2^nd Grade Field Day

Our 2^nd grade Field Day will be on Tuesday. Please make sure that your child is wearing sneakers and sun block. J

 Here is the schedule for our day….

·         9:15 – 10:15 Fourth Nine Weeks Awards

Ceremony, we invite all parents to join us in our classroom.

·         10:15 – 11:25 Classroom Time

·         11:30 – 12:15 Lunch in our classroom

·         12:15 – 12:25 Bathroom Break

12:30 – 2:30 Field Day (Outdoor activities for 2^nd Grade students) we need volunteers for Field Day. We would appreciate your help for this celebration. Please remember to make arrangements for any younger siblings. Thank you for all your support! J

  Looking forward to a fun-filled day!

Thank You for an Awesome Year!

Please continue to read 20 minutes every day and practice your Math facts.

Check out these websites and our blog for additional activities. Have a great summer!

Love, Miss Harkins,  Mrs. Lankford & Miss Correia 

www.duvalschools.org

http://school.familyeducation.com/

Skills/Spelling 5/21-5/25

Here are our LAST Skills/Spelling words for the year :)

American, handsome, powerful, clumsy, clever, sparkling, quiet, massive, juicy, numerous, half, gold, heavy, trouble and weight.

Here is the Spellingcity.com link 

Lets finish the year off strong and study these adjectives :)

Love,
Miss Harkins

Skiils/Spelling Words

This week’s Skills/Spelling Words for Miss Harkins and

Mrs. Lankford's classroom consists of:

Earthquake, fireworks, sunrise, superman, bookworm, lifeguard, campfire, ballroom, newspaper, baseball

  Our 5 high frequency words:

behind, woman, important, letter, middle

Good luck studying! :)

Skills/Spelling Words

WooHoo, Hello Monday!!!!

We are quickly working our way to the end of the year. Still focused and strong!!
Here is this weeks spellingcity.com link! 

Lets have a fantastic week!
Love, Miss Harkins

Skills/Spelling Words

Happy Monday :) This week our words are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January, February, March, million, brother, reason, winter, care

  Here is our spellingcity.com link :) 

Have fun practicing! Remember what Tomie dePaola and his twin cousins say, "practice, practice, practice!!!!!!!"

Love, Miss Harkins

Skills/Spelling Words

We are raising the bar! This week we are integrating science and language arts. We have been studying the human body in science and it will be wonderful to know how to say and spell the words. Here is the spellingcity think for this week :) Please practice, practice, practice! We will be working together in class as well, but it is very important to study and practice at home. Love, Miss Harkins

Skills/Spelling Words

Happy Monday!!

Here is our spellingcity.com link for this weeks words!
Remember we now have 15 words since we added 5 high frequency words to our list.

Practice, Practice, Practice!!

Love, Miss Harkins

Miss Correia's Homeroom, here is the spellingcity.com link to type in your skill words for this week :) Practice your words!!

FCAT Spirit Week at Chets Creek 2012!

FCAT SPIRIT WEEK AT CHETS CREEK! on PhotoPeach
Wow what an exciting week!
Our students dressed up and showed their spirit! Throughout the week, the students were creative with outfits that represented the following days: Career Day, Fashion Disaster Day, Sports Team Day, and Rock star/Pop star Day! We had a special visit from Former Jaguar Player Donovin Darius. Our week ended with a fun-filled parade. Enjoy the slideshow!

Career Day at Chets Creek 2012!

It was a great day for future careers. We had a swimmer, football player, soccer player, doctors, models, farmer, chefs, military officer, author, lego builder, parent, artist and a country singer! Incredible!

FCAT Spirit Week

FCAT is just around the corner for our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade friends. This week is FCAT Spirit week and everyday has a different theme. We encourage the students to take part in the fun and dress up.

Monday - Career Day
Tuesday - FIELD TRIP DAY!!! **Wear your CCE T-shirt**
Wednesday - Fashion Disaster Day  (Wacky hair, wacky socks, backwards clothes... bring it on!!)
Thursday - Wear your favorite SPORTS team
Friday - Rock Star/ Pop Star

Can't wait to see everyone dressed up :)

Skills/Spelling Words

Happy Monday :)

For Miss Harkins' and Mrs. Lankford's Homeroom: We are adding 5 high frequency words to our 10 skills words, giving us a total of 15 words each week. We will continue to share these words in the newsletter, the students planners and here on the blog with a spellingcity link.

Skill words: thrown, throne, blue, blew, where, wear, hear, here, stair, stare
High Frequency: across, beautiful, child, different, early

our spelling city link: 4/9 - 4/13

Have fun practicing - Miss Harkins

Boosterthon Fun Run Pledges

Thank you so much for all your support with Boosterthon. The pledges are due on Wednesday, April 11th! The Fun Run was Awesome! We appreciate all your support!
Miss. Harkins, Mrs. Lankford & Miss. Correia

Boosterthon Fun Run Epic Adventure!

Today your student will come home with an Epic Adventure Pledge Sheet for Boosterthon Fun Run. The Boosterthon Fun Run is a healthy way to help our school! Funds raised support your child’s education! Students can earn Booster Fitness Rewards as they get pledges per lap and for flat donations. You must enter your pledges at funrun.com. Your student’s access code is on the front of their package.
Please take a moment to read about how to participate and help Chets Creek Elementary. Thank you in advance for your support!
Miss Harkins, Mrs. Lankford & Miss. Correia

Skills/Spelling Words

Welcome back :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break and got lots of rest and relaxation! But now we are back and getting right into our work.

