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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Week of January 5th

***Star Student Posters went home for you to work on over vacation. See website for Star Student Info. Place a photo if possible on the poster and color it. A bag will go home for your child to fill on their assigned week. Send back your poster when it is complete.*** Our first STAR Student will begin on Monday the 5^th. Each student will have an opportunity to be the STAR.

                                 

 We continue with Unit 7 Welded/Glued Sounds. A glued sound is one in which letters have their own sounds but they are difficult to separate. The glued sounds that have been introduced to are ing-ung-ang-ong-unk-ank-am-an-ink-all.  Info of activities to practice are online. Please let me know if you need a copy sent home. Trick Word Review will be spelling this week.  Word cards are available on Fundations site with unit packs.

Continue to practice reading as well as spelling these trick words.  It is important for students to recognize them when they read as well as spell them correctly when writing.

Math Connects ….Our new unit is Organize and use Data.   Students will be using bar and picture graphs, taking quick surveys and using tally mark.

  Essential Questions: What is a survey? ( a survey is when you ask questions about a topic and collect data) What is data? ( data is the information collected from a survey) What is a graph? ( graphs are ways to represent your data) We use bar, picture and tally graphs.

We continue to work on computation skills, adding and subtracting.  Please reinforce with your child that they need to look at the sign, even circling it so that they know the operation that they need to perform. We practice adding and subtracting to 10.  Your child needs to be fluent. They are working on doing 30 problems for 2 minutes. Most can add given extended time. They need to do this with automaticity!! Set the timer on the stove. Give your child 30 problems, addition on one side, subtraction on the other and try and beat the clock.

Our new Social Studies Unit is focused on Mapping.

Mapping Skills Essential Questions

*What is a map?  What is a globe?

What are they used for?

Why do people use maps and globes?

*How are maps and globes the same and different?

*How is a map key and legend used? 

Why are they important?

*Why are symbols important?

*What is a compass rose?  How is it used?

  

       

                  SOUTHWEST 

                                                                                                       

As part of our social studies unit, we are pleased that Paul Grenon is our adoptive Pilot in first grade. He will be visiting our class and we will be tracking his travels on our classroom map. We cannot wait to explore our country with him. 

            REMINDERS

**Return your child’s pencil box replenished with tools for a new year.

**Return your child’s STAR of the Week Poster.