Second-grade teachers were mysteriously absent today and were replaced by 'Substitute Teachers' claiming to be 100 years old. What a coincidence!!! It was the 100th day of school. Students were reminded as they entered their classrooms that they were officially 100 days smarter!
Monday, January 28th, was the 100th day of school for second graders at Santaquin Elementary! "It's the 100th day of school today ... let's start the day with a grin. For tomorrow will be 101 .. so let the celebrations begin!" There were all kinds of fun activities to celebrate having spent 100 exciting days learning, i.e., 100 piece puzzles, triple-digit math problems, games with the hundred board, read 100 books, write 100 words, etc. We also had some very special visitors in our classrooms ... Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Pando's sixth-grade class watch as the movement of hot water and cold water are demonstrated. The hot water is less dense and will actually "float" on the colder water. In the pictures, the hot water is colored red. The colder water, colored blue, stays to the bottom.
The students have been learning the 3 types of heat transfer energy: conduction, convection, and radiation.
Each student at Santaquin Elementary has been working very hard on their reading to collect reading tickets for our January 'It Pays to Read' Assembly. Mr.
What better way is there to have fun inside (when it's too cold to play outside) than to have Relay races in the gym?
Santaquin Elementary second-grade students met in the school's gym for their morning recess and had a great time while they got the wiggles out. Student Photographers Joseph Jacklin and Elli Crook captured the fun for us to share.
