Different Kind of Week

We have had a different kind of week, but the even with school being a little out of routine, the kiddos did great!  Thank you for a wonderful Special Family & Friends Day.  I know that the students being able to show off what they are doing in Music & Media was a wonderful opportunity.

Read Week!

We have a tradition at RBE that the first full week in March we celebrate the joy of reading!  So Read Week will be March 5-9.  We will have a different themed dress-up day as a school.  Students will have an opportunity to design a bookmark, and we have times throughout the week that we will "drop everything and read."

Will You Be a Mystery Reader?

Another fun tradition is to have Mystery Readers come in to our classroom and read.  We would LOVE to have you (or other family members & friends) to come share a favorite book from your house (or we can provide one for you)!  We have a variety of openings throughout the week (Monday-Thursday) for readers to come in and read to the class.  Please check out the SignUp Genius with the dates/time slots that we have available - click here for the SignUp Genius.  Sometimes, mystery readers like to bring in a snack to share that goes along with the book - this is completely optional, but if you would like to do this please make sure that it is peanut/tree nut free.

2nd Trimester Pizza Party Celebration

On Friday, March 2, we will have our 2nd Trimester Pizza Party!  Students will get 2 slices of cheese pizza, chips, fruit/veggie and a dessert.  They can bring a drink from home if they would like.  It needs to be 20 ounces or less and no glass.  If they do not bring a drink, we will have cups for water.

Reminders:

• Yearbook: If you are wanting to order a yearbook for your child, you have to place your order by February 28.  Yearbooks are $7.00.  You can either turn in your form with money or you can order online - if you want to order a yearbook click here.
• Six Flags Read to Succeed: If your child is wanting to participate in Read to Succeed and earn a free 6 Flags ticket, the reading log is due on March 1.  Please make sure to sign the log at the bottom.  Remind your child that the form is in their folder, so that it gets turned in because no late forms will be accepted.
• Family Eat Out Opportunities to Support RBE:
• March 1-3 at Jersey Mike Subs - If you want more information check out the flyer by clicking here.  Coming home in your child's Friday Folder is a Jersey Mike's Sub card for a regular sub with a donation of at least $2.00 for RBE PTA.  It says FREE Sub but we wanted to make sure that you knew that there has to be a DONATION to receive the sub.
• March 6 is McTeacher Night at McDonalds on Nifong (4:00-8:00) - If you want to check out the flyer click here.
• Countdown to Kindergarten: If you have a child who will be entering kindergarten in the fall or if you know someone, check out the flyer about enrollment on March 8 from 4:00-6:00.  If you want more information click here.
• Summer School: If you are wanting your child to attend summer school, please fill out the enrollment paper that was handed out at conferences or you can enroll online by clicking here.
• Summer Enrichment:  If you are looking for additional summer opportunities for your child you can check out CPS Enrichment Summer School which is July 10-27.  You can check out the information by clicking here.

What's Been Happening in 2nd Grade?

• Math: This week, we focused on different strategies of adding multi-digit numbers.  We talked about using base ten blocks to help us add larger numbers, and adding together partial sums.  Below you will find an example of both of these strategies.  Next week, we will be finishing up Unit 6 and taking our end of unit test.  We will also be starting Unit 7 which will work on adding numbers, data collection, and measurement.

This example shows using base ten (place value blocks) to solve a three digit plus a three digit number.

This example shows adding together partial sums to solve a two digit number.

• Writing: This week, we picked two topics that are similar (example: two animals, two people, two countries, etc.) for our "Which is Better" research project.  The students put their researching skills into practice on Thursday and Friday by researching not one but two topics!  If you aren't following us on Twitter (@MossRBE) you missed out on our Tweet & pictures about this - so start following us or look at the sidebar on the right of our blog page to see what you've been missing!
• Reading: This week, we have continued to focus on identifying the main idea of nonfiction passages and articles and the supporting details.  We talked about the main idea being like the surface of the table and the supporting details the legs of the table.  The students have a good understanding of this concept!  Next week, we will look at fictional texts and begin to have a conversation about theme.

• Word Study: This week, we looked at different long i vowel patterns (igh, y & CVCe words).  Next week, we will continue our conversation about long i vowel patterns.  Next weeks words will look at the patterns igh, icc, and y.  Next week's words are: light, sight, fright, fight, wild, kind, child, wind, fry & spy.
• Science/Social Studies: Next week, we will be starting to have a conversation about geography.  We will be looking at a world map and talking about temperature.  We will also talk about where water is found on Earth and by thinking of the location explaining why the water would be likely to be salt or fresh, warm or cold, and solid or liquid.

Informational Book Writing Celebration

This afternoon, we had an opportunity to share the informational books that we worked so incredibly hard on!  The students were placed in small groups and they read out loud their books.  The students shared out facts that they learned from what other student's studied.  Since there was a "hole" lot that they "donut" know about animals that they wanted to learn, at the end everyone had a chance to celebrate their hard work by enjoying donut holes!  The informational book that the students wrote are coming home in his/her backpack.

Free Read Friday

After library checkout, we always have an opportunity to read for 30 minutes.  Today they enjoyed their books, and just looked so cute reading that I wanted to share a few photos!

Have a wonderful weekend!