Happy Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you have had a wonderful week so far.  We have had a fun filled 3 days for sure!  Lots of information and pictures in this post!

Just a reminder, there will be no Friday folders this week and no school on Friday, February 17 or Monday, February 20

Parent Teacher Conferences
We have enjoyed meeting with parents the first two days of conferences and are looking forward to meeting with everyone else today and tomorrow.  Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come meet and discuss your student's progress!

Showcase/Special Friends Day
Monday was a great Special Friends Day and Showcase.  I know the students enjoyed getting to have special visitors at specials with them.  Thank you to everyone who was able to come!

Valentine's Day Party
We had a great Valentine's Day Party.  A huge thank you to everyone who sent in supplies or helped out at the party.  The kids had a blast!

Diggin' in Trash
Your student may have come home on Monday and said we made them dig in the trash, which is some what true.  :)  We had bags of clean trash for them to dig through and infer about the family/location the trash came from.  They had to support their inferences with evidence from the trash and their schema.  It was funny to see which pieces of trash stood out to them.

Which Kiss tastes the best?
Today, we taste test of Hershey's Kisses  that will be used with our opinion writing.  The students enjoyed most of the flavors.  :)  Ask your student which was their favorite.  We had them write down things they liked and didn't like about the flavors.

Pizza Party
We will have our 2nd Trimester Pizza Party next Friday, February 24.  Students will each get 2 slices of pizza, a healthy side and a dessert.  Students may bring in a drink if they would like.  No larger than 20 ounces and plastic or aluminum only, no glass.  :)

Next Week
Math

• Next week, we will continue working on subtraction with and without regrouping.  The students have learned how to use tens frames, hundreds charts, number lines and the traditional algorithm for subtracting.  Please continue to practice subtraction facts at home so they know them quick and fast when solving 2 and 3-digit subtraction problems.  

Hundreds Chart for 36-24

Circle the 36, go up 2 tens (for 20) and cross them out, then count back 4 (from the ones place of 24) crossing them out as you go and circle the 4th number, that is our answer.

Tens Frame for 36-24

Draw 4 tens frames and fill in 3 of them all the way with dots, then on the 4th tens frame fill in 6 spaces.  Cross out the 4 ones to start, then cross out 2 full tens frames (for the 20).  You are left with one full tens frame and 2 extras, so the answer is 12.  

Traditional Algorithm with Regrouping

Reading

• This week, we have started learning to make inferences.  Inferences are made using schema (background knowledge) and clues from the text.  We practiced this by digging in the trash that has pictures above.  We also had mystery bags today where the students had to infer what was in the bag based on the clues.  They were all stumped by a clothespin.  :)
• Next week, we will continue working on inferences using short passages and finding evidence within the text.

Writing

• We have started our opinion writing unit.  We did a continuum on Monday where they had to choose between two items (types of pizza, cookies, colors, etc) and then explain why the one they chose was better.  Today, we taste tested Hershey's Kisses (pictures above) and tomorrow they will write an opinion pieces about their favorite flavor using evidence from our taste test.  The Dark Chocolate ones were the least favorite for most students.  :)  After we finished the Hershey's Kiss opinion, they will write an opinion about ice cream flavors (we like food) and then we will use our notes from reading about places to live and write an opinion piece about the best place to live.  

Social Studies

• We are continuing to research different places to live.  The students are using their note taking skills learned in reading to keep their information organized.  They will use this information to write an opinion piece in the coming weeks.  

Science

• February 28 we will be going to the Planetarium at Rock Bridge High School.  They will get to watch a short movie and then get to see the stars.  We will be gone from approximately 9:30-10:30.

Have a fabulous evening!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday

What’s Happening in Room 27

   Showcase is Monday!:  Monday is Showcase Case.  Students will be presenting during their specials time.  Our specials are from 12:45-1:35.  Please check in at the office (or with a volunteer at the door) and then head to art.  You will spend part of the time in art and then go to media (which is in Room 19 on Monday).  I will then pick the students up from there at the end of specials.  The students have some fun things to share with you.  :)  Feel free to go down and check out the Book Fair in the Media Center while you are here.  There will be a lot of great books.

