November 12th to 16th

Here’s a peek at our week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: K is for
kindness, Zones of Regulation, expressing ourselves using: " I feel...", Bug
and a Wish, " Please stop", counting to ten to cool down or taking a break.

Zoo-phonics Friends: Review ALL letters ( sounds/ naming) we are reviewing
some blends/digraphs as well as introducing long vowel sounds.

Reading: Daily 5 implementation -leveled readers, sight words, letter blending,
word work, stretch/say, sentence dictation, rhyming, syllables and picture labeling.

Mentor Sentence: " Turk sprinted to the front of the barnyard."

L.Arts: rhyming, sound substitution, letter/ word manipulation, cvc and ccvc words and syllables

Writing Workshop: Informational.. teaching someone about
something we are experts on. We will continue working on
labeling the parts in our pictures.
Science: Celebrations/Holidays/Customs

Math: Teen numbers, base ten, comparing numbers, comparing sets, place value and
CGI within 10 (subtraction)

Homework: Practice sight words nightly and complete a square from the calendar

We will not have school from November 19th to 23rd.
We hope you enjoy some time with your family! I can't
wait to hear about everyone's break! :)


Thanks for helping us reach our goal!Because of each of you, our class collected 84 cans! Thanks so much for having such a giving spirit! 

You can now order your child’s yearbook online!!

Go to www.balfour.com

• Click the Shop Now button on the home page
• Type in Rocky Branch Elementary School in the search bar, our school should pop up.
• Just follow the prompts from the website to fill out the information requested, please make sure it is all correct before you submit. The information provided is what we will use to get the yearbook in your child’s hands at the end of the school year.

If you have any questions, issues, or concerns please contact Balfour customer service. Yearbooks are $27. All orders must be placed by January 31, 2019.

No late orders will be accepted. If there are any additional/extra yearbooks they will be for sale in the front office for $30. Please do NOT count on additional yearbooks being available. Order your child’s today!

We understand that changes in transportation are necessary from time to time. If you would please, either send in a hand written note for the office or call the front office with the transportation change. We can not accept email transportation changes. Thank you for understanding. :) 


Please check their FISH book nightly for teachers notes, student work or messages from the office. All of the student work can be removed daily. Please check the student work to see if anything needs to corrected and returned. 

Upcoming Events

Nov. 15th -- Thanksgiving Feast
Nov. 19th-23rd -- Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 26th -- Dec. 6th  -- MAP Testing