2nd Grade
Hello Ms. McNaught's & Mrs. Esckilsen's classes!
I am looking forward to interacting with you on Day 4 and Day 6!
Tuesday June 23
Day 6
Hi Second Grade!
Happy last day of school! We made it! I am so lucky to have been your teacher. You all stepped up and did a wonderful job during distance learning. I can't wait to see you all again at Barley :) To finish up the school year we have one more track and field activity called the Shot Put! Watch the video and let me know how it went on the google form. In addition to telling me how it went, please let me know what your favorite thing was that we did together this year!
I will miss you all! Have an amazing summer!! :)
Friday June 19
Day 4
Hi Second Grade :)
Happy Friday! It's the last Friday of the school year!! Woo! Today we are continuing with the track and field unit with the Javelin Throw! Watch the video, practice the throw in a safe space, and tell me about it on the google form!
Monday June 15
Day 6
Hi Second Grade :)
Happy Monday!! Today we are doing another track and field event. Today's event is called the Long Jump! Watch the video, practice, and let me know how it went on the google form!
Thursday June 11
Day 4
Hi Second Grade!
Today we are starting some track and field events! The first event we are going to do is called the High Jump. Watch the video, practice the high jump, and then head over to the Google Form to let me know how it went :) As always if you'd like to share pictures or videos with me of the event send them over to my email!
Friday June 5
Day 6
Hello Second Grade :)
Happy Friday! Today we are continuing with Track and Field and we are going to practice a long distance run today. Watch the video and then let me know how the run went on the google form.
Wednesday June 3
Day 4
Hi Second Grade!
I hope you all enjoyed our Virtual Field day! You all did a great job. Today we are starting a new unit on Track and Field. We are practicing our sprint start. Get those running shoes on!! Once you are done with today's activity, answer the questions on the google form.
Thursday May 28
Day 6
Hi Second Grade!
One more day until Field Day!! I am so excited. Today you are going to be practicing two more Field Day Games! Today we are practicing Fast Folder and Towel Flip Challenge. Once you are done, fill out the Field Day Form to practice keeping score!
For our Virtual Field Day updates, check out the Virtual Field Day tab on this website :)
Tuesday May 26
Day 4
Hi Second Grade!
Happy Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed your three day weekend! :) Virtual Field Day is right around the corner!!! I hope you are enjoying the Field Day games so far. Today we are practicing two more Field Day games, Flip Your Lid and Tennis Shoe Tower. Once you are done with those games fill out the form to practice keeping score.
For our Virtual Field Day updates, check out the Virtual Field Day tab on this website :)
Monday May 18
Day 6
Hi Second Graders!
Happy Monday! :) I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I hope you enjoyed the field day games from Thursday. Today I have two new games to practice. The first game is called If the Shoe Fits and the second is called Paper Plane Corn Hole. I hope you like them! I want you to practice keeping score because on field day you will all have a score sheet to fill out, so make sure you fill out the Google Form below and let me know how many points you got!
Thursday May 14
Day 4
Hi Second Grade!
I am SO excited to let you all know that we will be preparing a Virtual Field Day! Virtual Field Day will be on Friday May 29th! From now until our Virtual Field Day we are going to be practicing a few of the games that you will see. Today for PE you will practice two of the field day games, Water Bottle Trap and Penguin Race. Once you are done fill out the field day form and let me know how many points you got!
Friday May 8
Day 6
Hi Second Graders!
Happy Friday! We are on our last day of our virtual Walk/Bike to School Week! I have been so proud to see all of you tracking your minutes and giving points to Barley Sheaf towards our Golden Sneaker Award! Today is Find it Friday! For Find it Friday, take a photograph or draw a picture of what you see on your walk or bicycle ride. Can you find: a bicycle, a bicycle rack, stop sign, “Stop for Pedestrians” sign, traffic light, crosswalk, police officer? If it is not raining and you can get outside for a walk or a bike ride, see how many things you can see!
Since the weather forecast is calling for rain, I have an exercise bingo for you to do! You must get BINGO by choosing activities on the Bingo board (There is an entire row of indoor activities on the Bingo board!) . However long it takes for you to complete the exercise, you can log the minutes into the Walk/Bike to School week form!
Wednesday May 6
Day 4
Hi Second Grade!
This week for PE we are celebrating Walk/Bike to School Week virtually! Barley Sheaf is going for the Golden Sneaker Award! We can get that award by having the most active minutes as a school. So for PE today, we are going to follow the Walk/Bike to School Week Schedule. Below is a video from Mr. Ryan from Go Hunterdon to give a little more information.
Today is Walk Safe Wednesday. Today I'd like you to draw or take a picture of someone or something that keeps you safe while walking! To get ourselves moving I'd love for you to go for a walk or ride your bike! If it is raining I have a scavenger hunt for you all to try which I linked below! Once you draw your picture, you can upload it to the Go Hunterdon form! Let's win that Golden Sneaker Award! :)
Hunterdon County Walk/Bike to School Week Goes Virtual Form - For your pictures!
Scavenger Hunt - If its raining
Thursday April 30
Day 6
Hi Second Grade!
I have another Hand Eye Coordination video for you guys to follow along with! You'll need a ball, one that bounces would be great. Once you're done you can answer the form or send me a picture/video to my email (mrenye@frsd.k12.nj.us) showing me your favorite activity! I loved seeing the pictures and videos some of you sent me :)
Hand Eye Coordination Video 2 - youtube link
Hand Eye Coordination Video 2 - weVideo link (in case youtube does not work)
Tuesday April 28
Day 4
Hi Second Graders!
This week for PE we are going to be working on our hand eye coordination! I have a video for you to follow along with where we practice throwing and catching. I posted the Youtube link and the WeVideo link in case the Youtube link does not work. You'll need to get a ball and if you don't have one, a sock ball will work great! Once you're done you can answer the form or send me a picture/video to my email (mrenye@frsd.k12.nj.us) showing me what you worked on.
Hand Eye Coordination Video - Youtube
Hand Eye Coordination Video - WeVideo
Wednesday April 22
Day 6
Hi Second Grade! Happy Earth Day! I hope you all had a wonderful spring break. I'm happy to be back with you all learning remotely. Today I have an Earth Day Fitness activity for you all to try. Once you are all done, you'll be answering a google form where you'll tell me about the activity!
Wednesday April 8
Day 4
Hi Second Grade! I'm really in the superhero mood this week. You are all getting your bodies moving just like your favorite Super Heroes! Today I have a Super Hero tabata workout video for you guys to try. If for some reason the video does not work, use the link to the PowerPoint. The workout is a little bit shorter and without timers.
Super Hero Tabata Workout Video
Once you are all done tell me how you liked it!
For those of you who are having problems with Flipgrid, please respond to the google form below and write to me about how you liked the workout.
I hope you all have a wonderful spring break! I will be back with more fun activities to keep your body moving when we get back! I also have an optional April fitness calendar on the home page if you'd like some ideas on how to keep your body moving while we are on spring break.
Thursday April 2
Day 6
Hello Everyone!
It was so nice to see you guys on Zoom on Tuesday! I will definitely be holding another PE zoom in the future with some different activities. For today's PE class I have a Superhero Adventure for you! Below is the link. To access the Superhero Adventure make sure you click "PRESENT" instead of flipping through the slides.
Once you're done, head over to Flipgrid and let me know how you liked it!
Tuesday March 30
Day 4
Hi Second Grade!
Today is a really fun day, I get to see you all on Zoom! At 1:30pm Mrs. Enos and myself will be hosting a physical education zoom where we will get our bodies moving together! I am so excited to see you all, and I can't wait to exercise with you all again. At 1:30pm click on the zoom link below and we will get moving! See you then!
For those of you who cannot attend the zoom meeting we will be doing our warm up exercises together. So if you are not able to attend please do the following:
20 Jumping Jacks
20 Toe Raises
20 Ski Jumps
10 Push Ups or 20 Second Push Up Hold
10 Mountain Climbers
Wednesday March 24
Day 6
Hello Everyone!
I have two activities for you today. One activity I'd like you to complete sometime today. That activity is Change Fitness. When I dropped into Ms. McNaught's meeting I saw you all adding up change. So what you will be doing for this activity is adding up the change to see how many of the exercise you are going to do!
Once you have completed the Change Fitness head on over to Flipgrid to tell me about the exercises!
Since I will not be seeing you until next week I have also attached a fun activity for you to do with your family this weekend. It is Fitness Bingo. On Tuesday when I have you all for PE again, I am going to ask who completed the Fitness Bingo! It is not mandatory, but it is a great and fun way to keep your body moving.
Monday March 23
Day 4
Happy Monday!
I hope you all had a nice weekend. Today for PE I have two activities for you all to try. The activities are "My Missing Letter Fitness" and "Pattern Fitness 1.0". The activities are linked below.
My Missing Letter Fitness & Pattern Fitness 1.0
My Missing Letter Fitness Rules:
For this activity there are exercises at the top of the page with exercises. On the bottom of the page are words with letters missing. For a hint, a picture is provided. You have to figure out what letter is missing and then do the exercise that goes with that letter! For example if the word is SP_RT (the missing letter is O to make the word SPORT) you would look for the letter O and do those exercises.
Pattern Fitness 1.0
For pattern fitness there will be shapes at the top of the page with exercises. On the bottom of the page you have to find the missing shape in the pattern and do those exercises.
When you are all done with the fitness activities, head over to flipgrid and let me know how the activities went!
Tuesday March 17
Day 6
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
First thing I want to do with you all is make sure you can access Flipgrid! Please log on and respond to my first post about what you are planning to do to stay active while you're at home. You can click on the link below and use the password found above!
Today I would LOVE you to get moving! Please click on the link below and pick TWO videos to do at home. (I have a funny feeling you'll all be grooving to some Old Town Road. My personal favorite is High Hopes) Get those bodies moving!