·        Math: This week started to introduce new strategies on subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers. We started with ten frames, number lines, and hundred charts this week. We are also continuing to practice our 2 and 3 digit addition problems.

o   Next week in math we will continue to work on 2 and 3 digit subtracting unit. We will practice the strategies we learn this week and begin to learn more. We will start to moving into solving subtraction problem through algorithm (stacking)

·       Reading: We have been working on identifying main idea of the article and for each paragraph. We have also been identifying supporting details in each paragraph too. We have been practicing with different nonfiction articles.

o   Next week, in reading we will be working on inferring. We have discussed inferring before, so we know a little about it already! We will dig deeper into inferring and see what all inferring might include!

         Spelling: This week and last week we worked on identifying the sound made by –ed at the end of the word. It can make a /d/, /t/, or /id/ sound.

o   Next week, we will continue with words ending in –ed, but this time working on different ways to add the –ed. We will be looking at CVC words, CVCe words, and words that you just add -ed.

  Our words this week are clipped, knotted, rubbed, tasted, skated, traded, scored, wasted, marked, and stamped

          Writing: This week, we are finishing up our information writing about the animal of our choice. We are working so hard on publishing our writing. We are adding different text features to our published work and using our best handwriting. We are so excited to show off your students work to you!  The students got to share their work with their classmates today.

o   Next week we will be starting our opinion writing. We have fun activities this week where we will have to make really hard decisions on our favorite thing and give reasons why it is our favorite. We also we be making counter arguments on why the others are not our favorite!

·         Social Studies: Today in social studies, we read a book on Abe Lincoln. We identifying the main idea and details on the book. We have been working on identifying the main idea and details from paragraphs from a passage and now we will be practicing identifying from a book.

o   Next week in Social Studies, we will be researching different place where we would like to live. We will pick 2 places to research and then pick the place we would most like to live! We will give reasons why we would rather live in one place instead of the other based on the facts we have researched.

 Counselor Appreciation Week: We have a wonderful counselor, Mr. Smith, at RBE and we made him a poster to show our appreciation today.

·         Maker Space: Today in Makerspace, the students used their creativity with infusion beads! They had different outlines to choose from or they could design their own. The students choose what colors they wanted to create with. An adult ironed their beads so they would stick together. Your student should have their creations in their backpack!

·         In your student’s Friday folder there will be the new Friday checklist which, is green and the finished one which is pink. Please keep the finished pink checklist and initial and return the new green one!

·         There also will be no homework this week!

·         Parent Teacher Conferences! Parent Teacher Conferences are next week! (Feb 13-16) We are so excited to meet all of you! Your confirmed time is on your students Friday Folder Checklist under the comments.  While you're here for your conference, make sure to check out the Book Fair in the Media Center.

We will see you next week!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann 

Happy Friday!

 What's Happening in Room 27

• Science: Today in science, we did an experiment to find out how glaciers can change the land as they go over it.  The students used clean ice cubes and sandy ice cubes and drug them across aluminum foil.  Ask your student what happened when they drug each across the foil.  :)

• Math: Today, we took our post-test on 2 & 3 digit addition.  We will be sharing these tests with your child next week & then be sharing them with you at Parent/Teacher Conferences the following week.  Next week, we will be starting our 2 & 3 digit subtraction unit.  We will be talking about different strategies to solve multi-digit subtraction problems (tens frames, hundreds charts & number lines) next week, and then moving onto solving these problems through the algorithm (stacking).
• Reading: Last week, we were working on identifying the main idea of an article and the main idea of each paragraph.  This week, we focused on identifying the details that support the main idea.  We will continue with identifying the main idea & supporting details as we read next week.
• Spelling: We will have the same spelling words next week as we did last week.  Our spelling words: snapped, dripped, zipped, stirred, chopped, shouted, cheered, spoiled, pointed & chained.
• Writing: We have been working SO hard on our informational writing about an animal of our choice.  This week, we focused on revising & editing our writing to make it even BETTER than it already was.  We have been talking a lot about turning our writing from a thumbs up (doing what is expected) to a double thumbs up (going above and beyond).  We used CUPS (editing) & ARMS (revising) this week during our process.  Ask your child about something that s/he did to make their writing better.

