Henry Clay Elementary

Our focus this week, in

Language Arts:

First Grade Footnotes

Sequence / Summarize events in a story Identify the characters (people or animals) in a story Identify verbs (action words) Blending, reading, segmenting, and spelling glued sounds with ng: (-ang, -ing, -ong, -ung) and nk (-ank, -ink, -onk, -unk) although
they have individual sounds, they are closely glued together.

Fundations:

Trick Words: out, so, are

Math Fact Strategy: 10 and some more

(example 10 + 8 = 18) and a matching subtraction fact (18 -8 = 10) Magnitude (choosing appropriate numbers 3, 30, 300) Estimation

Teacher Tip: Student papers are sent home weekly in Wednesday folders. These can be a great learning tool for you and your child. Take extra time to review graded assignments especially spelling and weekly story tests. Go over missed questions and topics with your child to help ensure mastery of first grade skills. Reviewing mistakes can also help build confidence for the next assessment!

IMPORTANT WORDS TO KNOW:

These are the vocabulary words used in Social Studies, Science, or Math. It is important that your child knows these definitions.

Holiday a day to honor someone or something- Remember, Monday, was a student holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.! Contribution- the act of giving or doing something

Science

Seasonal Change: winters effect on our dress, work, play, and climate. Force and Motion: words to know include straight, circular, back and forth, push, pull. Holiday- a day to honor someone or something Famous American- Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions he made to our country.

Math/Science Innovation Center has a great parent and child event coming up in February. (18th & 25th ) Both parent and child will get the opportunity to explore math and science experiments together. Check out the following website for more information and registration. Dont miss out on this hands-on and fun opportunity! http://www.msinnovation.info/stu /adult_child.htm

Instructional Focus:
Check out this website from National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/ The hundreds chart activity has choices to skip count by different numbers. Skip counting will be a focus in February, but fits nicely with our study of larger numbers that we are working on now

Social Studies

Mark Your Calendar!

Fri., Jan. 20th: Spirit Day- Hat Day! Wed., Jan. 25 th: Early Release 12:30 Thurs., Jan. 26th: Early Release 12:30 Fri., Jan. 27th: Student Holiday! Professional Development Day for Teachers

Jan. 17-20, 2012