Friday, September 29, 2017

Week of October 2-6, 2017

Week of October 2-6

Here’s a peek at next week!
Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; Zones of Regulation - What might it look like if someone was in the blue, yellow, green, or red zones? How can I help?
Phonics Family Words: bring, thing, think, sent, find, kind, went, bent, lamp, milk
Phonics: Ending Blends
Reading: Daily 5 implementation with emphasis on asking and answering questions (thick and thin) about details in texts - What is the main idea? How can I retell the story? (5 Finger Retell, Fist to Five) What is the author’s purpose? (PIE - Persuade, Inform, Entertain)
Mentor Sentence: “Salma and Lily were best friends at school.” -The Sandwich Swap
L.Arts: Sentence level context clues for meanings of words or phrases; Understand and use conjunctions (FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Writing Workshop: Personal Narratives - Publishing our “small moment” stories like our mentor texts; “Show What You Know” narrative writing post sample
PBL: What is the Ronald McDonald House Charity? How can we show contribution and kindness to the RMH and the patients who stay there?
Math: Numeration - Place Value (patterns in 100 chart); making ten bundles, one more/one less; ten more/ten less; representing numbers using base ten blocks, distinguish numbers as tens and ones, and represent numbers as tallies. We will also continue to explore the importance of organizing data in a chart/graph so it can be easily read by others.


Homework
  1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
  2. READ! - Headsprouts practice on computer
  3. Moby Max practice on computer
First Grade PBL
As a part of our grade level service learning project, we are collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House all year starting in October. Send tabs in at any time in a plastic bag, and we will do the rest!



Field Trip Dates
Ashley, Brantley, Brandenburg, Jones - October 10th
Skinner, Stanchek, Pierce - October 11th

United Way Fundraiser
Interested in donating to United Way? Here are some opportunities to do so at RBES!
Students and Teachers
Buy a Chick-Fil-A chicken biscuit.  Orders will be taken October 10th – 12th.  Chicken biscuits will be delivered to your child’s room on Friday, the 13th at 8:15. Cost of biscuits - $4.00. Proceeds less the cost of biscuits will be given to United Way. Order forms will be sent home in Daily Folders.
Students
Pay $1.00 to wear a hat to school.  Date – Friday, October 13th
Buy a special RBES item from the School Store to support United Way the week of October 16th.
Parents
Water for sale the day of the DA$H - $1.00



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Shoe Tying Practice

If your child hasn’t learned this skill, please practice at home.

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Snack Reminders
  • Please send a healthy snack {low in sugar} every day with your child.
  • Due to limited time, please only send one, easy-to-eat snack
  • Please also send in a small water bottle only to drink - no juice/soda/sugary beverages
  • Please send only CLEAR liquids for your kids to drink!


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Upcoming Events
Teacher Workday/End of 1st 9 Weeks (No School for Students) - October 6th
Fall Break - October 9th
TRR Cobb Field Trip - October 10th
Report Cards go Home - October 13th
DA$H - October 20th
Book Character Parade - October 27th at 8:00AM

Have a wonderful weekend!

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

September 25 - 29, 2017

I'm so sorry that this is late!!! 



Here’s a peek at next week!


Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; Mistakes are opportunities to learn; How can I show ownership of my mistakes? Learning to apologize
Phonics Family Words: black, blue, class, glad, play, clock, glass, please, flower, glitter
Phonics: L blend
Reading: Daily 5 implementation with emphasis on asking and answering questions (thick and thin) about details in texts - What is the main idea? How can I retell the story? (5 Finger Retell, Fist to Five)
Mentor Sentence: “Arnold’s apple tree now has big, red, tasty apples.” -The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree
L.Arts: Sentence level context clues for meanings of words or phrases
Writing Workshop: Personal Narratives - Publishing our “small moment” stories like our mentor texts
Social Studies: Where do I live? Me on the Map - Georgia, Oconee County, Bogart
Math: Numeration - Place Value (patterns in 100 chart); making ten bundles, one more/one less; ten more/ten less; representing numbers using base ten blocks


Homework
  1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
  2. Practice your “Lightning Words”
  3. Math - What’s the Value?
  4. READ! - Headsprouts practice




Field Trip Dates
Ashley, Brantley, Brandenburg, Jones - October 10th
Skinner, Stanchek, Pierce - October 11th


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Shoe Tying Practice

If your child hasn’t learned this skill, please practice at home.
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Snack Reminders
  • Please send a healthy snack {low in sugar} every day with your child.
  • Due to limited time, please only send one, easy-to-eat snack
  • Please also send in a small water bottle only to drink - no juice/soda/sugary beverages
  • Please send only CLEAR liquids for your kids to drink!


