Weekly Update for 11/02/15

Chippokes Field Trip

Thursday is our field trip to Chippokes.  We will be leaving school at 9:00 and return by 2:00.  We will be outside for most of the trip.  Please have your child wear sneakers and have a jacket, if the weather requires.  Unless noted on their permission slip, all children should bring a bag lunch as well.  If you are planning to join us on our trip, the cost for parents and siblings is $3.00 and should be paid when you arrive.  We will be visiting the Farm and Forestry Museum if you plan to meet us at Chippokes.  The address is listed below.  

Chippokes Farm & Forestry Museum

868 Plantation Road

Surry, VA 23883

What are we learning this week?

Language Arts: 
Reading Book Story:  Tadpole to Frog
Strategy:  Determining Importance
Skill:  Author's Purpose
Phonics:  Short O word families -ob and -og
Grammar:  Adding -s to words to make them plural
Writing:  Authors Vary the Beginning of their Sentences

Math: Patterns (SOL 1.21)

Social Studies: Past, Present, and Future (SOL 1.1)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, November 2        Green Resource Day
Book Fair Opens

*Tuesday, November 3        Blue Resource Day
                             

*Wednesday, November 4     Red Resource Day

*Thursday, November 5        Field Trip to Chippokes

*Friday, November 6              Yellow Resource Day  
Early Dismissal @ 2:20 and Grand Lunch
Last Day of Book Fair
Spelling Test
Sight Word Test
How Many Fish? Comprehension Test


        Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Friday.

does    into   this   water   two   up   we
where  you   he   

      

Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

around   turn   body   some   night   plump
tadpole   soon

                                    Looking Ahead

November 9th             McDonald's Spirit Night (5:00-7:00)
November 10th           PTA Meeting - 2nd Grade Chorus Concert
November 11th           No School - Veteran's Day

November 19th           Report Cards Issued
November 25th           Early Release @ 1:00
November 26-27th     No School - Thanksgiving Holidays