WOW! We had a busy week with the homecoming parade, 3rd grade play, DASH, and all of the hard work they put in learning and challenging themselves. We also made the Rocket report news today for showing kindness. We wrote thank you letters to sailors away at officer school to say "Thank you" for their contribution to our country.
We used the pumpkins from the field trip to do some math and science investigations. Then, we completed our 2nd STEM challenge, Pumpkin Towers. The students used their senses to evaluate different building materials (jelly pumpkins, candy corn pumpkins, and marshmallow pumpkins) to decide which would be the best to make a model tower. We also reviewed 3-D shapes and having a solid base to support our structure. The students have learned the Engineering Design Process and motions to help them remember the steps. Some structures were a success and some structures were not, but that is all part of the discovery process. Ask them to tell you more about our challenge!
Please help the 2nd grade students make a difference by contributing pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. It costs between $50 and $100 to operate a room at one of their facilities. The RMH receives market value, usually between $0.35 and $0.50 per pound, for the recycled metal in order to assist families in need. Last year our school collected just over 100 pounds of aluminum through our collection efforts. This would almost pay for one night’s stay at one of the Ronald McDonald facilities. In order to help more families, we would love to increase our goal to 150 pounds of aluminum this school year.
In order to contribute, remove the pop tabs from every aluminum can and send them in to your child's homeroom teacher each month. The 2nd graders will collect each teacher’s tabs month, weigh and graph the data, and take the pop tabs to an individual who will deliver them to the Ronald McDonald House of Atlanta. Thank you so much for your contributions!
Parenting and Technology Night
Plugged-In Parents: Keeping kids safe, happy, and healthy in the digital age.
Tuesday, October 23
6:00 - 7:00
RBES Media Center
Join us as we address your main concerns regarding children and media use.
- Determining the right amount of screen time for your aged child
- How to establish limits with screen time without major battles
- When to get your child a cell phone
- Developing a family media agreement
- Media and friendships together - the benefits and challenges
As we prepare for the presentation, we would love your input. So, if you haven't completed the parent technology survey, here
- Continue to practice sight words every night for 5-10 minutes.
- Practice counting to 100.
Week in Review:
- Place value (ones/tens place)
- Teen numbers
- Letter K, k and G, g sounds and letter formation
- CVC words (consonant/vowel/consonant)
- Sight word games
- CGI math (Cognitively Guided Instruction)
Activity Snapshot:
Sneak peek at the week:- STEM challenge
- DA$H Fun Run
- 3rd grade play "Squirm"
- Continue teen numbers
- Letter J, j (Jumping Jim); W, w (Walter Walrus)
- Continue Informational writing- Fall
- CGI (taking away problems)
Star Student: Hollis Ade
Reminders and Announcements:
- Oct. 31- Book Character Parade
- Nov. 5- iMom breakfast 7:20
- Nov. 15- Thanksgiving Feast
- Nov. 19-23 Thanksgiving holidays
- Dec. 17- Jan. 2 Winter holiday break
