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Mix-It-Up Day

In honor of Mix-It-Up Day, students (and teachers!) are encouraged to wear mixed up socks on Tuesday, October 30.

Super Science

Mr. Hess came on Friday to do a Super Science experiment with the students of 2B!  The experiment was an opportunity for the students to use and extend their knowledge about the water cycle!  Mr. Hess brought some really dirty water with her to school and we used a flower pot, coffee filter, rocks, and sand to clean the water.  It wasn't perfectly clean and ready for drinking, but we certainly made a difference using just those resources!  Thanks for coming, Mr. Hess!

Michelle getting sand from her Dad

Mr. Hess helping the kids get their experiments started

This was a fun experiment

Checking out the experiment

Mix It Up Day

On Tuesday, October 30, students at Gombert will be participating in Mix It Up Day.  We will join over 2 million students across the country to demonstrate the importance of repecting and valuing each other's differences.  Mix It Up is a great event for students with very positive outcomes.  It is very simple.  We just ask students to "Mix It Up" for one day at lunch to meet someone new and to have a conversation.

If you would be able to volunteer on this day, please contact Mrs. Molina about visiting during the Second Grade lunch period (11:25-11:45) on Tuesday to help out!

Veteran's Day Assembly

I would like to invite you to Gombert Elementary School's sixth annual Veteran's Day Assembly. This event will take place at Gombert ES on Friday, November 9th, at 2:00pm. 

SciTech

We had a BLAST today on our field trip to SciTech. Here are a few photos from today. I will post a slideshow this weekend with the rest of the photos.

Tropical Day

Some of the kids from 2B dressing tropical.............

Junk Food Party

Tomorrow we are having a junk food party. We earned all of our marbles from doing a wonderful job in P.E., Art, and Music. I will be providing some "junk" food. Feel free to send in anything that is store bought!

Math Games

Math Match
Mystery Numbers
Place Value
Study Jams Place Value

Monster Bash

The Monster Bash is on Friday, October 26th. Come for food, games, and fun! Remember it is highly encouraged to wear your Halloween costume to the Monster Bash!!!

Veteran's Day Assembly

On Friday, Nov. 9th, Gombert Elementary School will celebrate Veteran’s Day at an all school assembly. At 2:00 p.m. students will honor our Veterans through word and song. Third graders will perform their musical revue, We the People!

Attendance at this afternoon show is limited to our student body, veterans, and the veterans’ family members. We are sorry we cannot include all the parents, but our gym will not accommodate our entire student body and their parents.

Pennies for Pies

In conjunction with Market Day Dessert Bonus Days this year, we will also be raising money to purchase pies for a local charity. Students should bring spare change to put in our classroom penny collection jar. The class that raises the most money will win a Pajama Day! Please bring all change into the classroom by Friday, November 2!

Red Ribbon Week

Monday, October 22 - Crazy Day - You are crazy to do drugs!

Tuesday, October 23 - Tropical Day - Be Cool!  Don't kick back with drugs!

Wednesday, October 24 - Red Day - Wear Red - BE DRUG FREE!!

Thursday, October 25 - Twins/Multiples Day - Buddies don't do drugs!

Friday, October 26 - Gator Gear - Gator's don't do drugs!

Book Fair

Mark your calendars for the Gombert Fall Book Fair! The book fair will be held during conference week, November 5-9.

The dates and times are listed below:

Monday, November 5 from 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.,

Tuesday, November 6 from 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.,

Wednesday, November 7 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.,

Thursday, November 8 from 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and

Friday, November 9 from 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Nouns

The students have been learning all about nouns.  We have discussed how a noun is a person, place or thing.  We have also learned the difference between a common and a proper noun.  Today students were involved in stations which helped them to solidify their knowledge about nouns.  Tomorrow and Thursday they will also discover how to change singular nouns into plural nouns simply by changing their word endings. Here are some of the stations in action!!

Field Trip

We believe there are many educational values to be gained from a selected out-of-school experience. A field trip to Scitech Hands on Museum has been planned to supplement our science unit about the Water Cycle. Scitech Hands on Museum is an interactive and unique science museum, where visitors are encouraged to explore and discover science through many different exhibits.  We will be attending a program titled Awesome Weather, where children will be able to see how air, water, earth and sun interact to produce our weather and the water cycle.  We will be eating lunch at the museum so we are asking that each child bring a bag lunch.  Students who qualify for free and reduced lunches will be provided one on the day of the field trip.  The cost for this field trip will be free, thanks to the generosity of the Gombert PTA.  Please sign and return this completed form to school by: Monday, October 22, 2012.

The field trip will take place on Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 9:30am - 1:30pm.

Math Games

Ghostblasters
Dragon Egg
Odd ant
Odd Puppies
Jelly Diving

October 17th

On October 17th, the students have a half day of school. The dismissal time for the students is 12:15. We will not have lunch, but students may bring a snack. They will have time to eat a snack in the morning on October 17th.

The Writing Process

After spending a few weeks working on where we get ideas for our writing from, we were finally ready to learn about the steps in the writing process!  We began by working with Play Dough to create a secret food object that no one could know but ourselves.  Then we had people critique our sculptures and even modified them to reflect the recommended changes from our partners.  In the end, we shared our food items and celebrated the finished products!  We compared all of these steps that we took with the Play Dough to the important steps we take to modify, edit, change, and publish our writing.  We are looking forward to beginning to publish our very own writing pieces!

The Writing Process

In writing, we are learning that editing is a very important part of the writing process. We had a chance to edit our own writing from the beginning of the year. Editing will help our writing piece become even better. We will be doing a hands-on activity on Tuesday that involves play-dough and the writing process!

The editing marks we have learned so far

Water droplets are in flight.....

In Science this week, we made our water cycle wheels. As we were working we listened to our favorite water cycle song! We have been learning about the vocabulary words; precipitation, evaporation, condensation, and accumulation. Ask your second grader at home what these key words mean, and how they play an important role in the water cycle.

Listen To Reading

Students have been practicing Listen to Reading. This is an opportunity for students to read digital stories through the use of some wonderful online sites. Please click here to access some of the sites that students will be using at school during Daily 5. In order to access stories on Tumble Books, they will need a username and password.

user name: ipsd

password: books

Pizza Hut Book It

In your student's backpack mail today, you will receive a letter introducing you to the Pizza Hut Book It! Program.  This program seeks to encourage continued reading throughout the school year.  Students who read at least 20 minutes per day in one month (for Second Grade) can return their colored calendar each month for a new coupon for a free personal pan pizza at Pizza Hut.  Simply color each day on the calendar that your child reads for at least 20 minutes!

Visit http://www.bookitprogram.com/  for more information and resources about the program.  Keep reading and encouraging your child to read!  Return the calendar at the end of each month for your child's free pizza!  This year Book It has partnered with Diary of a Wimpy kid, so you can access all kinds of Diary of a Wimpy Kid stuff on the website as well!

Walk to School

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Walk to School Day!  If you can, walk to school today to celebrate the Earth!

Unit 2 Math Games

Fruit Shoot

Number Twins


Number Lines