Happy Friday

Happy Friday!  We have had a fun and learning filled three days of school - hoping for four days next week and then a full five days the following week!  Come on Spring!!!

Parent/Teacher Conferences

We are looking forward to meeting with everyone during P/T Conferences!  This is such a valuable communication to be able to show all the growth and learning that your child is making.  When you are waiting - checkout the long bulletin board with the QR codes - that has all the student's book trailers. Also, checkout our first round of opinion writing about Hershey's Kisses!  So much to see in our hall. :)

Yearbook Orders & Six Flags Read to Succeed - due Thursday

At the beginning of February, your child received an order form for a 2018-2019 RBE Yearbook.  If you would like your child to have a yearbook, please return the order form by Thursday, February 28.

In January, your child received a reading log for Six Flags Read to Succeed.  After your child has completed the assigned amount of reading and filled out the reading log, please return to school.  This reading log is also due on Thursday, February 28.

Student Banner...SHHHH, It's A Surpise!

Coming home in your child's backpack is the 2nd Trimester Student Banner paper (click here to be able to print the banner off).  We are asking for parents to create a banner for their student.  These banners will be hung up in the classroom.  Please return the banner by Monday, March 4.  If you would like to bring your child's banner with you to your P/T Conference, return it in your child's Friday Folder, or you can send it in an envelope or folder with your child to school.

Upcoming Events

• February 25-28 - P/T Conference Week and Book Fair
• 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
  *Don't forget Special Friends and Family day in specials on Tuesday, February 26th. Families are welcome to come visit the book fair with their child after their specials class.
• February 26 - Special Family & Friend's Day
• You are invited to come and visit your child during specials (1:35-2:25) for Special Family & Friend's Day! 
• Ms. Mottaz students will start in P.E. and then travel to Music.
• Mrs. Ross students will start in Art and then travel to Media. 
• The Book Fair will be open on this day.  If you would like to come early or stay late to take your kiddo this would be a great opportunity.  
• We understand that 2:25 is really close to the end of the day.  If you would like to pick up your child early we understand.  However, if someone, other than parent, will be picking up your child early, you will need to write a note giving permission.
• March 1 - No School (P/T Conference)
• March 4-8 - RBE Read Week - "Long for a Good Book"
• Each day of Read Week, will be a special dress up day.  Checkout the flyer in your child's backpack or below for the details!
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• If you would like to read to the class there are still openings available.  Please click here to sign up for a time using SignUp Genius.  
• March 7 - Kindergarten Enrollment Night
• If your family has child who will be enrolled in kindergarten next year, or if you know of another family, please come to Kindergarten Enrollment Night!
• This is 4:00-6:00 at RBE.  You can contact the school office for more information.
• March 14 - 2nd Trimester Pizza Party Lunch
• Your child does not need to bring a lunch, but can choose to bring a drink 20 ounce or less - no glass.
• Your child will still need a snack for that morning.  We will be eating lunch a little later than usual (11:45 on this day).

Look At All This Learning!

• Math
• We started a new math unit this week, which focuses on measurement, addition and data.  This week, we worked on adding four 2-digit numbers together, to figure out if there would be enough seats in a theater for all four classes to go.  
• Next week, we will work on solving 3-digit addition problems and measuring to the nearest yard and nearest meter.
• Writing
• We started our Which is Better writing this week.  We reviewed the rubric and began our lead paragraph.  
• Next week, we will review strong and weak work examples and discuss what we can do as authors to make our writing the best it can be!  We will then work on body paragraphs.  By then end of this writing your child will have created a 10 paragraph book - very impressive for a second grader!
• Fundations
• We have learned that there are four ways to make the long a sound (a, a-e, ai and ay).  This week we focused on spelling words that have ai and ay.  We learned that when the long a comes at the end of the word it is typically ay.  When the long a comes in the middle of the word it can be spelled with either an ai or a-e.  
• We also learned about homophones (two or more words that sound the same, are spelled differently and have different meanings).  Today we talked about main, mane, and Maine. 
• We will keep working on both of these skills next week.
• Reading
• This week, we finished up thinking about sensory details in texts.
• Next week, we are focusing on asking and answering questions while reading.  We will be talking about answering questions before, during and after reading.  As a reader, asking questions helps us to focus on what we are reading and better comprehend the text.
• Science
• Ask your child about the exploration activity that we did with the "Sun" and "Earth" today, and what they discovered about where it is warmest and coldest on Earth.

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend, and please let me know if you have any questions!