• Confession time: I falsely accused our little second grade angels of getting 100's on their spelling tests because the spelling chart had inadvertently been left up. However, I was informed that Logan had taken the list down during the test, and put it back up after the tests had been taken and collected. I beg forgiveness for having harbored such bad thoughts.
• In math we reviewed solid shapes and introduced estimation.
• For anyone interested, a square pyramid has triangle sides and a square bottom. It also has five faces, eight edges, and five corners. (The top corner, or peak, is really called the apex, but second graders don't have to know that.)
• Students listened very carefully to a story about a nice little witch who builds a house that, when opened, turns into a jack-o-lantern. Following directions carefully results in a cut-out paper jack-o-lantern. Second graders, can you repeat this task at home?
• We also needed to be careful this afternoon as we make Halloween candle lanterns. We "painted" liquid starch and tissue paper onto a jar. Later we will glue faces on them. They will be terrific decorations for a Halloween table!
• Our book orders have finally arrived.
• Although we do not wear costumes to school on Halloween, it is crazy hat day. So find something really crazy and wear it on Friday!