Week of January 15th

Mrs.Oparaji’s Team

                            January 16^th-19th

Snow , Snow, PLEASE STAY AWAY

We use these words to be great citizens:

GRIT:  Gumption(initiative) Resilience ( to recover quickly from difficulties),Integrity(being honest), Tenacity(persistence-never giving up)

toparaji@iwcs.k12.va.us

Reading: SOLs:

 2.12-Write stories, letters, and simple explanations

2.9-read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction text

Some friends are not completing their reading assignment on a nightly basis It will be logged the same as last year, and the expectation is that students read 30 minutes. Also, please have them log in two steps and place your signature beside it. On a daily basis, we should have 4 steps. The time may be broken into intervals. PLEASE SIGN READING LOGS NIGHTLY

We will continue to work on  ARC weather unit on Weather

Science: We will be working on erosion and weathering

Math: 2.15 The student will a) collect, organize, and represent data in pictographs and bar graphs; and b) read and interpret data represented in pictographs and bar graphs.

Homework

Do your know your power goal?

Monday   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday: 2 steps; ST MATH

Wednesday : 2 steps; ST MATH

Thursday: Have some quality family time; read for 30 mins and log in two steps; ST MATH

Friday: Math quiz on graphs; 2 steps

Important Dates:

•  Jan 17th (rescheduled) Class Picture Day

•  Jan 18th (rescheduled)Picture Day Makeups

         Jan 26th End of 2nd 9 weeks

•                 Jan 29 & 30th Students No school

•                 Feb 1st 2nd Grade Expo @ 6pm

•   Feb. 8 – IWCS Board meeting (6:00)

•   Feb. 9 (new date) – PTA-sponsored “Snow Ball” school dance; students must have a parent present throughout the event

•   Feb. 13 – “Donuts for Dads” (7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.)

•                 Feb 7th 3rd 9 weeks interims

              Feb 13^th-16^th- Safety Around Water lessons at YMCA

•                 Feb 19th President's day No School

•                 March 7th Elementary No School

•                 Mar 13th K Music Program

•                 April 2-6th Spring Break

•                 May 2nd Elementary No School

•                 May 28th Memorial Day No School

•                 June 14 & 15th 3 hour early release

                     June 15th Last Day of School