Newsletter 2/11

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/11/13

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To know that each syllable or word part has a talking vowel.

To label talking vowels, to sort words by # of syllables.

To divide words into syllables and to create words using more than one syllable

To continue working on collecting data and conducting surveys.

To continue working on making and reading different types of data representations.

To identify asking, telling, and exclamatory sentences.

To review all the phonics rules we have been learning so far.

To use period, question marks and exclamation points.

To identify and use descriptive words.

Word study words to know: know 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, flag, plan, sled, glad, black, class, fresh, bring, grass, drink, crack, press,  Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell, up, sun, but, us, truck

Red words to know: to, the, have, said, of, was, you, what, are, put, would, could should, they, your, Mrs. And Mr.

Word study words this week:  We will continue to use words from unit 15.  We will learn how to divide syllables.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To listen and respond to Valentine stories.

To learn more about Rocks.

To Learn about Abe Lincoln and George Washington In honor of Presidents Day.

To Learn about famous African Americans as we celebrate Black History Month.

Homework :   

Work on all week:

 Please decorate a box of some type for our valentine box due Thursday.

Monday:  editing  homework.

Tuesday :  work on valentines

Wednesday: work on valentines and box.

 Early dismissal today. (No lunch)

Thursday: Early dismissal

Friday: No school