Posted in 1 on September 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Four fun art links were added today. You can make a Picasso painting as easily as a Mr. Potato Head sculpture, paint, or make sand art. Just click on one of the links to your right.
Additionally, I’ve begun adding our weekly spelling lists to the spellingcity.com site. Students will no longer have to first key in the spelling list as it is already saved in the program. Just look up Mr. Hagen and the most current list, in order by week.
Posted in 1 on September 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »
On Friday, September 25, students concluded the annual fundraising effort with an all-school Centennial Stroll. Typically we congregate at the High School Track for a rousing rendition of the school song, followed but many laps in front of cheering friends and family members. However, though it had sprinkled little in the past 4 weeks, the rains came on this day and from what I’ve heard, the first ever indoor Centennial Stroll was held. Thank you families for your help in making our fall fundraiser so successful and fun.
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Posted in 1 on September 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The half of the class that visited 4th grade last week got to spend this week with their reading buddies in our room. In addition to interviewing their 4th grade buddies, the groups enjoyed a snack together from this afternoon’s Centennial Stroll.
Posted in 1 on September 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Our classroom is partnering with Mrs. Rabinovich’s 4th grade class for reading buddies. It began this Friday as students first met their buddies and got to know each other with the 4th graders interviewing their new 2nd grade friends. Next week it’s the 2nd grader’s turn to conduct the interview. We hope to meet each Friday with half of the class joining their buddies in our 2nd grade room and the other half venturing up to a 4th grade room. The event was enjoyable for their teacher as well as I am able to reconnect with many students who were in this classroom only two years ago. They don’t fit in the chairs quite like they used to.
Posted in 1 on September 16, 2009| 1 Comment »
2nd Grade’s Parent Night will be held from 7:00-8:00pm on Thursday, September 17. Parents are welcome to come to their child’s classroom for a look at the social and academic expectations for the school year. Time at the end will be open for questions. For those unable to make it look in this week’s Friday Folder for a copy of the handout that we’ll be using that evening. See you there!
Posted in 1 on September 6, 2009| 1 Comment »
Spelling – students will be tested on 15 spelling words each week. Each Monday the class will have a pretest with a final test given each Friday. Those who achieve 100% on the pretest will take an alternate test on 6 “challenge words” at week’s end. Both the spelling and challenge words are taken from the core reading selection from the week and will appear in the classroom newsletter sent home in your student’s Friday Folder the week prior. A fun site for home practice can be found at
Home Reading – Our class will be participating in a monthly reading goals program with a goal of 20 minutes of home reading per night. However, home reading IS NOT ONLY INDEPENDENT READING but includes all home literacy experiences such as you reading a story aloud, shared reading, listening to a story on cd while following along in the text, reading to a younger sibling etc. Our goal is to emphasize the fun in reading and create intrinsic motivation, NOT a forced time in which fun activities are stopped and books are taken out. The best way is to make this time each evening a family event with parents being to best models for their students. Reading Goals calendars will be provided at the beginning of each month on which students can record their progress, returning them to me at month’s end.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Mr. Hagen’s Classroom Blog, a site for the students and families of our 2nd grade class. On this site you will be able to learn about upcoming events, preview the week’s spelling words and find information and links extending what the class has been learning.
Mr. Hagen's Classroom Blog 