Happy Friday!
We had a fantastic end to our Fable Week today. I hope that
your Friday was just as great as ours! :)
Maker Space
First thing this
morning we had Maker Space! We used beads and pipe cleaners to make
ornaments. Your child is bringing home his/her ornament today and you can
check out the pictures here!
Presentations
During Reading
Intervention, each group has a different focus. One group, completed
research and made a Google Slide presentation off of an interest that they had.
We had presentations on World War II, narwhals, Cubs, Michael Jordan, the
Bermuda Triangle and dogs Here are some pictures of the presentations.
Fable Camp
Fires
We have been
working SO hard on creating our very own fables! We started creating our
fables on Tuesday by putting our ideas down on a Fable Creation Board, and then
turned our ideas into a completed story during the rest of the week. I am
so super proud of how everyone's fables turned out. An important part of
being an author is sharing our writing with other people. This afternoon
we had camp fires in the classroom and we sat around the camp fire and shared
our stories. Click here
to see our Fable Camp Fire Reading pictures.
Talking
Horse Production
As an end to Fable
Week, we had Talking Horse Productions present "The Tortoise and the
Hare." It was a lot of fun and interactive! Here are a few
pictures of the production.
Semester
Pizza Party
We will be having
our Semester Pizza Party on Friday, December 9. So your child does not
need to bring a lunch next Friday, but s/he will still need a snack to eat
earlier that morning. Also, if your child would like to have a special drink
to enjoy during the Pizza Party you can send one in (juice or soda - in a
plastic bottle or can and no larger than 20 ounces).
Food &
Pajama Drives
WOW!!!! I am
so lucky to teach at such a giving school. During the month of November
we had a food drive for Meals of Wheels - we ended up making about 139 Snowy
Day bags for participants in Meals on Wheels - this is the most that we have
EVER collected! This week in the Wear a Pair, Give a Pair pajama drive
for The Rainbow House 203 pajamas were donated. Having a new pair of
pajamas will allow 203 children will sleep better because of your giving!
Next Week
- Math: We will be moving on to Geometry next week. We
will be working on identifying shapes by the number of angles and side of
2-D shapes (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons & hexagons) and
angles and faces of a cube (3-D shape). We will also be learning
about partitioning (dividing) a shape into 2, 3 and 4 equal shares, and
understanding the terms whole, half, third, and fourths.
- Reading: We will be reviewing summaries next week and
identifying the theme of books that we have read.
- Word Study: For the next 2 weeks we will be reviewing 2nd grade
no excuse words. These are words that don't typically fit the vowel
patterns that we are learning, but that students are expected to be able
to spell correctly in their writing. Our words next week are: they,
because, was, have, of, were, very, there, their & who. We know
that some of these words have been on previous
- Writing: We started publishing our 2nd personal narrative
piece this afternoon and will be finishing that next week.
Shhhhhhh!! We will also be working on TOP SECRET writing that
will be coming home at the end of December with some specials art work to
be given as gifts during the holidays.
- Emily Arrow: We are SO excited to have Emily Arrow visiting
Columbia next week, and we are super lucky that we have her to ourselves
one evening and for an entire school day.
- On Wednesday, December
7th at 6:00 pm RBE will be having a Family Literacy Night with Emily
Arrow. The concert is for Rock Bridge students and their families
and will be at Woodcrest Church (2201 W. Nifong Blvd). There will
be raffle baskets of books that will be given away. We hope to see
you there!
- On Thursday, December
8th at 6:00 pm, Emily Arrow will be at Daniel Boone Regional Library in
the children's area - they said she will be in the "egg" (the
kids learned about this on our field trip). So, if you really enjoy
Emily Arrow or you can't make it on Wednesday - you can see her at the
Library! :)
- On Friday, December
9th, Emily Arrow will visit our school. She will be performing in 3
concerts (K-1, 2-3, and 4-5) and touring our building.
- Next week, we will be
decorating our building for her visit. We will be making door decorations
that represent her songs.
Friday
Folders
There are lots of
papers coming home in your child's Friday Folder.
- Family Literacy Night with Emily Arrow flyer.
- RBE Giving Tree sponsored by Care Bears Service Club.
A Giving Tree will be set up Monday, December 5-Monday, December 12.
The tree will be filled with ornaments labeled with items for our
local families in need (items range from $5.00-$25.00). If you would
like for your child to select an ornament, you need to return the permission
slip at the bottom of the flyer and return the gift with the ornament
attached by Tuesday, December 13.
I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Ross
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