Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!  We have had a fun and learning filled three days of school - hoping for four days next week and then a full five days the following week!  Come on Spring!!!

Parent/Teacher Conferences

We are looking forward to meeting with everyone during P/T Conferences!  This is such a valuable communication to be able to show all the growth and learning that your child is making.  When you are waiting - checkout the long bulletin board with the QR codes - that has all the student's book trailers. Also, checkout our first round of opinion writing about Hershey's Kisses!  So much to see in our hall. :)

Yearbook Orders & Six Flags Read to Succeed - due Thursday

At the beginning of February, your child received an order form for a 2018-2019 RBE Yearbook.  If you would like your child to have a yearbook, please return the order form by Thursday, February 28.

In January, your child received a reading log for Six Flags Read to Succeed.  After your child has completed the assigned amount of reading and filled out the reading log, please return to school.  This reading log is also due on Thursday, February 28.

Student Banner...SHHHH, It's A Surpise!

Coming home in your child's backpack is the 2nd Trimester Student Banner paper (click here to be able to print the banner off).  We are asking for parents to create a banner for their student.  These banners will be hung up in the classroom.  Please return the banner by Monday, March 4.  If you would like to bring your child's banner with you to your P/T Conference, return it in your child's Friday Folder, or you can send it in an envelope or folder with your child to school.

Upcoming Events

• February 25-28 - P/T Conference Week and Book Fair
• Monday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

*Tuesday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM*

Wednesday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Thursday 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM

Friday 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

*Don't forget Special Friends and Family day in specials on Tuesday, February 26th. Families are welcome to come visit the book fair with their child after their specials class.

• February 26 - Special Family & Friend's Day
• You are invited to come and visit your child during specials (1:35-2:25) for Special Family & Friend's Day! 
• Ms. Mottaz students will start in P.E. and then travel to Music.
• Mrs. Ross students will start in Art and then travel to Media. 
• The Book Fair will be open on this day.  If you would like to come early or stay late to take your kiddo this would be a great opportunity.  
• We understand that 2:25 is really close to the end of the day.  If you would like to pick up your child early we understand.  However, if someone, other than parent, will be picking up your child early, you will need to write a note giving permission.
• March 1 - No School (P/T Conference)
• March 4-8 - RBE Read Week - "Long for a Good Book"
• Each day of Read Week, will be a special dress up day.  Checkout the flyer in your child's backpack or below for the details!
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• If you would like to read to the class there are still openings available.  Please click here to sign up for a time using SignUp Genius.  
• March 7 - Kindergarten Enrollment Night
• If your family has child who will be enrolled in kindergarten next year, or if you know of another family, please come to Kindergarten Enrollment Night!
• This is 4:00-6:00 at RBE.  You can contact the school office for more information.
• March 14 - 2nd Trimester Pizza Party Lunch
• Your child does not need to bring a lunch, but can choose to bring a drink 20 ounce or less - no glass.
• Your child will still need a snack for that morning.  We will be eating lunch a little later than usual (11:45 on this day). 

Look At All This Learning!

• Math
• We started a new math unit this week, which focuses on measurement, addition and data.  This week, we worked on adding four 2-digit numbers together, to figure out if there would be enough seats in a theater for all four classes to go.  
• Next week, we will work on solving 3-digit addition problems and measuring to the nearest yard and nearest meter.
• Writing
• We started our Which is Better writing this week.  We reviewed the rubric and began our lead paragraph.  
• Next week, we will review strong and weak work examples and discuss what we can do as authors to make our writing the best it can be!  We will then work on body paragraphs.  By then end of this writing your child will have created a 10 paragraph book - very impressive for a second grader!
• Fundations
• We have learned that there are four ways to make the long a sound (a, a-e, ai and ay).  This week we focused on spelling words that have ai and ay.  We learned that when the long a comes at the end of the word it is typically ay.  When the long a comes in the middle of the word it can be spelled with either an ai or a-e.  
• We also learned about homophones (two or more words that sound the same, are spelled differently and have different meanings).  Today we talked about main, mane, and Maine. 
• We will keep working on both of these skills next week.
• Reading

• This week, we finished up thinking about sensory details in texts.
• Next week, we are focusing on asking and answering questions while reading.  We will be talking about answering questions before, during and after reading.  As a reader, asking questions helps us to focus on what we are reading and better comprehend the text.

• Science
• Ask your child about the exploration activity that we did with the "Sun" and "Earth" today, and what they discovered about where it is warmest and coldest on Earth.

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend, and please let me know if you have any questions!

Mrs. Ross

Happy Thursday!

Happy Valentine's Day!  A HUGE thank you to the parents who made the Valentine's Day party a success by either sending in items or volunteering.  The kiddos had so much fun and enjoyed lots of yummy and healthy treats!  I will be making a video of the party and posting it on Twitter - so make sure to check it out!

Student Banner...SHHHH, It's A Surpise!

As a surprise for the students, for ALL their incredible hard work that they have done during the first & second trimester, we are asking for parents to create a banner for their student.  These banners will be hung up in the classroom.  We are asking for these be returned by Monday, March 4.  If you would like to bring your child's banner with you to your P/T Conference, return it in your child's Friday Folder, or you can send it in an envelope or folder with your child to school.  We will be sending home a hard copy of the banner in Friday Folders next week, but if you would like to get a head start on it you can click here to be able to print the banner off.  Below are a few pictures of what the banners looked like last year.  

Second Trimester Pizza Party

Our second trimester pizza party will be on Thursday, March 14.  As a reminder, we collected money earlier this year, and will be using this money to buy pizza for the class.  Each student will receive 2 slices of pizza, a healthy side and a dessert.  If you child would like to bring a special drink (no more than 20 ounces - no glass) s/he can or we will provide cups for water.  

Upcoming Events

• February 15 - No School (Teacher Work Day)
• February 18 - No School (President's Day)
• February 20 - Fuzzy's RBE Eat Out 5-8 - A flyer will be sent home next week.
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• February 20-28 - Moss Team P/T Conference Weeks
• February 26 - Special Family & Friend's Day
• You are invited to come and visit your child during specials (1:35-2:25) for Special Family & Friend's Day! 
• Ms. Mottaz students will start in P.E. and then travel to Music.
• Mrs. Ross students will start in Art and then travel to Media. 
• The Book Fair will be open on this day.  If you would like to come early or stay late to take your kiddo this would be a great opportunity.  
• We understand that 2:25 is really close to the end of the day.  If you would like to pick up your child early we understand.  However, if someone, other than parent, will be picking up your child early, you will need to write a note giving permission.
• March 1 - No School (P/T Conference)
• March 4-8 - RBE Read Week
• March 4-8 is Read Week!  This is a week dedicated to celebrating the love of reading and sharing our love of reading with the students.  We always invite parents, grandparents, family members and family friends to come read to the students.  If you would like to bring in a snack related to your book as well, the students always love snacks.  :)  
• If you would like to read to the class there are still openings available.  Please click here to sign up for a time using SignUp Genius.    
• March 7 - Field Trip to Daniel Boone Regional Library
• On this field trip, we do not need parent chaperones.  We will depart from school at 8:00 and return by 9:45.  
• A yellow DBRL Library Card Application is in your child's Friday Folder.  If your student does not already have a library card and you would like to sign him/her up for one, please fill out the application and return to school by Friday, February 22.  If your child already has a library card or you are not interested in getting one, then you do not need to return the form.
• Your child will not need a library card for this field trip because we will not be checking out books.  This field trip will be a tour of the library.
• March 7 - Kindergarten Enrollment Night
• If your family has child who will be enrolled in kindergarten next year, or if you know of another family, please come to Kindergarten Enrollment Night!
• This is 4:00-7:00 at RBE.  You can contact the school office for more information.
• March 14 - 2nd Trimester Pizza Party Lunch
• Your child does not need to bring a lunch, but can choose to bring a drink 20 ounce or less - no glass.
• Your child will still need a snack for that morning.  We will be eating lunch a little later than usual (11:45 on this day). 

Look At All This Learning!

• Math
• We finished up Unit 6 today.  This unit focused on adding 2- and 3-digit numbers.  We will be sharing these with you at conferences.
• On Tuesday, we will be starting Unit 7.  This unit focuses on measurement, addition and data.
• Writing
• We took a little break from informational writing, and did a fun opinion writing activity with taste testing Hershey's Kisses.  We wrote about what our favorite flavor and then turned our writing into a Hershey's Kiss.  When you come to your child's P/T Conference - make sure to check out their writing on the bulletin board!
• We are going to start writing our Which is Better book next week.
• Fundations
• This week, we finished up Unit 9 on r-controlled vowels.  This unit was SUPER tricky because it focused on er. ir, and ur - which there is not a rule of when to use them in words.  We've been practicing on using our Spelling Options section in our Fundations Monster Book (which is like a dictionary of hard to spell words without the definitions).
• Next week, we will are starting Unit 10 which is focusing on vowel teams.  Student have already learned that adding an "e" at the end of a word makes the vowel long.  During this unit, we will start talking about when two vowels are teamed together and the sounds that they will make (example: "ai" and "ee").  We have already learned about vowel teams when reading but now we will focus on writing.
• Reading
• We are focusing on sensory details in writing.  Authors use sensory details for the reader to get a sense of being in the text.  We are examining a variety of texts and looking through the texts through sight, hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling.  We are also talking about how we can add these details to our own writing.
• Social Studies & Science
• In social studies, we have learned about all seven continents and where these are located on a world map.  
• In science, we will start talking about where water is found on the Earth.  We will discussing how the sun effects the temperature of the water (warmer by the equator than by the poles) and if the water will likely be solid or liquid.  We will also be learning about if water will be likely to be salt or fresh water.

I hope that your child has a wonderful four day weekend.  Please let me know if you have any questions!

Mrs. Ross

Happy Friday!

Wow!  This Missouri weather has made it super difficult to get a full week of school in.  

Yesterday, teachers were supposed to meet after school to schedule sibling conferences.  Since yesterday was a snow/ice day, this did not happen until this afternoon.  Mrs. Ross is emailing families about a conference time, and we will also be sending home a hard copy of the date/time on Monday.

There have been some situations about students becoming annoyed with peers and not using respectful tones to express their feelings.  Today, we had a class meeting of remembering the importance of being kind to all students.  Mr. Smith, our counselor at RBE, helped lead this class meeting.

Upcoming Events

• February 14 - Valentine's Day Party at 1:45
• There are few slots still open on the party SignUp Genius...so if you haven't had a chance to sign up you are in luck! Click here to sign up.
• February 15 - No School (Teacher Work Day)
• February 18 - No School (President's Day)
• February 20 - Fuzzy's RBE Eat Out 5-8
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• February 20-28 - Moss Team P/T Conference Weeks
• February 26 - Special Family & Friend's Day
• You are invited to come and visit your child during specials (1:35-2:25) for Special Family & Friend's Day! 
• Ms. Mottaz students will start in P.E. and then travel to Music.
• Mrs. Ross students will start in Art and then travel to Media. 
• The Book Fair will be open on this day.  If you would like to come early or stay late to take your kiddo this would be a great opportunity.  
• We understand that 2:25 is really close to the end of the day.  If you would like to pick up your child early we understand.  However, if someone, other than parent, will be picking up your child early, you will need to write a note giving permission.
• March 1 - No School (P/T Conference)
• March 4-8 - RBE Read Week
• March 4-8 is Read Week!  This is a week dedicated to celebrating the love of reading and sharing our love of reading with the students.  We always invite parents, grandparents, family members and family friends to come read to the students.  If you would like to bring in a snack related to your book as well, the students always love snacks.  :)  
• If you would like to read to the class there are still openings available.  Please click here to sign up for a time using SignUp Genius.    
• March 7 - Field Trip to Daniel Boone Regional Library
• On this field trip, we do not need parent chaperones.  We will depart from school at 8:00 and return by 9:45.  
• A yellow DBRL Library Card Application is in your child's Friday Folder.  If your student does not already have a library card and you would like to sign him/her up for one, please fill out the application and return to school by Friday, February 22.  If your child already has a library card or you are not interested in getting one, then you do not need to return the form
• March 7 - Kindergarten Enrollment Night
• If your family has child who will be enrolled in kindergarten next year, or if you know of another family, please come to Kindergarten Enrollment Night!
• This is 4:00-7:00 at RBE.  You can contact the school office for more information.

