School Days: Second Grade Second Nine Weeks {Riley}

These posts really are getting very tiring to do, but I know I’ll appreciate having them later. Here we go!

Riley continued to chug along in the second nine weeks of second grade. He did very well in ELA, spelling, math, and religion. He still struggled with handwriting and math facts, but he’s been making great progress in both lately. He just needs to continue to focus and believe that he CAN do it!

He also crushed his second quarter AR requirement: he got 16.1 points!

They had a fun Halloween art project on October 18. They painted bags to use when they went trick-or-treating at Sunrise on October 25.

They celebrated SCR Week October 23-27. They got to wear sunglasses on Monday, Saints shirts on Tuesday, and SCR shirts, fun socks, and tennis shoes on Thursday.

They celebrated their class mass on October 25. Riley sang in the choir and did very well.

They had a fun orange and black spirit day on Halloween!

They took class pictures on November 8.

Their class elf Jingles arrived once they went back to school after the Thanksgiving break. They also met their elf’s pet reindeer, Coco, who Riley loved. They even got to take turns having Coco at their desks for half a day each.

They had a fun pajama day on December 11.

They read their first chapter book as a class, Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe. They celebrated finishing the book with a fun party at school on December 15.

 

They had another fun art project on December 18. They made super cute glittery Christmas ornaments. Ms. Paulin made one too!

 

 

 

They went Christmas caroling at Sunrise on December 19. They did such a great job; the residents really enjoyed their performance!

Riley also participated in an after-school program called Thinkerkids for 12 weeks; it ended in December. They did lots of cool experiments, including simulating a hurricane in a bowl, using popsicle sticks to show the difference between having one finger bone versus multiple, designing and flying airplanes, making goo, building a maze with straws and paper, using balloons to show static electricity, making sea urchins using play-doh and toothpicks, constructing a straw magic flute, determining if cotton balls float in different temperatures of water, building a seesaw out of Legos, making snow, and making marshmallow snowflakes. He enjoyed it!

 

Rory’s up next. He’s much harder to recap: they do SO. MUCH. in PK4!