CHICKS!!!!

We were lucky enough to have feathered visitors today also.  :)  Third grade is MAP testing this week and also have chicks, so since the chicks would be a distraction during MAP testing.  We got a chance to chick sit for Mrs. Freese and Mrs. Croom which meant, we got to play with chicks.  Enjoy the pictures below of the students and the chicks.  :)

Mystery Reader :)

We had a surprise mystery reader this morning.  :)  Kenzie's uncle, Officer Wilson, from the Columbia Police Department.  He was originally scheduled to come during Reading Week, but he was called into work unexpectedly, so he had to reschedule.  He read Officer Buckle and Gloria, brought in stickers for the students and answered questions the students had about his job.

Happy Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!

I hope you have all had a wonderful day and stayed dry.  The students were able to go out for part of their first recess today before the rain came in.  Hopefully the forecast is wrong and we are able to go outside a bit more the rest of the week.

Early Out
Tomorrow, April 27, is an early out day and we will dismiss at 12:20.  If your student is going home a different way than normal, please be sure to let me know by tomorrow morning.

St. Jude's Children Hospital Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our St. Jude's Children's Hospital fundraiser so far.  As a school, we have already raised over $2500 (and that was as of Friday).  The fundraiser will continue until May 15 if you would like to send in money to donate.  Thank you to those who have already donated!

Runge Field Trip
Permission slips for our Runge Field Trip went home in Friday folders.  If you haven't returned the permission slip with your student, please do so.  Since we are going out of town, I need a permission slip for each student.  If you need an additional copy of the permission slip, please let me know and I can send another one home.

Library Books
We have 3 more times to check out library books this year (crazy!).  Please be checking at home for any library books that might be lost at home.  I want the students to be able to check out library books the last few times for the year.  :)

Lots of Important Information  :)
I will be posting updates on the blog with information about the end of school.  Please make sure to check the blog often so that you get all the information needed.  :)

Have a wonderful evening and try to stay dry!  :)

Mrs. Ross

Happy Friday/Outdoor Classroom

Happy Friday!

We were busy little beavers today!

Our day started out with the 4th and 5th grade choir performance.  The students were a fabulous audience and really enjoyed it.  The 4th and 5th graders did an awesome job!  I can't wait until our kids get to 4th and 5th grade to watch their choir performances.

After the choir performance, we went to Makers Space.  Today the students played with Ozobots.  They are small robots that are programmed and coded to run off different colors.  The students put them on premade "tracks" and then were able to use markers to make their own tracks.  The Ozobots also change color based on the color of the marker.

This afternoon the kids were awesome helpers in the garden.  They helped to mulch half the garden.  They worked so hard to make the garden look nice.  They will probably sleep well tonight!  :)  You can check out the pictures here.

Then we finished up our Earth Day with some science observations around the Outdoor Classroom.  We went to the garden, the butterfly garden, the prairie and the pond.

Please check out the Newsletter.  If you request a paper copy, it is in your student's Friday folder.

In your student's Friday folder, you will find a permission slip and information about our Runge Field Trip.  Please read over the information and sign the permission slip and return it to school with your student.  A signed permission slip is required for your student to attend this field trip because we are going out of town.  If you would like to help and attend the field trip, please make this on the permission slip.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this weather!

Mrs. Ross

A Message From Mrs. Reynolds

RBE Parents and Families,                                                                                                                                                                                                                            April 20, 2016

This year our annual RBE Clean-Up Day has been combined with RBE Outdoor Classroom Week, which started on Monday, April 18^th.  I apologize for not having a schedule of the Clean-Up Projects out to you sooner, but below you will find each class and their assigned projects.  The projects are happening tomorrow, April 21 and Friday, April 22.  If you are able to volunteer to tomorrow, please email me at ereynolds@cpsk12.org with the day/time.  We especially need help on Friday!  If you are able to volunteer on Friday, please sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090949acac2da64-clean

If you are able to help classes with mulching and have access to a wheelbarrow, wagon, shovel, rake and/or pitchfork, please bring those along with you!  Make sure the items you bring have your name on the handle.   We would love to have additional spring bulbs as well.  Other items that we need are 5 gallon buckets (kitty litter buckets would work also) and large plastic containers (like from yogurt, butter, or sour cream).  We need 6-8 buckets and at least 25 plastic containers.  These items will be kept in the garden and will be used by classes to water the garden plants. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_-ZG60SFrLubFRxQ1FXdUZxcGc/view?usp=sharing (This is a link with additional information about the rest of RBE Outdoor Classroom Week)

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Emily Reynolds, 1^st grade teacher and RBE Outdoor Classroom representative

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you all have had a wonderful day.  We were very busy in Room 27 today.

We worked on a special project today.  I am attaching pictures, but won't tell you what it is for.  :)  It is a secret.  :)

We also had an opportunity to tour the outdoor classroom today.  The weather didn't completely cooperate, so we had some we shoes when we were finished, but the students had a blast.  We toured the garden (I didn't get a picture there due to the light rain), then the prairie, the pond and the butterfly garden.  We are very lucky to have such a wonderful outdoor classroom at RBE.

 Learning all about the prairie

 Learning about animals we might see in the pond

 Looking for animals in the pond

 We found a lot of frogs, can you see the one in the picture above?

 Our last stop was the butterfly garden.

 They learned about native Missouri plants that attract butterflies.

There is a great path through the butterfly garden.  We will have to go back after the flowers are blooming.

We will continue celebrating Outdoor Classroom week the next two days.  On Friday, we will help in the outdoor classroom by spreading mulch around the garden.  I talked with the kids today about wearing older clothes and shoes on Friday so if they get a bit dirty, it's ok.  Also, Friday is Earth Day, so our dress up day is to wear Earth clothing, meaning anything representing the Earth, nature or just the color green.

Have a wonderful evening and hopefully the weather holds out the rest of the week so we can enjoy some time outside enjoying our wonderful Earth.  :)

Mrs. Ross

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!  

We had a great day.  We have kicked off Outdoor Classroom Week with an assembly this morning.  We honored the people who originally came up with the idea for the Outdoor Classroom, and learned about all the parts of the Outdoor Classroom!  We learned about the prairie, pond, amphitheater, the arbor, and the garden.  We will get to go on a tour of the Outdoor Classroom on Wednesday (fingers crossed about having good weather because I know rain is in the forecast).  Second grade also performed a song in the assembly, and the whole assembly also sang a song called "One Seed" (Click here for video)..

We started talking about Earth Day is coming up on Friday.  To enjoy the beautiful weather today we had Word Study outside.  We went on a nature walk and the students had to fill in an ABC chart with words that they found in nature.  

This week we will be talking more about how to take care of the Earth.  We will be reading passages about Earth Day and pollution, writing about ways that we can reduce, reuse, and recycle.  Make sure to ask your student about what they can do to help take care of the Earth each day! :)

Your students brought home their geometry and subtraction tests today.  Please look over both tests with your student and sign them and return them to school.  

Have a fabulous evening and stay dry!

Mrs. Ross