Happy College Color Days from the Moss Team!

We had a wonderful week.  I am really enjoying getting to know and grow with this wonderful group of 2nd graders everyday!

Important Things To Know:

• Fall Pictures are on Wednesday, September 3.  All students will be taking a picture.  If you would like to order pictures you can either fill out the form/send in money or you can pay for pictures online/send in receipt.
• Walking School Bus starts on Friday, September 7.  Remember that preregistration is required. Please let me know if your child will be attending.
• Our first RBE PTA Meeting is September 11.  PTA Meetings are at 6:00 in the Media Center.  The PTA is a wonderful supporter of our students and school!  I hope that you are able to attend.
• Our first field trip is on September 14.  We are going to MU Volleyball Elementary Day!  We are so excited!!  The kiddos will be bring a sack lunch from home (everything needs to be able to be thrown away) or buying a sack lunch from the cafeteria (if you pre-ordered).  We will be leaving around 9:30 and returning to school by 1:50.  If your child has black & gold - this would be the perfect day to wear it!
• 2nd Grade Curriculum Chat is on September 18 at 7:45-8:15.  This is an opportunity for you to come and learn about what your child does in 2nd Grade.  The students will be working on a Day in the Life of a Second Grader book to share with you.  We will also have a short chat to present the various parts of our day.  We hope that you are able to come!
• The RBE Chicken BBQ is coming up on October 13.  This is the one big fundraiser for PTA.  The PTA supports the students and the school so many different ways!  They provided funding for 2nd grade to be able to go on the field trip to MU Volleyball Elementary Day, provide materials for our classroom, and are working hard to get more playground equipment for our playground.  There is a flyer coming home in your child's Friday Folder about the BBQ - check it out and see how you can support RBE!

What's Been Happening in Moss World:

Fundations

• We took our first unit test today.  The students did a nice job applying what they learned in unit 1.  We will continue to practice skills learned in this unit throughout the year.
• Next week, we will  start unit 2.  In this unit, students will learn about bonus letters (ff, ll, ss and sometimes zz).  They will also learn about glued sounds which include all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk.  Students wil also work on ar, er, ir or, ur.
• Trick words for this unit include shall, pull, full. Both, talk and walk.  

Reading

• We will continue working on two sentence summaries.  This week, we corrected our fiction summaries.  Next week, we will continue working on non-fiction summaries.  The students are learning that there are a lot of facts in non-fiction books and we are discussing that sometimes we have to read non-fiction books twice to help us remember the facts.
• When your student is reading at home, please have them tell you a sentence or two about what they read.  You can practice the skill of summarizing with movies and tv shows as well.  Students can tell you briefly you about the movie or tv show.

Math

• This week, students worked on finding multiple ways to make a number.  They learned the word equivalent.  They also learned two new games this week.  They learned Fishing for 10 and Turn Over 10.  These are both great games to play for their Homework Bingo Board.  They can use playing cards (without the face cards) to play both games. 
• Next week, there is a variety of skills they will be learning.  Students will be learning about quarters and working to skip count quarters.  The students are doing a great job with money, it is awesome that they came to us with such a strong foundation, thanks first grade teachers!  They will also be learning about even and odd numbers.  They will be working on identifying patterns when skip counting by numbers.  This will be a continuation of what we did last week when looking at patterns when skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.  We will then work on comparing numbers and identifying which is larger and how we know.
• We will be testing over this unit the week of September 10. 

Writing

• This week, students worked on writing leads for their personal narrative.  We discussed that your lead “hooks your reader.”  This means that it grabs the reader’s attention so they want to read the rest of your story.  They wrote a sound lead and a question lead and then chose their favorite. 
• Next week, we will step away from our personal narrative and work on a fun writing project for Curriculum Chat which is September 18 from 7:45 a.m.-8:15 a.m.  We hope you are all able to come.

Social Studies

• This week in social studies, the students learned what it means to be a citizen.  We talked about what that they are citizens of, and discussed ways they can be a good citizen.  We had  great conversation about why it is important to be a good citizen.
• Next week, they will continue this discussion and come up with specific ways they can be a good citizen in society. 

Science

• This week in science, the students learned more about the scientific method.  They learned that you have to pose a question, make a hypothesis, conduct an experiment then draw conclusions.  Today, we did an experiment with melting candy and warm water.  Ask your student about which candies melted.  This science experiment helped them learn about the scientific method and then was an introduction to states of matter.
• Next week, students will continue to learn about states of matter and how they change for solids, liquids to gases.

