Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
March 26-30, 2018
It's almost spring break!
ELA
* Mentor text this week is Knots on a Counting Rope with a focus on figurative language
* Opinion writing - what makes a good persuasive writing
* no new vocabulary this week
* spiral grammar homework each night
* Read 30 minutes
Math - Identifying fractions, fraction bars, equivalent fractions
* continue to study multiplication facts
* spiral math homework each night
Science - Plant and animal adaptations and GA habitats
* Summative test THURSDAY
* Study guide in previous post
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Thursday, March 22, 2018
March 19-23
Vocabulary quiz - Week 19 - Friday, March 23
Study adaptations and GA habitats - test Thursday, March 29th.
Excellent information found at the website linked here: Website for Georgia Habitats
Bottle Buddy and report due Friday, March 23rd
Study adaptations and GA habitats - test Thursday, March 29th.
Excellent information found at the website linked here: Website for Georgia Habitats
Bottle Buddy and report due Friday, March 23rd
Monday, March 12, 2018
March 12-16, 2018
Study multiplication facts nightly!
ELA:
Informational Writing - Begin Opinion Writing
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing. This week's focus: figurative language
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
A loud clap of thunder shook the house, rattled the windows and made me grab her close.
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing. This week's focus: figurative language
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
A loud clap of thunder shook the house, rattled the windows and made me grab her close.
Vocabulary: Week 18 - Quiz Thursday, March 15
**Know the words and their meanings as well as how to use the words correctly in a sentence according to their meaning** This week we will also focus on the 3 types of sentences and the ability to write compound, complex, and simple sentences and identify the difference between the three types of sentences
present - a period of time that is now occurring; to deliver a speech or idea
concise - short and gets to the pointin a few words
specific - clearly defined or identified
prank -a practical joke or trick
continuous - without an end
decline - unwillingness to consider an idea or request
pivot - to turn as if on a pin
gnaw - to bite or chew with your teeth
**Know the words and their meanings as well as how to use the words correctly in a sentence according to their meaning** This week we will also focus on the 3 types of sentences and the ability to write compound, complex, and simple sentences and identify the difference between the three types of sentences
present - a period of time that is now occurring; to deliver a speech or idea
concise - short and gets to the pointin a few words
specific - clearly defined or identified
prank -a practical joke or trick
continuous - without an end
decline - unwillingness to consider an idea or request
pivot - to turn as if on a pin
gnaw - to bite or chew with your teeth
Reading: Synthesizing text - putting all the pieces together
Science:
Study Guide went home (3/7)
SL1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences
between plants, animals, and habitats found within geographic regions
(Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and
Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.
a. Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia's
geographic regions.
b. Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations
(camouflage, hibernation,migration, and mimicry) of animals allow them to survive
in their habitat.
c. Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat
and not in another.
Study Guide went home (3/7)
SL1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences
between plants, animals, and habitats found within geographic regions
(Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and
Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.
a. Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia's
geographic regions.
b. Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations
(camouflage, hibernation,migration, and mimicry) of animals allow them to survive
in their habitat.
c. Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat
and not in another.
Math:
Study multiplication facts each night.
Measurement: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters
of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an
unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and
different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
Study multiplication facts each night.
Measurement: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters
of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an
unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and
different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
Homework:
NO Spiral or Orange Folders this week - work on reading and project
NO Spiral or Orange Folders this week - work on reading and project
* Read 30 minutes nightly
* Study Habitats & Regions
* Study Habitats & Regions
* Study multiplication facts
* IXL (starred items in math and ela), Mobymax (fact fluency), Khan Academy
* Work on Explorers Bottle Buddy project - due March 23rd
Important Dates:
March 8 - Bookfair preview
March 8-15 - Bookfair
March 15 - Vocabulary 18 Quiz
March 23 - Bottle Buddy Explorer Project due
March 29 - Georgia Regions & Habitats Summative
March 8 - Bookfair preview
March 8-15 - Bookfair
March 15 - Vocabulary 18 Quiz
March 23 - Bottle Buddy Explorer Project due
March 29 - Georgia Regions & Habitats Summative
Technology:
Students have log-ins for the following programs and can practice at home: IXL,
Khan Academy, MobyMax, Typing.com. If you need this information, and have lost the
letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.
Khan Academy, MobyMax, Typing.com. If you need this information, and have lost the
letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Wear GREEN
Looking for something green to wear on St. Patrick's Day? Well, save your money...
