Week of March 19th to March 23rd

Here’s a peek at this week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: How can I find a solution to my problem? What are expected behaviors in the classroom?

Phonics Family Words: fable, cuddle, little, puzzle, able, title., cradle, middle, shuttle, battle

Phonics: “le” patterns

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - compare and contrast stories; comprehension strategies; point of view practice

Mentor Sentence: “The judges picked Babushka’s eggs as the most beautiful.” -Rechenka’s Eggs

L.Arts: MAP skills practice; parts of a sentence

Writing Workshop: Informational writing with research; Spring creative writing

Social Studies: What is a producer/consumer? How do I know the difference between what I need and what I want?

Math: What is money? Identifying money names and value

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Finding the Evidence: The Lost Chick
3. Money Cut and Paste/Color

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” and return it the following Friday.

Shoe Tying

If your child hasn’t mastered this skill yet, please practice at home.

Snack Reminders

We have a ten minute snack break every morning after our Daily 5 reading block. Please send in a small, healthy (low in sugar) snack with your child every day.

Spring Pictures

First grade will take spring pictures next week.

Upcoming Events

Spring Pictures - the Week of March 19th

Spring Break - April 2nd-6th

Zaxby’s Night - April 16th

Oconee County Relay for Life - April 20th from 6:00PM - 12:00AM

Quarterly Coffee with Administration - May 1st at 8:00AM

MAP Reading - April 23rd at 8:00am

Bear Hollow Field Trip - May 3rd

MAP Math - May 8th at 8:00am

K-2 Field Day - May 10th

Last Day of School - May 18th

Week of March 12th - 16th

Here’s a peek at this week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; How can I find a solution to my problem?

Phonics Family Words: rainbow, cupcake, butterfly, ladybug, friendship, sailboat, starfish, cowboy, sunflower, goldfish

Phonics: compound words

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - compare and contrast stories; comprehension strategies

Mentor Sentence: NO MENTOR SENTENCE THIS WEEK

L.Arts: synonyms/antonyms, MAP skills practice

Writing Workshop: Informational writing with research

Social Studies: What are goods and services? What is scarcity?

Math: Two digit addition and subtraction with regrouping

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Scholastic News
3. Practice addition and subtraction facts

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” and return it by Friday.

Book Fair/Grandparent Lunches

Our spring Scholastic Book Fair and grandparent lunches will take place March 8th, 9th, and 13th-16th between the hours of 8:00 AM and 2:30 PM. Grandparents, parents, or special friends may come eat lunch with their student and visit the book fair as soon. Our class’s lunch time is 11:14-11:40. Please have your child back to their activity class by 11:45. If an adult is unable to attend lunch, you may send money in with your child (cash or check payable to RBES PTO - 7% sales tax included) for your child to shop on their own (with volunteer help). Additionally, our class will have a special “shopping time” on Friday, March 9th from 8:00 AM until 8:30 AM. You may meet us in the library during that time to shop with your child or send in cash/check for your child to shop with a volunteer. The book fair will also be open on Tuesday, March 13th from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM for the Ice Cream Social and STEAM Night.

**Please remember that first grade will be at a field trip all day on March 15th, so we will not be able to go to the book fair or have grandparents for lunch that day.

Field Trip

First Grade will attend the Seussical performance in Athens on Thursday, March 15th. Please have your child to school on time if they are attending. If you noted that your child will  bring a lunch from home, please send that in with them as well. If you have not paid the $15 for your child to attend the Seussical and Bear Hollow trips, please send that in as soon as possible.

STEAM Night

Calling All STEAMists! Tuesday, March 13 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Rocky Branch will be hosting  our STEAM Night, Book Fair, and Ice Cream Social. For this event, we would like to get members of our community and/or our parents to share his/her Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, or Mathematical expertise with our students. It is our goal to have you set up a station with a short activity that students and parents can rotate to throughout the night. This may be an activity from your profession or a STEAM activity that interests you. You may bring in STEAM materials from your profession to have students use, plan a short STEAM activity for students to complete, or show a short 5 minute STEAM demonstration for students.

If you are willing to participate in our STEAM night, please complete the form below. Feel free to email Angela Harris, aharris@oconeeschools.org, with any questions.