I hope that you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!  As a reminder, we do not have school on Monday.  Make sure that you are checking out Twitter for pictures or you can look at the feed on the right sidebar of our classroom blog!

We have had a great first full week of school.  We have continued to establish classroom routines and students are really doing a great job with learning our second grade expectations!

Reminders

• Upcoming Events: In your back to school folder there was a copy of the Activities Calendar for the school year.  You can access this calendar by clicking here.  I have also updated the Upcoming Events on the right side of the blog.  Please mark your calendar with these dates.
• If you have not already seen that 2nd Grade Curriculum Chat is September 18 at 7:45-8:15 am.  Please add this to your calendar!  This is an opportunity for you to hear about what we will be doing in 2nd grade this year.  You will also have an opportunity to talk with your child about what a typical day looks like in 2nd grade!
• Walking School Bus: If you would like your child to participate in Walking School Bus this fall, a form went home in your back to school folder that needs to be filled out and returned.  You can also click here to print a copy.  For your child to participate in Walking School Bus this form MUST be returned!
• Volleyball Field Trip on September 14: Your child brought home a field trip form on Tuesday (on yellow paper).  We will departing for Hearnes Center at 9:40 and will be returning to school around 2:00.  If you have not already sent in the bottom portion of this form, please do so by September 7.  You can click here to view the Volleyball Field Trip form.

Coming Home Today

• Library Books
• Today was our first library checkout day...Mrs. McKinzie & Mrs. Wood said we did an amazing job!  We will have library checkout every Friday.  So please talk with your kiddo about what books they checked out and help them remember to bring their books back next week.  If your child finishes a book, they can always return the book to our library cart earlier than Friday.
• Picture Day Reminder
• Picture Day is Wednesday, September 5.  You can  pre-pay for pictures online - please send in the receipt so we know that you are getting pictures.  Or you can fill out the form and send in money.
• Pizza Party
• At the end of first & second trimester, we have a tradition to have a class pizza party.  We are asking for a one time donation of $5.00 to help with the cost of pizza.  Be sure to check out the salmon sheet for more information! 
• RBE Sportswear
• If you would like to order RBE Sportswear the first order is due on August 31 and the second date is October 19.  You can order online or fill out the order form and return it to school.  You can click here for the RBE Sportswear order form.
• Transportation Paperwork
• There is a student conduct & safety information coming.  Please review these expectations with your child, fill out the form and return to school.  Even if your child typically does not ride the bus, they will be attending field trips with us, so please go ahead and return the form.
• Orientation & Unit 1 Fundations 
• Fundations is a process to teach reading and spelling with phonics.  Coming home with your child is an introduction letter to Fundations and a few activities that you can do at home.  It says "Homework Guide" on one of these sheets.  As a reminder, we do not have assigned homework that has to be turned in on a certain day, but these activities can be used for spelling practice for your child's Homework Bingo sheet.   

What's Going on Moss World!

• Math
• This week, we started Unit 1 of our Everday Math program.  This unit is an introduction of a variety of skills.  We introduced math resources that are in our classroom, counting coins and patterns when skip counting.  
• Next week, we will be learning about number grids (100's chart), number models (addition and subtraction problems with the answer), and different combinations of 10.
• Reading
• This week, we focused on story elements (the pieces or parts that make up a story).  These pieces are the characters, setting (in second grade we do the when and where), problem, and solution.  We are continuing to work on our reading stamina - having your child read at home nightly will help your child with this also!
• Next week, we are going to be writing two sentence summaries in both fiction and nonfiction books.  We will be making sure that our summaries are written in our own words.  This is a skill that beginning of the year second graders struggle with.  You can support this skill at home by talking with your child about his/her book.
• Writing: 
• This week, we started our small moment/personal narrative writing unit.  We had a class discussion about what needs to be included in our writing, and then we did our first try at a small moment story.
• Next week, we will be focusing on how to start off our story.  We will learn about different types of leads, and how the lead hooks the reader.
• Social Studies & Science
• In science, we have talked about what a scientist does, and learned about the scientific method.  We learned that a hypothesis is an educated guess or prediction of what will happen.  Today we did a fun experiment called Dancing Raisins...ask your child what their hypothesis was and what really happened!
• In social studies, we have learned about what the Pledge of Allegiance means.  We have talked about allegiance, republic, indivisible and liberty/justice.  You should ask your kiddo what they have learned!
• We started our Science & Social Studies notebooks yesterday.  These are a place for us to keep all of our learning throughout the year.  Next week, we will be adding to these when we talk about what makes a good citizen.
• Beginning of the Year Assessment
• We have been working hard on establishing classroom routines.  Next week, we will be starting to take beginning of the year assessments.  These assessments allow us to know how to guide our instruction.  