On March 16, for one day only, students will be able to buy green shamrock tattoos for $1 to support our Relay for Life team.
Come to the Tattoo stand next to school store (during school store time) to buy a Shamrock tattoo from some of our second grade students.
Show your support for Relay AND buy something green to wear on March 16!
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Ice Cream Social
Our Ice Cream Social benefiting the RBES Media Center will be Tuesday, March 13th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the cafeteria. Please send in any of the following toppings and materials to the RBES front office, attention Jennifer Dollander. .
Caramel, hot fudge, whipped cream, cherries, 2-liter bottles of Coke, gummies, Sour Patch Kids, M&Ms, Skittles, crushed Oreos, and any other fun toppings for ice cream.
Also, plastic spoons, paper bowls and Solo cups.
We appreciate your support of the RBES Media Center!
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
MARCH 5-9, 2018
Study multiplication facts nightly!
ELA:
Informational Writing - Complete Informational Writing
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing. This week's focus: adjectives
A Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
Yes, right there in the center of our yard, this weird-looking tree grew to become the center of our outdoor life.
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing. This week's focus: adjectives
A Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
Yes, right there in the center of our yard, this weird-looking tree grew to become the center of our outdoor life.
Vocabulary: Week 18 - Quiz Thursday, March 15
**Know the words and their meanings as well as how to use the words correctly in a sentence according to their meaning** This week we will also focus on the 3 types of sentences and the ability to write compound, complex, and simple sentences and identify the difference between the three types of sentences
present - a period of time that is now occurring; to deliver a speech or idea
concise - short and gets to the pointin a few words
specific - clearly defined or identified
prank -a practical joke or trick
continuous - without an end
decline - unwillingness to consider an idea or request
pivot - to turn as if on a pin
gnaw - to bite or chew with your teeth
**Know the words and their meanings as well as how to use the words correctly in a sentence according to their meaning** This week we will also focus on the 3 types of sentences and the ability to write compound, complex, and simple sentences and identify the difference between the three types of sentences
present - a period of time that is now occurring; to deliver a speech or idea
concise - short and gets to the pointin a few words
specific - clearly defined or identified
prank -a practical joke or trick
continuous - without an end
decline - unwillingness to consider an idea or request
pivot - to turn as if on a pin
gnaw - to bite or chew with your teeth
Reading:
Science:
Study Guide went home today (3/7)
SL1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences
between plants, animals, and habitats found within geographic regions (Blue Ridge Mountains,
Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.
a. Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia's
geographic regions.
b. Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation,
migration, and mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat.
c. Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat
and not in another.
Study Guide went home today (3/7)
SL1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences
between plants, animals, and habitats found within geographic regions (Blue Ridge Mountains,
Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.
a. Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia's
geographic regions.
b. Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation,
migration, and mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat.
c. Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat
and not in another.
Math:
Study multiplication facts each night.
Measurement: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons,
including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length,
and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and
different perimeters.
Study multiplication facts each night.
Measurement: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons,
including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length,
and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and
different perimeters.
Homework:
* Read 30 minutes nightly
* Study Habitats & Regions
* Study Habitats & Regions
* Study multiplication facts
* IXL (starred items in math and ela), Mobymax (fact fluency), Khan Academy
* Some students - orange fluency folder (read nightly and answer questions)
* Weekly Spiral Grammar & math
* Weekly Spiral Grammar & math
Important Dates:
March 8 - Bookfair preview
March 8-15 - Bookfair
March 8 - Bookfair preview
March 8-15 - Bookfair
Technology:
Students have log-ins for the following programs and can practice at home: IXL,
Khan Academy, MobyMax, Typing.com. If you need this information, and have lost the
letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.
Khan Academy, MobyMax, Typing.com. If you need this information, and have lost the
letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.
Friday, March 2, 2018
Book Fair time!!
It is time for the RBES Spring Book Fair! The dates for this exciting event are March 8,9, and 13-16. The Book Fair will be open March 8, 9 and 13-15 from 8:00 AM until 2:30 PM, Tuesday night from 6-8 during the STEAM Night/Ice Cream Social, and on Friday, March 16 from 8:00 AM until 10:00 AM. Grandparents and special friends are invited to lunch and the Book Fair any day, March 8,9 and Monday-Thursday, March 13-15. The Book Fair provides students, parents, grandparents, and special friends an excellent opportunity to purchase great books that your children will love to read. This is also a wonderful way to help support the RBES Media Center. All proceeds go directly to the RBES Media Center.
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