Each Friday we are going to the computer lab to practice for MAP testing using PrepDog.  The section that we are practicing on is different from the section used for homework.  Also, starting this week we will use some of our time for math review using the following online games.  I have gone over the site with the kids and they are free to play these games at home.
Math Games

Don't forget, Wednesday is our picture day!

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Snack Mom Schedule

February 27-March 3 Dani Humphries

March 6-9 Hayley Haines

March 13-17  Alma Smajlovic

March 20-24 Lori Miller

March 27-31 Shelly Parker

Spelling Pattern:  

Common Contractions

 All Students will do the same spelling words this week: 

they'll, I'm, don't, she's, haven't,you're,he'll,that's,when's,won't,

couldn't,she'll,that'll,didn't

High Frequency Words for all students: 

None this week!

5 words to be determined by the spelling pattern of the week

I will give 5 mystery contractions this week!

No homework means no recess.  Please initial homework,

 letting me know that you've reviewed it with your child.

Homework must be done on notebook paper with a pencil.  Students are to put their name and number in the upper right corner.  They know the procedure for this! Not splashed across the top, please.

Please read the following!!!

MAP testing will be after Spring Break, April 10,11,12.

Practicing for the MAP test is almost impossible since the test contains many skills that have not yet been covered for second graders.  However, I have looked around and found a pretty good resource for us to try, it does cover standards.  I will be sending a sheet home, stapled in the blue folder, for weekly practice.  It would be a great idea for you to sit with your child to help or just to see what potential test items may look like.  The students are to record their score and they may retake the test.  This not for my grading purposes at all!  

Hopefully, this is a resource to help kids improve and raise their spring test scores.  You might find yourself teaching a little :)  We will do a second set in a few weeks which is really more like the MAP test.

Homework Prepdog website: Prepdog (Click on the link)

Monday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Write a sentence with each spelling word.

Tuesday:   Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Lang. Arts 27 and 28

Wednesday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Reading Informational Text 4 and 5

Thursday:Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Math-Geometry 1 and 2

Please continue to use XtraMath when time allows. We will start subtraction and addition drills again next Friday.  It is so important that kids know basic fact!!!

Calendar:

Book Fair-March 16th, 10:30-11:00, our class will attend to purchase books.

Spring pictures are Wednesday, March 1st.  We will take pictures at 12:00, right before recess!  Thank goodness :)

Our Ice Cream Social benefiting the RBES Media Center will be Tuesday, March 14th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the cafeteria. Please send in any of the following toppings and materials to the RBES front office, attention Jennifer Dollander:

Caramel, hot fudge, whipped cream, cherries, 2-liter bottles of Coke, gummies, Sour Patch Kids, M&Ms, Skittles, crushed Oreos, and any other fun toppings for ice cream.

Also, plastic spoons, paper bowls and Solo cups.

We appreciate your support of the RBES Media Center!

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February 20-24 Dani Humphries

February 27-March 3 Dani Humphries

March 6-9 Hayley Haines

March 13-17  Alma Smajlovic

March 20-24 Lori Miller

March 27-31 We need a parent for this week, let me know if you

 haven't had an opportunity to provide snack.

We now have 20 students.

Spelling Pattern:  

r-controlled (ar,are,air,or,ore,oar)

 List One: hair,farm,dare,soar,glare,garden,fort,dairy,chore,store

ListTwo: particular,careful,carpenter,explore,fortress,repair,carnival,
tornado,prepare,coarse

High Frequency Words for all students: 

always, write,time, told, they're

5 words to be determined by the spelling pattern of the week

Students have not studied these words.  I call them "Mystery Words."

No homework means no recess.  Please initial homework,

 letting me know that you've reviewed it with your child.

Homework must be done on notebook paper with a pencil.  Students are to put their name and number in the upper right corner.  They know the procedure for this! Not splashed across the top, please.

Please read the following!!!

MAP testing will be after Spring Break, April 10,11,12.

Practicing for the MAP test is almost impossible since the test contains many skills that have not yet been covered for second graders.  However, I have looked around and found a pretty good resource for us to try, it does cover standards.  I will be sending a sheet home, stapled in the blue folder, for weekly practice.  It would be a great idea for you to sit with your child to help or just to see what potential test items may look like.  The students are to record their score and they may retake the test.  This not for my grading purposes at all!  

Hopefully, this is a resource to help kids improve and raise their spring test scores.  You might find yourself teaching a little :)  We will do a second set in a few weeks which is really more like the MAP test.

Homework Prepdog website: Prepdog (Click on the link)

Monday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Write a sentence with each spelling word.

Tuesday:   Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Lang. Arts 16,17

Wednesday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Reading Informational Text 2,3

Thursday:Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Math Numbers and Operation 12,13

Please continue to use XtraMath when time allows. 

Calendar:

Book Fair-March 16th, 10:30-11:00, our class will attend to purchase books.

Our Ice Cream Social benefiting the RBES Media Center will be Tuesday, March 14th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the cafeteria. Please send in any of the following toppings and materials to the RBES front office, attention Jennifer Dollander:

Caramel, hot fudge, whipped cream, cherries, 2-liter bottles of Coke, gummies, Sour Patch Kids, M&Ms, Skittles, crushed Oreos, and any other fun toppings for ice cream.

Also, plastic spoons, paper bowls and Solo cups.

We appreciate your support of the RBES Media Center!

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Snack Mom Schedule

February 14-17 April Ward

February 20-24 Dani Humphries

February 27-March 3 Dani Humphries

We now have 20 students.

