Sew what? ⛄️ Snow people

We sewed snow people. We had a great time learning how to sew!

Nonfiction Reading and Writing

Our second grade expert writers have been diving in deep to their research on their animals. We have learned that nonfiction expert writers have to have many resources to help them become an expert on their topic. In addition, we are learning the research process:
We read about our topic
We talk about our topic
We think about our topic
We jot about our topic
Our hard work is paying off as we continue our research.

As a Matter of fact..

We have been working hard with our science unit about Matter. 

During this unit we have studied the 3 states of Matter, the Properties of Matter and Physical Changes to Matter. 

Our 2nd grade engineers had to build a dog house with roofing materials that would keep a dog dry. They tested 3 types of roofing materials to see which properties were able to keep the dog dry. 

Thankful

Dear Families,

Thank you for having such wonderful children. My heart is filled with an abundance of reasons to be thankful!
 

Tuesday, November 26 Parent/Teacher Conference Schedule

Tuesday, November 26th 

8:00-8:30______Perella__________

8:30-9:00_______Walker_________

9:00-9:30_______Amour_________

9:30-10:00______Gasparini_______

10:00-10:30______Epse___________

10:30-11:00_____________________

11:00-11:30_____________________

11:30-12:00______Delp___________

12:30-1:00 _____Healy___________

1:00-1:30______________________

1:30-2:00______________________

Monday, November 25 Conference Schedule

November 2019

Parent/Teacher Conference Schedule

Monday, November 25th

8:00-8:30_______Khatri__________

8:30-9:00_____Fenderson_________

9:00-9:30_____Shenyo___________

9:30-10:00___Rajewski___________

10:00-10:30______Chalamalasetti____

10:30-11:00______________________

11:00-11:30______Abukar__________

11:30-12:00______________________

12:30-1:00 ___Keeton______________

1:00-1:30______________________

1:30-2:00___Parrow______________

2:00-2:30______________________

2:30-3:00______________________

3:00-3:30______________________

3:30-4:00______________________

4:00-4:30____Brigante____________

4:30-5:00   __Browne_____________

5:00-5:30________Myer___________

5:30-6:00 _______Callahan_________

100 Apples 🍎 = Popcorn 🍿

Building a strong learning community

Celebrating our 2nd grade authors

Celebrating our Learning

We can't wait to see all of our families and friends this morning!

Celebration of our Learing

Hello Families,

We are excited to share our learning with you tomorrow morning, Thursday, November 21 at 8:05.  We will see you in Mrs. Frostman's classroom at 8:05!

Celebrating Veterans Day

We made paper poppies to recognize Veterans Day.   

Brain Break

It feels like winter ❄️. 
Happy Snow Day!

We are so Thankful

We are so Thankful!    

Math: Measuring

Celebration pics!🍎

100 Apple 🍎 Celebration

Here we are having our 100 apple celebration.  We made jewelry, played Pokemon and played Magic the Gathering. There were some special guests here to play MTG, Owen Bauman and Bobby Merena. Thank you to both of them for helping to make our celebration so fun! 

Being Thankful 💙

For the month of November, we are thinking about and writing about what we are thankful for.
This is our Thankful Turkey. Our thankfulness has started to grow. Be sure to check our blog to see our how we are thankful grow and grow!

100 Apples 🍎: Celebration

We reached our 100 apple goal on Friday.  We had an awesome celebration! How did we reach our goal?  By practicing our Core Value: Be Kind, Be Safe and Be Your Best! 

Celebration of our Learning

Celebration or our Learning 

October 28, 2010

Dear 2^nd Grade Families,

Please come and celebrate with us on:  

Thursday, November 21st: Celebration of our Learning

8:00-9:00 am at Orchard School.  Your children will come to class and check in as they do every day.  Parents can head straight to Mrs. Frostman’s classroom at 8:05.  First, all the 2^nd grade classes will be singing the Orchard Community song, the Vermont State song and lastly, America the Beautiful, starting at 8:10 am in Mrs. Frostman’s classroom. 

After that, is a time when your children will be in charge of showing you their work. Therefore, this is a time when you can look through their book boxes, read their personal narratives, look at their art work and learn a math game your child will be in charge of teaching you! It will be a wonderful time. We hope you can join us for this celebration.

Please look for a paper copy in our child's mail tonight!

Have a great Monday evening,

                                   

                                                           Nicole

Writers' Workshop

Our Personal Narrative Unit is coming to an end.  Our writers are starting to work on picking one of their Personal Narratives to revise and edit.  They have been adding details, adding dialogue, and using words that create pictures in the mind of their readers and using everything they have learned about making their stories sound and look better.  We know that authors have intentions, so we need to pay attention!  

Food Allergy Awareness 🥝🥚🍓

We had a wonderful presentation about food allergy awareness with Kyle Dine. We learned to much about what we all need to do to keep everyone healthy and happy.

Orchard Fun Run

Orchard Fun Run

Readers Workshop

In readers' workshop we have been studying many different reading strategies when we come to tricky words in our reading.  We know that 2nd grade readers do not give up, they pick a strategy. One of the strategies we have learned is looking for a small word within the tricky word.  We are up to reading for 16 independent minutes.

Social Studies: Community

We continue our Community studies in Social Studies.  We started with our classroom community then moved to our school community then our South Burlington community.  As our scope of community grows bigger so does our knowledge and curiosity about how communities work together, solve problems together and play together. 
Next we are on the our Vermont community and beyond!

Farm to School 🥬

We made kale, Swiss chard pesto during our Farm to School session. It was delicious!

Thank you parents🍁

Thank you to all the parents who came on our community walk.  It was such an amazing adventure.  We appreciate all your support.  

Celebrating our 💯 apples 🍎 with our stuffed animals was a big hit!

Enjoying a Fall 🍁walk in our beautiful community

Fall 🍁walk enjoy our community

Small Celebration for earning 100 apples

We earned 100 apples!

We are going to have a small celebration.

When: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

What: Each student in Mrs. Bauman’s class can bring in a stuffed animal.  The stuffed animal has to fit in your child’s back pack.

Be Kind
Be Safe
Be your Best!

Readers’ Workshop 📚

As 2nd grade readers, we can often times run into problems when we read that get us stuck.  The great thing is, there are solutions to these problems.  With our mind-set focused on reading longer and stronger, there is nothing that will stop us from reading up a storm.  
During Readers' Workshop, we are reading for 15 independent minutes.  

Brain Break

Happy Friday to you all. 

We take a Brain Break every day to keep our bodies moving and our brains ready to learn.  We take 2 laps around the Orchard track.  

Writers’ Workshop : writing Personal Narratives/Small Moment stories

We are off and writing our Personal Narratives/Small Moment stories.  We have learned these meaningful stories come from our hearts.  Moreover, we can remember a lot of details about these stories.  Our stories are written over many page in 2nd grade.

Math Workshop: Odd and Even Numbers

During math workshop we have been studying Odd and Even numbers.  In addition, we are working on our addition combinations to 20.  Working in small groups and in partnerships is an effective way to become an efficient mathematician.