Happy Friday!
I cannot believe that tomorrow is the 60th annual RBE Chicken
BBQ! The BBQ runs from 4:00-8:00 pm. Remember that you need to park
at Rock Bridge High School and a bus will shuttle you over to the elementary
school. I hope to see everyone tomorrow. Ms. Mottaz & I are
working the drive thru from 4:00-6:00. Be sure to check out the silent
auction. An itemized list came home yesterday with your child about
everything that you can bid on. There are lots of different items!
In the Teacher Town section we have 2 pictures (of the Moss class), 2 crafts
(every Moss student created a portion of each craft), and 2 pizza lunch party
certificates that you can purchase for your child & a couple of
friends. Below is a preview of the pictures and crafts.
School to Home Communication
There are a
variety of ways that we communicate with you on a weekly basis. The
Friday Folder, that comes home on Friday & is returned to school on Monday,
is a way that I can share with you specifics about how your child is performing
in the classroom. The other major way that I share out information about
what is happening in the classroom is through our weekly blog updates &
various emails that I may send out about things. I really try my best to make
the blog and emails full of information that you want to know - so please read
through it so you are informed! If you ever have a question or concern
please let me know - email is really the best way to get a hold me!
2nd Grade STEAM Club!
2nd grade
students have an opportunity to participate in STEAM Club. Ms. Mottaz
& I sponsor STEAM Club and we will meet once a month starting in
November. This club is usually really well received by students and is
filled on a first come basis. A permission slip will be coming home on
Monday in your child's Friday Folder - so be on the look out for it! If
this is something that your child is interested in attending, please fill out
the permission slip and return as soon as possible. We take the first 40
students that sign up. The club will meet from 2:45-3:45. So for
your child to be able to attend, s/he will need to be able to picked up at
3:45.
Fall Pumpkin Book Project
Just a reminder that your
child's fall pumpkin book project is due October 24; however, you finish the
project before the due date you can send it in with your child. We
already have few pumpkin characters that have made an appearance. If you
have any questions, please let me know!
Fall Harvest Party
The Fall Harvest Party is
October 27 from 1:45-2:30. Kristy Rysdam, has developed a Sign Up Genius
for materials that are need for the party. Please check out the Sign Up
Genius by clicking here. If you are able to come the day of the party
we would love to have you!
Library Checkout
Just a reminder that our library checkout day is Friday.
Please help your child remember to bring back his/her library books every
week! Mrs. McKinzie & Mrs. Wood in the Media Center appreciate this.
Missouri Weather is Changing
You never quite know what type of weather we will be having in
Missouri! This week has had lows in the 40's and highs in the 80's.
Below is an expectation chart that we use at RBE to decide what needs to be
worn outside. If the temperature is at least 60 degrees your child does
not need a jacket, but if the temperature is below 60 degrees your child needs a
sweatshirt or light jacket. We have been talking about that it might be
easiest to keep one of these items in your child's backpack.
October
is Bilingual Child Month!
As a celebration
of Bilingual Child Month, Ahmad's mom and sister came in today and shared about
Libya. Ahmad's mom read Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? in
Arabic and then his sister read in English. It was really neat to be able
to hear both parts of the story together! They also made a special sweet
bread to share with the class. Each student also had the opportunity to
have his/her name written in Arabic - which is coming home in your child's
backpack. Ahmad also showed off his traditional clothes that are worn in
Libya. It was a great learning experience!
Bird
Day Field Trip & Bird Wise
The kiddos had a BLAST on our field trip on Wednesday! We
are so super lucky that the Audubon Society and the CPS Science Department put
it on for us. We learned about birds of prey, bird banding, different bird
adaptations, and what owl pellets are. They learned so much! You can check out the
pictures from our Bird Day field trip here.
The Audubon Society is also hosting a Bird Wise learning
opportunity at Daniel Boone Regional Library on Sunday. You can check out
the flyer below with information. This might be a great follow up for
your kiddo from the field trip this week!
What's
Been Happening in 2nd Grade?
- Math: We
are wrapping up Unit 2 on addition strategies and we will be taking our
Unit 2 assessment on Tuesday and Thursday next week. Coming home in
your child's Friday Folder are the Home Links for Unit 2. These are
a great resource for you to be able to review with your child on what we
have learned during Unit 2. These Home Links do not need to be
returned to school.
- Writing: This
week, the students peer edited their writing looking for
capitalization and punctuation. We also taught students about
revising and the kiddos worked hard on either adding, removing, moving or
substituting words to make their writing the BEST that it can be. We
finished up teacher conferencing with the students on their first small
moment (personal narrative) story, and next week we will start publishing
this story.
- Reading: We
are still working on identifying and explaining what the story elements
are in a book that has been read. In second grade, when we discuss
story elements we are specifically thinking about the characters and their
traits, the setting (when and where), the problem and the solution.
We have also been talking about why an author wrote a book.
- Social
Studies: We will continue to
discuss and talk about rural and urban.
- Word
Study: This week we started to focus on vowel
patterns. Our first vowel pattern that we studied was short and long
a. We learned that "e" is a magic letter that turns a
short vowel into a long vowel sound. Next week we will focus
on short o and long o words. Next
week's words are: clock, chop, spot, rock, job, joke,
stove, broke, hope, those.
Junior Achievement
Yesterday was our
last Junior Achievement time with Mrs. Dent. We talked about money and
played a fun memory game with money. A certificate is coming home in your
child's Friday Folder for completing Junior Achievement, and Mrs. Dent also gave
the pencil and a sticker (these are coming home in your child's backpack
today).
Book Talks with Mrs. McKinzie
Today Mrs.
McKinzie came and shared three books for her October Book Talk. The books
she talked about are below - so you can check them out! :)
Black and Gold Day!
Next Friday will be Black and Gold day to celebrate MU Homecoming. If your student would like to participate, they can wear black and gold to school next Friday.
Have a fabulous weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone at the Chicken BBQ tomorrow!
Mrs. Ross
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