Tricks, Treats and a whole lot of FUN!

We had a GREAT time celebrating Halloween today in 2-F! This morning we walked in the Fuller Meadow Halloween Costume Parade and ended our day with an awesome Halloween party- which was full of super fun centers, activities and crafts. 

Thank you SO much to our amazing parent volunteers, Mrs. Bream (Jaxen's mom), Mrs. Velardo (Cole's mom) and Mrs. Serio (Sarah's mom) for all of your help in coordinating and organizing this fun day. Wishing you all a healthy, safe and spooktacular Halloween weekend! : )

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Adopt-a-Tree

Every year 2nd graders at Fuller Meadow get to 'adopt' a special tree from the school yard, as part of our science curriculum. Throughout the year, the students act as scientists and observe the tree and record their observations during each of the four seasons.

We began this wonderful project during the very first week of school, by selecting and adopting our tree. After we decided which tree we wanted to adopt, we recorded our observations and scientific findings for the summer season (don't forget, our first day of school WAS in August, after all! : )

We made sure to choose a tree that we could see from our classroom window. This way, we can keep a close eye on it throughout the entire school year. During each visit, we take our time to notice all of the important details of the tree (both big and small). We record all of our observations using a combination of pictures and words, while paying close attention to the leaves, branches, bark and roots.

Last week, we got to officially visit our tree to record our observations for the fall. While our own adopted tree hasn't changed that dramatically, we did see many trees nearby whose leaves have completely changed colors. The fall foliage in our very own schoolyard is absolutely beautiful- we are very lucky to have these views from our classroom! : )

I do love that we live in New England and are able to experience four different seasons, but I have to admit, I am completely biased when it comes to my favorite season. Fall is just about perfect in EVERY way! Do you have a favorite season? Please be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section below- we LOVE to hear from our blog visitors. Thanks so much for reading and don't forget to get outside and enjoy the beautiful colors of fall! : )

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Our visit with the GIANT Pumpkin!

We were SO lucky to have the 2nd place winning largest pumpkin from this year's Topsfield Fair come to visit us at school this past week. We learned so many new things about growing pumpkins, as well as some pretty amazing facts about this year's giant winner! We are so grateful to Mr. Lancaster for sharing this awesome pumpkin with us, teaching us about growing pumpkins and for answering all of our questions. Thank you again!

Giant Pumpkin Facts:
-It weighs 1,954 pounds
-It took three and a half months to grow
-The pumpkin seed was the size of a fingernail
-It needed 50 gallons of water each day
-Mr. Lancaster has been growing pumpkins for 18 years
-Mr. Lancaster was inspired to grow pumpkins after first starting it with his young son
-If it had hooks, it would take about 20 people to carry it
-They use a special mechanical lift to transport it
-Each year, Mr. Lancaster plants the seeds in the spring
-Mr. Lancaster and his family will be carving it into a GIANT Jack-o-Lantern to display at their house! : )

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Welcome to our BRAND new blog!

Hi 2-F Families,

I hope this (very first- yay!) Blogger post finds you well and enjoying the weekend (as well as gearing up for tomorrow's big Patriots vs. Jets game!) I am SO happy and excited to announce that we have officially switched over to Blogger. We are thrilled that you have found us here at http://mrsfreysclassroomcorner.blogspot.com/ and we hope that you'll 'Bookmark' it so you can check back often.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to transfer the majority of the content from our previous blog, however, my goal is to get multiple new posts up each week to help keep you updated and informed on everything that is happening in 2-F. : )

*Also, new information magnets have already been ordered (with the new blog URL) so hopefully they will arrive within the next week or so and as soon as they do, I will be sure to send them home in the blue folders.

In the meantime, I wanted to share a couple of updated classroom pictures. It seems as though our room continues to grow and evolve each day and you'll probably find that it looks much different from even Open House. I'll also warn you that I LOVE to switch things up in the classroom and have been known to move ALL of the furniture multiple times throughout the year! I believe doing this keeps it new, fresh and exciting (my colleagues, fellow teachers, family & friends probably just think I'm nuts! ; )

Anyways, I hope you LOVE the new blog just as much as I do and I'll look forward to posting and sharing news/updates/reminders/photos throughout the year. Thanks so much for reading!

GO PATS! (or in my husband's case, GO JETS! You can't reaaallly blame him, we are from upstate NY after all!)

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