Happy Friday!

I hope you have all had a wonderful week!  We have been very busy in Room 27!

Here is what we have been working on and will work on next week!

Reading/Writing
Our reading and writing times for the week all focused on taking notes and then using those notes to write an informational piece.

This week, we worked on taking notes from an informational article.  The students all took notes about elephants from an article.  They had to identify the main idea of the entire article, then the main idea of each paragraph as well as details.  They also researched about either dinosaurs or health (they decided) and took notes that will be used to create a book for Showcase.

The students then used their notes to create a 5 paragraph informational writing about an elephant.  They learned that you have a lead paragraph, one paragraph for each of your main ideas and then a conclusion paragraph to wrap it all up.  Their elephant writing will be in the hallway next week.  Be sure to check it out when you come for conferences!

Next week, we will be writing our books over dinosaurs or health and creating a poster to accompany the books.  These will be displayed at the RBE Showcase which is Monday, February 29 from 10:30-11.  I hope you can come see all their wonderful work!

Math
This week in math, we started our subtraction unit.  This week the students learned how to use tens frame and hundreds charts to solve subtraction problems.  They also practiced solving problems that were stacked for subtraction without regrouping.

Next week, we will introduce the idea of regrouping with subtraction.  This can be a tricky concept at first, especially since it is a new concept, so we will spend multiple days on this concept.  Please continue practicing basic facts at home because it makes the more challenging concepts easier if they know their math facts "in a snap."

Book Fair
The book fair will be set up in the library again this time for conferences.  Our class will be going down on Monday morning for the students to make their wish lists.  Scholastic gives money back to our school based on the amount of books sold.  We really appreciate all the support!

RBE Reading Week
RBE Reading Week is just a few weeks away!  We have some wonderful Mystery Readers signed up.  If you haven't signed up and would like to, please do so!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c45aca62ca2fb6-reading

RBE Showcase
The RBE Showcase is Monday, February 29.  The 2nd grade portion is from 10:30-11.  The students will be sharing their health or dinosaur projects. I know your student would love to show off their hard work.  :)

Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences are next week.  I look forward to meeting with everyone!  Due to Parent Teacher Conferences, there is no school next Friday, February 26.

I hope you get to enjoy this beautiful weather!  My fingers are crossed that it is here to stay!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Ross and Miss Rottjakob