Newsletter 12/10/12

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  12/10/12

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to work on addition problem solving.

To read and write words with the short vowel e.

To review words ending in ng and nk.

To review words with h brothers: ch,sh,th,wh.

To identify telling, asking, and exclamatory sentences and the punctuation that goes with them.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To practice writing the diver letters.

To identify rhyming words in a story.

To identify details in a story.

To retell a story.

New word study words this week: unit 12 a and b: would, could, should, well, men, get, tell, set , let, when, them, then.

Word study words to know: am, at, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, an, man, had, van, sad, to, bad, rag, in big, is, did, if, it, his, pack, said, sick, tack, back, kid, cab, of sack, pack. Its, him quit, six, fix, wax, on got not , was, box, job, off, will, miss, you, fix, pass, long, ring, pink, what, bank, sang, inch, whip, are, put, whiff, chill, that, thing, with, this, dish, thank.

Red words to know, to, the, have, said, of, was, you, what, are, put.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit our writing using our writer’s eye.

To learn about how different animals get ready for winter.

To listen to our stories about gingerbread men.

To identify characters, setting, problem and resolution in stories.

To predict what will happen in a story.

To compare and contrast stories about gingerbread men.

To learn about how different cultures and countries celebrate winter holidays.

To write a story with a beginning middle and end.

Homework :

Monday night:  Literacy activity page

Tuesday: Reading Practice (please practice reading stories through unit 11 and oral reading stories)

 Wednesday: math page.

Thursday:  study word study words: would, could, should, well, men, get, tell, set , let, when, them, then.

 and math facts (+0,1,2,3) and subtraction (-0,1) 

Friday: send in a holiday memory/picture/ or item that has a story you can write about!

                   Sound sharing for short e.

 Request and Reminders

*Dress for the weather the children are outside for recess for 30 min.!  Emphasize to your child that they should not be taking coats off at recess, it is now too cold!!!