Homework:

Read 20 Minutes each night and sign reading log

Math Homework sheet due Friday

Spelling Test (Please practice your child’s spelling words with them)

 

Spelling/Phonics:

Our focus this week is VCC (vowel, consonant, consonant) pattern words.  Our words for this week are:

1. last
2. test
3. list
4. gift
5. math
6. sick
7. think
8. cash
9. wing
10. junk
11. your*
12. who*
13. when*

*Word Wall Words

 

Reading/Writing

This week we are learning how to retell or sequence a story using SWBST:

Somebody (Who is the Main Character?)

Wanted  (What are they trying to achieve?)

But  (What is the problem or obstacle they must overcome?)

So  (How did they solve the problem?)

Then  (How was the story resolved?)

 

Math:

We are continuing our lesson about Place Value.  We will be talking about the thousands place this week.

 

Reminders:

September 17th:  Fall Pictures

September 23rd: Early Release (teacher training)

 

Homework

Math Homework Sheet

Read 20 Minutes each night

Study Spelling Words

 

Spelling/Phonics 

We are reviewing words with long and short vowel sounds.  Our words this week are:

1. rest
2. nine
3. happy
4. lazy
5. try
6. my
7. off
8. class
9. add
10. buzz
11. big*
12. came*
13. away*

*Word Wall Words

 

Reading/Writing

Our focus this week is Inferencing or what it means to Infer.  When you make an Inference you use the clues from the story plus what you already know to figure out something that the author doesn’t directly tell you.  The stories we will be reading to help us with our inferencing skills is: A Weekend With Wendall by Kevin Henkes,  Horace and Morace, but Mostly Dolores by James Howe and Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard.

In writing we are learning that a Common Noun is a person, place or thing and that a Proper Noun is a special name for a common noun.  We are also learning that a Verb is an action word or something that a noun does.

 

Math

For the next couple of weeks we will be focusing on Place Value up to 1,200 or the Thousands Place.  We will learning how to show our numbers in different ways, whether it be Standard Form= 386, Pictorial Form= Drawing the numbers using base ten blocks, Expanded Form= 300+80+6 or Written Form= Three Hundred Eighty-Six.

 

Reminders

September 7:  Labor Day- No School

September 23rd: Early Release- Teacher In-Service

 

 

 

 

Message from Mr. Gray:

White Oak ISD Community,

While it is difficult to predict the weather, due to Hurricane Laura, I am concerned about the possibility of heavy rain and wind tomorrow morning (Thursday) when our route buses will be on the road, along with the real possibility of an extended power outage on one or more campuses.  After consultation with local officials and other area school districts, White Oak ISD has determined that it is in the best interest of safety that we close school tomorrow, Thursday, August 27.  We wanted to send this out tonight so that parents would have an opportunity to make any arrangements necessary.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your continued support of White Oak ISD.

I apologize for just now posting this but my daughter had a volleyball game yesterday and we didn’t make it home until late last night.

Homework

Math Homework Sheet

Read 20 minutes daily and fill out reading log

Study Spelling Words

 

Spelling/Phonics

Focus: CVe (tricky “e”) pattern words to make long vowel sounds

1. make
2. nice
3. pride
4. joke
5. bone
6. wave
7. rule
8. drive
9. mine
10. huge
11. after*
12. I’m*
13. been*

*Word Wall Words

 

Reading/Writing

We are reading two books this week Hooway For Wodney Wat and Listen Buddy both written by Helen Lester that are helping us learn about Story Elements. Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution.

 

Math

Our focus this week is learning all the ways (combinations) to make 10.

Important Information

September 7th: Labor Day (no school)

September 23rd: Early Release (teacher training)

 

 

 

 

Hello,

This is our weekly newsletter/lesson plans for our classroom.  I will be posting it on my blog and on Seesaw.  I will be posting information about what we are doing in Spelling/Phonics, Reading/Writing, Math and any important information or dates such as holidays, half days, etc.  We are also starting homework this week as well.

