Weekly Update for 01/29/18

Valentine’s Day Cards

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, February 14.  Attached to the weekly memo for this week is a list of all the students in our class.  If your child would like to bring in Valentine’s Day cards to share with the class, please make sure to include of our classmates.

What are we learning this week?

Reading SOL 1.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts.

b) Set a purpose for reading.

e) Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about what is read.

f) Identify characters, setting, and important events.

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

a) Generate ideas.

b) Focus on one topic.

c) Revise by adding descriptive words when writing about people, places, things, and events.

d) Use complete sentences in final copies.

e) Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final copies.

f) Use correct spelling for commonly used sight words and phonetically regular words in final copies.

g) Share writing with others.

Math SOL  Time

1.9  The student will investigate the passage of time and

a)   tell time to the hour and half-hour, using analog and digital clocks

b)   read and interpret a calendar

        Weekly Schedule

*Monday, January 29    No School


*Tuesday, January 30    No School   


*Wednesday, January 31 Purple Resource   256 Steps


*Thursday, February 1  Red Resource       260Steps


*Friday, February 2    Orange Resource    264 Steps

                Looking Ahead

• Feb. 8 – IWCS Board meeting
• Feb. 9 (new date) – PTA-sponsored “Snow Ball” school dance; attending students must have a parent present throughout the event
• Feb. 13 – “Donuts for Dads” (7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.)
• Feb. 19 – Presidents Day: No school

Weekly Update for 01/22/18

Class Yearbook Pictures

When: Thursday 1/25/18

Next Step: Nothing! Just be ready for whole class picture day.

Ordering: Photos will be available to order ONLINE ONLY about two weeks later.

IMPORTANT: You MUST have signed the school's photo release form or your child will NOT be photographed.

Quilting Guest Speaker

This week first grade is launching our project, “Every Quilt Tells a Story: What’s Your Story?”  To help launch this project, Ann Morgan (aka Ms. Morgan’s mother) will be coming Thursday to share her knowledge of quilting with us.  Be ready to hear all about it Thursday!

What are we learning this week?

Reading SOL 1.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts.

b) Set a purpose for reading.

e) Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about what is read.

f) Identify characters, setting, and important events.

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

a) Generate ideas.

b) Focus on one topic.

c) Revise by adding descriptive words when writing about people, places, things, and events.

d) Use complete sentences in final copies.

e) Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final copies.

f) Use correct spelling for commonly used sight words and phonetically regular words in final copies.

g) Share writing with others.

Math SOL 1.6 Word Problems

The student will create and solve single-step story and picture problems using addition facts with sums to 20 or less and the corresponding subtraction facts.  We will focus on the following types of problems: Join (change unknown), Separate (change unknown), Part-Part-Whole (Part Unknown). 

        Weekly Schedule

*Monday, January 22    Red Resource       236 Steps

*Tuesday, January 23    Orange Resource   240 Steps

*Wednesday, January 24 Yellow Resource    244 Steps

*Thursday, January 25   Green Resource    248 Steps
Class Yearbook Pictures
Quilting Guest Spearker

*Friday, January 26      Blue Resource      252 Steps

                Looking Ahead

• Jan. 26 – Last day of the first semester
• Jan. 29 & 30 – No school: Clerical and professional development time for teachers
• Feb. 1 – 2^nd Grade Weather Expo (March 6 is Plan B if we have more inclement weather.)
• Feb. 8 – IWCS Board meeting
• Feb. 9 (new date) – PTA-sponsored “Snow Ball” school dance; attending students must have a parent present throughout the event
• Feb. 13 – “Donuts for Dads” (7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.)
• Feb. 19 – Presidents Day: No school