I hope everyone had a restful and happy winter break.  As you may have realized...tomorrow (Monday, February 22nd) is the 100th day of school!  You may have heard from the children that in my second grade room, we don't celebrate the 100th day of school...we celebrate the 101st day!

On Tuesday, February 23rd...the 2nd graders will be celebrating 101 Dalmatian Day-because Mrs. Reiss is a nutty dog enthusiast!!!  If your child would like to bring a stuffed dog to class on Tuesday, feel free to send the little friend to school.

Kids...don't forget to wear black and white or polka dots to school on Tuesday for 101 Dalmatian Day!  If you have a copy of 101 Dalmatians or if you have a favorite dog book...bring it to school on Tuesday!  Dogs, Dogs, Dogs!!!!

Opening Our Valentine Surprises!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Thank You to All the Families Who Sent in Delicious Food For the Children

Thank You For All the Fun Gifts!

Thank You For All the Cool Valentine Cards!!!

Thank You For all the Pretty Plates & Napkins:)

Thank You Families... For Making Our Valentine's Day a Wonderful Success!

Decorating Our Valentine Boxes

Preparing for Our Valentine's Day Celebration

Our Valentine Mailboxes Look Fantastic!

Jude & Zachary Hard at Work

Great Work Andre!

What a Great Mailbox!

Putting the Final Touches on Our Mailboxes

Looking Good!

Very Creative Mailboxes!

Will is Ready for the Dare to Be Different Parade!

Purple is an AWESOME Color!

We Proudly Parade our Differences

Love the Mini Mohawk Mikolaj!!!!

Working on Our Dare to Be Different Project

Team Work!

Love Your Unique Self!

Group Planning

Designing the Unique Swans

Kid Power!!!

The Swans Are Taking Shape!

2nd Graders Are Great Role Models for the 1st Graders

Cooperation

Planning Our Writing

Writing With Our 1st Grade Friends

Sharing Our Writing

Working Together

                                                                     



















The second graders met with Mrs. Costello's first grade class to work on a Trumpet of the Swan project.  Check out our giant bulletin board in the hallway outside our classroom.  The children designed their very own UNIQUE "Louis Swans" to celebrate our Dare to be Different celebration!

Enjoying Each Other

Proud of the Results

Thank you to Ellie's mother...she shared Paul Stewart's A Little Bit of Winter as our Mystery Reader.

Ellie listens as Mom reads to the class