Homework

Our homework will be the same most weeks.  They will have a Reading Log that will need to be filled out, signed and returned daily. If your child brings their reading log back daily with it signed they will received a ticket from me.  Earning those tickets is important to them because they get to turn them in on Friday’s for lots of fun things (treasure box, take shoes off, bring stuffed animal, etc.) Please make sure that your child reads at least 20 minutes a day.  These first couple of weeks they may read a book from home or I will send a book that they have chosen from their book box.  When we start Guided Reading Groups then they will be bringing home books that are on their level.  They will also have a Math homework sheet that is front and back.  It is a paper that they can work at at their own pace.  They will receive a new one every Monday and then it is due Friday morning.  They may complete it and return any day of the week.  If they finish Monday night they can turn it in on Tuesday, if they finish by Wednesday they may turn it in on Thursday, etc.  as long as it is completed and turned in by Friday morning.  They will have a spelling test every Friday and so studying their spelling words is also part of their weekly homework.

Spelling/Phonics

Your child has written their spelling words in their planner for this week.  I will also post the words on the blog just in case they copied it down incorrectly.  Our focus in phonics are CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant)words: ex.  cat.  Usually our last 3 words are Word Wall Words- meaning they are on our Word Wall and they are words they should already know how to spell from 1st grade. Our words this week are:

1. cap
2. mix
3. stop
4. dug
5. met
6. flag
7. best
8. had
9. but
10. can
11. did
12. up
13. has
14. him

 

Reading/Writing

We are learning that “Reading is Thinking”.  When you are reading you are making predictions, connects, inferring, visualizing, summarizing and asking questions.  We are learning how to choose a “Good Fit Book” and what is a “Real Reader vs. Fake Reader”.

 

Math

In math this week we are learning about Doubles (6+6=12) and Doubles +/-1 (8+8=16, 8+9=17) or (8+8=16, 8+7=15)

Please have your child practice their doubles facts.

Parents and Guardians – please don’t forget to come by White Oak Elementary (in front of the main/gym entrance) to pick up your child’s supplies, to turn in at-home learning packets and any books you might have, and to get your chocolate orders. This will be available today and tomorrow, May 11th and 12th, from 8:00-5:00!

Parents, if your child is not doing Seesaw and you are doing Work From Home Packets please sent me an email letting me know. I need to know who has done work and what type of work they have been doing from home. The work your child has done while at home, whether on line or the work packets, will determine your child’s grade for the last 9 weeks.  If you have been doing Seesaw on a regular basis then there is no need to send me an email because I am checking your child’s work daily.

It’s getting closer for this school year to come to an end. It has definitely been an interesting end to our year to say the least. There are a few reminders and things that need to be done to wrap things up. You should have received an all call from Mrs. Koonce yesterday about picking up our chocolate candy fundraiser and about returning work packets and other items that belong to the school as well as picking up your own child’s items from the classroom.

You may come by the school on May 11th or 12th from 8:00 am – 5:00pm

*Drive up to the elementary gym and someone will come to your car and ask you for your child’s name. At that time they will retrieve your child’s items and fundraiser candy (if you participated) and they will bring those items out to you.

*Please be sure to bring with you any items that belong to school so that they can be returned to the school. (library books, guided reading books, books that belong to your child’s teacher from their classroom library, etc.)

*Also bring your child’s Work From Home Packets (Please make sure that your child’s first and last name are on those packets when you turn them in.) If you elected to do work from Seesaw and did not do the work packets, then you do not need to return any packets. If you chose to do both, then just return the finished packets.

Please email me or send me a message on Seesaw if you have any questions or concerns.

Parents and Guardians,

New grade level at-home learning packets are available to pick up at White Oak Primary. This packet is for the next two weeks. They can be picked up daily between 8:00 am until 6:00 pm inside the Primary entrance door.

Covid-19 Update (April 17, 2020)

White Oak Independent School District

As many are aware, today Governor Abbott officially closed Texas school districts for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year.  While he has outlined a process for ‘slowly’ opening the Texas economy, it was determined that keeping school districts closed was in the best interest of the state from a medical and scientific standpoint.

What does this mean for White Oak ISD?

• The Continuity of Education (home learning) will continue for all grade levels through May 20^th as is required by T.E.A.
• The meal program will continue through May 20^th.
• Trustees will revise grading procedures for this closure period, and we will disseminate that information in the coming days.  Procedures will be developed so that no students are negatively impacted.
• Information will be disseminated regarding possible graduation plans for our seniors in the coming days.
• Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath will be disseminating ‘Guidelines for Texas School Closures’ in the coming days and White Oak ISD will follow those directives and disseminate that information when it is made available.
• More information will be sent out regarding gathering personal items, returning school devices etc., as we near the end of the school calendar year.

We appreciate your continued support of White Oak ISD during these very challenging times.

Brian Gray-Superintendent of Schools

White Oak ISD