Thank You Parents

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for visiting your child's classroom during our recent Parent Seminar. Although the evening was warm I hope you learned more about the year ahead for your child. It was a pleasure to meet each of you and I am so thankful for those who volunteered their time to help support our classroom events and initiatives. If you were unable to sign up as a Mystery Reader and would still enjoy that opportunity, feel free to send me a message and I'll be happy to respond with available dates. Our Mystery Readers visit most Fridays from 2:30-3:00. I look forward to a year of collaboration and learning.
Thank you for your support,
Lena Madden

Welcome to Our Classroom

Please click on the arrow below to see how hard we've been working for just the first nine days of school.  We are off to an amazing start and I look forward to a fantabulous year together.

First Days of Second Grade

                              Happy First Day of School
We're off to a great start as we begin our exciting journey of learning in second grade. We've worked hard to set up classroom procedures and expectations, have read many picture books to help us predict and visualize the author's words, have written poems, completed math problems, and even shared Random Acts of Kindness as we work together as a team.

 Miss Ella couldn't wait to show her unique manicure, and her teacher was so touched to be thought of in such a special way.  Each fingernail displayed a letter spelling out my name, M-R-S. M-A-D-D-E-N.

We are ready to work hard and do our best work, we've made a second grade promise to always try our hardest and to persevere through our work, even when it's challenging.  We know that when Mrs. Madden says "N-B-D" we'll take a deep breath and remember "it's No Big Deal" and we'll work through any difficulties together. We also know that it's okay to make mistakes, because we always learn from those mistakes.

Introducing Mrs. Madden's Marvelous Second Graders

                                                                                                                                                                                              We shared our Portfolio Bags to help us learn more about one another and the connections we have in common.  Ben proudly displays a photograph of his dog, Daphne and it's obvious she is certainly an important part of his family.  Many children shared that same love for their pets and we soon realized as a class how much we love those special members of our family.

 
Belle is proud to be a B-I-G sister and was tickled pink to share a photograph of her three younger sisters, the newest just arriving a few months ago. What a beautiful family! Mrs. Madden connected with her as our family welcomed our granddaughter just a few weeks ago.