Writer's Workshop and Math Fun!

Telling stories, math games, collecting data, and creating bar graphs...  learning is fun!

Learning from the master...  Dave Pilkey and Captain Underpants.

Playing card games teaches cooperation, sportsmanship, and of course, math!

How many syllables are in our names?  A language arts and math combo!

Sorry this is blurry, but Derek was proud of his finished work!

TISA Glam Trash! (and the 2nd grade trash bash)

TISA hosted it's very own Glam Trash thanks to our fearless arts coordinator, Megan Avina (4th grade teacher).  I organized the trash fashion show in Taos for 13 or so years, but I've been hesitant to combine that sort of creative chaos with my teacher persona.  It turned out to be pretty awesome.  Here are some 2nd graders and a kinder brother advertising the show on the playground.

The best part was the making.  We took half the day, a bunch of junk, some tape and hot glue, and got down to business!

The show was a blast too!  We pulled it off even though there was a fire drill during directly before the show.  Yikes! Thank you to all of the parents who were able to come and who sent in fun trash materials to use! If you missed the show, there's a video on the TISA Facebook page, I believe... 

Meet the 2nd Grade Dragons!

Our first week of school was all about making friends and getting back into the swing of school! 

Isaiah was a big help putting our class puzzle together!  (The 2 missing pieces were taken home to be finished...)

Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream!!

PS: This is what can happen to a face if the photographer is willing to say "fart".

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