• Many second graders visited the library, the fire station, and bowling alley; and rode on an old fire truck all in one day!


• In Mrs. Stebbins' collection of picture books, the class found a battered old book with an picture of a fire truck like the one second graders rode. Copyright is MCML (1950). I think the real fire engine is much older than that.


• Students chose a favorite from an animal toy collection. Then they practiced using complete sentences and adding extra information to tell the class about it.


• The children compared aardvarks and anteaters.


• Question of the day: "What do anteaters eat?"


• Magic word: bowling!


• Students are learning a song called Peanut Butter and Jam.


• The kindergarten, second and third graders all used the word "zig-zag" in reading today. Some of the students showed how to walk in a zig-zag way.