Ms. Shelly's News March 22

Happy first week of Spring and welcome to quarter 4!  The last quarter of the school year has arrived and there are many fun activities coming up.  Be sure to check the dates below and mark your calendars.  Thank you to  our first mystery reader, Dimpal Patel.  She brought in such a sweet story about friendship to share with our class! We enjoyed the story so much!

• 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

What is the 2019 Rocky Branch Mother and Son event?

Skate Night!

Where?

Athens Skate Inn 295 Commerce Blvd. Athens, Georgia 30606

When?

Tuesday April 16th, 2019   5:30 – 7:30

How much will it cost?

$5.00 per person (pay at the door, no prepay needed)

*Concessions will be available for purchase.

See you there!

Week in Review:

• Writing: Read It looked like spilled milk and wrote about what we thought the cloud looked like. Researched our last dinosaur for our research book and wrote facts.
• Math: Missing addend (3+__=10); Subtraction practice (number line, counters); Fact Fluency to 5.
• ELA: Parts of a story (characters, setting, problem, solution)
• Science: Begin Living/Non-living STEAM unit

Activity Snapshot:

• Book fair
• Grandparent lunch
• Walking field trip to the pollinator garden to draw and take pictures of living and non-living objects

Peek at the week:

• Writing: Opinion writing; Complete Dinosaur research book
• Math: Fair share (intro. to fractions)
• ELA: ABC order
• Science: continue Living/Non-living STEAM unit

Reminders and Announcements:

• April 1-5 Spring Break
• April 15 iMom breakfast (last one for the year)
• April 16 Mother/Son Skate Night @ Skate Inn - $5/person
• April 17 RBES night @ Sonic
• April 19 Kindergarten Barn Dance performance 8:30a
• April 26 Field Trip to Rock House Creamery farm
• April 26 - Relay for Life 6p-12a
• May 13 K-2 Field Day (be sure to sign up to volunteer quickly, if you are trained, when the sign up come out.  It fills up fast!)
• May 17 Half day on last day of School
• May   End of Year party (time to be announced later)