Welcome Back!! 2013 Newsletter

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  1/02/13

Happy New Year!  I hope you all enjoyed your family time over the break.

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To  continue practicing addition and subtraction facts and problem solving.

To read and write words with the short vowels.

To read words with l and r blends.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To identify details in a story.

To retell a story.

  Word study words to practice, children should know automatically: , 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, well, men, get, tell, set , let, when, them, then,

Red words to know, to, the, have, said, of, was, you, what, are, put, would, could should, they.

Word study words this week: review unit 12, short e.

Word study words next week:  (unit 13 blends) flag, plan, sled, glad, black, class, fresh, bring, grass, drink, crack, press,  and Your, Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To welcome the New Year by making new year resolutions.

To begin our Pebble, sand and silt unit in science.

To have fun with the winter season by doing lots of winter activities and writing.

Homework :

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday: Go to bed early after a good book!

Thursday:  to study word study words unit 1-12 and math facts 

Friday: 

 Request and Reminders:

* Empty folders as much as possible each night.

*Dress for the weather the children are outside for recess for 30 min.!

Thank you!

Thank you to all for helping with our holiday party.  Thank you to anyone who contributed to holiday bucks in my name and to those who gave beautiful cards and pictures!   

Thank you to all my friends who gave me beautiful holiday wishes and gifts Please look for thank you notes in your child’s folder!