We look forward to having you volunteer and support STEAM education!

Form:

Calling All STEAMIST!

Mrs. Hancock's 4th grade homeroom will be selling

Relay for Life "Banding Together for a Cure" bracelets beginning March 13th.  Students will be selling bracelets next to the school store each morning from 7:15-7:30.  

Bracelets will sell for $1 each.  There will be yellow, pink, blue, purple, red, and aqua bracelets as supplies last.  We have a limited number of 200 bracelets, so plan to get yours soon!

Shoe Tying

If your child hasn’t mastered this skill yet, please practice at home.

Snack Reminders

We have a ten minute snack break every morning after our Daily 5 reading block. Please send in a small, healthy (low in sugar) snack with your child every day.

Upcoming Events

Teacher Workday - March 12th

STEM Night and Ice Cream Social - March 13th at 6:00PM

Spring Book Fair and Grandparent Lunches - March 8th-16th

Field Trip (Seussical) - March 15th

Report Cards Go Home - March 16th

Spring Pictures - March 19th

Spring Break - April 2nd-6th

Week of March 5th - 9th

Here’s a peek at this week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; How can I find a solution to my problem?

Phonics Family Words: we’ll, I”ll, you’ll, they’re, we’re, you’re, I’ve, you’ve, could’ve, we’ve

Phonics: contractions

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - compare and contrast stories; comprehension strategies

Mentor Sentence: “They took a few minutes to somersault across Liam McGabe’s garden.” -That’s What Leprechauns Do

L.Arts: Sentence correction within mentor texts; commas, homophones

Writing Workshop: What is realistic fiction? Review genres

Social Studies: Who was Ruby Bridges?

Math: Two digit addition and subtraction

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Finding the Evidence: St. Patrick’s Day
3. Scholastic News
4. Let’s Add - Double Digit Addition

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” and return it the following Friday.

Book Fair/Grandparent Lunches

Our spring Scholastic Book Fair and grandparent lunches will take place March 8th, 9th, and 13th-16th between the hours of 8:00 AM and 2:30 PM. Grandparents, parents, or special friends may come eat lunch with their student and visit the book fair as soon. Our class’s lunch time is 11:14-11:40. Please have your child back to their activity class by 11:45. If an adult is unable to attend lunch, you may send money in with your child (cash or check payable to RBES PTO - 7% sales tax included) for your child to shop on their own (with volunteer help). Additionally, our class will have a special “shopping time” on Friday, March 9th from 8:30AM until 9:00 AM. You may meet us in the library during that time to shop with your child or send in cash/check for your child to shop with a volunteer. The book fair will also be open on Tuesday, March 13th from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM for the Ice Cream Social and STEAM Night.

**Please remember that first grade will be at a field trip all day on March 15th, so we will not be able to go to the book fair or have grandparents for lunch that day.

STEAM Night

Calling All STEAMists! Tuesday, March 13 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Rocky Branch will be hosting  our STEAM Night, Book Fair, and Ice Cream Social. For this event, we would like to get members of our community and/or our parents to share his/her Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, or Mathematical expertise with our students. It is our goal to have you set up a station with a short activity that students and parents can rotate to throughout the night. This may be an activity from your profession or a STEAM activity that interests you. You may bring in STEAM materials from your profession to have students use, plan a short STEAM activity for students to complete, or show a short 5 minute STEAM demonstration for students.

If you are willing to participate in our STEAM night, please complete the form below. Feel free to email Angela Harris, aharris@oconeeschools.org, with any questions.

We look forward to having you volunteer and support STEAM education!

Form:

Calling All STEAMIST!

Mrs. Hancock's 4th grade homeroom will be selling

Relay for Life "Banding Together for a Cure" bracelets beginning March 13th.  Students will be selling bracelets next to the school store each morning from 7:15-7:30.  

Bracelets will sell for $1 each.  There will be yellow, pink, blue, purple, red, and aqua bracelets as supplies last.  We have a limited number of 200 bracelets, so plan to get yours soon!

Shoe Tying

If your child hasn’t mastered this skill yet, please practice at home.

Snack Reminders

We have a ten minute snack break every morning after our Daily 5 reading block. Please send in a small, healthy (low in sugar) snack with your child every day.

Upcoming Events

Kindergarten Registration - March 7th and 8th at 2:45PM

Teacher Workday - March 12th

STEM Night and Ice Cream Social - March 13th at 6:00PM

Spring Book Fair and Grandparent Lunches - March 8th-16th

Field Trip (Seussical) - March 15th

Report Cards Go Home - March 16th

Spring Pictures - March 20th

Spring Break - April 2nd-6th

Week of Feb. 26th - March 2nd

Here’s a peek at this week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: Community building; How can I find a solution to my problem?

Phonics Family Words: didn’t, wasn’t, doesn’t, couldn’t, won’t, it’s, that’s, where’s, what’s, here’s

Phonics: contractions

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - compare and contrast stories; comprehension strategies - focus on Dr. Seuss for Read Across America week

Mentor Sentence: “”When I grow up, I want to be a Secret Service agent.” -Diary of a Worm

L.Arts: Sentence correction within mentor texts; suffixes, contractions

Writing Workshop: What is realistic fiction? Review genres

Social Studies: Who was Theodore Roosevelt? Who was George Washington Carver?

Math: Subtraction Strategies - (count up, think addition, count back, number line, minus zero, number minus itself, minus 10)

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Finding the Evidence: Black History Month
3. Scholastic News - Only in America
4. Practice addition and subtraction facts!!

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” and return it the following Friday.

First Grade Play

Please see Mr. Luke’s message regarding “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”:

All students can wear costumes for the play.  Speaking roles have a specific animal, or something close to it, that they will need to be, but everyone else can choose a forest animal/bird to be if they would like.  I have several animal masks and hats, but if you would like to make your own, please feel free!  

And a quick recap of times:

Next Thursday: Shows at 9:00 AM and 10:15 AM (for students and grandparents if they would like), evening show at 7 PM (for all)

Please keep working on lines for speaking roles - www.tinyurl.com/firstgrademusical  --- click on BWOTM Script

All the kids are doing a GREAT job!  I can't wait for you to see the show!

Thank you!

Josh Luke

First Grade will be taking two field trips this semester. On March 15th, we will attend the Seussical performance in Athens to support our ELA standards; and on May 3rd we will go to Bear Hollow Zoo in Athens to support our science standards. The combined cost for BOTH field trips is $15.00. Please send money in (labeled cash or check) by February 26th.

Character Education Survey

Each year, committees of teachers work to analyze our programs and how we can continuously improve to provide the very best for students. This year, several teachers are looking at the recommendations from our last National Character Visit and developing a plan for the future. As part of that work, they want your input regarding our character initiative: specifically the implementation of the ROCKETS' Way. We would GREATLY appreciate you taking a few moments to complete the survey below. Your input is important and appreciated!! Click Here to Complete Survey.

STEAM Night

Calling All STEAMists! Tuesday, March 13 from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Rocky Branch will be hosting  our STEAM Night, Book Fair, and Ice Cream Social.   For this event, we would like to get members of our community and/or our parents to share his/her Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, or Mathematical expertise with our students. It is our goal to have you set up a station with a short activity that students and parents can rotate to throughout the night. This may be an activity from your profession or a STEAM activity that interests you. You may bring in STEAM materials from your profession to have students use, plan a short STEAM activity for students to complete, or show a short 5 minute STEAM demonstration for students.

If you are willing to participate in our STEAM night, please complete the form below.   Feel free to email Angela Harris, aharris@oconeeschools.org, with any questions.

We look forward to having you volunteer and support STEAM education!

Form:

Calling All STEAMIST!

Shoe Tying

If your child hasn’t mastered this skill yet, please practice at home.

Snack Reminders

We have a ten minute snack break every morning after our Daily 5 reading block. Please send in a small, healthy (low in sugar) snack with your child every day.

Upcoming Events

First Grade Play - March 1st at 9:00AM, 10:15AM, & 7:00PM

Mother-Son Hoedown - March 2nd

Kindergarten Registration - March 7th and 8th at 2:45PM

Teacher Workday - March 12th

STEM Night and Ice Cream Social - March 13th at 6:00PM

Spring Book Fair and Grandparent Lunches - March 8th-16th

Field Trip (Seussical) - March 15th

Spring Break - April 2nd-6th