Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Sat, 08/27/2011 - 7:22pm
Welcome to Room 54's blog. I am hoping to have the students add to this blog, but our computer resources have been very slim. There just is never enough time in the day!
Only students whose parents have signed the media waiver will be able to participate in the student blog (including any photos taken in class). We will not use last names in our blogs and plan on occasionally using photos. If you have any questions or concerns about our blog, please don't hesitate to ask.
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 7:35pm
As a culminating activity to our fraction unit, we read the Hershey Fraction book and each student received their very own chocolate bar. We divided it into 12 equal parts. The students first got to eat 1/12 of their bar. We moved to 2/11 then 3/9. Once they had eaten half of their bar we divided the 6 pieces in 3 equal groups and they were told to eat 1/3. They were reducing fractions and didn't even realize it. It was so much fun. Some students couldn't even finish their chocolate bar. They had trouble eating 12/12 or 1 whole!
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 10:42pm
Our field trip to Bonnie Springs was so much fun. It was worth all the hard work to get us there. A very special thank you to Mrs.
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 11:50pm
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 7:50pm
This year during Reading Week was so much fun! Our class won three days out of five for classroom participation for dressing up. We won a popcorn party, ice cream sandwiches, and another popcorn party. One of our students won the decorate your own bookmark contest with Mr. Hartzel, our Art teacher. Each student received two free books from Mr.
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 9:16pm
Reading Week will be held the week of February 27, 2012. If you would like to come and read to our class or you know of someone that would like to be a guest reader, please email me through my contact form or at rlferreiro@interact.ccsd.net.
The theme this year is non-fiction/history.
Currently the students have been assigned a president to research and write about. I can't wait to read what they found and display it for everyone to read.
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 8:10pm

We are pleased to welcome Miss Young to room 54. She is a Practicum II student from UNLV. She will be in our classroom Tuesdays and Thursdays for the mornning. If she continues to pursue her degree, she will return to our room for the beginning of next year to start off the 2012-2013 school year and be a full time Student Teacher/Intern.
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 6:54pm
It was Mrs. Ferreiro's 2nd Grade class' turn to do the Friday Morning Ceremonies that include the pledge, 30 seconds of silence and any announcements from administrators. Here are a few pictures of that morning of January 20, 2012
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:39pm
I hope everyone had a fabulous Holiday Season! We have been back to school now for two weeks. I have noticed a lot of growth from a majority of the students. Most of them are reading at grade level expectation. I want them reading above grade level expectation. I want them ready for the fast pace of third grade. You will notice that most of their work is going to appear as science or social studies, in fact I am going to be focusing on non-fiction reading and integrating those subjects into our reading time. Assessing student work will be tougher. For example, vocabulary words will
Submitted by Mrs. Ferreiro on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:11pm

The past couple of weeks we have been reading and learning about seeds and plants. We read From Seed to Plant and are currently reading The Secret Life
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