1st Grade Newsletter
February 15, 2021- February 26, 2021
ON-TRACK CALENDAR
Highlights from your friends
Gabriel is celebrating the 100th day of School!
Roma four-wheeling with her dad!
Ms. Slayden is getting ready for a reading class!
If you would like to submit a photo of your fun adventures, please email it to your teacher or Mrs. McCann at jmccann@okvirtual.org.
Pictures can be from school or outside of school!
Announcements
FEBRUARY 16-19: Interim (Alternate class schedules)
Important Upcoming Dates
- FEBRUARY 15 - President's Day (School/Office Closed)
- FEBRUARY 16-19- Interim (Alternate schedules 9am/11am/ or 1pm)
- FEBRUARY 25 - Professional Development (No School)
- FEBRUARY 26 - Professional Development (No School)
- MARCH 12 - Parent Teacher Conferences (No School)
- MARCH 15- MARCH 19 - Spring Break (School Closed)
For a complete 2020-21 school calendar, please click on the PDF below.
Newrow
As always, if your family is experiencing an issue with the OLS or any other K12 application, you can contact K12 Customer Support at 866-512-2273 or visit Help.K12.com
MINDPLAY
First grade students are required to work in Mindplay for at least 20 minutes each day M-F.
How is Mind Play Usage Calculated?
Thirty minutes on a timer will not guarantee 30 minutes of recorded usage. Only a student's actions in the program "trigger" the time stamp that is recorded. They must complete an action in order for the time to be noted. So, for example, if a student is reading a FLRT story for 6 minutes, answers a few or almost all but not ALL, BUT logs out before completing the entire activity - THAT time will NOT be recorded. The activity was not competed so the time will not be recorded. If a student logs out BEFORE completing the story questions, the time will “stamp” only for the last story or lesson completed. This is not often an issue since fluency is assigned at initial login.
Here is an analogy that may help explain MVRC usage time: A teacher may see a student working on an assignment in class BUT the student does NOT turn in their work at the end of class. The teacher will not be able to grade what the students did until the work is handed in... even though she saw the student working! The student has to hand the assignment into the teacher's "desk" to get graded - in MVRC they have to click "NEXT" or "ENTER" to turn that assignment in for time stamping.
In most cases, students must hit the NEXT button or ENTER to "close" a session. It is best to warn students who are in the middle of a story or activity, to finish so they don't have to start over the next day
So, although a 30-minute timer is a good idea in theory, it will not guarantee 30 minutes of usage to be recorded - some activities take longer to complete than others. If a student spends 3 minutes looking at the screen and doesn't hit NEXT before logging out - those 3 minutes will not be recorded.
EXACT PATH
SEESAW
WRITING CALENDAR
First Grade sight words
Work with your student every day for 5-7 minutes reviewing First Grade sight words.
These will need to be memorized to help them be successful in Second Grade.
2nd Grade Sight Words
Social and Emotional Learning!
Media Survey: Webcam & Picture Release Permission Form
Family Game Night
Click here to read all about our upcoming family game nights!
Important Websites
Learning Websites
Your 1st Grade Teachers
Mrs. Jera McCann
Ms. Kelly Pruett
Ms. De'Erica Slayden
Mrs. Susan Mason
Mrs. Cheryl Kerr
First Grade Teacher
Mrs. Julie Davis
Mrs. Clarissa Basora
Ms. Karli Davis
Hola! Bienvenidos a nuestra escuela!
Mi nombre es Sonia Gaytan, Asesor Familiar Comunitario
Si necesitas ayuda en español puedo ayudarte.
Puede enviarme un correo electrónico a sogaytan@okvirtual.org
Puede enviarme un mensaje de texto a 405 345 6018
Puedes llamarme a 405 259 9478 ext. 3150
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