We had a fantastic Friday today!
Pizza &
Pajamas
For lunch, we had
our 2nd Trimester Pizza Party. The kiddos enjoyed eating lunch in the
classroom and eating pizza, chips, healthy side & a dessert! Today
was also RBE's February Spirit Day & it was Pajama Day! We were having too much fun at the pizza party to get pictures. :)
5th Grade
Colonial Wax Museum
We went and
visited Ms. Archer's 5th grade class and their wax museum. The kiddos
were dressed up and had props as they told about colonial times. This
correlated wonderfully with what we learned about colonial jobs and dress in
November!
Lots of Learning is Happening in Room 26!
Reading
We have been working hard making inferences while we read. An
inference is an assumption that can be made about what is happening in the
book. You need two things to make an inference: 1) evidence from the book & 2) schema from your head. Last week,
we had focused on making inferences from clues that were provided. This
week, we focused on making inferences from short passages. Next week, we
will continue to work on inferences from short passages and comic strips.
Spelling
This week, we have continued to work on making words past-tense.
We talked about needing to double the last consonant and then add
"ed" to CVC words (example: clap - clapped), dropping the
"e" and then adding "ed" to CVCe words (example: skate -
skated), and then adding "ed" to CVVC & VCC words (example: mark-
marked). Next week, we will continue to work on past tense words, but
will focus on irregular past tense words. Below is a chart of the next
week's spelling words. The purple words are the spelling words, but we will
also be expecting students to be able to spell the present tense words correct
in their writing. Please make sure that you are practicing your child's
spelling words with him/her!
Writing
This week in writing, we have worked on second opinion piece about
our favorite flavor of ice cream. Our focus has been on making sure that
the reasons to support their opinion are specific to only their flavor.
The students were expected to come up with two specific reasons to
support their opinion and then a counter argument of why they did not like a
different flavor of ice cream. We made a really cute ice cream cones and
these are hung in the hallway. The next time you come to school, make
sure you check these out! To celebrate all of our hard work we had an ice
cream party today!
Next week, we will continue to work on opinion writing. Last
week, we took notes using PebbleGo, on two places that we would like to live
(which correlates with our Social Studies objectives). Our third opinion piece
will be on our favorite place to live. We will be using a writing
checklist to create a four paragraph opinion piece that has two specific
reasons why s/he would like to live in either a small town, city, suburb, rural
area, desert, polar region, rain forest, mountains, plains by the ocean, or on
an island. Then a counter argument why s/he would not want to live in a
different part of the world.
Math
We continued to work on subtraction with regrouping (borrowing).
We have learned how to solve 2 & 3 digit subtraction problems with
regrouping twice. Next week, we will continue to work on solving
subtraction problems with regrouping twice and also regrouping across a 0
(example: 405 - 278). We will also be practicing solving addition and
subtraction word problems containing extra information.
Health
We started our health unit this week. As a kick off to our
health unit, Alice's dad came in to speak with us because he works in the
healthcare profession. He talked with us about his job as
anesthesiologist nurse. Next week, the students will have the opportunity
to read about all the different body systems and take notes. By the end
of our health unit, your child will have learned about the circulatory,
digestive, muscular, nervous, respiratory and skeletal systems.
Planetarium
On Tuesday, 2nd grade will be going to the planetarium at RBHS.
We will be loading the bus at 9:15 and will be getting back around 10:45.
This is a change from what we had on the Friday Folder checklist - sorry!
Counselor
This week in counselor, Mr. Smith talked with the class about
importance of safety and what to do if something was to happen that they felt
was unsafe. When making a decision there are 3 R's that the kiddos were
taught: Recognize (is the situation safe?), Refuse (if the situation is unsafe
say) and Report (tell a trusted adult).
The students also learned 8 "Never, Never Rules."
1.
Never,
never go in water without an older person.
2.
Never,
never use sharp tools with out an older person's help.
3.
Never,
never ride on wheels without a helmet.
4.
Never,
never ride in a car without a seat belt.
5.
Never,
never touch a dog without asking the person in charge.
6.
Never,
never touch guns.
7.
Never,
never play with fire.
8.
Never,
never cross the street without looking both ways.
Mr. Smith with be revisiting the importance of safety during his
next counselor class. Please let me or Mr. Smith know if you have any questions!
Lots of Items Are Due Next Week!
Six Flags Read to Succeed
A Student Reading Log came home with your child at the beginning
of January for the Six Flags Read to Succeed program. Your child must log
6 hours (360 minutes). This form is due to Mrs. McKinzie by February 28.
Yearbooks
A year book order
form came home at the beginning of February. Yearbooks are $7 and can be
ordered until Wednesday, March 1. If you are wanting to order a yearbook
for your child please send in the order form & money by Wednesday.
Book It
As a reminder,
February's Book It form is due by Thursday, March 2. For your child to be
able to receive a free personal pan pizza your child needs to log 300 minutes
of reading for the month. Homework reading can be used for a part of this
time.
Read Week is Almost Here!!
RBE's 3rd Annual Read Week is during the week of March 6! We
are so super excited to have LOTS of different guest readers. If you
would like the opportunity to come in and read a favorite book to the class
there are still a few openings available. You can checkout our SignUp Genius page with our
available times. I just wanted to reiterate that our classroom &
MS. Mottaz's classroom are peanut free - so if you choose to bring in a snack to
share with the class as a connection to the book you read, please make it
peanut free. As a reminder, we will have a special Munch &
Read Lunch on Tuesday, March 7. You can come to school to eat lunch
and read with your child. Munch & Read Lunch will be from 11:00-11:45.
I hope that you can make it - if you are able to come please let us know
by signing up on the SignUp Genius. We will be sending home a form on Monday, please fill it out if you are planning to attend (even if you signed up online), so we can give the cafeteria an idea of how many lunches will be needed that day.
To celebrate the love of reading during our Read Week, each day
will be a different dress up day.
- Monday, March 6: Mixed Up Monday! (wear your clothes inside out,
backwards or mismatched)
- Tuesday, March 7: Top Hat Tuesday! (wear
your favorite hat to school)
- Wednesday, March 8: Who's Who Wednesday! (dress
as your favorite book character)
- Thursday, March 9: Think Green Thursday! (in
honor of Green Eggs & Ham - wear green)
- Friday, March 10: Flannel Friday! (wear flannel - pajamas,
shirts, etc.)
A flyer is also coming home in your child's Friday Folder - so
make sure you look this over & start planning! :) You can click here to view the flyer.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann
