They decided on 2 new cushions to add to our comfy pillow collection as a want. These new additions will be great for reading all around the classroom. The final item they wanted was LED lights for our classroom. We're still waiting on this to arrive.
This sweet 2nd grader made "Maverick's Pizza Hotdish" from our 2nd grade cookbook! It looks delicious! I hope you enjoyed making it and eating it! Thank you for sharing your pictures with us!
On Thursday Mr. Semmen visited our classroom so we could take care of some business with him. Part of the lesson in our cookbook sales I hope for the students to understand is that making our cookbooks cost the school money for the paper and printing. Each year we pay back the school for this cost. It is always dependent on how many cookbooks are sold. This year we sold 188 cookbooks, and our printing cost was $86.45. We lined up with our money and put it in Mr. Semmen's hand. He generously took only $25 of that amount and donated the rest back to the class. The class now has $205 to spend on some things that we need, some things that we want, and money to help someone in need.
The class has started brainstorming some items that we need for our classroom. Some items include pencils, white board markers, and pencil sharpeners.
Some items that the class would like are more pillows, LED lights, and books from the Top 20.
We are still brainstorming who we will donate money to.
Thank you again for supporting us in this economics unit.
This former student was one of our first customers on Monday morning, and she wasted no time trying out a recipe! She said that "Maverick's Pizza Hotdish" was fantastic! Thanks for being our customer!
We completed day 3 of our cookbook sale, and we are off to a great start! We set an original goal of 100 cookbooks sold, and we surpassed our goal today! We will continue to sell until Thursday, December 22nd. It's so fun to have customers stop by our room. We've had teachers, high school students, elementary students, and even a preschooler stop in to buy a cookbook. Thank you to all for supporting our economic project! Once our sale is complete, we use the money to pay back the school for our printing supplies, pick out items for our classroom that we need, items that we want, and use the money to help someone. This project is so fun and meaningful for the class!
Every December in 2nd grade, we write letters and send them out around the school. Writing is one of our favorite times of the day! All the letters that have been written and put in our mailbox, are delivered around the classroom and throughout the school. The students cannot wait to get mail! After writing a letter, students sign up for a conference with me. I go over their letters with them looking for complete sentences, correct letter conventions, and we go over a few words that may need to be fixed up for spelling. It is a motivating and fun way to apply our writing skills!
