Merry Christmas!

The students could hardly contain their excitement as they came into the classroom this morning!  They were so excited to exchange gifts with their classmates!  Thank you to all of the family members that were able to join us for Christmas poems and Santa letters today.  Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

Cookbook Sales Come to a Close!

We had a successful year of cookbook sales, and what a wonderful learning experience it is for the students!  It is so exciting each day to have customers come to our door to purchase our cookbooks!  A huge thank you to all of you for supporting this project by purchasing cookbooks to share with your friends and family and donating money and supplies towards this project.  This year we added additional advertising in the form of a commercial that was played in the commons over the TV.  How fun for all of us to see ourselves on TV!

We sold a total of 135 cookbooks and made $174.  That is really fantastic!  Our first order of business will be to pay back the school $62 for printing supplies.  Then as a class we will pick out something we need, something we want, and someone to help.  We'll keep you updated on the classroom decisions coming up!

Here is our commercial!

A few pictures of customers...

We've Got Mail!

The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are so fun for us in 2nd grade!  The students learn about writing letters, and they actually have the chance to send letters throughout the school in our mailbox!  Each day the students write letters, conference them with me, address them and include a stamp, and send them off in our yellow mailbox.  Our mail is sorted daily, and we have 2 different mail helpers each day that go around and deliver our mail.  Incoming mail is handed out at the beginning of our writing block.  The students are so excited to receive a letter!

Wearing Blue to Honor Scott and his Family

Today we wore blue to support our friend and classmate and his family.  Sending lots of love to this family as we honor Scott today.

Cookbooks Going on Sale Soon!

We are so excited to start selling our cookbooks on Monday, December 10th!  We made advertisements and hung them up in the hallway yesterday.  Stop into 2nd grade to pick up your copy for only $1!

Happy Holidays from the 2nd Grade!

The 2nd graders did a great job at the concert tonight!  Thanks for all who attended!

A Visit from a Student Business Owner

We've begun our economics unit in social studies.  The class has been learning about buying what we need and what we want.  We've discussed why we can't by everything we want, even if we want to!  Along with using money to buy what we need and want, the students shared why it's important to save money, and we recently added helping people to the ways that we can use money.  The class has been learning about the difference between a business that sells goods and a business that provides a service.

Isaac from Isaac's Eggs visited 2nd grade last week to share with us the details of his egg business.  Isaac is now in 7th grade, and he started his egg business when he was in 3rd grade.  His visit provides a great opportunity for the students to learn how Isaac came up with his idea, his favorite part of owning a business, about how much money he makes a week or month, what he needs to pay for to keep his business running, and the daily chores he must do to run his business.  The class asked Isaac many great questions!  This also provides the kids with the chance to see a young person who had an idea and made it into a business!  How inspiring!

Thanks for visiting Isaac!

We are getting closer and closer to completing our cookbook!  Sales will be starting at the end of this week!  We can't wait!