Study new spelling words tonight.  (There's a note in the folder to read.)

B list:  around, about, found, house, couch, frown, down, flower, growl, our, hour, sour, little, off

C list:  cloudy southwest, playground, houseboat, downstairs, sunflower, powerful, crowded, ourselves, our, hour, sour, little, off, eyebrow, allowance, empowered, flowered, countdown, scoured

NOTE: It is not uncommon for second graders to confuse the words "our" and "are."  I think it's due to OUR southern drawl.  "Our" is a possessive pronoun which means something belongs to us.  "Are" is a being verb.

We are finishing our first attempt at a class research project!  Last week we met with Mrs. Smith's class to learn about Abraham Lincoln from three different reference sources:  a Discovery Education video, a book, and a newspaper/magazine article from Time For Kids.  The students had to write down interesting facts about Lincoln each time.  Today we conferenced as a class and used our notes to write two paragraphs about Lincoln .  We'll finish up on Wednesday.  For the first time, it was a good experience.  Our next attempt will be  small groups working together to write the paragraphs.  The final attempt will be individual projects. 

TOMORROW IS CRAZY HAIR/HAT DAY.
WEDNESDAY IS PAJAMA DAY.
THURSDAY IS SILLY SOCK DAY.  Mrs. Ingram wants second grade to NOT wear their silly socks to SEUSSICAL, but we'll put them on when we return to school.
FRIDAY IS FAVORITE STORYBOOK CHARACTER PARADE DAY.

Friday will also be our class reward.  We'll eat lunch in the classroom.  The kids want to bring their favorite game (NOT ELECTRONIC THIS TIME) or toy to play with the last hour of the day. 

I loved the many handmade valentines!  :)