Twitter

We have been posting a lot of pictures on Twitter.  Be sure to follow us @MossRBE.  We have quite a few parents following us already.  We also have our Twitter feed on the blog.  

We have enjoyed this first full week of school with your child and we are excited for the rest of the school year! 

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

Wow!  What a fabulous first week of 2nd grade!  Each week, I will post a blog update with information about what we did that week and what we will be doing the following week. 

This week, we focused on building our Team Moss community.  The students are enjoying learning about each other through Me Bags.  If your student hasn't brought in their Me Bag yet, please do so next week so we can learn about them.  We have also been going over classroom expectations.  We have created a classroom matrix as well as a matrix for flexible seating.  This will be help the students to be safe, respectful learners.

Our Learning for Next Week

Math
Today, we took our pretest for Unit 1.  As a class, we discussed the purpose of the pretest.  The pretest is for the teachers to see what the students already know and help guide instruction.  The pretests also allow us to see the growth the students make during the unit.  We will start unit 1 on Monday.  In your student's Friday folder, there is a parent letter about unit 1.  This unit is an introduction of many different concepts that we will cover more in depth throughout the year.  This unit also has some review from first grade as well. 

Writing
This week, the students had a chance to do some free writing about anything they wanted to in their free write notebooks.  This gets them in the swing of writing again.  Next week, they will get to write a fun story about what they think their teachers did over summer vacation.  Our first writing unit is personal narratives (small moment stories). We will be introducing this unit next week and discussing what are components of a personal narrative. 

Reading
This week, students were able to pick out books for independent reading.  They had opportunities to read these books and start to build up their independent reading stamina.  The students are also learning how to write short summaries of books as well.  On one of our classroom's doors is a "Look What We're Reading" and the students have a post it with the title of a book they are currently reading.  When they are finish reading the book, they will write 2 sentences about the book.  The students will then meet with a teacher to discuss the book and get to trade out their book. 

Next week, we are going to focus on story elements.  The students will learn about characters, setting, problem and solution and then identify them in different book.  This will help with their 2 sentences about the book they are reading because we will discuss the importance of including these in their summary. 

We do not have nightly homework, but please encourage your child to read at home.  We will be sending home a BINGO board for at home activities, which will include reading, if your child would like to complete the activities.

Social Studies
We will flip flop science and social studies throughout the year.  We will start with social studies.  Next week, we will continue working on building our classroom community.  Then, the students will learn about a meaning of the different parts of the Pledge of Allegiance.  They will then illustrate the Pledge of Allegiance to create a quilt.

Friday Folders
Our first Friday folder went home today.  They are light blue.  Inside the Friday folder is our weekly Friday Folder Checklist.  Please review this checklist and sign the bottom of the checklist.  Every other week (and sometimes weekly), there will be comments.  Please read over the comments.  On the back, there are also important upcoming events. 

In the Friday Folder this week, you will also find a Health Form that needs to be filled out and sent back to school.  These need to be updated each year.  It is important we have up to date health information about your child.  There is also a picture order form.  Our picture day is September 9.  You can either fill out the form and return to school, or you can order online.  If you order online, please send in a copy of the receipt with your child. 

Sticker Charts
As part of our PBIS system at Rock Bridge, our students get stickers for being safe, respectful, learners.  The stickers go on their sticker charts and then once they fill them up, they earn a reward.  The students have been earning a lot of stickers this week and many have already filled up sticker charts.  When they fill them up, the reward they choose will be written on the back.  This helps them to remember their reward the next day. 

Snack
Just a reminder, that we have individual snacks in 2nd grade.  Please help your student remember to pack a snack each day if they want one. 

Earbuds
The students will start using the computers in media next week, as well as in the classroom.  If your student doesn't have earbuds/headphones, please help them to get a pair so they have them at school.

