Thursday, May 2, 2013

Author Visit

A fun morning with Kevin O'Malley.
"Practice.  Practice.  Practice."  His advice to all on the only way to become better at anything.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Ready to Battle!

Congratulations to a couple of the top ten finalists! 
We are very proud of you!

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Flight of a Butterfly

Releasing our Painted Ladies.  Do you know the stages of the life cycle of a butterfly?

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

A Full Plate

Reviewing the life cycle of a Painted Lady butterfly.

Can you name the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly?

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Wild Day

A beautiful day for a nature walk at the UNF Wildlife Sanctuary!

A huge THANKS to all our chaperones and UNF Rangers  for making this field trip very enjoyable.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Fiction or Nonfiction

Students compare and contrast by writing words to show how the books, fiction and nonfiction, are alike and how they are different.







Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Readers to Leaders

Today, we celebrated meeting our second quarter reading goal toward the million word campaign with a fun game of BINGO with Principal Phillips.

Spelling Homework

Second graders helped create a list of activities to do to help learn and use their new spelling words.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Student Recognition

The best parts of our quarterly student recognition ceremonies, are the expressions of the excited second graders with a parent visiting their classroom. 

Thank you for your continued support in creating your child's recipe for success.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Sorting rectangles

Students had to sort rectangles from biggest to smallest, without measurement tools. After students made their decisions as to how the rectangles should be sorted we can back together and then pretended they were candy bars. My goodness how quickly their minds changed! Students then were able to measure the area of the rectangles using tiles and found how many rows and columns were in each rectangle.









Computer Savvy

Students working hard on their math fact fluency!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Time to NED


Remember the advice from NED to help you make better choices:
  • Never give up.
  • Encourage others.
  • Do your best.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Happy Birthday CCE

Celebrating 15 years of sweet success at Chets Creek Elementary.
Today, was the unveiling of the latest birthday candle created by our beloved and talented art teacher, Mrs. Snead.