Ms. Shelly's News February 22

We had such a fun time on our field trip to the INK museum!  They worked, observed, discovered, explored all day.  Several even napped on the way back to school.  Thank you to the parents who were able to come.  We appreciate your help so much!  A ticket for a return trip went home in their folders. 

We are approaching the end of the 3rd quarter!  The year is going by so quickly.  I will be working on a schedule for spring conferences and will share that out to you soon.   

I am about halfway through sight word checks for the end of February.  To be "meeting" the kindergarten standard, students will need to know a minimum of 100 sight words by the end of the year.  A "meets" for this quarter would be 75 words or more.  They must be able to tell me the word within 3 seconds to "know it". Sounding out words does not count. Please continue to review sight words with your student each night for homework.  

• Continue to practice sight words every night for 5-10 minutes. 
• Continue to practice counting to 100 by 1's and 10's at home. Some students have moved on to counting by 5's.
• 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.

Thank you to everyone who participated in Raise Craze this year!  Rocky Branch students collectively completed over 1800 acts of kindness at home and in the community. Rocks have been passed out to help the ripple effect continue.  We made notes for our Rocket Buddies, we cleaned up things that were not necessary our mess.  We helped friends in need with book bags and chairs, we created cards and pictures for others!

Week in Review:

• Writing: We have continued to write about true narratives  (stories with a beginning, middle and end). We wrote about our field trip to the INK museum.
• Math: Coin ID: penny and nickle; Continue to practice adding and subtracting
• ELA: We read Amelia Bedelia. We practiced multiple meaning words (words with m ore than one meaning)
• Social Studies:President's Day; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln

Activity Snapshot:

• Guest speaker, Maria, came to talk about how acts of kindness have touched her life and what she is doing to pass on kindness to others!
• We read: I am George Washington. We made George Washington's face.
• We read: I am Abraham Lincoln. We made Abe Lincoln with a penny

Peek at the week:

• Writing: Wrap up learning about (true) narrative writing (stories with a beginning, middle, and end). Sharing our stories with the class later this week!
• Math: mixed addition and subtraction practice; continue coin ID practice
• ELA: Practice blending CVC/CCVC words; Review digraphs; Verbs
• Science: begin rocks and soil

Reminders and Announcements:

• March 6 & 7- K registration (If you know of anyone that will be starting K at RBES next year, please pass these dates along!

• March 11- Teacher Work Day 
• March 13-  K Picture Day 
• March 18- 22- Spring book fair
• March 19- STEAM night @ RBES
• April 1-5 Spring Break