Happy November!

This trimester is flying by and I cannot believe that it is already November!

Parent/Teacher Conferences
We start Parent/Teacher Conferences next week.  Mrs. Ross and I try to do all conferences together, so we spread them out over two weeks.  If you have not already sent back in your blue form confirming you P/T Conference time, please do so as soon as possible.

Upcoming Events

• November 5 - No School (Teacher Work Day)
• November 6 - No School (Election Day)
• November 7 - PTA Meeting at 6:00 in the Media Center
• November 9 - Veterans Day Assembly in the gym at 9:30 ***correct time***
• November 16 - No School (P/T Conferences)
• November 21-25 - No School (Thanksgiving Break)
• November 30 - RBE Spirit Pajama Day

Food Drive
Service Club is having their yearly food drive.  Second grade is collecting smooth peanut butter.  If you would like to donate any peanut butter, you can send it in with your student.  

Book Fair
The book fair will be open during the week of November 12-16.  This is a great place to get some books for your students to read at home.  The book fair schedule is below.

• Monday 7:30 AM-5:00 PM
• Tuesday  7:30 AM-5:00 PM
• Wednesday  7:30 AM-5:00 PM
• Thursday  7:30 AM-7:00 PM
• Friday 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Veterans Day Assembly

The students have been working extremely hard with Mrs. Sharp to put together a Veterans Day Assembly.  Our students will be performing at 9:30 on November 9 (next Friday).  Please have your child wear red, white & blue on Friday!  The wrong time was reported in the Bear Facts - so please make sure that you have the correct time on your calendar!

Bear Facts

If you have not already had a chance to look through the Bear Facts, make sure you check out it - especially the section on Zones of Regulation because there are several pictures from our classroom in this section! :)

What We're Learning in 2nd Grade!

• Math: 
• This week, we finished up Unit 3 on Subtraction.
• Next week, we will review and take the end of unit test.  Our next unit will focus on time and measurement.
• Writing: 
• This week, we started our second small moment story.  The students are working so hard on this piece of writing!
• Next week, we will continue to work on our story!
• Reading: 
• This week, we talked about what to do if you come to an unknown word.  We reviewed decoding strategies (picture below) and how to use context clues
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• Next week, we will be talking about how visualizing helps us understand what is happening in our story.
• Fundations: 
• This week, we finished up Unit 5 on suffixes and took the end unit quiz.
• Next week, we will be reviewing the rules that we have learned so far in Fundations and trick words.  The following week, we will be starting Unit 6 - we sent home the introduction letter to this unit in your child's Friday Folder.
• Science & Social Studies: 
• This week in Science, we finished up our Properties of Materials unit and took the CPS district assessment on Physical Science.  We are super proud of the students! 
• Next week, we will be starting our Colonial Unit in Social Studies.

We are looking forward to meeting with everyone over the next few weeks at conferences!  I hope that your child enjoys their 4 day weekend!