on rank 2.
2. Next, white goes first. They can move a pawn 1 or 2 squares forward.
   
3. Then, black goes. Take turns!
4. To win, white needs to get one pawn to rank 8, or black needs to get one pawn to rank 1. Then the pawn gets promoted to Queen, Bishop, Rook, or Knight.
5. You can win by capturing all the other player's pawns. (Remember, pawns capture diagonally!)
   

Common and Proper Nouns

Common nouns name a living thing, thing, or place. A proper noun names a certain living thing, thing, or place. Proper nouns need capital letters.

Common Noun........Proper Noun
sister.............................Mary
park.............................Central Park
dog..............................Wagner
city...............................Denver
country.........................France
teacher.........................Miss Moore
month..........................September

Picture Day Tomorrow!

Sorry about the late notice, picture day is tomorrow! Students can have a free dress day if they want to dress up for their picture instead of wearing their uniform.

I - Messages

When you are angry or hurt it's much better to use an I-message to tell someone how you feel than a you-message that might make them angry. Just say:

I feel _________ when you ____________.

Now the person knows how you feel and you can work out the problem!

Some examples:
I feel left out when you don't play with me.
I feel angry when you take my toy without asking.
I feel excited when I go to my friend's house.
I feel sad when you yell at me.

Handling Frustration

Sometimes we feel frustrated like Wagner did when he tried to play hockey. Today we learned 6 ways to handle frustration without howling:

1. Count to 10.
2. Take a break.
3. Tell someone how you feel.
4. Take one step at a time.
5. Ask for help.
6. Try another way.