Old Union Elementary First Grade

Week of May 11

Thanks again, Mr. Tade, for visiting us!  We loved learning what it’s like to be a commercial airlines pilot!

Parents, you found an envelope in your child's binder. Please self-address it and place two stamps on it, and return it by Friday, May 15^th. This will be for your child's final report card.  If we do not receive the stamped envelope, you will be able to view the final report card on line in Family Access.

Field Day Information!!!

TRANSPORTATION

• Buses will shuttle students to the stadium beginning at 9:00 a.m. on May 22nd beginning with the upper grade levels.

• Field day events will be open upon arrival at the stadium.

• Students will participate in the events of their choice at their own pace.

• Buses will shuttle students back to OUES at 11:45 a.m. for lunch.

STUDENT INFORMATION

• Please encourage your child to wear socks, tennis shoes, and sunscreen.

• Prior to field day, each student should bring one reusable or disposable water bottle to his or her homeroom teacher. Please label the water bottle with your child’s first and last name. Students will be able to refill their water bottles as needed.

• A cold treat will be served at the event.

• STUDENTS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN LUNCH
• WHICH WICH will be offering a percentage of their proceeds to OUES for lunch orders.
• Preordered sack lunches will be available from the café.

      No new t-shirts this time; there was not an auction item for the design this year. You can use last year’s shirt…  Colors shift. Students that did not order last year; no worries, just wear a solid color according to this guideline, if possible.  It’s SO much easier locating our students if there are wearing the appropriate color!

1^st             SAPPHIRE BLUE
2^nd              KELLY GREEN
3^rd              LIME GREEN
4^th              ORANGE
KINDER          WHITE

Here is the encore schedule.  Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on PE days.  Fridays will be a rotation that includes PE along with music or art. 

Class	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Thomas	PE	Music	PE	Art	rotation
Evans	PE	Art	PE	Music	rotation
Graviett	Art	PE	Music	PE	rotation
Johnson	Music	PE	Art	PE	rotation

This week in language arts, we will…

·      Enjoy free choice writing

·      Compare and contrast different versions of fairy tales

·      Discover new vocabulary through a weekly read aloud

·      Categorize words to learn spelling patterns

·      Practice using proper capitalization and punctuation on paragraphs that have none.

·      Work on IStation while in computer lab.  We encourage children to take advantage of the program at home as well!

This week in math, we will…

·      Learn about the responsibilities attached to money such as saving and spending on the things we need

·      Review fractions

·      Solve problems of the day independently, then as a class

·      Participate in our math stations

·      Work on Reflex Math and First in Math while in computer lab

In Social Studies, we’ll learn that legends reflect beliefs, customs, language and traditions.

May Events:

11^th      National School Resource Officer Week

14^th       Pei Wei Spirit Night for OUES

18^th      PTO Board Meeting

21^st      Magician Performance for the Campus (1:30-2:30 pm)

22^nd     Field Day at Dragon Stadium

25^th      Memorial Day/No School

28^th      All Pro Dads in the Cafeteria (7:00-7:45 am)

29^th      May, June and July Birthday Lunches on the Stage

            Relay for Life at CHS (6:00 pm-12:00 am)  

June Events:

2^nd       CiCi’s Night

4^th        Last Day of School (10:35 Dismissal)

5^th        Teacher Workday

           

This is a list of high frequency spelling words that all first graders will need to be able to spell by the end of the second semester:

an	are	because	from
of	one	play	said
that	there	they	was
went	were	when	with
your