Mrs. Rodgers' Class

I want to say thank you to the families that are regularly doing homework. We can tell when the standards are being supported at home as it makes a huge difference in their success in the classroom. Progress reports are coming home this Thursday. 2nd Quarter standards to reinforce at during homework time: The students should be writing their own homework at this point in the homework notebook. Please encourage proper letter formation (letters touching the right lines and only using uppercase letters for names and at the beginning of a sentence). Do more than days worth of homework on a page and try not to skip pages.  ·        Identify all upper case and lower case letters ·       Produce 23 or more consonant sounds ·       Produce 3 out of 5 short vowel sounds ·       Know 25 or more sight words ·       Recognize rhyming word pairs ·       Prints 23 o...

Veteran's Day was our focus this week!  We read and discussed the nonfiction book, Veteran’s Day by Elaine Landau.   What is a veteran?   Many times people don’t know why we celebrate this holiday.   This week we learned what a veteran is and why we celebrate it as a holiday.    Vocabulary from the book: - Armed Forces : The five parts of the American military - holiday: A day of celebration - military: A group of men and women that protect people from attacks - patriotic: Showing love your for country - veteran: A person who has served in the Armed forces Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this weekend:  - Make an American flag. Count how many stripes and stars? - Write a letter to someone in the military and thank them for their service. 2nd Quarter standards to reinforce at during homework time: ·        Identify all upper case and lower case letters ·...

Thanksgiving Lunches 2018 We would love for you to join us on Tuesday November 13th at 11:10 in the cafeteria for our Thanksgiving Lunch!  **Wednesday and Thursday (the days that we do not have Thanksgiving lunch) we will have sack lunches in the classroom at our normal 10:48 lunch time, please do not plan to come and have lunch on Wednesday and Thursday** Tuesday November 13 Wednesday November 14 Thursday November 15 Kindergarten 10:30 Stanton 10:40-Powers 10:50-   Matacotta 11:00- Barnwell 11:10- Rodgers 11:20- Walston 4 th Grade 10:40- Tansill 10:50- Gerber 11:00- Bocarro 11:10- Stewart 11:20-Shore 2 nd Grade 10:40- LeCroy 10:50- Burdett 11:00- Williams 11:10- Leith 11:20- Hanson 5 th Grade 11:40- Barkley 11:50- Jagannathan 12:00- Westbrook 12:10- Rivas 12:20- Rushton/Wilson 3 rd Grade 11:40- Kloos 11:50-Phillips 12:00- Rose 12:10- Pizza ...

Hoo! Hoo!  This week was all about Owls.  We read and discussed the nonfiction book Owls by Laura Marsh.  We understood the importance of defining unknown words in our informative text.  In writing this week continued working on informing our readers about the topic. Vocabulary from the book: camouflage : an animal’s natural color or shape that blends in with what it is around prey : an animal that is eaten by another animal talons : sharp claws on birds that hunt and eat meat (we have also learned that our National Bird the  Bald Eagle also has talons- we'll be learning more about the Bald Eagle next week!)  wingspan : the length from the tip of one wing to the tip of the wing owlet : baby owl Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this weekend: -Make an owl out of a paper plates.  Paint two paper plates brown.  Cut one paper plate in half to make the wings. -Go on a nature walk, talk about any anima...