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Upcoming Events
DA$H Corporate Sponsors Due - September 29th
Teacher Workday/End of 1st 9 Weeks (No School for Students) - October 6th
Fall Break - October 9th
TRR Cobb Field Trip - October 10th
Report Cards go Home - October 13th
DA$H - October 20th
Book Character Parade - October 27th at 8:00AM

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, September 21, 2017

DA$H T-shirt sizes needed

DA$H T-shirt sizes needed
The DA$H for Excellence is on Friday, October 20. Each child at Rocky Branch will receive a free DA$H T-shirt on the day of the event. PLEASE complete the form below to request the size t-shirt that would best fit your child! If you have more than one child at Rocky Branch, complete a separate form for each child!

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Week of September 18 - 22, 2017

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Here’s a peek at next week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; Mistakes are opportunities to learn; How can I show ownership of my mistakes?
Phonics Family Words: green, brown, trip, from, cry, drone, treat, bread, crate, price, grape, drink, Friday, great, friend
Phonics: R blend
Reading: Putting all 5 pieces of Daily 5 together (3 rotations daily); review reading decoding strategies and comprehension strategies - asking and answering questions, context clues
Mentor Sentence: “At first, Wemberly and Jewel just peeked at each other.” -Wemberly Worried
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L.Arts: Review singular and plural nouns
Writing Workshop: Personal Narratives
Social Studies: “Me on the Map” - Where do I live?
Math: Numeration - Place Value (patterns in 100 chart); writing numbers to 120 and learning number words from 1 to 19; learn to use base ten blocks to represent a number


Homework
1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Practice your “Lightning Words”
3. Math - Place Value Sheet
4. READ! - Headsprouts practice

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Book Fair
    Thank you for supporting our school and especially our classroom library!  I appreciate the immense generosity shown through book donations for our classroom to read. Thank you!
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iMom Breakfast
The iMom Breakfast for September was cancelled due to inclement weather. All registrations/money will transfer to next month’s breakfast on October 16th.

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Volunteer Training
Did you miss one of our volunteer trainings? We have one last make-up session on September 18th at 2:00PM. The training will last 30 minutes. Please join us if you want to volunteer at RBES in any capacity this year.
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Zaxby’s Night
Need a meal idea for Monday night? Zaxby’s in Watkinsville will give a portion of proceeds to RBES on the evening of September 18th.

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Picture Retakes
If you wish to have your child’s picture retaken, please send in a note requesting so. Students must have written permission to have a picture retake. Retakes will occur on September 19th.

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First Grade Parent Breakfast
Join your child for the First Grade Parent Breakfast on September 21st at 7:45AM in the RBES cafeteria.

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Shoe Tying Practice

If your child hasn’t learned this skill, please practice at home.

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Snack Reminders
Please send a healthy snack {low in sugar} every day with your child.
Due to limited time, please only send one, easy-to-eat snack
Please also send in a small water bottle only to drink - no juice/soda/sugary beverages
Please send only CLEAR liquids for your kids to drink!


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Upcoming Events
Volunteer Training Session Make-Up - September 18th at 2:00PM
Zaxby’s Night - September 18th
Picture Retakes - September 19th
First Grade Parent Breakfast - September 21st
Hearing, Vision, Dental Screener - September 28th at 8:30AM
DA$H Corporate Sponsors Due - September 29th
Teacher Workday/End of 1st 9 Weeks (No School for Students) - October 6th
Fall Break - October 9th
Report Cards go Home - October 13th
DA$H - October 20th
Book Character Parade - October 27th at 8:00AM

Have a wonderful weekend!

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

STEAM Night Rescheduled


We are happy to be back at school and hope everyone is doing well.  Events from Monday and Tuesday have been rescheduled.  We hope you will be able to attend!
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iMoms Breakfast scheduled for 9-11
Money will be transferred to the iMoms Breakfast on October 16th
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Book Fair and Grandparent Lunches
The Book Fair has been extended through next Tuesday.
 Grandparent Lunches will be Wednesday-Friday of this week and Monday of next week.  
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STEAM Night has been rescheduled for  Tuesday, September 19th from 6:00-8:00.  If you paid for a Chick-Fil-A meal and are not able to attend, please let your child's teacher know and we will refund your money.