Meteorologist Tom Hagen

Welcome Meteorologist Tom Hagen

KSNT 27 Weather Center

Tom Hagen from the KSNT Channel 27 Weather Center visited the second graders to support our science unit on Weather.  He shared lots of his knowledge with us about weather patterns, how weather develops and gets measured, and how to stay safe in severe weather.  He showed us how clouds are formed by making a cloud in a bottle (with our help!).  He read the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, that reinforces the Water Cycle. 
What a treat to have him in our building today!  Enjoy these pictures from our morning...

Welcome Tom Hagen!

Tom asks us the question, 'How do clouds form?'

He shows us how to make a cloud form inside a bottle.

Aydin and Kaiden helped to demonstrate how tornadoes form.

He read the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to help illustrate how the water cycle works and repeats in nature.

We got to ask a few weather related questions too!  Tom told us his favorite kind of weather is when it's SUNNY!

He captured our attention and was so enjoyable to listen to!

He got lots of laughs out of us!  Thanks for stepping away from the Weather Center to spend some time with us!  
See you on TV!  :)

Winter Program

Elmont Winter Program

Look At These Beauties!

I'd be willing to bet EVERY one of these beauties has made Santa's NICE list this year!  :)

Book Fair Book Donations

Thank You Friends...

Your Generosity Is SO Appreciated!  :)

Thank You Laney For This Fun Book Written In Both English And Spanish, Fire! Fuego!

Thank You Amelia For This Fun Book, Llama Llama And The Bully Goat.  Love This Set Of Books!

Thank You Elinore For This Wonderful Jan Brett Book, Gingerbread Friends.  This Is A Favorite Author Of Ours!

Thank You To Rylee For The Seeds Of The Milkweed, written by young school age authors.

Elmont Book Fair

It's Time For The Annual Elmont Book Fair...

 

Mrs. Myers arranges our Book Fair every year.  She, along with a load of volunteers, pulls off an amazing week for us year after year.

We get to go the library and 'shop' at the beginning of the week.  We make out our Wish Lists and take them home to share with our families.  We even get to have a Family Night where we can bring our parents to shop too!

We go back down to the library later in the week to make our purchases.  It's like having a bookstore right inside our library!  The room is filled with books, books, books.!

During the week, we are encouraged to read for 30 minutes every night to build good reading habits for life.  Our parents sign off that we've completed our task and we turn in our little blue tickets for the drawing at the end of the week.  Our little red basket was SO full!

At the end of the week, we draw two winners from the basket.  Aydin was the lucky winner of a poster. Great pick, Aydin!

Jacquelyn was our lucky free book winner.  She was so super excited to hear her name drawn.  Wish you could have seen her face!  Congratulations, girls!
Thanks to Everyone who dropped a ticket in the basket to support our reading during this year's Book Fair.  It was another success!  :)



Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween

A Big Thank You To Our Moms and Dads Who Came To Share In The Fun, Made Treats, Planned Games and Activities, And Made Sure That Our Morning Was 'SPOOKTACULAR!'

 

Check Out These Pictures Of Our Day Together...

The Whole Bunch In Costume...

Corinne is following the Yellow Brick Road...

 

Rhys shows up as The Incredible Hulk... 

Check Out Rylee's Creepy Vampire Teeth...

Brooke Sports Her Nerd Glasses...

The Skeleton Scavenger Hunt...

Delicious Brownies For All...

Found My Black Kitty Daughter, Karigan In The Halls of the Parade...

Our Animal Friends:  Aloni the Peacock, Beth the Bat, Jaquelyn the Cat, and Abby the Leopard.

All Things Creepy...In Jordan, Xavier, Pearson, and the Creepy Hot Dog Man Klayson.

Dragon Payden and Pirate Aydin...

Zombie Baseball Players Holden and Kaiden.

I Even Spotted My Own Son, The Gator Boy In The Halls Of Elmont.

Argghh... Aydin The Pirate And Amelia The Princess...

Officer Kyndall Shows Up Complete With Handcuffs...

Our Dancers Hannah and Laney, Sock Hop Madison, and Cheerleader Elinore...

A Fun Game of Halloween Trivia Where Everyone Wins!  Answer A Question and Punch Out the Circle to Find Your Prize...

Happy Halloween 2013

Happy Halloween

Click the link above for a short video of our Halloween party...

FIre Station Visit

Click on the Link Right Below To Peek Inside Fire Station Number Eleven... 

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Fire Station Visit

In Honor of Fire Prevention Month

October 

The firefighters showed us how quickly they are able to get all of their gear on.

Rhys tries his hand at spraying the same hose the firefighters us in real fires!

Abby takes a turn too...

Klayson takes his turn...

Laney is all smiles as the water comes pouring out.

Corinne fires the hose at a pretend fire.

Jaquelyn pretends to be a 'firefighter for a day.'

Rylee jumps in for her turn.

 

Jordan tries his hand at firefighting.

 

The firefighter climbs up to fight the fire from the top of his truck.

 

 

We couldn't believe the amount of water that came spraying out of the hose at the top! 

A beautiful stream of water against the blue sky.  It was a perfect day for an outdoor field trip!

Here we are with our smiling faces just before we head back to school.  :)