Henry Clay Elementary

Our focus this week, in

First Grade Footnotes

Language Arts: Identify complete sentences. Compare telling sentences and asking sentences. Determine if a sentence is a telling sentence or an asking sentence (. or ?) Create telling and asking sentences. Re-read and self correct when something doesnt sound right or make sense in reading Sequence events from a story

Important Reminders:

Mon. Oct. 17th: School Picture Day! Fri. Oct. 21st: Spirit Shirt Day! Wed. Oct. 26th: Chick-Fil-A Night! 5 8 pm Thurs. Oct. 27th: Pumpkins on Parade and Spaghetti Dinner at Gandy th Thus. Oct. 27 : First Grade Fall Fest 6:30pm Dont forget to RSVP!

Oct. 17 21, 2011 Issue 7

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.

Instructional Focus:
As we begin our number sense unit in math, some fun ways you can reinforce this concept at home are by having your child count things in your house. How many chairs, books, and shirts? While driving in the car, count road signs, trees, and cars parked along the street, people in other cars, etc. When sharing a story, use the pictures from the book as a springboard for a math discussion. See if your child can count sets of things in the pictures.

Fundations
Blend, read, and spell three sound short vowel words (example: mat) Trick Words: a, and, the Learn capitalization, punctuation, and word spacing for sentence dictation. Alphabetical order

Wild an animal that can take care of itself Mammal a warm blooded animal that is covered with hair or fur

Math
Develop number sense Count objects in a given set between 1 and 50 Beginning story problems Neighbor Facts (+1, -1)

Science We are beginning a bat unit! We will learn: Bats have life needs air, food,
shelter, and water Bats are a flying mammal! Bats are wild animals.

The next opportunity to earn a First Grade Brag Tag will be by memorizing your phone number! This is an important life skill that all children should know. Keep your eye out for a form to come home where you can list the emergency phone number that you will be working with your child to memorize. Students will have opportunities to show their teacher they can recite their phone number, and then they will earn their brag tag!

Brag Tag Update!

On average, a child in K, 1st, or 2nd grade should be getting between 9 and 12 hours of sleep every night. This will help their math and reading scores, as well as their overall health. This website will help, and kids love it, too! It even includes state standards. WWW.IXL.com/math Enjoy, and get some rest yourself as a parent!

Mr. Ds Weekly Health Tip: