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Welcome to 2/3 HA where every day we work above and beyond to become independent life-long learners. Parents and students can use this site to access information for the classroom. Find the Class List, weekly schedule, and classroom master copies using the "Forms and Documents" tab. Look at the requirements for Spelling/Latin through the "Homework" tab. Happy Surfing!

Donations for 2023-2024:

Please check the Amazon link below for items we need in the 2/3 Classroom - Thank you!

Amazon Wishlist for 2/3 HA*

In addition:

Walmart/Office Supply: Black Chisel Expo Markers, Pack of water bottles, Antibacterial Surface Wipes, Skittles, M&Ms, Smarties, and Jelly Beans.

Dollar Tree: Microfiber Reusable Face Wash Discs (used as dry-erase board erasers) Need 6 three packs

Postal Stamps - we write a lot of letters to mail!

*If you want to donate something from the Amazon list, but can get it easier/cheaper elsewhere - just email me and I will take if off the list for you.

Treat the Teacher*

*No Treats necessary!

Often parents and students ask what treat would bless my day:

McDonald's: Sweet Tea, Hot Caramel Machiatto; Breakfast: Cinnamon Roll, Hashbrowns

Starbucks/Dunkin: Hot Chai Tea Latte, Strawberry Frappuccino, Raspberry Refresher; Breakfast: Double Bacon Sandwich

Igloo: Caffeine-free Diet Vanilla Coke

Favorite Snacks - Chips! (more so than sweets and chocolate, I prefer salty snacks) Surprise me!

Scholastic Book Orders Online:

http://www.scholastic.com/bookclubs

Password: GWLHB for first-time use only!

For specific ordering instructions, click on "Forms and Documents" and choose the "Book Orders Online" tab.

2023-2024 Photos

Coming soon!

2022-2023 Photos

First Day of School

(Actually, Second Day because I ran out of time to take photos on the first day...)

Twenty amazing students arrive in Room 18!

Everyone arrived!

Learning to unpack.

First Week: First "Community Project"

Our school is a construction zone - piles of dirt, excavators, caution tape is everywhere!

Our Home Line for recess was a dusty, dirty sidewalk, so we borrowed some shovels and brooms from the custodian and cleaned it up! #leave it better than you found it

Writer's Notebooks are ready - decorated and personalized!

2021-2022 Photos!

From the first day to the last day!

Welcome to the first day of 2021!

Time for Job Interviews!

Writer's Notebooks are ready!

Free Read Friday

Read in the boat, beach chair, or on a beach towel!

It's Fall Vacation Day!

Students spend the money saved from their classroom jobs on this day off of school! Options include Extra Gym, Face Painting, Watercolors, Playdough, Tech Time, Dress up in a Costume, and Read in the Boat!

Our Thanksgiving Food Drive was a great success! Our class donated over 500 items to River City Food Bank to help families in our community during the holidays.

Candy Grams 2021 - Class Business Enterprise

Each year (well, except 2020 due to Covid19 restrictions) our class runs a Class Business Enterprise.

We manufactured and delivered over 1000 Rudolph Candy Grams this year.!

Students worked hard manufacturing over 1000 Rudolph Candy Grams - both Tootsie Pop and Candy Cane options.

After orders were compiled, it was time to process, sort, and deliver all the Candy Grams!

Mrs. Harshbarger and Mrs. Boyd teach

Smart Cookies!

Tech Time (in jammies and with

Mary Lou Donuts!)

Winter Geomazes!

Winter Vacation Day!

Students spent their hard-earned money from quarter two on various Winter Vacation Day activities - including movie, food, and extra gym.

Winter Crafting! (and Mary Lou Donuts)

Winter Crafting!

Tech Time!

Winter Party and Gift Exhange

Each student brought a wrapped book for another student.

Junior Achievement:

Students learned about economics and community as the second semester started. Donut production taught students the pros and cons of unit and assembly line production of products. And we ate real Mary Lou donuts!

Tax Day

Students paid taxes for April 15th Tax Day. 10% of their earnings went to Mrs. H and then each class member was given a stipend of $265.

Animal Tooth Sleuth

Thanks to the Tippecanoe Parks Department for loaning us skulls for our Animal Unit!

Classroom Business Showcase

We were able to attend the Purdue Classroom Business Showcase to present our Rudolph Candy Gram Business. Five students earned this honor and showed off our business to local business owners and Purdue Economics staff. Even Purdue Pete showed up!

