Author's Lunch

Well, it's the day before the last day of the school year. I still cannot believe how fast this year went by. I have been reflecting a lot on this past year and without a doubt, the beginning was tough. As a district and a school, there were a lot of new changes...we were "trying things out" through the end of the winter. I do have to say, once things clicked, the schedule and structure felt like second nature.
I am so proud of my students and how far they've come this past year. Their excitement and enthusiasm for learning is something I hope they hold onto.
This was the first year I held an Author's Lunch and...WOW...what a success it was! I never imagined it would've turned out as great as it did. The students wrote so much over the course of the school year and were so excited to share their hard work to their families and other teachers. There was not one child who did not feel proud of his or her accomplishments. Every adult, myself included, was beaming with pride and excitement for the achievement of these young learners.
Thank you, to all of my students, coworkers, and parents for making today and this past school year so successful.
To tomorrow's second graders....MAGNUM OPUS!!
Please be sure to check the blog regularly this summer as I will try to keep you posted on some happenings.
Enjoy the videos of the Authors' Lunch and have a superbly fantastic, fun summer!!!
Ms. Grigway :)

Tide Pool part 2

Here are some great pictures that Mrs. Afshar took and sent along. I couldn't leave them out :)
Thanks for sharing Mrs Afshar!




AND...I finally remembered Miss Sloth! Thanks for being so patient :)


Stay Tuned...

Field Day

Well, I can hardly believe there are only a few days left in the school year. With it, brings many celebrations. The next couple of posts will show celebrations of fun as well as growth and hard work. To start, we had our official "Ground Breaking" ceremony with Mrs. R. ...

...followed by the BEST day of the year, thanks to the fantastic Ms. Banon. She truly puts so much thought and dedication into field day and it's always amazing!

After our morning of fun and exercise we had lunch and then the water slide:



Until tomorrow...

Tide Pool Exploration

Well, we're 166 days into the school year and we had our tide pool field trip today. First and foremost, I would like to thank ALL of the parents who volunteered to chaperone. We couldn't have had such a successful trip without all of the help you provided. We had perfect weather, great finds, no major injuries, and every child was accounted for. Couldn't ask for anything more! The lessons about the treasures of the sea by Mr. Papadonis and Ms. Pavlicek, as always, were fantastic. I bet all of you parents learned a thing or two about seaweed.
I took many pictures and as you will see, the students were engaged the whole time...until the ride home that is :)
I have to confess that I did try to use my Flip Video but my batteries were dead :(
Enjoy and stay posted for a couple of more posts before the year ends.
Oh, sorry for not posting the Sloth...it's on my computer at school I will try to remember to post it. It's just so much easier working on my home computer.
Stay tuned...

A Walk Through the Rainforest

The rainforest projects came out fantastic! Everyone was so creative and the students did a wonderful job presenting them. Thanks again, parents, for your support in helping to create such a great learning experience for the students. I really wanted to get some pieces of the presentations on the flip video but as Mrs. Luecke was able to see, it just wasn't happening~between misplacing it then batteries dying, then leaving it at home another day...it just wasn't meant to be. With that said, I did get photos of each student and their 3D model. I did miss the sloth though so stay tuned for an additional post with the maker of the sloth ;) Enjoy!

YAY! I finally figured out/remembered how to get the video up and running :) Here are the chick videos. ENJOY!!

Which came first...the chicken or the egg???

I hope everyone enjoyed the week off. I know I did. I have to tell you, last night I couldn't sleep because I was so excited to get back to my students. With only 40 days left of school, these are the days I really get to see all of the hard work we all put in, shine through. And today couldn't have been a better day! All of my STARs (students that are responsible) came back rejuvenated, a little more grown up (insert sad face here), and so ready to get to work. Their enthusiasm for reading, writing, and learning today reminded me what it is I love about teaching!

Well, with that said, I do need to apologize for getting this footage to you so late. I recorded so much of the wonderful Ms. P and her chick presentation with my fantastic Flip video, that I couldn't decide what to put on the blog. Though the students learned SO many new vocabulary words, all about different sized birds and their eggs, and the important parts of the egg, I knew nobody would really sit and watch an hour's worth of information about hens and roosters...and if I'm wrong, simply let me know and I will post the hour of video for you :) So, I just decided to show you a random 11 minutes that I thought would be the most entertaining to everyone.
Below Ms. P's presentation, be sure to check out the video of our chicks running around!
Again...I apologize for my video non-expertise...

Hmmmm...to get it to upload, I had to split them into smaller video segments...let's see if it works.

Well, my videos do not seem to want to upload tonight. I will have to try from my other computer later this week :/

Sorry about that but stay tuned...