Read Across America Week!

We had a blast celebrating Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Week. Here are a few pictures from the week!

Jack Hartmann:

Family reading Night- Seussical Cast

Wacky Wednesday:

Camp Read-A-Lot (Cozy up witha good book-PJ day):

Book Character Day:

Liberty's Legacy, Jump Rope for Heart, and An Igloo

We had a lot going on this week. We had a fire drill--- which the kiddos rocked, our Liberty's Legacy Kickoff, and our Jump Rope for Heart kickoff. We studied igloos and how to build them. The kiddos researched the igloo-building process and began building a milk-jug igloo! They have been bringing gallon milk jugs in for a few weeks but are finding that MANY more are needed. There is a lot of math, science, and engeneering that is going into this project. We can't wait until we can see the finished product! 

Igloo planning

Presidential Inauguration and Birds of Prey

We had a very educational day! We began the festivities by watching the Presidential Inauguration. It was history in the making and the kiddos were able to be a part of it. We watched President Trump and Vice President Pence get sworn in. We heard President Trump give his inaugural speech. We even watched the President and Vice President escort the former President and former Vice President to their departing transportations. We learned about MLK, Jr. and his speeches this week. It was great for the kiddos to hear a speech, live, to make connections with. 

We also had visitors from the Guntersville State Park. The students learned about a Barred Owl, a Great-Horned Owl, a Red-Tailed Hawk, and a Bald Eagle. The Bald Eagle was a young eagle (around 3 years old) and had yet to get her white tail feathers and white head feathers.

Barred Owl

Great-Horned Owl

Red-Tailed Hawk

Red-Tailed Hawk

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

It was so fitting to learn about and see our national bird in person on the nation's inauguration day! An American symbol to honor democracy in action! 

It's January and it feels like Spring😍

Hi all! Did anyone step outside these

past two days and feel how AMAZING the weather is?!? It definitely doesn't feel like January or that this time last week it was cold enough to ❄️🌨SNOW🌨❄️. But I'll take it. I ❤️ this weather. It is my weather! Hopefully it will stick around a while! 

Anyway... I hope everyone had a great first {full} week back to school. I am way behind in posting on the blog. So, here are some pictures of today's festivities! We had the AR/Math walk of fame this afternoon. Two of our kiddos made it in the walk of fame for compeleting all addition and subtraction facts on Math Facts in a Flash! Way to go Cris and Evan!

Veteran's Day!

We were out of school on Friday, November 11 in honor of the many veterans who have served to protect our freedom. We would like to thank all the veterans who sacrifice(d) time with their families, risk(ed) their lives, and work(ed) so hard to protect our freedom in this great country. THANK YOU!

 

Superhero Day and Pumpkin Carving

We celebrated the last week of October by carving pumpkins! The kiddos LOVED digging into the pumpkin, pulling out the insides and sorting the seeds. They sorted the seeds into groups of 10, then again in to groups of 100, to figure out how many seeds were in 3 pumpkins. The students counted over 1600 seeds! We also finished our Red Ribbon Week celebration with trick-or-treating and Superhero costumes! 

Red Ribbon Week

This week is Red Ribbon Week! We are celebrating by dressing up each day. These days are to remind us to stay off drugs!!

Monday- we were "too smart to start"! (Nerd Day)

Tuesday- we were "too hip to do drugs"! (Hippie Day)

Contraction Surgery, Emoji Origami, & A Play!

This week we learned about Contractions by conducting "contraction surgery". We also made a "contractipillar" and compared numbers with candy corn. We had some special guests visit and they taught us how make an emoji origami bookmark. The kids ❤️ it! (See what I did there😜.) On Friday, we reviewed place vaule with Cheez-its, pretzel sticks, and M&Ms. Who doesn't love food?! It makes math "delicious"! We ended the week with James & the Giant Peach! The Little Aggies Theatre did an amazing job! 

Homecoming Week & Football Readers

We showed our Aggie Pride for Homecoming Week! Monday we wore all black to "Black-Out the Panthers", Wednesday we dressed as our favorite Disney Characters to "Knock 'em Dizz-ney", and Friday we wore our best Aggie attire to cheer on our Senior football readers! 

Cause and Effect & some Marshmallow math!

We are learning about cause and effect this week. Today we matches up some causes with their results! The kiddos loved it! We also made arrays with mini-marshmallows. Who doesn't love a little food with their math?!

Full STEAM ahead!

Last night was our first STEAM night. We worked with our community to host a night of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math activities for parents and kids! It was a great night! I think the parents had as much fun as the kids!

Math Cubes, Landforms, & Farm Day, Oh My!

This week has been full of fun learning experiences! The students compared and contrasted {many} versions of Little Red Riding Hood. They partnered up and added with math cubes. They researched animals and landforms. Mrs. Rains' class created landforms using materials found in the classroom and then held presentations for the class. Mrs. Stanley's class used shaving cream to practice phonics skills! Friday was Farm Day! We had a "family" (our 2nd grade family: Ms. Turk, Mrs. Foley, Mrs. Rains, & Mrs. Stanley) dance party to begin the day. The AHS FFA students hosted our Farm Day. It was awesome! We continued our "family" fun by making homemade butter to slather on mini-corn muffins. We had apple juice to wash it down! We ended the day with our homemade, Ziplock bag ice cream. Whew! What a week!