January News Letter

1^st Grade Newsletter for January

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

January 2nd- Welcome Back

January 21^st- NO SCHOOL MLK Day

**Week of January 2-4 will be a review week**

      

  Please continue to have your child:

Bring or wear tennis shoes everyday!!

Read every night and complete weekly math homework.

Study for Spelling and Weekly Review.

Learning Objectives

Week of Jan. 7-11 Language Arts: Plural –es words r-controlled -or, -ore words Characteristics of Fiction Writing-  verbs that do not add -s Math- comparing 10’s and 1’s           greater than, less than, and equal to >, <, =	Week of  Jan. 14-18 Language Arts: Inflected ending –ed, -ing words r-controlled –ar words Plot Writing- past and present tense verbs Math – number bonds and expanded form (#’s to 100)
Week of Jan. 21-25 Language Arts: r-controlled vowel words (ei,ir,ur) Key details in an informational text Contractions with ‘s, ‘ve, and ‘re Writing:  Exclamatory sentences Math: compose/decompose tens to add and subtract to 100 (1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less) NO SCHOOL MONDAY, JAN. 21ST	Week of Jan. 28-Feb.1 Language Arts: Comparative endings –er, -est Words that end with –dge Sequence compare/contrast characters Characteristics of Poetry Writing: contractions with not Math: addition and subtraction to 100

Helping Hands at Home:

Please log on to www.portaportal.com for additional online resources (in the event we miss school due to snow days) to help your child develop academically.  To get visitor access enter:  nancymoore (no space)

www.raz-kids.com –at this time in your child’s development it is easy to forget skills and regress in a short amount of time, please continue to read and practice those skills in the event of any snow days.