Weekly Update for 09/30/13

                 Reminders  

• Picture Day is Wednesday, October 2!
• Dress like a farmer on Thursday, October 3 for our celebration of Read for the Record!

Parent-Teacher Conferences
If you have not signed up for a parent-teacher conference, please follow the link below to select a date and time.  

https://docs.google.com/a/iwcs.k12.va.us/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjEctC7QoQeRdEpENHQzVGFyeExkWVUtc0cxSG9hZEE#gid=0

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: Oh, Cats!

Skill:  Context Clues 

Strategy: Questioning

Phonics Skill:  final consonants n, t, d, p, g, m; -at and -an word families

Language Skill: Nouns 

Math: Shapes (SOL 1.12 and 1.13)

Social Studies:  Seasons (Science SOL 1.7 and Social Studies 1.6)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September 30          Library      

*Tuesday, October 1              Art

*Wednesday, October 2          Guidance
Picture Day
Interim Reports Issued

*Thursday, October 3            Music
Read for the Record Day!  Dress like a farmer today!

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test
Vocabulary/Comprehension Test on Oh, Cats! 

*Friday, October 4                P.E.   

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 10/03.

away       down        red      not      come        play
run         will          said     on        see          no     

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

oh       stay       find      if      are       now   new   cats

Reminder:  PTA Open House is Tuesday, September 24 @ 7:00 PM!

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: Tumble Bumble, Get the Tent, I am a Bug

Skill:  Retelling; Sequencing 

Strategy: Visualizing

Phonics Skill:  initial consonants j, w, v, x, y, z, q; -et, op, 
-en, -up, -ut, and -ug word families

Language Skill: Nouns 

Math: Shapes (SOL 1.12 and 1.13)

Social Studies:  Seasons (Science SOL 1.7 and Social Studies 1.6)

              Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September 23          Library      

*Tuesday, September 24        Art
PTA Open House @ 7:00

*Wednesday, September 25     Guidance

*Thursday, September 26       Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test 
Ms. Morgan will have a substitue for the afternoon to work on PALS testing one-on-one each child

*Friday, September 27           
Ms. Morgan will be absent all day today.        

                                         

                Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and spelled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 09/26.

jump       look        make      me      my        get     one    

two        little       what       we

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

up                there

go              here

but             where

am

Weekly Update for 09/16/13

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: Big Monkey, Little Monkey and I Like to Hop

Skill:  Main Idea and Fantasy vs. Fact 

Strategy: Making Connections

Phonics Skill:  initial consonants f, g, l, h, d, k; -ot, -op, 
-it, and -ig word families

Language Skill: Nouns 

Math: Numbers 0-100 (SOL 1.1a)

Social Studies:  Citizenship (SOL 1.10a-f)

              Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September 16          Library      

*Tuesday, September 17        Art

*Wednesday, September 18     Early Release @ 1:00
PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening) begins 

*Thursday, September 19       Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test 

*Friday, September 20           

Apple Day- We will be talking all about apples today!        

                                         

                Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and spelled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 09/19.

go       help        here       I       in         it         is  

little    big         have

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

do         Monday             Sunday

like       Tuesday            

not        Wednesday    

that       Thursday

to           Friday

you        Saturday

Weekly Update for 09/09/13

*We just got some  exciting news from Donors Choose.  Check it out on our Donors Choose page*

Watch our Super First Graders fly into action on the first day of school!

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: I See Red, Yellow, Blue and Can Pig Nap?

Skill:  Classifying 

Strategy: Predicting

Phonics Skill:  initial consonants m,r,s,t,b,c,n,p; -at, -an, 
-ap word families

Language Skill:  

Math: Numbers 0-100 (SOL 1.1a)

Social Studies:  Citizenship (SOL 1.10a-f)

              Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September 9          Library      

*Tuesday, September 10        Art

*Wednesday, September 11     Guidance

Field Trip Permission Slip and money due ($3.25) 

Patriot Day- Remember to wear red, white, and blue

*Thursday, September 12       Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test 

*Friday, September 13           

Field trip to Isle of Wight County Fair        

                                         

                Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and spelled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 09/13.

I        down      red      find      see      four
yellow           funny

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

at      one two   three      four      five      six
seven  eight  nine     look      the        my        green   orange   black  and    

Welcome Back

Welcome Back Super Heroes!

I was excited to see so many current and former Super Heroes at Meet the Teacher night Thursday.  The bulletin boards are stapled.  The new pencils are sharpened.  The crayons are in their buckets.  Everything is ready for the first day of school...are you?  

The first few weeks of school we will work on establishing routines that will be carried throughout the rest of the school year.  

Below is the Weekly Update for the first week of school.

What are we learning this week?  

Reading Story:  Chrysanthemum

Skill:  Summarizing

Strategy: Theme

Language:  Letters versus words

Phonics:  Letter sounds

Math: Counting with one to one correspondence

Social Studies:  Citizenship

                     Weekly Schedule

*Monday, September  2                 No School             

 Labor Day           

*Tuesday, September 3                 Art         

Mrs. Jinright will be out on maternity leave beginning the first week of school.  Her substitute will be Mrs. Stronach.

*Wednesday, September 4             Guidance

*Thursday, September 5               Music

*Friday, September 6                  P.E. 

Please remember to wear sneakers and appropriate clothes for P.E.

Sight Word Circle Test/Spelling Test on the Sight Words listed below.

          

Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and spelled.  There will be a test on Friday, 09/06.

big      come      a      and      away      blue     can

  Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled.

First Grade      bus      welcome      lunch      school
recess            friends  rules         Art         Music
Computer Lab   draw     P.E.          Library     write   directions