Happy Friday!

We have had a great week in "Moss World" this week!

Parent/Teacher Conference

Coming home in your child's Friday Folder is a P/T Conference confirmation sheet.  We have tried our very best to make sure that your child's conference time corresponded with what you requested.  Please fill out bottom portion of this sheet and return with your child by Wednesday(no school on Monday).  

We have P/T Conferences starting on Wednesday and going through the February 15.  We are looking forward to meeting with everyone!  

Scholastic Book Fair

Below you will find the Book Fair hours.  Make sure that you make a plan to check it out!  If you would like to volunteer at the Book Fair check out this link.

Monday 2/12 7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Tuesday 2/13 7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Wednesday 2/14 7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Thursday 2/15 7:30 AM-7:00 PM

Friday 2/16 8:00 AM -11:00 AM

*Tuesday 2/20 7:30 AM-3:00 PM* -Special Friends and Family Day!

 

Special Family & Friends Day

Special Family & Friends Day is Tuesday, February 20.  On this day family & friends are invited to go to specials with their student's class.  Second grade specials are from 1:35-2:25.  Mottaz students will start at Music and then go to Media, and Ross students will start at Media and then go to Music.  With specials being at the end of the day, if your child's special family and friend would like to take your child to the Book Fair visitors are welcome to arrive at school by 1:15 to take students to the Book Fair.  The Book Fair will also be open after school.  If your child's special family or friend will be taking your child home at the end of the day, please make sure that you write a note or send us an email!

2nd Trimester Student Banner

As a reminder, information came home in your child's Friday Folder last week on a fun surprise that we are planning for the class.  Please remember to be working on this and bring it to your child's P/T Conference.  If you need a new copy of the banner you can click here or email me!

Valentine's Day Party

Our last class party will be on February 14 at 1:45-2:30.  The class parties are always a highlight for the students!  Please checkout the classroom party sign up to sign up for items that are needed for the party or to volunteer to help out at a station.  Click here to sign up!

Your child will have an opportunity to exchange Valentines if s/he would like.  

• Your child can exchange with students only in his/her homeroom class (23 students) or with students in both classes (46 students).  We only ask that your child send in Valentines for the entire class - please do not let your child pick & choose who s/he wants to send Valentines to.  
• We have found that it is easier to not address the Valentines (not fill in the "To") and only fill out the "From" line.
• We will be passing out Valentines BEFORE the party, so please make sure that you send any Valentines with your child at the beginning of the day.

If your child would like to make a Valentine mailbox s/he can; however, this is not a requirement.  We will give all students an opportunity to decorate a bag to collect their Valentines.  

What's Been Happening in 2nd Grade:

• Math: This week, we finished up Unit 5.  We will share this assessment at conferences.  Next week we will start Unit 6.  In unit 6 we will be talking about different data displays (bar graphs, picture graphs), solving number stories (word problems), and continuing to talk about different strategies to solve addition problems.  
• Writing: The kiddos are doing a great job publishing their first informational book on their research animal!  They have finished writing their words and have been working on adding nonfiction text features to their writing.  They are doing so good with this and we can't wait to share their writing with you at conferences!
• Reading: We have continued to talk about making inferences.  When you make an inference you pick out clues from the text and use your schema to draw a conclusion.  Next week, we will focus on identifying the main idea in nonfiction texts.
• Science: We started talking about ecosystems.  We have had conversations about the woodlands/forest, prairie, and pond ecosystems.  We started learning about food chains and food webs.  We talked about that everything starts with the sun, and we already know that about the importance of water for an ecosystem.  There also always has to be producer (plants).  We made connections to that herbivores are primary consumers and that secondary consumers are carnivores.  We have also touched on decomposers.  The major difference between a food chain and food web is that a food chain starts with the sun, then producer, primary consumer, and then secondary consumers (bigger animal eats only one smaller animal); however, in a food web it shows animals eat a variety of animals.

Maker Monday

On Monday, we had an opportunity to go and build in Maker Space.  The students had a blast building with Legos, Zoob Builderz, Magnet Tiles, Knex, and Keva Planks.  Some students even worked on putting together a 500 piece puzzle!

Special Visitor

Mrs. Ross's father, Mr. Giles, has a new puppy, Blu!  He is a Blue Heeler.  Blu had an opportunity to come to second grade today and we were happy to see him!

5th Grade Colonial Visit

In fifth grade, students dive deeper into Colonial life, and learn more about different jobs and life of Colonist.  We got to visit Mrs. McGinty's classroom and experience her class's living museum.  The students had fun being able to learn a little more about Colonial life and it was neat to see had Social Studies connects from second to fifth grade!

McTeacher Night

McDonalds is hosting a McTeacher Night on March 6 from 4:30-8:00.  Mark it on your calendar!  This is the perfect reason to not cook and come and see all of the teachers from RBE.  We look forward to seeing you there - more information to come when I will be there!

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy watching the Super Bowl!  Please remember that Monday is a Teacher Work Day to help us prepare for grade cards and conferences.  

Mrs. Ross