Popcorn, Police, and Projects!!!

We are having so much fun in 2nd grade. This is a wonderful group of students and I really feel like we are going to do great things together! We have been reading your comments that you post and the students get so excited knowing that other people are looking at them and reading and seeing what is going on in our classroom. If you ever want to see a picture better just click on it and it will enlarge.


BZ was our Star of the Week this week and she brought in another great poster to share with the class. All of the posters have been done very well and the students really enjoy getting to know each other.

We earned our first party of the year for good behavior. As we behaved well in class we earned letters that spelled out the word popcorn. I brought in a popcorn making machine and the party started. We were going to play some games but everyone had so much fun watching the popcorn pop that we ran out of time. They said it was better than watching a movie!

Everyone enjoyed eating the popcorn - they all came back for 2nds and 3rds.

We had a visit from one of our pen pals - Officer Golter from the Pendleton Police Department. Yes, the last names are the same - he is my husband! He heard me talking about how I would like for the students to practice letter writing through pen pals and he offered himself. The students were very excited to meet him and hear what he had to share. Officer Golter told us all about the equipment he wears on his belt and uniform and he even showed us how some of it worked. The students really got a kick out of the taser when he showed them how loud it can be. Officer Golter also told the students how often he uses reading, math, and writing in his job and that he uses letter writing skills all the time. He has to write letters to people, lawyers, and judges as well as fellow police officers. As soon as he left we started our letters to him right away!

Here Officer Golter is drawing a picture of how a taser is like a fishhook.

Look at their faces as the taser makes its noise! Priceless!

Here is what the taser looks like without a cartridge in it.

We only had time for a few pictures before he had to go but he promised to come back and visit us again and he will be writing us back soon! Here KW, BZ, NH and WH pose for a picture. I had to tell them to keep scooting closer. I think they were a little nervous!

BG thanked Officer Golter for coming and asked him if he liked training other people. He also said he thought the taser was cool.

JW wrote that he also liked the taser and he wanted to know if Officer Golter took anybody to jail today and if they ran away from him.
BZ liked the handcuffs and wanted to know what kind of police dog the police department has.

CK told Officer Golter when he grows up he is going to be on the SWAT team also and he wanted to know how to do that.

On Friday we did a very fun fall art project that involved beans. They students chose a leaf shape and then used beans to decorate it. They all turn out very unique and beautiful.

IH takes his time and makes sure to do a good job!

RH chose to stand while doing the project so she could "see" better! :)

Here are a few of the finished projects. Didn't they turn out awesome!! I was very impressed with how good of a job they did!