Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

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

Pledge on Clear 99

Our class (with 1st and the rest of 2nd) said the Pledge of Allegiance last Friday for Clear 99.  Our Pledge was on the radio this morning!  You can click here to hear us on the radio!

James & the Giant Peach Movie Viewing Party

As a reminder, we finished reading James & the Giant Peach a few weeks ago & will be watching the movie on Wednesday.  If you need an additional copy please let me know or you can find an electronic copy here.  If I have not received your child's permission slip I wrote a note in this week's Friday Folder.  Your child can bring a snack (peanut free) & a drink (no glass) to enjoy while they watch the movie.  Pick up time is 4:15.

RBE Mission & Motto

RBE has a new mission & motto!!!  Our mission is: Rock Bridge Elementary is a community of lifelong learners, where everyone learns in a safe, supportive environment.  Our motto is: Everyone learns at RBE! 

Parents & Principals

This month's Parents & Principals meeting is Wednesday, March 12 at 12:00 pm.  

Guest Reader

Alice's brother, Jack, was a special guest reader this week!  He earned enough stickers & chose to come to read to us - which was really nice!! :)  

 Summer School

As a reminder, enrollment for summer school is open now.  You can enroll your child online or on the enrollment paperwork that I handed out at conferences.  Summer school is a way to stay in the school routine during summer and continue to practice reading, writing and math skills.  Also, there are fun activities!  If you have any questions please let me know!

Next Year

I cannot believe that we only have a little over two months left together in your child's 2nd grade year!  Towards the end of  April all the 2nd grade teachers will be starting to make class placements for next year.  There is so much that goes into class placement!  We always think about which teacher will work best with each student, other students (who they would work well with & who they might not work the best with), etc.  There is a parent form that you may fill out if you would like to share teacher qualities that your child would work the best with, but please only list these qualities, as specific teachers cannot be requested.  If you would like one of these forms you must request these forms from the school office at RBE.  These forms are due by April 14.

Friday Folders

Make sure to check thoroughly through your child's Friday Folder this week.  

• There are several graded papers (spelling test, math review, etc.).  
• Texas Roadhouse Fundraising Night flyer.  You must present the flyer on either Monday, March 20th or Tuesday, March 21st from 4-10 pm, and RBE will receive 10% of your total food purchase.  In last week's Friday folder was a bookmark to be filled out at home if your student read 3 books, they receive a free kid's meal with the purchase of an adult meal.  Monday or Tuesday would be a great time to use this certificate!
• Next weekend MU Baseball will be playing Arkansas.  There is a voucher for 2 free admissions to one of the games.

What's Happening in 2nd Grade?

• Math: This week, we finished up our subtraction unit by taking our post-test today.  These tests will be coming home next week for you to review.  Please be on the lookout for them!  
• Next week, we will be reviewing what we have covered all this year.
• Reading: This week we have been working on reading nonfiction texts (in books and online) and watching informational videos to take notes.  This is an important skill for students to learn.
• Next week, we will continue to practice note taking skills.
• Word Study: This week our words were making focusing on making words plural that end in "y".  This was not an easy skill.  We talked about if a word only ended in "y" you must change the "y" to an "i" and then add "es" (example: pony to ponies).  However, if the word ended a vowel "y" all you had to do was add "s" (example: boy to boys).
• Next week, we will working on changing tenses of four different base words.  Please practice these words with your child.  I have included the base word and next week's spelling words below.  There are 12 spelling words instead of 10.  
• reply - replying, replies, replied
• study - studying, studies, studied
• enjoy - enjoying, enjoys, enjoyed 
• carry - carrying, carries, carried
• Writing: This week, we finished up our last reason in our opinion writing about the best place to live.  The last reason was our counter argument "______ is better than ______ because..."  Then we worked on revising and editing by using CUPS and ARMS.  We started publishing our opinion writing today!
• Next week, we will finish up publishing our writing and then start a fun opinion writing piece based on the book You Don't Want a Unicorn.
• Health: We have focused on the skeletal and muscular system this week.  We have learned SO many facts and talked about how these systems work together.  Your child should be able to tell you what organs make up these systems, what both of the systems do, how to keep these systems healthy, and some interesting/fun facts.   Make sure to ask your kiddo about what they have learned - you will be super impressed!!  
• Next week, we will continue to talk about the body systems, but we will be focusing on the nervous and the circulatory system.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann