Happy First Face to Face Friday!

 Happy Friday!

The students have worked so hard this week.  They immediately got into the routine of face to face school!  They have done really well keeping their masks on and staying in their spots.  

Important Upcoming Events

• RBE Trunk or Treat: Thursday, October 29 from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
• No School: November 3-4 (Election Day and Teacher Work Day)
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Week of November 9 (More information to come)
• These will be done over Zoom.
• Thanksgiving Break: November 25-27 (No School)

Friday Folders

• Our first Friday folder will come home this week.  In the Friday folder will be a checklist showing how your student scored in Work Habits, Interactions with Adults and Interactions with Peers.  Students are scored from 1-4 with 3 being the goal.  A 4 means that the student repeatedly went above and beyond in an area.  Scores can also fluctuate each week as the scores is based on the specific week.
• I will also write comments every other week.
• Starting the week of November 2, there will be a place for parents to initial.  This lets me know you have seen the folders.
• Please return the folders on Monday.  This allows me to let them folders sit for a few days before I handle and repack them for the week.  
• This week there is a flu clinic form.  If you would like your student to receive the flu vaccine at school, the form must be returned by November 9.

Sticker Charts

• The students started earning stickers this week for being safe, respectful learners at school.
• We converted our Class Dojo points to stickers this week also.  I have cleared all their Class Dojo points and given them a sticker chart with the number of stickers earned.  2 Dojo points is worth 1 sticker.
• Once students fill a sticker chart (20 stickers), they can turn it in and choose their rewards.  
• Some students have already turned in their sticker charts for rewards.  When a student turns in a sticker chart, I will write their reward choice on the back so they can bring it home to show their parents.  
• I'm proud of all their hard work to earn stickers.  We will continue to use Class Dojo on Wednesdays when we are virtual since I can't give stickers over Zoom.  :)

Next Week's Learning

Math

• Students will explain why the turn around rule doesn't work for subtraction.  We will be working hard on their explanations when telling why it doesn't work.
• Students will be working on representing a number in multiple ways (money, number models, pictures, tally marks)

Reading

• We will be starting Unit 2 next week.  We will be learning about making inferences in reading.
• Students will have to identify clues the author gives and then determine an inference about the characters in the story.

Writing

• Our writing for unit 2 is opinion.  We will be doing a Hershey's Kiss taste test next week to determine our favorite and then identify reasons why we liked a certain flavor.  It's a secret, don't tell the kids.  :)
• We will then start an opinion piece about a character in one of the stories we are reading.  

Social Studies

• We will switch from science to social studies next week.  We will start by learning about the election process.  This will be an introduction to our unit on being a good citizen and US symbols.  

Fundations

• Our trick words are again, animal, please, sure, use, used.
• We will learn about new vowel teams of -ou, oo, ew and ue.  The students are learning these to read at the moment, not spelling with them.  We will also be learning the different sounds made by the suffix -ed.

I really enjoyed our first week together face to face and I'm so excited to see the kids again next week!