REMEMBER: In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, school will be closed on Monday, January 18.

First in Math Rankings: Rocky Mount is 3rd place in Cobb county; 9th in Georgia; 59th in the U.S.A.

This week in Writing, students worked fervently on their opinion pieces, using their favorite items, which they brought in, to inspire them in creating their opinion essays. They’ve been working diligently at supporting their opinions with a few reasons and a key detail for each reason, before their closing.

In Reading, students have had Phonics lessons on the blends (beginning, ending). They’ve been working on various grammatical concepts: identifying adjectives; pronoun usage; plural versus possessive nouns; prefixes; conjunctions. They have also been continuing to work on using context cues to figure out the meaning of an unknown word(s) in text.

In Math, lessons focused on counting backwards for subtraction; using the number line to help add/subtract; making a ten to subtract; and daily subtraction word problems. They also reviewed some concepts to which they had already been exposed, such as using number bonds to solve math problems and working with place value.

In Social Studies, students worked on preparing their continents booklets, to help them study the continents and the major oceans, in preparation for their map quiz on Friday. They also experienced a Guidance lesson with Mrs. Fotinakes on the power of positivity and closed out the week with a trip to the Media Center to check-out books on their Lexile level.

Many thanks to Mrs. Reid, this week’s Mystery Reader, for visiting our class and sharing two great stories with our students!