Mrs. Hicks’ First Graders

***So once you, the parent, has connected to Seesaw I will send you a way for you child to login and complete the things I am assigning! I forgot to include that in the original blog post I created about Seesaw. So follow this link (https://app.seesaw.me/s/776-970-721) to connect to your child’s journal and I will then send you your child’s login info!***

Dear Families,

We are using Seesaw to share and communicate with families! Your child will post to Seesaw to share their learning. I’ll also use Seesaw to send you messages and reminders. Seesaw is private; you’ll only see posts created by your child.

Please Sign Up Now

1. Click on this link: https://app.seesaw.me/s/776-970-721
2. Choose your child from the list
3. Create your account
4. Once I approve you, you can see content from your child.

After you sign up, download the free Seesaw Family app and sign in. You can also access Seesaw from a computer at https://app.seesaw.me.

Thank you for supporting your child’s learning!

Becca Hicks

White Oak ISD Community,

Out of an abundance of caution and for the safety and well being of students and staff, White Oak ISD will remain closed through Friday, March 27th (two weeks).  Students and staff will return to school on Monday, March 30^th.

This decision was not made lightly, but due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, and best practices, we consider this to be a prudent course of action.  All school events, UIL activities and trips are postponed during this two-week hiatus. 

Only essential district personnel will be present in-district during this time period.

Due to this emergency closure, the White Oak ISD Board of Trustees will adopt a resolution that allows hourly employees and other personnel to continue to draw salary.

The district executive committee for UIL events (Athletics, Academic UIL etc.) will meet in the coming days and develop a plan to make up missed games, events etc., as needed.  That information will be disseminated when it is available.

Campus administration is already working on plans for ‘stay at home’ learning projects and ‘on-line’ projects for students.  That information and those details will be disseminated by campus administration on Tuesday the 17^th.  Information regarding Bi-district OAP, prom etc., will be disseminated at that time a well.

We apologize for the inconvenience that this may cause and the disruption of routine, but the health and well being of all Roughnecks will always be our guiding compass.

Please continue to check the White Oak ISD website, Facebook pages, blogs and other local news outlets for updates.

Brian Gray-Superintendent of Schools

White Oak ISD

The Home of ROUGHNECK Pride

I hope to see everyone tomorrow!

Our program is tomorrow (Tuesday, March 3rd)

It will begin at 9 am and last about 30 minutes.

Please have your child wear a dark colored shirt with no designs, dark colored pants or leggings, and tennis shoes.

+++You may sign your child out in his/her classroom after the program to celebrate a wonderful performance!! +++

Hope to see you there!!

Reminders:

-Candy orders due tomorrow

-Early release on Wednesday!

-Spring Break is March 9th – March 16th. Students will return on Tuesday, March 17th!

–Frog and toad Info Click here 

This week:

-Spelling words: down, only, way, because

-Spelling pattern: synonyms

-Reading: Folktales

-Math: 2D Shapes: We do not call the corners, corners we call them Vertices in 1st grade (we are working on our academic language) We are practicing recognizing: trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons, octagons

Click here for a shape movie (very short) 

Helpful hints on shapes:

Trapezoids: look like a mouse trap (well kind of )

Pentagon: We hold a pen using our 5 fingers so it has 5 sides

Hexagon: Has a x in it and so does the word six, so it has 6 sides

Octagon: An octopus has 8 arms and an octagon has 8 sides

Reminders:

-1/2 day on Feb. 26 for staff development

-I know sports are now in full season but please continue to read every night and finish math homework.

Spelling words: made, over, went, did

Spelling pattern: Compound words

Reading: What is the author’s message: What lesson did we learn from the story?

Writing: Writing a friendly letter.

Math: Telling time to the hour and half hour.  (Main focus on half hour)

Science/Social Studies: Presidents – Abe Lincoln and George Washington

+ Wednesday is early release: If your child is Boys and girls club make sure to write in planner how they get home!!

+Valentine’s Day party will be on Feb. 14th at 11:30: all parents are invited to help us celebrate!!

This week:

Spelling: than, first, been, its

Spelling pattern/phonics: ar words

Math: Place value (numbers 1-120)

Reading:Looking Closely at Print

Science/Social Studies: Stages of Matter (solid, liquid, gas)

Reminders:

• Jan 27th is the 100th day of school! I sent a note home last Friday about a fun project for you to complete at home…we are decorating a 100th day of school shirt! You do not have to go buy a new shirt, you can take an old shirt and turn it inside out! Then have fun coming up with many ways to decorate it to show 100. Pinterest is a great resource to look for ideas for this, but it can be as simple as drawing 100 tally marks, glueing 100 pennies, 100 stickers, 100 fingerprints… the ideas are endless!! Have fun!
• WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH — HALF DAY

This week:

Spelling:  time, could, no, make

Spelling Pattern: Vowel Teams: ie, oa, and ou

Math: balanced equations and missing addends ex: 5+__=2+8

Science/Social studies: Habitats

Hey y’all! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and enjoyed spending time with your family and friends during the holidays! I have missed your littles so much and I cannot wait to hear about the fun things they have done the past two weeks!

IMPORTANT JANUARY DATES

MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH — MLK SCHOOL HOLIDAY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH — HALF DAY (PLC)

Champ assemblies will begin this week! They will be every Friday morning at 8:00!

Parents are welcome to come to each assembly, however it is not required.

Assemblies typically last 20-30 min.

I will let you know ahead of time the date that our class will be on stage! 

The second semester of 1st grade is more challenging because our expectations are higher for our kiddos. We are going to dive right back in this week!! REPORT CARDS WILL COME HOME THURSDAY!

Spelling – into, has, her, more – ABC order on spelling test – Spelling test Friday

Phonics – long and short vowels – We have worked on this already so it should be a refresher for your kiddos. This week we will be applying what we have learned more in depth. At home you can work on this with your kiddos by pointing at things around the house. When you say the word, does the vowel say its name (long) or does the vowel say its sound (short)?

Reading – book bags will begin coming home again! We will be focusing on fluency and how to use context clues to quickly figure out words and/or phrases.

Writing – this will be a refresh week! During interactive writing students will fill in parts of words/sentences that are missing. This will encourage them to apply and look for the parts of words/sentences that they know should be included such as punctuation, capitalization, finger spaces, missing words, missing vowels, etc.

Math – missing addends – We will introduce this by playing games such as bears in the cave. For example: I will show students 8 bears, then I will cover some of them (the bears go in the cave), now they see 3 bears, how many are in the cave? 8 – ___ = 3 is the SAME thing as 3 + ___ = 8. The blank in the middle is the missing addend that they will be solving for. Assessment Friday

Social Studies – New Years Resolutions – we will define the word resolution and discuss what it means. Then we will make resolutions for our classroom and for ourselves.

I know this is A LOT of information! If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at anytime through the Remind app!