Mrs. Barlow’s Class Please view our daily blog for information on student learning and upcoming events. 

We are Seesaw blogging with classrooms from New Zealand and Croatia. The students in New Zealand and our students are already beginning to compare and contrast traditions in both places. If you have any pictures of specific traditions you do and would like to send them in a message I will let your student post it on their blog and explain it to our friends around the world. For example, I would take a picture of our class tree and the kids could explain the things we use to decorate it. We are learning that they don’t decorate with lights on their houses, but they do have trees. The kids are so excited to learn about these other cultures and traditions. Thank you in advance!

Christmas Seussical will be on December 13 at 9a.m.  Notes have been posted and speaking parts have been sent home.   Please check your child’s folder for more information.  This will be the only performance.  We hope you can come and enjoy this awesome show! 

On Friday our class met knew friends in another state!  They Skyped us and we played a game that made us use our inference skills, question skills, writing skills, reasoning skills, listening skills, and the list goes on.  The students had to ask questions using a map to figure out where our out of state friends lived.  Do you border an ocean?  How many states do you border? Do you live in the north?  We realized as a class that as our questions were answered that we needed to decide how our questions would then need to change.  The other class also asked us questions.  We now have friends in a school in Georgia.  Fun while learning! 

We made homemade butter, had a feast in our classroom, and watched Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving! It was a great day to be in 2nd  grade and to be thankful for our wonderful friends.

We took a quick trip outside to see and feel the snow!

The students did a great job reading  LOUD and PROUD!  I am so proud of their fluency!