Read Week

March 6-10 is Read Week.  One of the BEST parts of this week is having the opportunity for family members to be able to come in and read to our class.  We have made a variety of time slots available for you to be able to come in & read to the class.  To help you be able to signup for a time that works best for your schedule we have created a Sign Up Genius.  You will find time slots for Monday-Thursday (March 6-9).  The time slots include 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 10:10, 10:30, 11:45, 12:15, 1:40 & 2:00.  Most of the time slots are 30 minutes but a few are 20 minutes.  Also, as a reminder we have our Munch & Read Lunch on Tuesday, March 7, at 11:00.  This is a time that you can come and have lunch with your kiddo and read with him/her.  If you are wanting to attend Munch & Read - there is spot for you to sign up also (this is not a spot to read to the class, but just to let us know that you plan on eating lunch with your child that day).

MakerSpace

Today in MakerSpace, the students were creative using the Extraordinaires program (here is video of explanation of this activity).  They had to design a way for a fairy to protect itself from the fairy hunter.  They had 7 minutes to design and draw their invention and then they presented it to the class.  

The fairy

 The task card (what they had to create)

 Chance and Savanna created the Grassray.

 Michael and Samuel created the Green Shield.

 Adam and Alice created the Magic bracelet.

 Caitlin and Jameson created the Protector Shield 109.

 Wesley and Hanna created Total Nature.

 Braden and Luci created a Leaf Sword Shield and Grassblade.

 Kylie and Ian created the Rocket Umbrella.

 Quentin and Hazel created Unbreakable Armor.

Owen and Harper created the Wing Soaring Backpack.

Parent Teacher Conference Times

Parent Teacher Conference Confirmation forms are in your student's Friday folder.  Please confirm the time will work with your schedule, then sign and return the bottom half with your student on Tuesday.  I am looking forward to meeting with everyone to share all your student's hard work.  If you aren't able to meet at the time I have your conference scheduled, please list a time that would work better with your schedule.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann

Happy 102nd Day of School

Happy 102nd Day of School!

Wow!  102nd Day of School!  The students have worked so hard and grown so much in the 102 days they have been in 2nd grade.  I can't wait to see them continue to grow the rest of the school year!

102nd Day of 2nd Grade
We had fun today celebrating both the 102nd Day in 2nd Grade and Groundhog's Day.  Check out the pictures here.  The students came up with as many ways to represent 102 as possible.  They created number sentences as well as pictures.  It was very impressive all the ways they created.  Ask your student some of the ways they created 102.  They also worked in pairs to try to come up with 102 words related to school.  We used the words to create a Word Cloud about school.

Groundhogs Day
We also had fun celebrating Groundhogs Day today.  We read some books about groundhogs and then they wrote about what a ground does on its day off.  They are hanging in the hallway, if you're at school, check them out!

Conference Times
Conference times will be in your student's Friday folder tomorrow.  Please make sure to check the time and send back the confirmation sheet.  I will also write the conference time in your student's Friday folder next week.

Pizza Party
Alice's family will be bringing in pizza to celebrate her birthday tomorrow, so your student won't need to bring in a lunch.  They will each get 2 slices of pizza, if they would like to bring in chips or fruit/veggies to go with their pizza, they may do so.  Also, if they would like to bring a drink from home, they may.  Please only plastic container or cans (no glass) and no larger than 20 ounces.  If they choose not to bring in a drink, we will have cups for water.  Students will still need to bring in a snack for snack time if they want a snack.

Valentine's Day Party
We have our Valentine's Party on Tuesday, February 14.  If your student would like to make a Valentine's box at home, they may do so and bring it in for the party.  We will be creating envelopes at school to use as well.  Please just fill out the From spot on the Valentines, if you choose to send them in.  This makes it much easier for the students when passing them out.  We have 18 students in our class this year.  Jeanne Link has set up a Sign Up Genius for the party and the information is below.

Hello Parents in Mrs. Ross' class,

Our final (Valentine’s) party of the year is Tuesday, February 14 from 1:45-2:30 pm.

The theme of the party is “Sweet Treats." 

We hope you can join us as the students enjoy games and snacks that involve a plethora of “sweet treats.”

Here's the link to sign up online to provide items for the party:

 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094fa4a82ba75-sweet1

If you have any questions about the party, please contact:

Jeanne Link (Adam’s mom): RJHLink@aol.com

Have a fabulous evening!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann