A Peek at the Week
In science, we are studying earth materials. We have used the rocks the children have brought to school to describe color, size and other features. In reading, we are learning about inferences. We are learning to take what we already know and what is in the text to make an inference about what we read. This is usually very difficult for first graders, but these students have already started to understand this concept. We will be practicing inferences for a couple of weeks. In math, we have finished our unit on addition to 20 and have begun learning about time to the hour and half hour.
Upcoming Events
Feb. 17 Book-a-neer night at school
February 21 – Make up snow day (school will be in session)
February 24 – Fairy tale ball
March 12 –Spring fling
Please Join the Wilmore Island Crew of “Book-aneers”! RSVPs are recommended so we can arrange your voyage! Pirate Tryouts will be held Thursday, February 17th! The ship will board between 6:15pm and 6:30pm with a strict departure from the dock at 6:30pm! Late arrivals will walk the plank! This Family Literacy Workshop will walk you and your “Book-aneer(s)” through the 5 essential components of reading instruction. Your family will leave Wilmore Island with techniques and activities that you can use at home to improve the quality of your child’s reading skills. Not to mention. . .we will have a boatload of fun, games and treats.
So come dressed in your finest pirate garb (or your new WES t-shirt) and grab your sons and daughters! Pirate Tryouts for The Readers of the Caribbean are coming to Wilmore Island!
Do you have what it takes to become a Wilmore Island “Book-aneer”? AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
NOTE: RSVP to Carlola Foster, Family Resource Director at 859.858.3134 to assure safe passage on the W.E.S. Storyteller!
Fairy Tale Ball
Our annual first grade fairy tale ball will be Thursday, February 24. Please send your child to school as a fairy tale character. We will be studying fairy tales at the end of February through the middle of March. The fairy tale ball will include decorations in the main hallway, a large castle cake and dancing. Some fairy tale characters include: princesses, knight, dwarf, Jack from Jack in the Beanstalk, etc.
