First day of 2nd Grade:  8/14/19

Last day of 2nd Grade:  5/29/19

Here’s the recap from this past week:

Monday was “Year End Cleanup Day.”  Alan brought in an extra bag to take home items from his desk — including his Dog Man books that he shared with his friends throughout the year.

Tuesday was “Zip Up & Zoom Out of School Day.”  Alan wrapped up another great year at Millridge, but not before getting a certificate, sunglasses, and a note from Mrs. Harris.  The class heads into summer in style!

Here’s the recap from this past week:

Monday was “Quiet and Read-In Day.”  Alan chose to read one of his Dog Man books during the read-in: Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild.

Tuesday was “Show and Tell Day.”  Alan brought in his new “pin art” toy that he got at Target last weekend.

Wednesday was “Unhealthy Snack Day.”  Alan went with Doritos (Cool Ranch) of course!  He walked to school with Veronica as part of the annual Mother Figure Walk to begin the day, and he teased her about being allowed to eat an unhealthy snack this time.

Thursday was “Vegetable Day.”  Carrots were Alan’s selection this time.  He said he ate every one that I packed for him.

Friday was “Wow!  X-tra Fun Day.”  The first through fifth grades had their Field Day!  Alan competed with Blue House / Team Wajibu (pictured above).  The weather was absolutely perfect for the event!

Here’s the recap from this past week:

Monday was “Interesting Fact Day.”  Alan told the class that China has the most people of any country in the world (1.3 billion).  We had researched facts about China the night before and Alan liked this fact the best.

Tuesday was “Joke Day & Kick off your Shoes Day.”  Alan came prepared with the following joke, which he picked from a book of jokes we have at home (purchased last fall when I put notes with jokes on them in Alan’s lunch bag).  He also didn’t have to wear shoes in the classroom.

Q:  Where do elephants pack their vacation clothes?

A:  In their trunks.

Wednesday was “Letter and Lollipop Day.”  Alan enjoyed a cotton-candy-and-bubble-gum-flavored lollipop while writing a letter to a first grader about what to expect in second grade (pictured above).  Before school on Wednesday, Alan also got to enjoy “Muffins with Mom.”

Thursday was “Mismatch and Necktie or Necklace Day.”  The class wore mismatched clothes and neckwear.  Alan opted to wear mismatched socks his Indians necklace!

Friday was “Outside of the Classroom and Popsicle Day.”  Alan’s class actually had popsicles on Thursday because Mrs. Harris was out on Friday.  The class did still go ‘outside the classroom’ on Friday to watch the Annual Millridge Talent Show.  Alan shared that he’d like to enter the competition next year, which is for third, fourth, and fifth grade students.

“ABC Countdown” is back to wind down the school year.  Each day Mrs. Harris’ class will have a special activity that coincides with a letter (or two) of the alphabet.

Here’s the recap from this past week:

Thursday was “Appetite Day.”  The class brought their appetites and shared a pizza lunch together.  The pizza was from Zeppe’s and Alan liked it.

Friday was “Bus Ride Day.”  The class hopped on a bus and went to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for the 2nd grade field trip!  But not before having donuts in honor of Miss Koniar’s last day (Alan’s student teacher).

Today I joined Alan on the 2nd grade field trip to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo!  We successfully dodged rain drops long enough to have a great afternoon.

Alan’s group included his good friends Brady and De’Onta.  Together the boys chose to see elephants, tigers, bears, zebras, fish, and giraffes — including a baby giraffe just born about a week ago.  But I think they enjoyed the tram ride the most. 🙂

Alan’s class gave me a thank you card that I really enjoyed!  Alan even drew a hockey player for me, since we’ve been talking about the Blue Jackets and Monsters a lot during their great playoff runs this spring.  It’s been hockey mania for us for the first time. 🙂

This week Alan had both Dad and Mom speak to his class during career week.  I spoke mostly about diamonds and, according to Alan, got the most questions out of all 6 speakers.  I figured focusing on diamonds was the best way to go!