For Miss Harkins and Mrs. Lankfords homeroom,
Here is this weeks spelling city link!

Our words are: couldn't, wouldn't, who'll, they'll, might've, should've, here's, who's, aren't, hasn't. We are working with contractions, example: could not = couldn't and might have = might've.

Miss Correia's Class: Remember to visit Spellingcity.com and practice your words.

I hope everyone practices, it really will show on Friday's test!

Happy Monday - Miss Harkins

Good-bye Butterflies!

Over the past few weeks we have been studying the life cycle of The Painted Lady Butterfly. It has been an incredible experience watching the caterpillars grow, shed its skin several times, transform into a chrysalis, and emerge as a black and orange butterfly!
We released our butterflies to Mrs. Shannon’s butterfly garden right here on our Chets Creek campus. Unbelievable! Enjoy the slideshow!
Good-bye Butterflies on PhotoPeach

Skills/Spelling Words

Miss Harkins and Mrs. Lankford's Homeroom

We have one more week till SPRING BREAK!! Lets finish it strong and get an A on our test before the break :)

Our words this week are homograph words: break, shape, string, right, board, swing, pitcher, light, tied, letter.

Here is our spellingcity.com link!!

Lets have a wonderful week! -Miss Harkins

Skills/Spelling Words

Hey Miss Harkins and Mrs. Lankford's Homeroom class :)

Here is the link for this weeks words on spelling city!

Our words are: mailed, yelled, handed, missed, loaded, needed, waited, bumped, cleaned and asked.

Remember if the link does not work, you can still go to spellingcity.com and find our list using these directions.
1. Go to spellingcity.com
2. Click Find a List
3. Type in "R Harkins" in the search for Teachers Name
4. Find my name with Chets Creek Elementary and click on it.
5. Click on this weeks list :)

Have fun practicing your words! - Miss Harkins

Skills/Spelling Words

Hey Miss Harkins and Mrs. Lankford's Homeroom Class!!

Practice your spelling/skill words on spelling city. I have added the words for this week, so all you have to do is: click here!

Our words: crunch, charge, champ, sketch, match, roach, touch, bench, watch ,pitch.
Our test is Friday, I hope you practice :) - Miss Harkins

Miss Correia's Homeroom Class, here is the link for spellingcity.com Type in your spelling/skills words and practice! :)

Learning from Mrs. Szerba's 5th Graders

Learning from Mrs. Szerba's 5th Graders on PhotoPeach
Our class was invited to visit Mrs. Szebra’s 5th grade class and learn about the study of Embryos and their development. It was an incredible experience for all. Mrs. Szebra’s 5th graders put our class into 4 groups of 10 students and we rotated counter clockwise in and out of her cottage. Our discussion and tour started for some students with a view of the chicken coop, for other students a discussion about the incubator and how it operates. The incubator is a box that provides and maintains a favorable environment for hatching fertile eggs.
We also learned about parts of the egg. Did you know that the shell of the egg is composed primarily of calcium? Immediately beneath the shell are two membranes like a thin skin called the inner and outer shell membrane.
Once the fertile egg is placed in the incubator, cell division occurs very fast. At one of the rotations we were allowed to hold and touch a baby chick. The students loved it!
A huge thank to Mrs. Szerba and her 5th grade class. We appreciate you opening your classroom to help us learn about the study of embryos and their development. Yeah! 5th graders Rock! Enjoy the slideshow.

2nd Grade Goes To The Zoo Part 3!

More smiles from our Zoo Field Trip!
2nd Grade Goes to The Zoo Part 3! on PhotoPeach

2nd Grade Goes To The Zoo!

All smiles!

2nd Grade Goes To The Zoo!

2nd Grade Goes to the Zoo on PhotoPeach
Our field trip to the Zoo was an incredible experience for our students and the many chaperones. At the Zoo we learned about Habitats. A habitat provides food, water and oxygen for plants and animals. It also provides shelter, nest and protection for animals. Plants can add beauty while trees and shrubs help in reducing heating and cooling by providing shade. During our educational program we were able to see and touch several animals up close. Thank you to all our chaperones, because of you our field trip was a great learning experience. Enjoy some snapshots from our day.

Happy 100th Day of School!

Happy 100th Day of School! on PhotoPeach

Readers to Leaders Superhero Bingo!

Super Hero Bingo! on PhotoPeach
Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. KK hosted a Super Hero Bingo celebration in the dining room last week to honor our students that meet their Readers to Leaders goal for the second nine weeks. All the students that attended left with a prize. Woo Hoo! It was a SUPER time had by all! Please continue to encourage your child to read every day!
Enjoy the incredible smiles in the slideshow!

Happy New Year 2012

Happy New Year 2012 on PhotoPeach

Welcome Back Incredibles!
In Math we are studying Measurements. We spent the work period in Math comparing lengths and using direct and indirect comparison to identify equal lengths.
In Science we were figuring out which container holds the most water? We are finishing our study of Matter.
We took time out to take a picture with Miss Harkins. We are so excited to have her spent the next 92 days with us. Yes, did you know that today is the 88th day of school? February 3rd will be the 100th Day of School! Wow! Time flies when you are having fun! Ryan, Mrs. Lankford’s son who attends The University of Illinois came by for a quick visit. It was great! The students had super questions for him and he actually autographed balls and notes for all the students! Thank you Ryan! Go Illini! Enjoy the slideshow!