Lots of Learning is Happening

• Math
• We are finishing up unit 6 next week.  We have learned about different ways to collect and represent data, and being able to add 3-digit plus 3-digit numbers.  One of the strategies that we teach the students is using partial sums.  You can checkout the picture below to see the two ways we have taught partial sums.
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• Writing
• We have been working really hard on researching two topics for our Which is Better project.  Last weekend, your child should have told you what two topics s/he was researching.  This weekend, have your child share some facts that they learned about their topic.
• Next week, we will start talking about opinion writing.  Our first opinion writing will be with Hershey Kisses.  We will taste test Hershey Kisses and then write about which flavor is our favorite.  Yum! Yum!
• Fundations
• We are continuing to work on spelling words with er, ir & ur in it.  We will be testing over this unit next week.
• Reading
• This week, we finished up comparing texts.  We did this through fractured fairy tales.  The students compared characters, setting and events between the different stories.
• Next week, we are starting an author study on Steve Jenkins.  We will be finding and describing sensory details in the text.  As a reader, understanding these sensory details is important and we will talk about how to incorporate these details into our Which is Better project writing.
• Social Studies
• We are continuing to be cartographers and learning about the continents on the world map.  We have discovered where Africa, Europe and Asia are on the map and learned about a few different famous destinations on each continent.  
• Next week, we will be continuing to learn about the other four continents and adding these to our personal world map.
• Nutrition
• We started our Nutrition Class through the University of Missouri Extension.  Mrs. Zapata will be coming out for the next five Wednesdays to teach us about nutrition.  This week we learned about the importance of cleaning both food and our hands while cooking, keeping food separate, making sure to cook food to the correct temperature, and remember to chill food by putting it back in the refrigerator when finished.  We also reviewed My Plate and the importance of eating a variety of healthy food.

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!

Mrs. Ross

Happy Friday!

January has been a whirlwind of snow days, late starts, and an early release thrown in there too.  We have our fingers crossed for good February Weather so that we can start to get back into the routine of things!  

Upcoming Events

• February 4 - Parent/Teacher Conference Request form due
• If you have not already sent back in your request for the best times for your P/T Conference please do so on Monday.  We will be scheduling conferences & sending home dates in your child's Friday Folder next week.
• February 8 - Decades Day
• February 14 - Valentine's Day Party at 1:45
• February 15 - No School (Teacher Work Day)
• February 18 - No School (President's Day)
• February 20 - Fuzzy's RBE Eat Out 5-8
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• February 20-28 - Moss Team P/T Conference Weeks
• February 26 - Special Family & Friend's Day
• You are invited to come and visit your child during specials (1:35-2:25) for Special Family & Friend's Day!  The Book Fair will be open on this day.  If you would like to come early or stay late to take your kiddo this would be a great opportunity.  We understand that 2:25 is really close to the end of the day.  If you would like to pick up your child early we understand.  However, if someone, other than parent, will be picking up your child early, you will need to write a note giving permission.
• More information will be coming out closer, but we wanted to make sure that you had the date! :)
• March 1 - No School (P/T Conference)
• March 4-8 - RBE Read Week
• March 4-8 is Read Week!  This is a week dedicated to celebrating the love of reading and sharing our love of reading with the students.  We always invite parents, grandparents, family members and family friends to come read to the students.  If you would like to bring in a snack related to your book as well, the students always love snacks.  :)  
• If you would like to read to the class, please sign up for a time using the SignUpGenius. Click here to sign up.
• In the past, we have heard some childhood favorites from our readers or stories that are near and dear to their heart.  