Tonight Alan attended the Millridge Spring Fling Carnival for the first time.  The event was held at Mayfield Middle School, which has a bigger gym than Millridge and, therefore, more space for the event.  Alan had a blast playing games and collecting points, which he redeemed for a “Nerf Nitro Sparksmash” toy (pictured by Alan’s knee above) at the end of the night.

He crossed paths with many friends, including De’Onta, Noah, Collin, Luca, and Ella.  He also entered raffle tickets for a few prizes — one of which included a package for Fun ‘N’ Stuff!  On the way out, Alan was happy to find his entry into the Carnival’s coloring contest hanging near the entrance.  He just had to take a picture with it!

Alan and I attended the PTG’s annual Bingo Night for the first time tonight.  It was the makeup night from January 25th, which ended up being a snow day.  We bought two bingo cards, and Alan won on the first game!  He picked out a “stackable spinner” for his prize, which he loves.  Each child could only collect a prize once, so Alan had to play for fun for the rest of the night.  Alan sat with Xavier, De’Onta, and Grady and had a great time.

Today Alan played at Zero Gravity in Eastlake, where he attended Joshua’s birthday party.  Brady, Xavier, and Liam were there too.  Alan had lots and lots of fun on the inflatable slides.  He played for three hours and easily could have stayed longer!

A last minute cancellation by a room parent allowed Alan and I to be together for the second straight Valentine’s Day party at Millridge.  The kids passed out valentines, ate cupcakes, and made bead art!  Alan’s bead art was a cactus, and he assembled it without help.

Alan gave out spaceship valentines to his friends, and his favorite valentine received contained a paper football that he and Noah got very excited about!  Alan’s valentines bag of course had a car drawn on it.  🙂

Today Veronica gave a presentation to Mrs. Harris’ class about Chinese New Year.  This was the third straight year Alan’s been able to have Mom as a guest speaker.  He looks forward to it every year!

Mrs. Harris’ class went on its first field trip of the year today — to the Mayfield Innovation Center.  Alan loves the annual field trip there.  This year the learning activity was “creating maps with Ozobots.”  Alan said he and Brady partnered to create “baseball land” (A bat and glove can be seen in the picture below).  Alan told me the Ozobot will navigate along the black lines that they drew on their map by itself.

Today Alan and I walked to school together as part of Millridge’s 2nd Annual Father Figure Walk.  The details were the same as last year — we parked at the Fitworks at the corner of Wilson Mills and Brainard and walked to school — but the weather was considerably nicer!  And we passed Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Russo, and Mrs. Feldman in front of the school on our walk in (they were there to greet students and father figures).  I was given a ‘thank you’ bag from Mr. Bradic again, with a water bottle, granola bar, and note inside.  Then Alan played on the playground with Colin until the first morning bell rang.  When I left, Alan thought it was funny that I still had a long walk back to my car.  🙂

Tonight Alan and I attended the 2nd Annual Millridge Movie Night for a showing of Peter Rabbit.  Alan met up with Brady, Xavier, and De’Onta to watch the movie on the grass next to the Millridge playground.  We did not attend last year’s showing of Boss Baby, so this was our first time attending movie night.

The school year is officially underway now that we’ve had the ice cream social!  Tonight Alan and I went to Millridge for the event, where Alan played with De’Onta and Collin on the swings and Grady on the monkey bars.

Rain throughout the day threatened the event, but the evening ended up being clear and comfortable.  As a back-up plan, the school set up music and dancing in the gym too.

Today Alan prepared for 2nd grade at the 2nd annual “Popsicles with the Principal.”  Alan played on the playground and had two [orange] popsicles.  He also met Mrs. Harris and dropped off his school supplies at his desk.  He’s ready for 2nd grade, which starts tomorrow!

Alan also visited with Mrs. Russo.  According to Mrs. Russo, she said Alan and Brady were put in the same class this year because they’re best friends and behave well when together.  That was the second time she gave inside information about teacher assignments.  During Alan’s parent-teacher conference last October, she said she specifically wanted Alan in her class based on his reputation from Kindergarten.