Happy Friday!

We have had a wonderful week and it was so nice to have warm weather!!!  Be sure to check out Twitter for pictures from the week.

Chaperones for Runge

• Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to chaperone our Runge Field Trip and also for filling out the background check and volunteer application forms.  
• If you have not filled out the forms and are interested in chaperoning, please let me know and I will send home a form.

How I Became a Pirate Play

• The students really enjoyed going to see the TRYPS production of  How I Became a Pirate on Thursday.
• A HUGE thank you to PTA for purchasing the tickets for us.
• Another HUGE thank you to the Missouri Arts Council for providing the funding for our transportation.  

Friday Folder

• Art and Archaeology Field Trip Information
• Mrs. Clark, our art teacher, has planned a field trip to explore downtown art as well as go to the Art and Archaeology Museum at Mizzou North on April 16.
• In the Friday folder, is a slip regarding lunch for that day.  Please fill out the bottom portion regarding lunch and return it to school.  We just need to know if your student will be bringing a lunch from home or is purchasing a sack lunch from the cafeteria.
• CPS Fine Arts department is funding this field trip so we will not be taking chaperones.
• Loren Long book order form
• Loren Long is coming to RBE (we are really excited) on April 12.  If you would like to order books, there is an order form in your student's Friday folder.  Any books purchased will be signed by Loren Long.
• Unit 12 Fundations Packet
• We will be wrapping up Unit 11 next week in Fundations, so we have put the Unit 12 information letter in the Friday folder.  As always, please continue practicing trick words at home.
• Unit 8 Math Packet
• The practice pages for Unit 8 are in the Friday folder.  As always, these are not required, but students can do them if they want some extra practice.  
• Field Day Sign Up
• If you would like to sign up to help at Field Day.  There is a note in your student's Friday folder with a link to sign up.
• RBE 2019-2020 Sheets
• As we start looking towards next year, it is always helpful to know if students will be returning.  In the Friday folder is a paper to be filled out letting us know if your students will be returning to RBE next year.  

Important Upcoming Events

• April 10: Full day of school
• April 12: RBE shirt/school colors day
• April 12: Loren Long comes to RBE
• April 16: Field trip to Art and Archaeology Museum
• Sack lunch needed
• May 10: Runge Field Trip
• Sack lunch needed
• We will get ice cream at the end of the field trip, so $2 will be needed.  We will ask for this to be sent in with the permission slip that will come home in a few weeks. 
• May 15: Field Day
• May 17: Family Lunch Bunch
• May 17: Crazy Hair Day
• May 23: Variety Show
• May 28: Last Day of School (Dismiss at 12:10)

Reading

• This week in reading, we worked on cause and effect.  The students are able to explain that a cause is what happens to make the effect happen.  We have been working on identifying cause and effect situations in both read aloud books, as well as independent books.
• Next week, students will start to learn about point of view.  They will discuss how a different character may have a different point of view and how it can change the story.

Writing

• This week, students have been working on supporting their opinions with facts.  They will be writing an opinion piece about reusable water bottles vs. disposable water bottles.  Be sure to ask your student which they think is best and why.
• Next week in preparation for Loren Long's visit, the students will be writing their own Otis stories.  We will then give Loren Long our stories on Friday, April 12 when he is at RBE.

Math

• This week, we continued to work on Unit 8.  The students were introduced to 3-D shapes.  They also started learning about partitioning shapes into equal pieces as well.
• There is A LOT of vocabulary in this unit.  Below is a list of the vocabulary words, please review these at home.  Practicing their math vocabulary can count as a homework bingo activity.  
• side, angle, vertex (both in 2-D and 3-D), right angle, parallel lines, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, polygon, edge and face.
• Next week, students will continue working on partitioning shapes into equal pieces.  They will also be creating and describing arrays.  

Fundations

• This week in Fundations, we have continued to work on vowel teams.  The students now know 4 spelling patterns for the long A and 6 spelling patterns for the long E.  We have been using our Monster book to look up the different spelling patterns.
• Next week, we will start Unit 12.  This unit continues to work on vowel teams.  The students will learn oi as in coin and oy as in boy.  These two are "easier" because oi is in the middle of words and oy is at the end of the words.

Science

• This week in science students learned about fresh water and salt water.  They learned where salt water and fresh water are found.  They also learned about 3 main bodies of water in Missouri, the Missouri River, Mississippi River and the Lake of the Ozarks.
• Next week, we will finish up learning about water and move on to erosion and glaciers.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to let us know.