 What's Happening in Moss World

• Math
• We are continuing to work on solving word problems.  Our goal is to be able to solve 2-step word problems.  This week we learned about making ballpark estimates when solving 2- and 3-digit addition problems.  Coming up with an estimate allows us to check to make sure that our actual answer makes sense.  When solving the problem, we also practiced a strategy called partial sums.  Ask your child how they can use partial sums to solve the problem 54 + 29 or 389 + 462.
• Writing
• This week, the students had an opportunity to do some fun writing about "Our Teachers Are Missing" and also "What Will You Do When You Are 102".  The students had fun with these writing assignments.
• We also continued to finish publishing our informational book on the animal we researched and write a speech for our book trailer that we are making.  Next week, we will start recording our book trailer.  As I have been listening to their speeches, I have been super impressed with their expression that they are using.  They have been working INCREDIBLY hard with making sure that their speech has their voice in and they are succeeding!
• Next week,
• Fundations
• We are continuing to talk about r-control vowels.  We are now focusing on er, ir, and ur.  These are tricky because they each make the same sound.  We have learned that it is okay to try our each pattern to see which looks familiar, and we also have a section in our Fundations's Monster Book that has different "Spelling Options."  The students are doing a great job utilizing this resource in their writing!
• Reading
• We are continuing to work on comparing fiction texts.  We will be reading fractured fairy tales and comparing those stories to the original fairy tale.  The fairy tales we will be focusing on are "The Three Little Pigs" and " Goldilocks and the Three Bears".  
• Social Studies
• We started to introduce maps this week.  Students learned that a cartographer is a person who draws and studies maps.  We have learned that there are seven continents on Earth.  We introduced Africa last week and located it on a world map.  
• Next week, we will talk about Asia, Australia and Antarctica. 

I am looking forward to enjoying the beautiful weather this weekend...only in Missouri can we go from a polar vortex on Wednesday to 64 degrees on Sunday!  Enjoy your weekend and we are all looking forward to a 5 day school week next week!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Easter

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!  We have had a great week!

Important Information

• Both Ms. Mottaz and myself will be gone to the Powerful Learning Conference on Monday and Tuesday next week.  Ms. Easter will be here, along with two familiar substitutes to the students.  
• If there are any changes to how your child is getting home on Monday & Tuesday, please contact the office (214-3290).
• 102nd Day of 2nd Grade is Wednesday!  

• Your child can bring: 102 project, a 102 piece snack & decorate a shirt.

What Are We Learning?

• Math
• This week, we started a new math unit on collecting and using data.  The students learned how to turn data collected into a bar and a pictograph (picture graph).  We've also been solving word problems based on the information in graphs and charts.
• The questions "How many more ____ than ____?" or "How much shorter is ____ than ____?" have been challenging for students
• Next week, we will continue to work on solving number stories and will also be learning about ballpark estimates.  A ballpark estimate is the idea of rounding numbers to the closest 10, or for some students the nearest 5, so that they can quickly estimate the answer.  The numbers that we are working on adding are 2-digit numbers, so we are going to continue to talk about strategies to solve these numbers.
• Writing
• This week, we have worked incredibly hard on publishing our first informational book!  The students identified the best text feature to go with each chapter (page) in their book.  These are turning out really great!
• We have started writing a speech for a book trailer for our book.  We will be working on this next week also, and will be using the iPads and a green screen during the week of February 4 to make our videos.
• Fundations
• This week, we finished up Unit 8.  This unit introduced writing the r-controlled vowels of ar and or/ore.  We took a test over Unit 8 yesterday and this test is coming home in your child's backpack today.
• Today we started Unit 9 and this unit continues to work on r-controlled vowels.  We now will be focusing on er, ir and ur.  These are tricky because they all make the same sound.  We learned about a section in our Monster Book called "Spelling Options" - this section has an alphabetical list of words that can not be tapped out.  We practiced using this today.
• Reading
• We are continuing to work on comparing texts.  This week we read four different books about Martin Luther King, Jr. and compared information within the books.  We also discovered that the author makes a difference also because we learned different stories about his childhood from the book My Brother Martin written by Christine King Farris.
• Next week, we are going to compare fairy tales and folk tales from different points of view.
• Social Studies
• We are going to be cartographers for the next month and studying maps.  We will be learning about the continents and oceans on the world map and land forms and smaller bodies of water on the Missouri map.

 I hope that you have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!

Mrs. Ross

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

A Few Important Things

• Tuesday will be a C Day.  The district is adjusting the ABCD calendar has been adjusted by a day.  Ross kids will have PE on Thursday and Mottaz kids on Friday.  
• No School on Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Friday Folder

• HomeLinks for Unit 6 in math: this unit covers graphing and more word problem work.  We will start this unit on Tuesday.
• Unit 9 Fundations information:  Unit 8 is a short unit, so we will be finishing it next week and starting on Unit 9.
• Chat and Chew: information is in the Friday folder, this is an optional activity for students to participate in if they would like.  Students will read the assigned book and then discuss it with a parent volunteer over lunch.

