Emily Arrow!
Yesterday, Emily Arrow surprised us at RBE by making an appearance during the 4th & 5th Choir assembly! We were singing the "Smallest Gift of Christmas" and during the 2nd time through Emily Arrow brought in Bow (her ukulele) and joined in! The reactions are priceless!
We enjoyed singing with Emily Arrow today during the assembly today. She sang almost all of the kid's favorite songs! We were able to snag a picture with Emily Arrow! :)
What a super cool experience that we had with Emily Arrow! She was talking at lunch today that the experience that she had at RBE has been so special. Take a few minutes to go here to see videos and pictures of our experience with Emily Arrow.
Pizza Party
We enjoyed our 1st Semester Pizza Party this afternoon! We enjoyed pizza, chips, apples & a brownie. Plus we had an extra long lunch and watched a Magic School Bus video. Yummy food was had by all!
Self Elf
Lots of kiddos have mentioned that they have an Elf on the Shelf, but in our classroom we have LOTS of elves watching over us everyday. Each kiddo made a Self Elf that in hanging in our classroom. They turned out really cute. I provided some red, green & white paper and cotton balls. They designed their own elf attire. Below is a picture of our room with our elves & then I took a few close-ups of some of the elves so you could see how cute they turned out! :)
Winter Party
The Winter Party Committee has been hard at work putting together an AMAZING Winter Party for our class. Below is a message from them. I can't wait for all the fun!! :)
Ms. Mottaz's and Mrs. Ross' classes are combining for the holiday
party on Tuesday, December 20! Students can wear their PJs to
school that day, and will enjoy hot chocolate and snacks while making
snowflakes in the RBE cafeteria.
Below is a link to a sign up genius if you're able to help provide
party supplies. Please come and join the party!
Thank you for your support, and Happy Holidays!
This Week's Learning:
- Math: We started geometry this week. With Mrs. Ross the students worked on partitioning shapes into equal parts. The students learned that partitioning into halves means 2 equal parts, thirds means 3 equal parts & fourths means 4 equal parts. We worked on identifying a shape partitioned into halves, thirds and fourths, and also partitioning a shapes in halves, thirds and fourths. With me, we are talking about what makes a shape. Geometry has a LOT of vocabulary that students need to have memorized so that they have an understanding the shapes.
- Polygon: A shape that is closed,with straight sides and angles
- Side: A line on the outside of a shape
- Angle: A place where 2 angles connect
- Triangle: A polygon with 3 sides and 3 angles
- Quadrilateral: A polygon with 4 sides and 4 angles
- Parallel: 2 lines that never intersect
- Intersect: 2 lines that cross
- Reading: This week we worked on writing summaries from books winter/Christmas books that we read. One of the activities is that we made Summary Snowmen. They turned out SUPER cute & are hung in the hallway. Come by & checkout all the great summaries that were written!
- Writing: We finished publishing our second personal narrative. Yay!! The second personal narrative was a lot less directed and less conferencing with a teacher. I will be reading and grading these according to the Small Moment rubric that I shared earlier (below).
Next Week's Learning:
- Math: With me, we will continue to work on geometry and Mrs. Ross will start teaching 2-digit addition & how to set up a problem.
- Reading: We will be learning about theme. We will be using the Christmas/Winter books that we read this week and talking about the theme of those stories.
- Word Study: We will continue to practice 2nd Grade No Excuse Words next week. These words are: went, any, first, might, friend, find, first, favorite, before, about & thing. These words are harder because they don't fit regular vowel patterns. Please practice with your child on these words - I haven't graded the spelling test, but by quickly glancing over them it looks like scores might have gone down this week.
- Writing: Shhhh! Secret Christmas gift writing will be in the process next week! Mrs. Carey (art teacher), Mrs. Ross & I collaborated with each other. At the beginning of the week, we will be writing about a holiday tradition or our favorite thing about the holiday and in art the kiddos will be making something special that matches what they wrote. Over the last two rotations of art, the students have made a clay project and next week we will be writing about them. Our goal is that these gifts will be coming home by next Friday, but it might be Monday.
Giving Tree
If your child chose an ornament from the Giving Tree, please remember that gifts are to be returned by Tuesday, December 13, unwrapped.
CPS App
There is a CPS app. The district is asking for you to install the app on your smart device. You can go here for more information.
Lost & Found
There continues to be an abundance of lost items. Please checkout our Lost & Found to make sure that you collect any of your child(ren)'s lost belongings. Items left at the end of the day on December 20 will be donated to the Salvation Army.
Sweatpants Needed in the Health Room
There are occasions when students need to change their pants & with the weather turning so cold the Health Room is in the need of gently used sweatpants. If you have any sweatpants (sizes 6-10) that you are able to donate, please send them in. Thank you!
Ugly Sweater Day
Next Friday, December 16, will be Ugly Sweater Day. Buy one or make one! I can't wait to see what everyone's ugly sweaters look like! :)
Parent Pickup
Students come out to Parent Pickup at 2:40. It is really cold to be sitting outside for 10-15 minutes. So please try to be there to pick up your student as close to 2:40 as possible. Thank you!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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