• Welcome to Fort Rucker Elementary School
  • Learning for the Future: Everyone, Every Way, Every Day
  • Proud member of the Georgia/Alabama School District
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Mailing Address

  • Fort Rucker Elementary School
  • Bldg 21037, Red Cloud Road
  • P.O. Box 620279
  • Fort Rucker, AL 36362

Principal: Ms. Barbara Doherty

Phone: (334) 598-4408

Fax: (334) 598-6784

What's Happening in Ms. JB's Class

Reminders

Please read every night!  This improves their reading abilities.

The planner needs to be signed nightly and returned the next day.

                 Who will be next weeks King OF the JUNGLE. 

Week OF November 30th!!!!

JUST A REMINDER.....

No School on November25th-27th for Thanksgiving Break

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                      Look at what we're learning!

Reading

Story: Circus Girl (Literacy Place)

Reading Key: Setting   

                 Point of View

                 Compare and Contrast

                 Drawing A Conclusion

                  Steps in a Process

                   Plot

                   Cause/Effect

                    Setting

                    Theme

                    Main Idea

                    Details

                    Plot

                   Prediction

Guided Reading groups are going great! We are working on reading comprehension, fluency and accuracy.  Each group will continue to work on the reading key for the week and review all other reading keys. Please make sure your child is reading out loud to you every night. 

We review every reading key with every story!

www.starfall.com

www.readingrockets.com

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Grammar

Verbs and Proper Nouns

            Review quotation marks, periods, question marks and contractions.

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Spelling Words:

girl, nurse, sister, brother, other, first, very, every, hurt, September

 

WEEKLY SPELLING HOMEWORK-

Monday- 3 times each

Tuesday- Alphabetical Order

Wednesday- Sentences

Thursday- Parent Practice Test (www.spellingcity.com)

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Rule: Long i (i, igh, and y)

first, girl, other, sister, brother, very, every, hurt, nurse, September

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Writing-

Word Choice

Using strong Verbs

Organization-Review

  Grouping Ideas together

  Beginning, Middle and END

   Putting things in the right order

  IDEAS

  • Topic
  • Details
  • Simple Sentences
  • Simple Paragraphs
  • Editing, Editing, Editing!

Paragraph Writing

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Math

Calendar Daily

Fast Facts (0-20 mixed SUBTRACTION and Addition facts, 30 facts in 3 minutes)

Unit 5- Double digit Subtraction and Addition,

finding Missing Addends, Story Problems, adding 3 numbers, and Regrouping

Unit- 4 Sorting

Unit 3- Combinations and Relationships

            Fact Families

            Story problems

            Rounding

           Double Digit addition and subtraction

           Number Sentences

Review Unit 2 Place Value, Patterns and Relationships

Review Unit 1 Graphing: range, mode and Interpreting

         

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/thats_a_fact/index.html

(practice Fast Facts!)

http://www.prongo.com/math/addition.html   (practice Fast Facts)

http://www.dositey.com/addsub/sub2dig.html  (practice Fast Facts)

www.mathplayground.com

www.coolmath.com

 

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Unit

Introduction to Gases

Christmas Around the World

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www.kidfriendlysearch.com

primarygames. com

eduplace.com

pbskids.com

 

 

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Teacher Contact

  • Phone:  (334) 598-4408

A Look Ahead

  •  - Snack every day
  • -Spelling Tests on EVERY Friday
  • Mark your calendars, NO SCHOOL ON November 25, 26, 27 for Thanksgiving

Class Rules

  1. Respect yourself and others.
  2. Follow directions and procedures.
  3. Turn in neat work on time.
  4. Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
  5. Listen when someone speaks.

Daily Schedule

  • 7:30-8 Children Arrive, Unpack, Morning Work, DOL,
  • Pledge and Attendance
  • 8 -8:15 Check DOL and Math, Class Meeting
  • 8:15-9:15 Readers Workshop
  • 9:15-9:30 SNACK
  • 9:30-10:00 WORD WORK
  • 10:00-11:05 Math
  • 11:05 Prepare for Lunch
  • 11:10-11:40 Lunch/Recess
  • 11:45-12:00 Story, New and Weather Report
  • 12:00-1:00  Specials
  • 1:00-1:40 Writer's Workshop
  • 1:40-2:15 UNIT
  • 2:15-2:25 Pack up and Dismissal

Enrichment & Specials Schedule

  • Monday: Library
  • Tuesday: Spanish
  •          Computer Lab 1:15-2:15
  • Wednesday: Art
  • Thursday: Music
  • Friday: P.E
  •          Spanish 10:30-11
  • MYSTERY READER EVERY FRIDAY 11:45-12

 

 

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