Our Learning for Next Week

• Reading
• Students have been comparing information found in articles about a topic.
• Next week, students will identify facts that are in just one article and facts that are in both articles and creating a poster to show the facts.
• Writing
• We started publishing our informational piece about an animal this week.
• Next week, we will continue publishing and start adding text features to their writing.
• Math
• We took our Unit 5 test today.  It will be coming home next week.
• On Tuesday, we will start Unit 6.  This unit starts with creating bar graphs and analyzing the data.  This is a fun unit for students because they get an opportunity to ask classmates questions and find things they have in common.
• Fundations
• We will wrap up Unit 8 next week.  This unit covers AR and OR words.  The students are expected to be able to read and write words containing these r-controlled vowels.  They have also learned how to mark up the words.
• We will start Unit 9 next week.  This unit works on ER, IR and UR words as r-controlled vowels.  This one can be more difficult because all three spelling patterns make the same sound.  
• Science/Social Studies
• This week students showed their knowledge of weathering, erosion and deposition.  
• Next week, we will start to discuss landforms that are created through weathering, erosion and deposition.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Ross

Happy Early Dismiss Friday!

Happy Friday!! Today was an amazing day.  The students really enjoyed Forts and Flashlights!  Make sure to check out Twitter for pictures.  Remember, if you don't have Twitter, you can always checkout the sidebar on the right of this blog!

Check Our What's In Your Child's Friday Folder!

• Student Teacher:
• We will have a student teacher this semester.  Her name is Sam Easter.  There is a letter in your child's backpack with more information.  We are super excited to have her!
• Six Flags Read to Succeed:
• When does 6 hours of reading = a ticket to Six Flags?  Six Flags Read to Succeed!  Coming home on a golden sheet of paper is a  book log.  Once your child has read six hours and has filled in the book log, the paper will be turned into Mrs. McKinzie by February 27. 
• Information on Fundations & Math:
• We finished up Unit 7 in Fundations today and will be finishing up Unit 5 in math next week.  Coming home in your child's Friday Folder is information about both of our next units in Fundations & math.
• Published Personal Narrative:
• There is a published personal narrative in your child's Friday Folder.  This is the story that we made into an electronic book.  Make sure to keep this piece of writing!  On the back of the story is a QR Code.  If you have not had a chance to listen to your child's story, this would be something perfect to do on a snowy weekend!  
• The QR Code will be active for a while, but if this is something that you would like to ensure that you have in the future - I would download it.  Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
• Lots of Other Student Work!
• Make sure to check out everything that we have been doing! :)

 Upcoming Events!

• January 18 - Hat Day (children can wear any hat of their choosing)
• January 21 - No School (MLK Jr Day)
• February 8 - Decade Day (children can dress up from any decade of their choosing)

What's Been Happening in Moss World!

• Math
• We have been focusing on different strategies to help us solve word problems.  We will continue to work on this next week, and our plan is to test over this unit on Friday.
• Writing
• This week, we worked on editing and revising our first informational writing.  We also came up with creative headings for each of our paragraphs, and decided which text feature would be best for each of our paragraphs. 
• Next week, we will start publishing this story. 
• Fundations
• In Unit 7, we learned about open syllable words (when the vowel makes a long sound at the end of the syllable like hi or remote - re in the open syllable).  We have also learned about the suffixes -y, -ly and -ty.
• In Unit 8, we will be learning about the r-controlled vowels of ar and or.
• Reading
• This week, we started learning about the importance of comparing nonfiction texts as we researched.  We learned that some facts can be found in multiple sources and others might only be in one.
• Next week, we will continue to focus on comparing nonfiction texts.
• Science
• Before Winter Break, we had been talking about things that cause quick changes to the Earth's surface (example: volcanoes or earthquakes).  This week, we started learning about a slower process that can change the Earth's surface - weathering, erosion and deposition.  The students learned a song with hand motions to help them know what each means.  We tweeted them singing the song out on Wednesday - check it out if you haven't already!
• Next week, we will finish up the unit on Earth's changes.

Have a fabulous weekend!