Week of Jan. 14th to 18th

Here’s a peek at our week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: E is for Effort, Zones of Regulation,
expressing ourselves using: " I feel...", Bug
and a Wish, " Please stop", counting to ten to cool down or taking a break.
Students will be learning about having a growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset.

Zoo-phonics Friends: Review ALL letters ( sounds/ naming)... we will focus on long
vowel sounds and rules. We are learning two vowels go walking and sneaky "e".

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

Mentor Sentence: "Jane has 100 jelly beans."

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

Writing Workshop:Narrative writing.... students will create characters, problems and
solutions. Students will capitalize proper nouns and first letters, finger spaces
between words and add punctuation.
Social Studies: Martin Luther King

Math: Comparing numbers, base ten counting, tally recording, graphing and solving
addition and subtraction sentences.

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

We will be celebrating our 100^th day of school on Wednesday, January 16^th.  We will do some special activities with tons of counting to 100. If you’d like to participate in the special snack, we’d ask that you fill this baggie with 100 pieces of a snack. (Ideas: pretzel sticks, marshmallows, chocolate morsels, goldfish, m&ms, etc.) Your child should be able to count the objects inside the bag. J We will put the all the snack together and make a trail mix. J Students may also dress like they are 100 years old. Thank you for your cooperation in celebrating 100 days of school. J

RBES will focus on Random Acts of Kindness from February 8th - 22nd.  More information will be forthcoming about this exciting event.  You have the opportunity to purchase a t-shirt for you student and entire family to help publicize the importance of kindness. Order forms were sent home in Friday Folders and you can also access HERE.  Deadline to place your order is February 1st. 

                                             

Don’t forget to send in spare change on Fridays for Give Burns the Boot! First Grade will collect every Friday for the year to give back to Oconee Fire. First Graders will be outside during morning carpool and inside as students get off the bus. If it is raining, we will collect in the lobby as opposed to outside, so feel free to send change into the building with your child!

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!

   Ice Cream Fridays!  

Our PTO will continue to sell ice cream each Friday for $1. Please send the money with your student in a labeled ziploc or envelope if they'd like one. :)

We will be visiting the library to check out a new book on Wednesday. Please encourage your student to put their library book back in their book bag when they are finished looking at it each night. :)

We have 10 minutes in our schedule for snack time. Each student is encouraged to bring one snack to enjoy during this time. If you would please help your student pack them item in their book bag, this will help when they are trying to locate their snack. :)

We love to celebrate birthdays! Snack time is the best time of the day to celebrate. If you would like you are welcome to send in a small treat to enjoy. Some easy things that students have enjoyed have been goody bags or a donut or a cookie. If you are thinking passing out birthday invitations at school, we ask that each student receive one. :) 


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. 

When money is being sent to school, it would be very helpful if it came in a ziploc or an envelope with your student's name, my name, grade level and a brief description of what the money is for. ( lunch money, book fair, ice cream, etc.) Thank you for helping us! 

Upcoming Events
iMom -- Jan.14th 7:30 am
100th day -- Jan.16th
MLK Holiday -- Jan. 21st
Miss Judy's Birthday -- Jan. 28th