Pictures from the Week
Check out Twitter @MossRBE to see fabulous pictures from the week. 

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Ross

Final Friday

Happy Last Friday!

I can't believe the school year is almost over.  It has been a fabulous year! Our post this week is important things coming up for the last two days of school.  Also, a link for pictures from our Lunch Bunch and Writing Celebration.  Thank you to everyone that came today.  We understand that getting away during the day is difficult.  The kids loved getting to show off all their hard work!

Pictures from Today and Yesterday
Lunch Bunch and Writing Celebration
Forts and Flashlights and Sidewalk Chalk


Math Journals and Supplies

• Math Journal 1 and 2 are coming home with your student today.  There are pages that are not complete as we completed some as a group and others we checked for understanding in other ways.  There is also no grading in the journal.  We looked through the journals and did reteaching as necessary.  Any pages that we did not complete in class would be great ways to keep the math they learned fresh in the mind over summer.
• They also cleaned out their cubby tubbies today.  They are bringing home their reading, writing and unfinished work folders and their supply boxes.

Monday

• Rock Bridge State Park Hike
• Please make sure your child is wearing tennis shoes on Monday.
• We will be gone from school from about 8:30-10:30 a.m.
• We will walk to the park, enjoy popsicles and the playground, then return to school.

Tuesday

• Tuesday is the last day of school (crazy!).  We will dismiss at 12:10 p.m.  Please make sure your student knows how they are getting that day.
• If your student is going home a different way on Tuesday, please email us or let the office know by 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.  Early dismissals can be crazy, especially the last day of school, so we want to make sure everyone gets home the correct way. 
• We will be watching Matilda on Tuesday morning.  We will be comparing the movie to the book.  We are almost finished with the book.  
• We will be signing memory books and yearbooks on Tuesday.  If your student bought a yearbook and would like to have it signed, please send it in on Tuesday.
• We will also have a special treat for the students on Tuesday.  It's our balloon pop, so they don't know about it yet.  :)

We have had a wonderful year this year!  We are looking forward to our final two days with the students next week.  We are planning to shed some tears next week for sure!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Happy Friday!

I hope that you have had a wonderful week!  One of my favorite times of the year is the Variety Show and it was so great to be able to see so many of the students today in their performances.  

This time of year is so different with special events - please make sure that you have all the dates on your calendar.  Please let me know if you have any questions!

Upcoming Events

• Tuesday, May 15: Runge Field Trip
• 7:20-8:15 - Pack coolers (if you selected that you will send a lunch with your child please pack it in a Ziploc bag with child's name on the bag - make sure everything is disposable) & review expectations
• 8:15 - Load Bus
• 8:30 - Leave RBE
• 9:15 - Arrive at Runge
• 9:15-11:00 - Walk the nature trails
• 11:00-12:00 - Food Chain Presentation
• 12:00-12:30 - Lunch
• 12:30-1:15 - Visit the Runge Center displays & restroom
• 1:15 - Load the bus
• 2:00 - Arrive back at school
• Wednesday, May 16: Field Day (11:30-2:10)
• 10:45 - Eat lunch at the pavilion (no recess)
•  Bring a full (undies and socks included) change of clothes in case they get wet
• Friday, May 18: Lunch Bunch & Writing Celebration
• 11:00-11:30 - Lunch Bunch: We will at lunch in the pavilion.  If you are coming please check in at the office.  We understand that things happen, but please try to be on time, when a parent or special guest is late it puts a lot of stress on the students.
• 11:30-12:15 - Writing Celebration in the classroom.  This is an opportunity for all our kiddos to show off their hard work on their Which is Better book and project.  Please come and see what your child has done and then stay to see other students!
• Monday, May 21: Walk to Rock Bridge State Park (8:30-10:30)
•  The students don't know about this, it's a surprise.  We will pop the balloon for this on Friday
• Please make sure they are wearing tennis shoes and comfy clothes for the walk.
• Tuesday, May 22: Last Day of School
• 12:10 - Early Dismissal - if your child is going home a different way than normal please let me know.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Ross

Happy Friday!

