Week of February 25th

February 25^th- March 1st

We use these words to be great citizens:

GREAT

You may start seeing letters in the agenda from the GREAT acronym above. If you see a G from Great is means your child demonstrated growth today, R is demonstrating respect, E is demonstrating empathy, A is demonstrating accountability, and T is demonstrating trustworthiness.

This week is RESPECT……..

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 are working on animal stories. Last week, we focused on plot This week we will continue to work comparing story elements within two stories

Math:Sol: 2.7: The student will a) count and compare a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters whose total value is $2.00 or less; and b) use the cent symbol, dollar symbol $, and decimal point (.) to write a value of money

Social studies:Famous people: Caesar Chavez, Helen Keller(completed), Abraham Lincolncompleted, Jackie Robinson, Susan B Anthony, Martin Luther King(completed), Christopher Columbus(completed), Thurgood Marshall(completed), and George Washington Carver(completed), Rosa Parks. 

Homework

Do your know your power goal?

Monday:  2 steps, st math

Tuesday:, 2 steps, st math, math sheet

Wednesday:2 steps; math sheet; st math

Thursday: 2 steps, review time for math test, st math

Friday: 2 steps and have a great weekend!; interims go home

Important Dates:

•       Feb. 25 – Mar. 1– Read Across America Week

•       Mar. 1– 3^rdquarter interims go home

•       Mar. 4 – 8– Spring Scholastic book fair

•       Mar. 5– BayPort Savings Day

•       Mar. 6– No students: Faculty meeting (8:30 a.m.) and clerical day/conference day

•       Mar. 8– Spring GrandLunch