Happy Spring Break

Happy Friday!

Wow!  What a great week we have had!  We wrapped it up with an ice cream party this afternoon.  We always have an ice cream party as a treat for the students when they finish their ice cream opinion writing which they did earlier this week.  Be sure to check out Twitter for pictures!

There are no Friday folders coming home this week.  Friday folders sometimes get lost over long breaks, so we decided not to send them home.  They will come home the Friday after Spring Break.

Important Info

• Runge Field Trip Chaperones
• Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to chaperone our Runge Field Trip and filled out the background check and volunteer application.  If you are still interested in chaperoning, please return the background check form and volunteer application the week we return from Spring Break so we have time to get it processed.  If needed, we can send home a copy of the forms as well.
• Loren Long comes to RBE
• Award winning author, Loren Long, is coming to RBE on April 12.  In Friday folders last week was an order form for books.  All books purchased will be signed by Loren Long.  If your student would like to order a book, please complete the form and return it to school.  There are limited quantities of each title, so sooner is better if you're planning to order.  If you need an additional order form, you can print one here, or let me know and I can get you one.
• Warmer Weather
• Hopefully after Spring Break, spring will officially be here to stay.  Please remember our first recess is at 9:55 a.m. and it is still often chilly at that time.  Please make sure your student has a jacket (or coat if winter decides to come back) with them daily.  

  

Important Upcoming Events

• Wednesday, April 3: Lunch is at 11:30, not 11:00
• Thursday, April 4: Field trip to see TRYPS play (9:00-11:00; we will eat lunch at 11:30 on April 4)
• Wednesday, April 10: Full Day of School (change from original calendar)
• Friday, April 12: Loren Long comes to RBE
• Tuesday, April 16: Field trip to MU Art and Archaeology Museum (more info after Spring Break)
• Friday, May 10: Runge Field Trip
• Wednesday, May 15: Variety Show (schedule will come closer to date)
• Friday, May 17: Lunch Bunch and Share Fair of Which is Better Project
• We invite parents/grandparents/special friends/etc. to come eat lunch with the students at 11:00 and then stay after lunch to enjoy their Which is Better Project
• Our plan is to eat from 11:00-11:45 (recess is from 11:25-11:45 if your student wants to go) and then a writing celebration starts at 11:45.
• More information will come out closer to this date, we just wanted to give you time in case 
• Thursday, May 23: Field Day (schedule will come closer to date)
• Tuesday, May 28: Updated Last Day of School (half day)

Our Learning After Spring Break

• Reading
• Students will wrap up their unit on asking questions.  The students have been asking some specific questions before, during and after reading.  They are also understanding how asking questions when reading can help you to understand what you have read.
• Please encourage your students to read just a bit over Spring Break.  😊
• Writing
• We will continue working on our opinion writing unit after Spring Break.  Students will learn to form an opinion and base it on facts supported through research.  The next opinion writing will be about whether to use a reusable water bottle or disposable water bottles.  
• Math
• We will continue working on Unit 8 in math.  This unit covers both 2-D and 3-D shapes in geometry (LOTS of vocabulary) and also introduces students to partitioning (evenly dividing) of shapes.  
• Students have learned about sides, vertices (or vertex), angles, right angles, parallel lines, polygons as well as specific names of polygons such as quadrilateral, triangle, pentagon and hexagon.  
• Science
• Students learned this week why elevation causes the temperatures to be cooler.  After Spring Break, students will learn how to differentiate between salt and fresh water.  Then they will learn
• Fundations
• We will finish up Unit 11 after Spring Break.  This unit covers the 3 vowel teams that make the long e sounds.  They are ee, ea, and ey.  The students are learning to check their monster book (mini dictionary) to identify the correct spelling option.  
• Please continue to practice trick words at home with your students.  Our goal is for the students to learn the words and then use them in their writing. 

I hope that you have a wonderful Spring Break!