Important Upcoming Events

• Tuesday, May 8: PTA Meeting at 6:00 p.m.
• Friday, May 11: Variety Show
• Tuesday, May 15: Runge Field Trip
• If you volunteered to chaperone, send water or a cooler, we will contact you next week.
• If you didn't sign up to chaperone, but your schedule allows you to come, let us know.  The more the merrier.  :)
• Wednesday, May 16: Field Day
• Please sunscreen your students before school.
• Please have them in comfortable clothes that can get wet (no swimsuits).
• We will be having Field Day in the afternoon.
• Friday, May 18: Lunch Bunch and Writing Celebration
• If you haven't returned the form, please do so next week.
• Lunch in the pavilion from 11-11:30 (please check in at the office first)
• Writing Celebration in the classroom from 11:30-12:15 p.m.
• Monday, May 21: Walk to Rock Bridge State Park
• The students don't know about this, so please keep it a secret.  :)
• If you signed up to bring popsicles or walk with us, we will be contacting you in the next two weeks.
• Tuesday, May 22: Last Day of School, dismiss at 12:10 p.m.

Last Week of School

• If your student will not be here the last week of school, please let us know as soon as possible.  

Reading

• We will continue studying poetry next week.  We will be looking at how they rhyme, repeat, have rhythm and create images in our head.  The students have enjoyed getting to read the poetry this week.
• We will then move onto plays.  The students will be in small groups and get to perform a play (using their scripts) for the class.  This will help them to learn about how characters and settings are introduced in plays.  

Math

• We will continue working our way through Unit 9.  This week, we worked on partitioning shapes.  The students were also introduced to measuring to the nearest half inch.  We discussed how an inch can be partitioned into smaller parts to make the measurement more precise.
• Next wee, we will introduce subtraction with regrouping.  They will learn how to use base-10 blocks for subtraction and then how to show the trades/regrouping with numbers.  Then we will work on find equivalent amounts of money being shown different ways.  We will wrap the week up with a re-engagement lesson that focuses on mental math.

Writing

• We finished up our Which is Better projects this week.  The students enjoyed being creative with their projects.  We talked about the importance of the project adding to their book.  
• Next week, we will working on our presentation for our Writing Celebration.  The students will write up a short "script" to practice.  They won't have to memorize their information, but we will practicing the presentation so they are comfortable with their presentations when parents come in.  
•  We will also be discussing opinion writing.  We will review the importance of valid reasons when supporting your opinion.,  The students will get an opportunity to write some short opinion pieces.  

Science

• This week, we did our final observation about what plants need to survive.  On Monday, when we did our observation we realized that the plants with water but without soil were actually looking better than the plants with water and soil.  This led to a conversation about hydroponics and the pros of this type of gardening.  We also finished up talking about food chains by making a food pyramids from different ecosystems.  We actually made these pyramids 3-D and they are displayed in our classroom - when you come in you should check them out!  
• Next week, we will talk about seed dispersion and flower pollination

Social Studies

• We talked about the what the Pledge of Allegiance means and today we illustrated the pledge.  We will be making a Pledge of Allegiance quilt.

Countdown to Summer

• Starting on Wednesday, we will be doing a Countdown to Summer in the classroom.  Each day, we will pop a balloon and it will have a small celebration/activity/treat for the students to enjoy.  If the students need to bring something for the activity from home (board games, art supplies) or need to wear something special (tennis shoes), we will pop the balloon the day before and send an email to parents.  

Review Expectations

• As the end of the year comes around, students often get bit by the "summer is almost here" bug.  We have been reviewing expectations at school. Please reinforce the expectations at home.  Students are expected to be safe, respectful, learners.  Some of the areas we are struggling are following directions, keeping our hands to ourselves and using a respectful tone and kind words with classmates.  

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

What a wonderful last full week of April we had! :)  We had great weather for Outdoor Classroom Week!  The students worked so incredibly hard on their writing, we finished up our Earth changes unit by discovering what humans can do to effect our ecosystem, we started taking about food chains, and we finished up our Unit 8 in math.  Whew!  We had a busy week!!

As the school year comes to close, there are a lot of special activities make sure to check out the Upcoming Special Dates to make sure that they are on your calendar!

