Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday!

I hope you have had a wonderful week so far!  We have been very productive in Room 27!

We lost more teeth today!  Three kids lost teeth today and the funny thing is two of them are the same ones that lost teeth on Tuesday.  Those tooth fairies must be busy.  :)I meant to get a picture of the entire class so we could compare toothless smiles, but didn't get around to it.  It will be in tomorrow's post.  :)

Spirit Day

Tomorrow is our first Spirit Day.  It is Crayon Day.  If your student would like to participate, they can wear as much of their favorite color as they would like.  :)

If you would like to start planning for other Spirit Days, here is the list for the year.  

Chicken BBQ Tickets

The kids and I talked about Chicken BBQ today.  We talked about the auction items and also buying tickets.  There are three prices for tickets.  Adult tickets are $9 and include half a chicken, youth tickets are $7 and include 1/4 chicken and child tickets are $5 and include chicken legs.  Each meal has green beans, apple sauce, a roll and a piece of pie.  This is our BIG fundraiser for PTA.  They do so much for our school and they have the funding for everything mainly from the Chicken BBQ, so if you're able to come out and support the PTA on October 15, that would be great!  We do have a drive thru available if you're short on time.  :)

The auction has a lot of great items again this year.  When I get a list of the items, I will be sending it home in Friday folders as well as on the blog.  We worked on our Teacher Town auction entries today.  :)  I will finish them next week and will post pictures.  We also discussed the STEAM Bus as part of the auction.  The STEAM Bus is a bus that has a lot of different science, technology, engineering, arts and math activities on it. Craig Adams is the coordinator for the STEAM Bus and he has donated a full day on the STEAM Bus for one class.   The kids and I discussed today that if parents are interested, they can pool their money together (from the same class) and try to win the day on the STEAM Bus for a class.  The winning student's entire class will get the enjoy the bus.  If you would like more information about the bus, you can visit the website here.

Your student should have brought a Ziploc bag home a few weeks ago to purchase tickets, if you don't have the bag, but would still like to order, you can send in a note with how many tickets you would like to purchase and the money for the tickets.  Tickets are also available the day of at the BBQ.

I look forward to seeing everyone there!  I will be working the Drive Thru and then walking around with my family.

Bird Day Forms

Thank you to everyone who has returned the forms about Bird Day.  If you haven't returned the form, please do so.  This will allow me to let the cafeteria know how many lunches are needed that day.  

McTeacher Night

Next Tuesday, October 4, is McTeacher Night at the Nifong McDonald's from 4 p.m.-8 p.m.  McDonald's donates a portion of profits made during this time back to RBE.  RBE faculty and staff will be working in different shifts throughout the night.  I will be working from 4:30-5:00 p.m.  It's a way to raise money for RBE and not make dinner.  :)

Word Study

We discussed "Magic e" yesterday and today and the students have a good understanding that CVC (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant) words (example: mad or rob) make a short vowel sound and CVCe (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant e) words (example: made or robe) make a long vowel sound.  We learned the pattern yesterday, then today we created a list of CVC and CVCe words, then they worked in their word study packets.  As a reminder, the spelling words this week and next focus on short & long a words:  Short a Words: glass, fast, last, snap, and sack. Long a Words: make, page, face, same, and came.

Book It

Coming home in Friday Folders is a Book It! form.  Book It! is a reading promotional program through Pizza Hut.  I will be discussing this with the class on Friday, but wanted to go ahead and let you know that we will be participating in the program this year.  The goal that the second grade teachers has set is for each student to read 300 minutes each month at home (they would be able to meet this goal if they read 5 extra minutes each night for homework, or read for 15 minutes 5 nights instead of 4 nights).  Your child's responsibility is to fill in the number of minutes read each night & then add the total minutes for the week.  October's Reading Log is due by November 2nd.  

I will post again tomorrow with what our plan is for next week!

Have a wonderful evening!

Mrs. Ross