November 20 in Room 11

• Second graders started the morning off by practicing long and short vowel sounds.
• Sadly, tomorrow is the last day our class gets to swimming for P.E. Whaaaaaaa!
• James and the Giant Peach: Oh, no! Shark attack! What will they do? What happens next?!?!
• The Thanksgiving feast is almost upon us. Students in Mrs. Lojkovic's class actually cut up their own veggies and will be doing some cooking themselves! Our class brought vegetables, made place mats and hats, discussed the Thanksgiving story and wrote down things we are thankful for, both at home and in our classroom. We'll be talking about some of these things during our celebration.
• Students in Room 11 took apart computers today. Under the direction of Suzy Callery, the class was divided into teams, given how-to instructions, then turned loose on old computers the school district has been using for teaching tech classes.
• During this session, Mrs. Callery explained that computers have a tiny hole in the side through which a computer can be opened for emergency repair in case of power outage. One boy talked to his mother about computers all the way home from school, explained about the tiny hole a paper clip can be inserted into, and wanted to take the family computer apart now that he know how to do it. She said no.