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100

What country celebrated the winter holiday with mischievious trolls that came to the city from the mountains?

What is Iceland?

100

Mrs. Jennings always talks about these special places that she loves to visit and hike.

What are the National Parks?

100

We love acting while reading with this reading activity.

What are Reader's Theater?

100
This happens in 2J when we want to do a quick write.  Students can take an idea or add a new one to the jar.

What's the Idea Jar?

100

In PE, you are able to use these more difficult equipment when you are in the skating unit.

What are roller blades?

200

This is what the process of wearing away the earth with water is called in science.

What is erosion?

200

This is how many daughters Mrs. Jennings has.

What are 3 daughters?

200
We use this online game to practice our math facts and have some fun.

What is Gimkit?

200

It's your birthday song, but in 2J we don't sing but dance to this funny video.

What is the Monkey Dance?

200

In second grade math, you learn how to add and subtract larger numbers.  You will learn this new skill next year in 3rd grade math.

What is multiplication and division?

300
When students in room 207 are naughty at school, this teacher dresses as witch and pretends to be a mean substitute teacher.

Who is Miss Nelson?

300

This is Mrs. Jennings favorite sport to play.

What is soccer?

300

When you earn this many class points, you can vote on something fun like extra recess, show & tell day, or a stuffie day.

What is 20 points?

300

A special day in spring, everyone in 2J dressed up and became an historical person.

What is Biography Day?

300

In 2nd grade Kid Ex you deliver the mail.  This is the role of 3rd grade Kid Ex helpers.

What is sorting the mail?

400

This is the outrageous fact we learned from the Seymour Simon booked called Penguins.

What is penguins can shoot salt (salt water) from their noses?

400

This is Mrs. Jennings favorite Chicago Sports Team.

What are the Chicago Bulls?

400

This spring, we were able to view a special solar event from the 2J windows using special glasses.

What is the solar eclipse?

400

In 2nd grade, we do this special day instead of a Music Concert.

What is take an adult to music class?

400

In third grade, you will no longer use tickets and stickers as classroom rewards.  Instead you will use this.

What is classroom money/classroom store?

500

In the book, Never Smile at a Monkey, Steve Jenkins warns that what is a sign of aggression to a monkey.

What is showing one's teeth (when you smile)?

500

Mrs. Jennings dressed up like this person for Biography Day.

Who is Jacques Cousteau?

500

To get ready for grammar, Mrs. Jennings would play this silly song from the 1990's.

What is MC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This"?

500

When we subtract, some times you need to "borrow" from the next place value to have enough to subtract.  This is what that process is called, mathematically speaking.

What is decomposition (or decomposing)?

500

Printing is a slow way of writing compared to this new skill you will learn in 3rd grade.

What is cursive?

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