Christmas Readers Theater

Arthur's Christmas

Frosty the Snowman

Red Headed Robbie's Christmas Story

MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH

                                                                           LOVE

                                                                    From Class 2-1

WE WANT

                                                                          SNOW

HO! HO! HO!

FULL OF

                                                                              JOY

We hope your holidays are:

                                                                                JOLLY

Christmas Surprise

2-1 students are asked to wear Christmas colors on Monday for a special project.  Students may bring Christmas pajamas or wear Christmas colors of red and green.  I will share our project in the blog next week.

Christmas Poems #1-4

SANTA by Marissa

Santa looks like a big red bag in a sleigh.
Santa feels like raspberry jelly.
Santa sounds like Ho Ho Merry Christmas.
Santa smells like soft home made muffins.
Santa tastes like cherry snow cones.


SNOOPY by Cody B.

Snoopy looks like a snow plane driver.
Snoopy feels like soft fur dipped in peppermint.
Snoopy sounds like he's whispering "shw shw shw".
Snoopy smells like leather from his hat.
Snoopy tastes like fleas on his back.

CANDY CANES by Jonny

Candy canes look like a J and an upside down J.
Candy canes feel nice and smooth.
Candy canes sound like crunch and a crack when you break it.
Candy canes smell like strawberries.
Candy canes taste like green mint ice cream.

SNOW SNOOPY by Blake

Snoopy looks like snowball ears and the nose is like a snow globe.
Snoopy feels like cookies with snow on it.
Snoopy sounds like dogs barking in a snow cave.
Snoopy smells like fresh air and bacon.
Snoopy tastes like ice cones and snow cones mixed together.

Tipton Book Fair

Read all about the upcoming Book Fair on the following link.  You may order online or visit the school library.
Tipton Book Fair

Tipton History

Mrs. Harmel, Jonny's grandmother, came to share her love of history with the class.  She brought poster boards showing THEN AND NOW photos of Tipton: the railroad depot, the old blacksmith shop, the first location of the fire station, schools and more!  We enjoyed her visit and learned so much!

Halloween

Butterfly Release

On Friday, October 14th, we released our butterflies in front of Tipton Elementary School.

Prairie Village

The Cedar County Historical Society is sponsoring  "A Day on the Prairie at the Prairie Village" on Saturday, October 15 from noon to 5 pm.  There will be weaving, pioneer games, traditional foods, candle-making, story-telling and more.  The museum is located north of Tipton on Highway 38 (just past Wal-Mart).  The University of Iowa is a sponsor and Humanities Iowa provided a grant for this special day.

We will be studying pioneer life in second grade, so this would be a wonderful introduction for students!

Red Oak Field Trip

Despite some early morning rain that threatened to cancel our field trip, we ended up with a fantastic fall morning at Red Oak Park.  Leaves fluttered down, insects were discovered, we made our own butterflies, and several chaperones did their best butterfly and moth imitations!  Sarah Subbert, the Cedar County Naturalist, made learning about insects come alive with games, crafts, hikes, and demonstrations.  What a perfect morning!

Fire Safety

We are observing Fire Safety Day on Monday, October 10th.  I've changed the video bar to include Fire Safety videos for children.  We will watch a video at school, but families are welcome to view them from our blog.  KEEP SAFE!

Chrysalis

Our caterpillars have molted for the final time and have entered the chrysalis stage.  We'll keep everyone posted about the emergence of our Painted Lady Butterflies.

Coe Playground of Science

If you are interested in a fun evening of science on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 6:00-9:00 at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, check out the following link:   http://www.coe.edu/playgroundofscience

Caterpillar Cookies

We've been learning about our caterpillars' body parts: 13 segments, 12 eyes, 6 true legs, 10 pro legs, bristles, a spinneret (for making strands of silk) and spiracles (breathing holes along the body).  Our tasteful creations show that learning is DELICIOUS!

Caterpillar Cookies

13 Wafer cookies - body segments

frosting - bristles

10 marshmallows - prolegs

6 licorice pieces - true legs

8 Cheerios - spiracles

12 mini chocolate chips - eyes

2 mini licorice pieces - mouth 

ABC Stories

Students in 2-1 love working with friends on writing projects.  We published our first class book called ABC Pugs Play Football.  It was such a hit, small groups are planning to write their own ABC books on different topics.

Caterpillars

Caterpillar Notice

Scholastic Books Video

Scholastic has a catchy video about the importance of books for your child.  Here's the link.  Yes, it has some advertising for Scholastic books, but the message is good!

 Scholastic Video

Science, Technology and Math Family Event

Here's a link for a free educational family event at the State Hygienic Lab in Coralville on September 18.  It looks fun and interesting!

http://www.iexplorestem.org/

The First Day

The 2011-2012 school year has officially begun!  We welcomed new students and staff to Tipton Elementary School around the flagpole at 8:30 to start the day.  New classroom routines were introduced and the learning commenced.  One important routine is proper care of the blue take-home folder.  The folder should travel back and forth between school and home every day.  Parents should check the folder daily for papers, homework, and important notes.  Then the folder is returned to the backpack, brought to school in the morning, and homework, notes, etc. are unloaded at school.

I'm excited to get acquainted with the latest 2-1 students.  If the first day is an indication of the year to come, we will have a fantastic year.  2-1 is a respectful group of learners and I have big plans for our learning journey. 

New Classroom Books

Our classroom library will be updated with some Fly Guy books.  Students may look for the rest of the collection in our classroom library.  Ted Arnold's books have received awards and great reviews online.  Maybe we can post our own reviews in September.

I began my first venture with online learning this summer.  The experience of learning new skills with digital media has been frustrating at times, but full of new learning.  One of my learning goals was to include new types of digital images in this blog.  Fly Guy was my first try!