Henry Clay Elementary

Our focus this week, in

First Grade Footnotes

Language Arts: Blend sounds into words. Understand word order in sentences. Identify details that tell more about what something looks like, how it sounds, or what it does. Recognize and read contractions with s (its, hes, etc)

Important Reminders:

Friday Sept. 30: Spirit Day Wear your Favorite Number Fri. Oct. 7th: Fundraiser DUE!

Sept. 26 30, 2011 Issue 4

Fundations Letter formation, keywords,

and sounds: p, j, v, w, z, q, y, x Alphabetical order Graphing Developing Number Sense Patterning Vocabulary: more, less, equal to, greater than, less than, fewer

Math

Social Studies

Pledge of Allegiance U.S. Symbol: American flag, bald eagle, Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty

Vocab: symbol, patriotic, tradition People are united as Americans

through common principles and traditions

Teacher Tip: that came to Back to It is very important for your child School Night! to do his/her own homework each night. This establishes good study skills and develops independence. Help reinforce the importance of school by reviewing the assignment with your child and signing their homework Coaches needed for calendar every night. Destination Imagination Instructional Focus: In class, students are learning to Are you interested in helping children learn recognize, describe, extend, and create a wide variety of patterns, creativity, teamwork and problem solving to including rhythmic, color, shape, students? Are you and numerical. Patterns can be willing to commit one day per week for an atgrowing or repeating. Recognize school practice to help patterns on store fronts and facilitate student team signs. Also try giving your child a members towards a pattern and see if they can give goal in a challenge? If you the next 3 units. you answered yes to both questions, then we need you! Without IMPORTANT WORDS TO parent volunteer KNOW: (These are the coaches, PCES wont
vocabulary words used in Social Studies, Science, or Math. It is important that your child knows these definitions.)

*Thanks to everyone

have a DI team this year. Please contact Ms. Hoggan if you are interested at ahoggan@hcps.us by Oct. 14 More information about DI can be found at http://www.idodi.org/

*Please note: Henry Clay will be practicing an intruder drill on Sept. 27. We are meeting our safety goal by practicing to be safe!

Symbol: a picture that stands for something else Patriotic: Showing respect for and love of country Tradition: A custom or belief that happens over a long period of time