November+News

= Check out the news in Room 102. We learn many new things each day. Our daily news reporters will tell the story of what we are learning. = == = Meet Reporter Anyea and Reporter Destiny = = = = = = =

= Friday, 11-6-09 = = Dear CHINA Buddies, = = We saw a video on UTube of Shanghai and we thought it was a really neat city! It was so cool that you have a Toys R Us store, too! You have a really cool town.You have a cool school, too. We love the slide shows that you make... you guys are so cool! = = Reporter Anyea and Reporter Destiny = = = = = = Thursday, 11-12 = = Dear China Buddies, = = We played a fun math game called The Digit Game. We usually play our games after we finish our math journal. Those math boxes are sometimes tricky, aren't they? We are going to have a math test on unit 3 soon! = = Talk to you soon! = = = = = = Wednesday, 11-18 = = Hi Buddies, = = Today we had fun trying out a new website to create cartoons and use dialogue in our writing. If you like creating stories, you would like it, too. Here is the website: [] = = Hope you like it! = = Talk to you later! = = = = = = Friday, 11-20 = = Dear China Buddies, = = Today we learned some more neat facts about the Flying Fox Bat and the Vampire Bat. Did you know that the mother vampire bat will drink blood from animals and then fly back to her baby and throw up the blood so the baby can drink it? That is gross! But they need to survive and that's how they do it! Our second grade expert reporters: Jacob, Daniel (Mrs. Beers' Class), Jeremy (Mrs. Beers' Class) and Ian (Mrs. Beers' Class) shared this interesting information with us. They used a neat website to find out this information and it also had video clips to watch. If you get a chance, try it out... it's called National Geographic for Kids. It's a fun website! Check it out!! = =[] = = = = Wednesday, 11-25 = = Dear China Buddies, = = Today was our Thanksgiving feast celebration. We dressed up like the Pilgrims and Indians did long ago and we baked our breads (our class made pumpkin and it was very good! The other second grades made cornbread and banana bread). Then we all feasted together out in our second grade hallway. We pretended we were at the very first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621 when the pilgrims sailed from England to America in search of freedom! We are thankful that we are free and that we have family and good friends, like you! Happy Thanksgiving, penpals. Enjoy watching our Thanksgiving slide show. Check it out on our slide show page! = = Talk to you in December! = = = = = = = = =