Ms. Shelly's News January 18

This past Wednesday was the 100th day of school and we did lots of celebrating!  Thank you for working so hard on those cute 100th day shirts.  We enjoyed showing them off to each other during our fashion show. We exercised to 100 by doing sets of 10 different exercises and dancing to the "Count to 100" song.

• Continue to practice sight words every night for 5-10 minutes. We can really see improvement in all of their reading!
• Continue to practice counting to 100 by 1's and 10's at home.
• Shoe Tying practice...There are some super interested kids wanting to tie their shoes all on their own.  Be sure to practice this skill at home.

Field trip information:

We will be going to the Ink museum on February 21.  Parents may attend the field trip only if they have been through the volunteer training provided by the school.  This is a school wide policy. You will have to meet us at the museum and pay separately at the door.  Permission slips will come home soon.

Ink museum info.

Due date: February 1st

They are putting in the work, why not get a little reward for their efforts!  By submitting the reading log to me, once the time requirement is complete, the students will earn a FREE ticket to Six Flags to use this summer.  Remember, there is a water park now for those who are not a fan of roller coasters. The due date for Six Flags Read To Succeed is coming up. All reading counts, reading to themselves, reading together with you, being read to by you!  Be sure to record the stories you have read and the times on the sheet that was sent home.  If you have lost your page, I have attached a copy here.

The RBES PTO is heading up this kindness initiative. Information is coming home to begin Raise Craze at our school in February.  The purpose of Raise Craze is not to pay students for being kind, but to encourage acts of kindness in general.  This is to go along with the "k" in the ROCKETS way! Stay tuned!

Kindness Matters

Yello forms came home to order a "Kindness Matters" t-shirt.  Please return your order form before Feb. 1st 

Week in Review:

ELA-  We read 100 days of Cool and discussed parts of a story and made predictions about what would happen in the story.

Writing- We created portraits of ourselves at 100 years old and wrote about what we might do when we turn 100.
Math- We worked on counting to 100 by counting out groups of 10 and skip counting by 10's to complete our 100th day necklaces.
SS- We watched Emily's 100th day of school

Activity Snapshot:

• We practiced using scales and determining if something was heavier or lighter.
• We drew a picture on how we can make the world a better place.

• Continue learning about  (true) narrative writing (stories with a beginning, middle, and end)
• Long /i/
• Digraphs
• CGI - mixed problems
• Begin addition
• Economics- Needs/wants; Goods/services

Reminders and Announcements:

• January 21 - MLK Jr. Day  (no school)
• February 1 - Deadline to submit home reading log for Six Flags Read to Succeed
• February 8 - Father/Daughter dance 5:30- 7:30
• February 11 - iMom breakfast
• February 14 - Valentine's celebration (This is not a class party. We will just be doing fun valentine activities throughout our day.)
• February 18 - Digital Learning Day (No school!) More info to come!
• February 21 - Field trip to INK children's Museum (info. coming home soon)