Zooming in 2nd Grade

Mar 30, 2020 I loved Zooming with my 2nd graders today!  I miss seeing your smiling faces and this brought a little more sunshine to my day.☀️  If you were not able to join us today, I hope to schedule another meeting for later this week.

Lindsay @ Home Spirit Week

Mar 29, 2020 Are you ready to show some Home Spirit this week? Each day there is a different way to dress.  Take a photo and send it to Mrs. Russell jhanson@sps186.org. She is collecting photos to share on the Lindsay School webpage.

The 100th Day of School!

Jan 29, 2020 We celebrated the 100th Day on Wednesday with several fun activities. The morning message allowed us to practice our fluency with a 100s day poem called 100 is a Lot. During math, the students practiced counting to 100 by 2s, 5s, and 10s and using number words to equal one hundred.

Informational Writing Celebration

Jan 28, 2020 Today we had our writing celebration for the end of our informational writing unit.  Students wrote kind words on our blue folders as we enjoyed quiet music and snacks during our "writing cafe."

Snapshots From Winter Break

Jan 3, 2020 On our first day back we shared some fun things we did over winter break.  Take a peek at what we were up to. 

Hour of Code in Room 105

Dec 6, 2019 On Friday, we participated in an "Hour of Code." Hour of Code is an opportunity for every student to try computer science for one hour. We wrote code for a Dance Party.  There are also coding games for Angry Bird, Frozen, Minecraft and Star Wars.

Our New Flexible Seating in Memory of our Loved Ones

Nov 18, 2019 Thanks to the generous donations to my Donors Choose grant we now have more flexible seating options.  Earlier this year I had a donation for our classroom from a student's grandmother in memory of his "Gramps.

Writing Celebration!

Oct 30, 2019 On Wednesday, we celebrated the end of our narrative writing unit with a “Writing Cafe.”  We had large paper tablecloths and our iPads were left on our tables with our published narrative books.