Weekly Update for 11/04/19

No School on Monday, November 11 (Veteran’s Day)

Halloween Party

   Thank you so much to Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Thomsen, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Kaminski for making our Halloween party a huge success.  Thank you also to those that donated items for the party as well.  We had a great time celebrating Halloween and our Book Characters.

Virginia Living Museum Field Trip

   The first grade will be taking a field trip to the Virginia Living Museum on Friday, November 15.  There is no cost for the field trip.  Please sign and complete your child’s permission slip.  If you need another copy of the permission slip, send a note via Class Dojo, email, or in your child’s reading folder.

Planetarium and Children’s Museum Field Trip

   Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Vukmanic and I are going be working on a project this year centered around our new SOAR Encore class.  Our project launch will be a field trip to the planetarium at the Children’s Museum of Virginia on Tuesday, December 3^rd.  When we return from the field trip, each class will explore the things they saw and experiences at the planetarium.  Based on this information, we will form the driving question for our project. 

What are we learning this week?

Word Talk: Short A families (-at as in bat, -ag as in bag, 
-ap as in cap, -ad as in mad, -an as in fan)

Research Question: What are maps and why do we need them?
Reading:

1.6b Use titles and pictures.

1.10d Identify text features such as pictures, headings, charts, and captions.

1.14c Identify pictures, texts or people as sources of information.

1.10f Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about what is read.
1.6b Use titles and pictures.
1.10d Identify text features such as pictures, headings, charts, and captions.
1.10f Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about what is read.
1.14c Identify pictures, texts or people as sources of information. 

Oral Language:
1.1e Participate in collaborative and partner discussions about various texts and topics.
1.h Restate and follow simple-two-step oral directions.
1.1k Work respectfully with others.
1.1l Increase listening and speaking vocabularies.
1.7a Discuss meanings of words in context.
1.7c Ask for the meaning of unknown words and make connections to familiar words.
1.7d Use text clues such as words or pictures to discern meanings of unknown words. 
1.7e Use vocabulary from other content areas. 

Writing SOL 

1.12c Focus on one topic.
1.12d Organizing writing to suit a purpose. (Descriptive)

Math SOL

1.13 The student will sort and classify concrete objects according to one or two attributes.
1.14 The student will identify, describe, extend, create, and transfer growing and repeating patterns. 

Social Studies SOL
1.5 Students will
a.  Recognize basic map symbols, including references to land, water cities and roads.
b) Use cardinal directions on maps.
c) Identify the shapes of the United States and Virginia on maps and globes.
d) Locate Washington D.C., the capital of the United States, and Richmond, the capital of Virginia, on a United States map.
e) Construct simple maps, including a title, map legend, and compass rose. 

Weekly Schedule

*Monday, November 4       96 Steps     Engineering

*Tuesday, November 5       100 Steps    P.E.

Bayport Savings Day

*Wednesday, November 6    104 Steps 
SOAR, Computer, Library 
Extended Encore (2:05-3:35)

*Thursday, November 7      108 Steps      Art

*Friday, November 8         112 Steps      No School
Staff Development Day

*Monday, November 11       112 Steps      No School 
Veteran's Day

Looking Ahead

• November 14: Report Cards Issued
• November 15: VA Living Museum Field Trip; Pizza Bingo (6:00-8:00)
• November 27-29: Thanksgiving Holiday
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