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! :)
At the end
of the day, Emily Arrow toured our school to see all the door decorations and
we sang "The Dot" song.
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!
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 me 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 Ms. Mottaz, the students 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 Ms. Mottaz, we will continue to work on geometry and
I 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 and stay warm!
Mrs.Ross
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