Weekly Update for 05/15/17

What are we learning this week?

Our research writing this week will focus on the challenges our plants face and what adaptations each plant has to meet these challenges.

Reading: SOL 1.10
The student will read and demonstrate a variety of nonfiction texts.

Writing: SOL 1.13 The student will write to communicate ideas for a variety of purposes.

Math: SOL 1.12

The student will
a) collect, organize, and represent various forms of data using tables, picture graphs, and object graphs; 
b) read and interpret data displayed in tables, picture graphs, and object graphs using the vocabulary more, fewer, greater than, less than, and equal to.

Science: SOL 1.4
The student will investigate and understand that plants have basic life needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics.  Key concepts include:
  a) plants need nutrients, air, water, light, and a place to     grow
  b) basic parts of plants
  c) plants can be classified based on a variety of          characteristics

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, May 15            P.E. Resource

*Tuesday, May 16           STEM Resource 

*Wednesday, May 17       Coding Resource 

Interim Reports Issued

*Thursday, May 18         Art Resource    

*Friday, May 19             Library Resource  
Muffins with Moms Celebration @ 8:15 in the CAES cafeteria          
  

                Looking Ahead

05/24  Virginia Living Museum presents “Animal Adaptations” to 1^st & 2^nd Grades

05/25  SEARCH Extravaganza @ 6:30 pm

05/29  Memorial Day – Schools & Offices Closed     

06/09  1^st Grade field trip to Norfolk Zoo

06/13  Southside Brass Concert @ 10:30

06/14  Field Day

06/15  Early Release @ 2:20

06/16 Last Day of School - Early Release 2:20pm