Some Friendly Reminders! :)
- 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
- Conferences: This week we started Parent/Teacher Conferences, and next week we will finish them up. This is one of our favorite times of the year to be able to show the growth that your child has made! We are looking forward to meeting with every family!
Look What's Happening in Moss World!
- Math: On Wednesday, we reviewed Unit 3 (subtraction) and took our end of the unit test. We will be sharing this assessment with you at your child's P/T Conferences. We also started Unit 4 (time, measurement and place value). We started learning about how to tell time on an analog clock and will be continuing to practice this skill during the next couple of weeks. Your child's goal, at the end of this unit, is to be able to tell time to the nearest 5 minute using AM and PM. This would be something that would be super helpful for you to practice on at home!
- Writing: We have started writing the middle of our second small moment stories. This week, we broke our story down into three events and worked hard on adding important details to each event. Next week, we will finish writing our middle and add the lead paragraph.
- Reading: This week, we started working on visualizing. Visualizing is an important skill for readers to have. When a reader visualizes what they are reading, they are able to better comprehend what's happening in the story. As students continue to grow as readers, the books will have less and less pictures, and visualizing will become more and more important. We will continue practicing this skill next week.
- Fundations: This week, we reviewed two Fundations rules that we had learned earlier this year.
- Do you know the rule when to use -ick or -ic at an end of a word? Your child does! Ask him/her the rule. If they need a hint, remind them about syllables and short vowel! :)
- You can also ask your child about when to double the f, l and s at the end of a word. In Fundations this is called a bonus letter that happens in short vowel words.
- Social Studies: This week, we started learning about Colonial times. We learned that the Colonial period is between 1607 (Jamestown colony established) and 1776 (the end of the American Revolution). We also discovered why all the 13 original colonies were on the east coast of the United States. We started learning about what Colonial men, women and children wore. Next week, we will also be learning about what the work that men, women and children did in Colonial times. Your child's goal, at the end of this unit, is to be able to compare the life of a person from Colonial times to their life.
- As a celebration of our learning about Colonial America, we will have Colonial Day on November 28! We need your help to make this fun learning experience a success! We need parent volunteers (8:00-10:30) and a few supplies. Please click here to be able to look over our SignUp Genius to see what is needed. We appreciate all your support!
Upcoming Events
- November 16 - No School (P/T Conferences)
- November 21-25 - No School (Thanksgiving Break)
- November 28 - Colonial Day (8:00-10:30) ***new event***
- November 30 - RBE Spirit Pajama Day
Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm! Make sure to send your child in a winter coat next week!
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