 

Upcoming Special Dates

·         May 8 – PTA Meeting

·         May 11 - Variety Show

·         May 15 - Runge Field Trip 

·         May 16 - Field Day

·         May 18 - Lunch Bunch (11:00-11:30) & Writing Celebration (11:30-12:00)

·         May 18 - Wear Your Favorite Color Day

·         May 22 - Last Day of School (early dismissal) 

Lunch Bunch & Writing Celebration

The kiddos are working so incredibly hard on their Which is Better books - make sure to read the "Writing" section below to see what we are doing.  As a celebration of all their hard work we will be having a Lunch Bunch & Writing Celebration on May 18.  Lunch Bunch will start at 11:00 and we will be eating at the pavilion, and then at 11:30 we will come back to the classroom for our Writing Celebration.  For the Lunch Bunch, you can either bring a special lunch from home or a restaurant to enjoy with your child or you buy lunch from the cafeteria.  At 11:30, we will come back to the classroom so that you can see all the awesome Which is Better projects!

 

Look What's Been Happening in Moss World!

Math

• What we did this week: We completed our Unit 8 in math.  There are only nine units...we are SO close to being complete with our Everyday Math lessons!   The focus of Unit 8 was geometry and arrays and we took our post test on Wednesday.  The kiddos did so great on this test!  This assessment came home on Thursday.  If you did not review it with your child, sign it, and send the test back to school with your child today - please do so on Monday.  We ask you to sign & return just so that we know that you are seeing how your child did.
• What we will do next week: We started Unit 9 today with partitioning a square, rectangle, and circle into halves (2 equal parts), thirds (3 equal parts), and fourths (4 equal parts),  Next week, we will continue to talk about equal groups, and then move on to measuring to the nearest half inch and expanded form.

Writing

• What we did this week: We have been chugging along on publishing our Which is Better writing.  This is one of our bigger writing activities, and the students will have an opportunity to make an additional project to go along with their writing.  We talked about different project ideas today and a paper is coming home in your child's Friday Folder (or you can click here to view the paper).  We will have some arts supplies at school, but your child's project idea might require an additional item from home.  We have told students that they do NOT have to bring in materials and that there are plenty of fun and creative projects that they can do with what we are providing.  Over the weekend, please have a conversation with your child about what project s/he is wanting to do.  If materials from home are needed, we are asking for all materials to be at school no later than Tuesday, May 1.
• What we will do next week: Any students that have not completed their publishing of the Which is Better book will finish publishing,and students who have a completed book will start their project.

Reading

• What we did this week: We started talking about cause and effect in literature.  We read If You Give a Mouse a Brownie and saw how one action led to another action, that led to another action, and so on.  We also read Chrysanthemum and realized that one person's actions can effect another person in either a positive way or a not so positive way.
• What we will do next week: We will finish up talking about cause and effect and then start talking about poetry.

Word Study

• What we did this week: We are almost finished with learning about different word study patterns.  This week we talked about ore, and oar words.
• What we will do next week: We will have our last r-influenced words with ure, ur_e, and ur words. Next weeks words are: sure, lure, pure, cure, curve, curse, purse, nurse, blurt, turkey.  Next week will be our last week for spelling words.  For the last few weeks of school we will be reviewing grammar rules.

Science

• What we did this week: We finished up our Earth changes unit by talking about humans can impact of effect the ecosystem.  We talked about pollution, construction, logging, and hunting.  The kiddos made a flip book that hanging up in the classroom - if you are school you should check out what they have learned!  We also started talking about food chains.  All food chains start with the sun because the sun gives energy to the producers (plants).  Then a primary consumer eats the producer.  There can also be a secondary, tertiary, and other consumers in a food chain.  We also discussed that a food chain has a decomposer, and that some food chains even have a scavenger.  Make sure to check out the pictures of the kiddos making food chains outside today down in the picture section! :)
• What we will do next week: We continue to talk about food chains, and living organisms. 

Nutrition Class

The kiddos love when Mrs. Zapata comes in and teaches Nutrition!  They are learning SO much!! :)  This week they had an opportunity to try oranges, guavas and pineapples.  Check out the picture section to see the kiddos enjoying their tasting party!

 

Outdoor Classroom Week

Outdoor Classroom Week was a success!  A huge thank you to Emily Reynolds who heads this week up every year!  On Tuesday, we went on a tour of the Outdoor Classroom and people from the Missouri Department of Conservation and Urban Gardens teach us a little about the prairie, pond, butterfly garden, woods, and garden.  Then on Thursday, we had our Outdoor Classroom service project of mulching the pathways of the garden.  There are lots of pictures below from both activities - make sure you check them out! 

 

Pictures From the Week!