First Day of School

What a GREAT first day of school!   I loved getting to know each one of the boys and girls.  I am looking forward to a fantastic year!  Here are a few pictures of our time together out at recess.

                    

                 

                                                   Class photo

                 

                                                   Silly faces

                             

                                                     Colin found a toad 

             

                

    

Supplies Needed for Mrs. McAbee's Class

Mrs. McAbee's Supply Wish List

**The items listed below are things that would be appreciated but are not mandatory.

     1.  Colored Pencils
     2.  Index Cards
     3.  Colored Copy Paper
     4.  Card Stock
     5.  Lysol Spray
     6.  Stamp Pads

I look forward to meeting each student that is in our class this year!! 
    

Who is Mrs. McAbee?

           

 



Hi!  My name is Linda McAbee.  The 2014-2015 school year will be my 15th year of teaching.  I am married to my best friend, Jason.  I am the mother of a precious first grader named Grant.  Below you will find just a few things about me...

 

Favorite Colors:  orange and blue

 

Favorite Hobbies:  reading and working jigsaw puzzles

 

Favorite Restaurants:  Saskatoons and Longhorn

 

Favorite Sports:  baseball and football

 

Favorite College Team:  Clemson Tigers

 

 

Favorite Vacation Spot:  The beach...I love the ocean!!!

 

Vacation this summer:  Niagara Falls and Washington, DC...Awesome vacation with my family!!!



 

Throughout the school year, I will be adding more about myself and my classroom.  I am looking forward to a fabulous year in second grade!! 

THUNDERCAKE

During our study on severe weather we have been studying thunder and lightning.  We also read the story THUNDERCAKE by Patricia Polacco.  The kids were all hoping to try THUNDERCAKE so Mrs. Violett graciously made THUNDERCAKE cupcakes for us to enjoy!

                    

The kids LOVED them!   Thank you so much Mrs. Violett!!!!

Is it a solid or is it a liquid?

Today we visited the Wonder Room to continuing exploring solids and liquids.  While in there, we combined corn starch, food coloring and water.   Below you will find pictures of our experiment.

Be sure to ask your child what they discovered!

I Wonder

Today we were able to visit the Womder Room.  We used this time to explore the properties of liquids.  We learned that liquids pour, liquids take the shape of their containers, and that some liquids will not mix.

To learn these things we performed two experiments.  In the first, students were shown the following containers.

They were asked which container had the most, which had the least and which had the same amount. They had to explain their reasoning behind their answer.  Then we measure the amount in each container.  See the video below to see what they discovered!  

                              http://youtu.be/LmYDUdeX4is

The next experiment was to see if liquids would mix.  We used oil, water, and syrup.  The students poured the liquids and then took turns stirring until they thought everything was mixed.

However, see the picture below to find out what they found.

The liquids did not mix!   The students came to the conclusion that the syrup was heaviest and the oil was the lightest.  

Wonder of the Day....Why Does It Rain?

Today we visited the Wonder Room to explore the question:  why does it rain?   The students worked through the scientific process to explore what happens when a cloud gets heavy with droplets.

       

  

Throughout the afternoon today some of our students will be commenting on this post telling about their experience.  Feel free to comment or to ask them questions about what they learned today!!