Dress as your favorite book character for Read Across America.

A magical day - dress in your Disney or magical day gear.

Fine Arts Night

Third Quarter was our turn to perform all we learned in Music. We played instruments and sang proudly!

Science Activities:

In addition to our classroom lessons, we also attended the Evonic Chemistry Demonstration. One of our students competed against Mrs. Grubb to create a chemical reaction.

Spring Vacation Day

MHS Pen Pals

We were able to meet our MHS Pen Pals and spend time playing games. Each year we write to the Child Development class at McCutcheon.

Former students come back to visit as they graduate class of 2022!

MME End-of-the-year Activities

Kindy500 and Field Day

Class Auction!

Over thirty local businesses responded to our hand-written letters and donated amazing items for our Class Auction. From gift cards to toys to sports merchandise, students had an amazing assortment to bid on and spend all their money from the year.

INSOMNIA COOKIES

One of many businesses to donate to our Class Auction at the end of the year - Insomnia Cookies brought us warm cookies!

Bidding

Students decided what they were willing to pay on each item in the Class Auction.

Catered Lunch

Each year the class votes on how to spend our profits - one-third to charitable donations (Animal Shelter and Riley's), one-third to savings for next year's business, and one-third to spend. In addition to a new vacuum and table signs, the students voted to order lunch: Igloo, McDonald's, and Dominoes.

MME Award Winners!

The End

2021-2022 Class Ends!

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2021 Ends with our Good-bye Tunnel!

Students each took a turn through the tunnel of good-byes, happy summer, and see you next year!

End-of-the-Year Fun:

Recess, Virtual Talent Show, Auction, and Field Day!

Time for a sibling picture to end the year!

Thanks to all the local businesses for donating so much for our Auction!

Guest Reader: Miss Edmondson

Guest Reader: Mrs. Dos Santos

Guest Reader: Mrs. Harris

World Read-aloud Day

This year we couldn't have parent vounteers come read to us... but luckily we have some moms in the building and a few other adults who read to us!

Guest Reader: Principal Mrs. Cauble

Guest Reader: Mrs. Phillips

Read Across America

To celebrate we have a campout day! We pretend we are camping overnight in our pajamas by the campfire and eat smores and popcorn. Bringing in our camping lanterns helps add to the ambiance. And we take a break from classwork and read all day long!

Reading all cozy in our PJs and wrapped in our blankets.

The campfire is crackling and our lanterns are glowing as we read!

100th Day of School - dress like you are 100!

Dress as your favorite book character!

Superhero Day - Dress up like your favorite superhero

Winter Book Exchange

Making cards for local hospital patients and workers.

Fun activities as we approach Winter Break

Cookie Mining: While studying Geology we mined chips from cookies for a hands-on mining simulation.

Remote Learning

Fall 2020 - Our first round of Remote Learning

Thanksgiving Food Drive

Once again we challenged Mrs. Boyd's 4/5 class to a food drive challenge. Our goal was 500 items for each class. We collected 411 items and Mrs. Boyd collected over 500. Success - because we were able to help local families during the holiday season.

We donated 411 items to River City Community Center food pantry.

Classroom Learning Activities (Fall)

Fall Stem Project:

Prevent Erosion

Students worked in pairs using the Engineering Design Process to plan, build, and test an erosion-stopping idea.

Election 2021:

Washington or Lincoln?

After analyzing the presidencies of both Washington and Lincoln, students voted for the most influential president: Lincoln won both the electoral and popular vote in our class.

Blasting Books on Fridays

Students share books they have read that week.

Fall Vacation Day

After saving all quarter, students paid for a Vacation Day of fun rewards:

Free Tech Time

Color Geomazes

Play Chess

Play with Playdoh

Fall Craft

Read to Self

Class Gym Games

Cinema and Food!

Job Interview Days

Semester ONE

September

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First Day of School!

Students enjoyed getting settled on the first day of school!

Fall Job Interviews

Writer's Notebooks!

Blasting Books on Friday afternoons - a great way to hear about a book you might want to read.

Blasting Books

Thanksgiving Food Drive: We challenged the 4/5 Class and together our two classes collected 962 canned goods in a week! River City Food Pantry and Elmwood Food Pantry appreciated our students' generosity!