Weekly Update for 04/25/16

Apex Fun Run

This Tuesday is the beginning of our Apex Fun Run spring fundraiser, which will last 2 weeks. The Apex Fun Run’s theme this year is DREAM, which stands for the following:

Dive In!

Resourceful!

Elevate Others!

Attitude Check!

Make A Difference!

 This is a fabulous fundraiser as it promotes leadership, teamwork, and healthy lifestyles.  All students will get a t-shirt, daily silicon wristbands, and each day our Apex leaders will be visiting each class with a brief leadership message.  Classroom teachers get 10% of what their class brings in to spend on items for their classroom and/or student incentives.  Students will have a pep rally onTuesday,  which will be our kickoff for our two-week event!

What are we learning this week?

Language Arts: 
Reading Book Story: Frog and Toad: The Garden
Strategy: Visualizing
Skill: Sequence
Phonics:  Short A and Bossy R (ar); Adverbs
Language:  Complete Sentences 

Math: Magnitude/Estimation (SOL 1.4)

Science: Animals (SOL 1.5)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, April 25                    Chorus

"The Frog Prince" performed by Theatre IV @ 1:30

*Tuesday, April 26            Blue Resource Day                  

Apex Fun Run Pep Rally @ 2:00

*Wednesday, April 27        Red Resource Day

*Thursday, April 28          Orange Resource Day

Report Cards Issued
"One School, One Book Finale" 6:00-7:30 (Wear Your Pajamas)

*Friday, April 29               Yellow Resource Day

Spelling Test

Sight Word Test

Frog and Toad: The Garden Comprehension Test 

             Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Friday, April 29.

much     work     shall    them    were    
then      when    wish     these

      

 Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

ground     frightened   quite         music   candles     poems        of course   garden
noise        loudly

                             Looking Ahead

05/02 Spring PALs assessment window begins

05/02-05/06 Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week!

05/05 Muffins with Mom’s (8:00-9:00 am)

          Apex Fun Run:  1st grade 9:15-10:15; 

 05/06 Duty Free Lunch for Teachers – All Volunteers Welcome!

         Apex Fun Run & Spring Fundraiser Ends! 

Weekly Update for 04/18/16

What are we learning this week?

Language Arts: 
Reading Book Story:  The Bravest Cat
Strategy: Drawing Conclusions
Skill: Cause and Effect
Phonics:  Short U and Long U words  (/uCe/ and /ue/ spellings); singular possessives 
Language:  Adjectives 

Math: Graphs (SOL 1.14 and 1.15)

Science: Animals (SOL 1.5)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, April 18                     Green Resource Day

*Tuesday, April 19            Chorus                  

*Wednesday, April 20        Red Resource Day

*Thursday, April 21          Orange Resource Day

*Friday, April 22               Yellow Resource Day

Spelling Test

Sight Word Test

The Bravest Cat Comprehension Test 

             Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Friday, April 22.

because    give    better    people    put
round       some   stop      take       thank

      

 Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

brave     burns     garage    hero   minds
believe   accident  special    safely except
hospital  reporters

                             Looking Ahead
04/25  Apex Fun Run Spring Fundraiser Begins!
04/26  Apex Pep Rally 2:00-3:00

04/28 Report Cards go home

           One School One Book Finale – time TBD

05/02 Spring PALs assessment window begins

05/02-05/06 Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week!

05/05 Muffins with Mom’s (8:00-9:00 am)

          Apex Fun Run:  1st grade 9:15-10:15; 

 05/06 Duty Free Lunch for Teachers – All Volunteers Welcome!

         Apex Fun Run & Spring Fundraiser Ends! 

Weekly Update for 04/04/16

What are we learning this week?

Language Arts: 
Reading Book Story:  Lost in the Museum
Strategy: Questioning
Skill: Cause and Effect
Phonics:  Short I and Long I words  (/iCe/ and /igh/ and /ie/ spellings); singular possessives 
Language:  Adjectives 

Math: Measurement (SOL 1.9 and 1.10)

Science: Animals (SOL 1.5)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, April 4             Blue Resource Day

*Tuesday, April 5            Red Resource Day                   

*Wednesday, April 6        Orange Resource Day

*Thursday, April 7           Chorus Practice

*Friday, April 8               Green Resource Day

Spelling Test

Sight Word Test

Lost in the Museum Comprehension Test 

             Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Friday, April 8.

green    goes    gave    found   open   first
start     been   around  together

      

 Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

scared   would   cafeteria   penguins   gift
fooling   fur      museum    happened  should

                             Looking Ahead
04/11  McDonalds’ Spirit Night (5-7 pm)
One School, One Book Launch Day
04/12  PTA Board Mtg 5:30 pm
04/13 All Schools Dismiss 90 minutes early – CAES @ 2:20
04/14 End of 3^rd Quarter
          All Schools Dismiss 90 minutes early – CAES @ 2:20
04/15 No School for Students / Staff Development Day