1st Grade Indian Creek News
January 21-January 25
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY JANUARY 21st
There will be no school on January 21st in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here is a short video you can watch with your child about Martin Luther King Jr.
Upcoming Events
After School Tutoring -We will resume meeting on Monday January 28th at 3:15-3:45. Please remember to pick up your children on the backside of the school by the gym.
(Where K-1 car-rider line normally takes place. )
First Grade Performance
On Thursday January 24th our students will be sharing their musical talents. The performance will take place at 2:15 PM in the Cafeteria. Parents are invited to attend. Please check in with office upon arrival.
Spring Pictures- Lifetouch will be here on January 30th to take Spring Pictures. More information will be coming soon.
The Crayola Experience
We are pleased to announce our 1st grade Field Trip.
We are going to the Crayola Experience in Plano on Friday February 8th.
This field trip will require:
- • $15 for bus and entrance fee per child (we need by 2/1/2019)
- •A sack lunch that is disposable- no lunch boxes, re-useable water bottles or ice packs.
- •We will not have access to a microwave heat food either, but we will place lunches in coolers to keep items food safe.
- •We need students dressed in Falcon T-Shirt or a Royal Blue Shirt. Indian Creek PTA handles T-shirt sales. Their website is: https://icepta.membershiptoolkit.com/home
- Students will not be visiting the gift shop. Please do not send extra money.
The Crayola Experience is huge- the size of a football field. Currently we do not have a limit on the number of parents that can attend with their children, with a paid ticket. We are in search of parents willing to help chaperone this trip.Chaperones need to complete a background check through the school district.Here is the link to go through the process:
https://lewisvilleisd.voly.org/
We do have a discount code for chaperones- those tickets will be $10.00 and only bought online. Regular adult tickets are $21.99. We will share that link once we verify your chaperone status. Chaperones will drive or car pool from the school to the location. We would love your help. We are also looking for additional help with coolers. The coolers with wheels are very helpful.
If you have your family has bought a FAMILY PASS from the Crayola Experience, you may use it on for our field trip.Please text a picture to your child's teacher.
We do accept checks - please make the payable to Indian Creek- put in memo line 1st grade field trip.
What we are learning
Sight Words and Words Their Way.
Sight Words-We will have a new list of sight words coming home on Monday. The words for List 18 are every, made, jump, away, old . We will test on FRIDAY. Please review last weeks words. Many students had problems with the words right vs. write.
Words Their Way- We have no words way this week. For those students who have sorts with with words they will be expected to write 10 words of teachers choice (Blue and Black groups mainly).
Reading- Please continue to read at home for at least 20 minutes each night. Also, I-station is always a fun way for them to practice reading skills while playing fun games. We would appreciate it if you would have your child log in this weekend.
Language Arts- we have started a unit on media literacy and we will be exploring all different mediums in which authors can communicate by speaking and writing, such as newspapers, magazines, television, music, internet, etc. We will also dive into author's purpose for communicating and we will focus on writing to inform or entertain. Student will be asked to differentiate between the two, as well as produce some written communication with the specific purpose to inform and/or entertain.
Social Studies we will continue learning about different landforms and bodies of water. We will use play doh to create different types of landforms to identify and describe their unique characteristics.
Math - We will be learning about coins this week. We will be introducing the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter and teaching students to identify them by name and value. We will also be practicing counting groups of coins to find the value with fluency. Please encourage your child to count groups of coins at home for extra practice
Science - We will be learning all about the weather and training to be meteorologists. This week we looked at different types of weather and tools that we use to measure temperature, rainfall and wind direction. Next week we will be continuing on by using different weather tools to record and measure weather. We will also be building vocabulary by learning weather words such as; hot, cold, temperature, thermometer, windy, sunny, rainy, cloudy.
Hot and Cold!
Snack
Class snacks can only be “healthy” snacks. First grade will allow students to have a snack. Students should be capable of eating their snack while listening or working on instructional activities. These snacks cannot be candy or dessert types (cookies, cupcakes, frozen treats, fruit cups with liquid, etc.). Water is the only drink allowed- we prefer insulated water bottles that do not sweat. With so many concerns over food in schools, it may be best to keep snack size to a minimum- please keep snacks no bigger than a playing card or 1/4 cup of dried goods. PLEASE be mindful of the students with severe food allergies.
Bad Weather-Snow and Ice
As we move into winter, it is important to know the school districts winter weather procedures. In the event of winter weather, the administration will consider the safety of our 53,000+ students and more than 6,000 employees in our 127-square mile district when making decisions about school closures.
LISD administrators will determine school cancellations or delays based on the safety of all students and staff district-wide.
If school is cancelled or delayed due to a weather-related event, parents and staff members will be notified via multiple platforms, including LISD’s parent callout system (Skylert), websites – including all campus websites – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For the most instantaneous notification, visit our website and/or follow us on Twitter.
Please know that LISD is working diligently to keep you informed as quickly as possible, but know that some forms of notification may be slightly delayed due to the demands of mass messaging.
As always, LISD will keep parents, students and community members informed with the most up-to-date information through these communication platforms. LISD thanks you in advance for your patience in the event of a winter weather situation.
Cold and Flu Season is HERE!
Your child’s health is of great importance. It is that time of year when colds, flu and viruses run wild in schools, churches, and other public places. We will take every precaution to have a healthy and safe environment. Please consider getting a flu shot for yourself and your child. Having the flu is not any fun and can be life threatening for young children.
We would like you to consider keeping your child home if they have fever, diarrhea and vomiting. It is requested that students be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please don't give your child a fever reducer and send them to school. Our bodies create a fever to fight viruses and to give us a warning that we are sick. When you send a child to school sick you will be impacting 20 plus families in addition to the teachers and their families. Teachers don't like missing days of school due to illness.
If your child becomes ill while at school, we will take them to the school nurse. The nurse will evaluate your child and will contact you to let you know if you need to pick your child up. Please keep in mind the only person on campus that can give any medication is our school nurse
Contact Information
Mrs. McDuffie
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: McDuffieT@LISD.net
Team Lead
Mrs. Bermudez
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: BermudezC@LISD.net
Mrs. Cambere
Office 469-713-5180
Email: Camberek@LISD.net
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: Freedenbergr@LISD.net