Spring Break is Here!

Happy Friday!

I hope you have had a wonderful week!  We have had a great week in 2nd grade!  There is information about our fun activities for the week, as well as our plan for after Spring Break

RBE Mission: Rock Bridge Elementary is a community of lifelong learners where everyone learns in a safe, supportive environment.

RBE Motto: Everyone learns at RBE!

No Friday Folders
There are no Friday folders this week.  The next Friday folder will come home on Friday, April 7.

Reading with the Stars

• Here is the entire day of Live Feed from our Reading with the Stars event.  You can "fast forward" to see the sessions the kids didn't get to see or if there were any they really enjoyed and want to watch again.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbKoMaiG-w4

Fun Events from the Week

• James and the Giant Peach watch party

• The kids really enjoyed the watch party.  We had a great discussion about the similarities and differences between the movie and the book.
• Bugz Play by 1st Grade
• The first graders performed a Bugz musical on Thursday.  It was very cute.  We have some very talented students!




• MakerSpace



















• Today in MakerSpace, the students enjoyed playing different games together.
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• Brain Cap

 Our normal picture.  :)

Our thinking picture.  :)
• We learned about the Nervous system this week and the students created "Brain Caps" with facts about the brain
• Sick Day




• We had a great class celebration today.  The students enjoyed being "sick" at school.  :)
• "Local" Authors




• Addi wrote a book and it was illustrated by Avery.  They shared it with the class.

• Alice wrote a book and shared it with the class.

• Lexi read Sometimes You Barf for Sick Day
• Famous People Posters




• During intervention, two of the groups have been studying famous Americans.  Today they shared their posters with the class.
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• Mrs. Howard's Award

• Mrs. Howard was named Teacher of the Year by Columbia Fund for Excellence. Congratulations to Mrs. Howard, this is a great honor and we are lucky to have her at RBE!

Field Trips
We have some upcoming field trips.  The dates and approximate times are below.

• Wednesday, April 5: TRYPS Performance for James and the Giant Peach at Macklanburg Playhouse on Stephens College Campus
• We will be gone from approximately 8:45-11:00.
• We have moved our lunch time back on this day to make sure students have plenty of time to eat.
• Wednesday, April 12: We Are Always Swing presentation at Hickman High School
• We will be gone from approximately 8:45-10:45.
• Tuesday, May 2: Runge Nature Center in Jeff City
• More information will be coming home about this after Spring Break.
• Parents can chaperone this field trip if you would like to join us.  
• There will be a place on the permission slip to indicate an interest in going.

Week After Spring Break

• Math
• Your student's math test should have come home yesterday.  If you haven't signed and returned it yet, please do so after Spring Break.
• Our next unit in math is measurement.  We will be working on identifying the proper unit (inch, foot, yard) for different objects, determining the difference in length between 2 items which will also allow them to practice their measuring skills.
• Reading
• We will continue taking notes on non fiction with body systems.  The week after Spring Break will be our last week doing body systems.
• The following week, we will be working on comparing texts.  We have been comparing James and the Giant Peach and Matilda through our read alouds.  We will also be comparing information found when researching to compare and contrast information from different sources.
• Writing
• Our next writing project will be a combination of informational and opinion writing.  The students will be creating a Would You Rather book.  They will be choosing from seasons, jobs, countries, pets, people or holidays as a general topic, then be choosing 2 specific topics to research and compare.  Once these are completed, we will be having a Showcase for parents/grandparents, etc. to come in and see all their wonderful work.  Our goal is to have this before the end of April.  We will let you know the date as it gets closer.  
• Science/Health
• We will continue working on our final body system.  We will be learning about the digestive system.  Its function, organs, how to keep it healthy and also how it helps other systems. 
• Grammar
• We will be doing a specific grammar lesson each week.  Our first focus will be on compound words.  Students will learning what are compound words and have an opportunity to sort compound words and not compound words, then creating different compound words.
• Spelling Words
• Our next group of spelling words focus on r-controlled vowels.  It is not required for students to practice their spelling words for homework, but the words are getting more challenging, so please encourage your child to study.  We work on them in class, but for some students, this isn't enough practice for them.  
• ar: dark, smart, harm
• ir: dirt, whirl, thirst
• or: north, porch, storm
• ur: burn, burst, hurt

Spring Break Pictures

• If you take any pictures of your student/family over Spring Break, whether it's a vacation or a stay-cation, that you would like to share, feel free to send them in the Monday after Spring Break.  We will display the pictures in the classroom. 

Have a fabulous Spring Break!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann