Rockets Report

November Newsletter

Principal's Post

Dear Rocket Family,

Fall is finally here! November is a time for giving thanks and pausing to reflect upon all the wonderful things in our lives. As I think about our Rocket family, the word “family” makes me ponder how our school is unique in the sense that we are truly supported by a family of people that want nothing more than to see our students flourish and reach their dreams. We have a caring community of parents, a staff with a huge heart for kids, and a school district with a multitude of resources to help meet our needs. My heart is full of gratitude each and every day because I know together, we are making a difference in the lives of our little Rockets.

I want to take this time to say thank you to YOU, Rocket family. Without your kindness, support, encouragement and confidence our school wouldn’t be as successful and joyful as it is today. Thank you for being the wonderful supporters that you are and for all you do to help others.

Thank you for entrusting your most precious possession in our care, your child. I am grateful for the beautiful, creative, joyful children that fill our classroom and hallways here at Royal Oaks Elementary School of the Arts. They fill my heart and remind me of my purpose. They are our greatest treasure and our reason for giving our all, because these kids deserve it!

I challenge you to take a few moments to reflect upon the wonderful things in your life and give gratitude where gratitude is due.

"Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves and spend without fear of bankruptcy." Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

With heartfelt gratitude,

Melody Marsh, Principal

Technology Resources At Home

All of our ROES students have access to the following instructional programs at home:

-Dreambox (Math practice)

-iReady (ELA practice)

-Flocabulary (Songs and videos for all subjects)

All students can use the Clever app on the ROES homepage and type in their student ID and password to access these accounts. Additional practice with these will help students grow and aligns to the instruction they receive from their teachers.

Please contact Mrs. Lucas (Danielle.lucas@cabarrus.k12.nc.us) if you need help accessing these wonderful resources at home.

Curriculum At A Glance

Kindergarten:

In reading, students will continue to decode and segment consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. Students will also continue to identify sight words within their texts.
In math, students will identify, describe, and build 2D and 3D shapes.

First Grade:

In reading, students will analyze characters' feelings throughout stories and how they change based off of events in the text. Students will also identify the problem and solution with a variety of texts.
In math, students will compare numbers using place value and symbols. Students will also solve for missing numbers in addition and subtraction problems.

Second Grade:

In reading, students will identify author's purpose when writing text--answer, explain, or describe. Students will also build connections between events, steps, or procedures and compare and contrast 2 texts.
In math, students will compare two 3-digit numbers using place value. Students will also read and write numbers within 1000 using base 10 numerals and expanded form.

Third Grade:

In reading, students will analyze characters throughout a text, including character motivation, character traits, and character's point of view. Students will analyze how their characters change throughout a story.
In math, students will utilize a variety of problem solving strategies to solve word problems involving addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

Fourth Grade:

In reading, students will participate in historical fiction book clubs. During these book clubs, students will analyze the impact that setting and historical events have on the characters in the text.
In math, students will utilize a variety of strategies to solve division problems, including standard algorithm, open arrays, and area models. Students will also solve word problems involving multiplication and division.

Fifth Grade:

In reading, students will continue throughout their historical fiction unit. Students will also develop summaries of texts based on the challenges that characters face within a story.
In math, students will use a variety of strategies to solve equations involving fractions. Students will find the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths and solve order of operations equations that include fractions.

Upcoming Events

December

4th: Picture Make Ups

5th: Spelling Bee at 9:00

6th: 3rd-5th Electives at 2:15

7th: K-2 Electives at 12:45

7th: Progress Reports Sent Home

10th: SIT Meeting at 3:20

13th: PTO Meet and Greet at 5:00, Winter Arts Showcase (3rd-5th) at 5:30

14th: 3rd-5th Electives at 2:15

17th: PBIS Paid Event-Winter Movie Celebration

18th: PJ Day (students can donate $1 to wear PJs)

18th: Winter Celebration Day; Winter Sing Along at 1:00

19th-January 1st: Winter Break

January

2nd: Welcome Back Rockets!

4th-28th: mClass testing window (Kindergarten through 3rd grade)

8th: 3rd-5th Electives at 2:15

8th-14th: Mastery Connect benchmark testing window (3rd-5th)

9th: K-2 Electives at 12:45

11th: PJ Day (students can donate $1 to wear PJs)

14th: SIT Meeting

18th: PBIS Transportation Celebration

18th: End of 2nd Quarter

21st and 22nd: No School

25th: PBIS 2nd Quarter Celebration

25th: Artie Parties

Staff Oscar Winner of the Month

Congratulations to Mrs. Kayla Keurzoneff for winning our Oscar for the month of October! A big thank you to her for helping to instill responsibility and good character in all of our students and persevering through challenging moments!