Weekly Update for 04/30/18

Oliver Farms Field Trip

We will be going to Oliver Farms on Thursday, May 10^th to learn about strawberry plants and to do some strawberry picking.  Attached to the weekly memo is your child’s permission slip.  There is no cost for the trip.  Please complete the attached permission slip and return to school by Wednesday, May 9^th.

Field Day Shirt Sales

Our Field Day Shirt Sale begins Monday, April 30th.  The sale runs through Friday, May 11th.  The order forms are attached to this week's memo.  

Donors Choose Project

Thanks to donations to our project “Easy Listening,” our class has 6 new sets of headphones.  We have another projected posted (a bit more expensive).  It is for tables and chairs that would allow for more flexibility.  A link to the project is listed below. 

https://www.donorschoose.org/cgmorgan

What are we learning this week?

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  1.1 Skip Counting
The student will count forward orally by ones, twos, fives, and tens to determine the total number of objects to 110.

Weekly Schedule

*Monday, April 30  Chorus Practice  480 Steps 

Kindergarten Expo @ 5:45

*Tuesday, May 1  Chorus Practice 484 Steps

*Wednesday, May 2    No School

*Thursday, May 3 Chorus Practice 488 Steps

*Friday, May 4   Chorus Practice 492 Steps
Star Wars Day- Wear your best Star Wars themed clothes

                Looking Ahead

   May 8 - First Grade Chorus Program

May 25 – Flag-waving Friday (Let’s show our patriotism in preparation for Memorial Day!)

May 28 – No school: Memorial Day

June 1 Fancy-schmancy Friday (a good opportunity to wear those Easter outfits again!)