Spelling Pattern:  

Plurals (-s, -es)

Make these singular words plural for sentences and spelling test!

 List One: rabbit, wish,lamp,chair,flower,bone,horse,lunch,phone,dish

ListTwo: exercise, sandwich,elephant,apostrophe,building,restaurant,connection,trench,bridge,lunch

High Frequency Words for all students: 

this, been, became,was,come

5 words to be determined by the spelling pattern of the week

Students have not studied these words.  I call them "Mystery Words."

No homework means no recess.  Please initial homework,

 letting me know that you've reviewed it with your child.

Homework must be done on notebook paper with a pencil.  Students are to put their name and number in the upper right corner.  They know the procedure for this! Not splashed across the top, please.

Please read the following!!!

MAP testing will be after Spring Break, April 10,11,12.

Practicing for the MAP test is almost impossible since the test contains many skills that have not yet been covered for second graders.  However, I have looked around and found a pretty good resource for us to try, it does cover standards.  I will be sending a sheet home, stapled in the blue folder, for weekly practice.  It would be a great idea for you to sit with your child to help or just to see what potential test items may look like.  The students are to record their score and they may retake the test.  This not for my grading purposes at all!  

Hopefully, this is a resource to help kids improve and raise their spring test scores.  You might find yourself teaching a little :)  We will do a second set in a few weeks which is really more like the MAP test.

Homework Prepdog website: Prepdog (Click on the link)

Monday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Write a sentence with each spelling word.

Tuesday:   Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Lang. Arts 8,9

Wednesday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Reading Informational Text,1

Thursday:Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Math Numbers and Operation9,10,11 

Please continue to use XtraMath when time allows. 

Calendar:

Valentine's Day Party- February 14th at 1:30.  Valentine boxes or bags need to be made at home!

There is no need for parents to attend the party.  I will provide a snack, my gift to the kids, and then they will open their cards.  We keep this very low key in second grade!

Stuff

We are in great need of tissues! If you can donate a box or two it would be greatly appreciated.

Valentine boxes/bags can come in tomorrow.  Keep the Valentine cards for your friends inside the box. Please place the box along the wall outside the classroom tomorrow morning. Do not remove your cards!

A form is coming home tomorrow, a last call for yearbook orders. The date was left off, so the office would like for you to know the final date for ordering is Feb. 24th.

Book Fair

It is time for the RBES Spring Book Fair!  The dates for this exciting event are March 9, and 13-17. The Book Fair will be open March 9 and 13-16 from 8:00 AM until 2:30 PM, Tuesday night from 6-8 during the STEAM Night/Ice Cream Social, and on Friday, March 17 from 8:00 AM until 10:00 AM.   Grandparents and special friends are invited to lunch and the Book Fair any day, March 9 and Monday-Thursday, March 13-16. The Book Fair provides students, parents, grandparents, and special friends an excellent opportunity to purchase great books that your children will love to read.  This is also a wonderful way to help support the RBES Media Center.  All proceeds go directly to the RBES Media Center.

We need volunteers!  Please go to SignUp.com to sign up! http://signup.com/go/Ja4eiX

Valentine Class List

Valentine Class List

Bailey Barrett

Mollie Bell

Drew Haines

Kason Humphries

Ty Lange

Macey Piper

Nicholas Pollack

Reeva Shah

Rylen Ward

Xindi Yao

Griffin Nau

Kadence Kratzer

Sawyer McGourk

Tristan Miller

Chase Parker

Yug Patel

Abie Rowland

Ethan Snelling

Jacob Smith

Emma Smmajlovic

Do not bring Valentine box until Friday,Feb.10th.

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February 6-10 April Ward

February 14-17 April Ward

February 20-24 Dani Humphries

February 27-March 3 Dani Humphries

We now have 20 students.

Spelling Pattern:  

Long U (oo,ew)

 List One: mood,too,drew,booth,grew,tool,few,igloo,moose,tooth

ListTwo: monsoon,bamboo,cartoon,jewel,lagoon,balloon,mildew,poodle,raccoon,shampoo

 

High Frequency Words for all students: because, them, their, there, after

5 words to be determined by the spelling pattern of the week

Students have not studied these words.  I call them "Mystery Words."

No homework means no recess.  Please initial homework,

 letting me know that you've reviewed it with your child.

Homework must be done on notebook paper with a pencil.  Students are to put their name and number in the upper right corner.  They know the procedure for this! Not splashed across the top, please.

Please read the following!!!

MAP testing will be after Spring Break, April 10,11,12.

Practicing for the MAP test is almost impossible since the test contains many skills that have not yet been covered for second graders.  However, I have looked around and found a pretty good resource for us to try, it does cover standards.  I will be sending a sheet home, stapled in the blue folder, for weekly practice.  It would be a great idea for you to sit with your child to help or just to see what potential test items may look like.  The students are to record their score and they may retake the test.  This not for my grading purposes at all!  

Hopefully, this is a resource to help kids improve and raise their spring test scores.  You might find yourself teaching a little :)  We will do a second set in a few weeks which is really more like the MAP test.

Homework Prepdog website: Prepdog (Click on the link)

Monday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Write a sentence with each spelling word.

Tuesday:   Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Lang. Arts 1,7

Wednesday: Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Lang. Arts 13,14

Thursday:Reading Log: 10 minutes, Prepdog Math Numbers and Operations 5,6,7

Please continue to use XtraMath when time allows. 

Calendar:

February 13th- Winter Break
Valentine's Day Party- February 14th at 1:30.  Valentine boxes need to be made at home!