Newsletter 2/18/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/18/13

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To conclude our unit on surveys and data collection.

To begin working with measurement.

To read and write words with consonant blends.

To read and write words with consonant clusters.

To learn the steps to unlock and split an elephant word.

To practice reading and building words with more than one syllable.

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: 

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.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To continue studying our pebble, sand and silt unit.

To listen to our book of the week: The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

To practice reading with fluency.

To Learn More about Abe Lincoln and George Washington.

Homework :

Monday: word study homework

Tuesday:  literacy page

Wednesday:  read scholastic news to someone at home.

Thursday: study word study words and math facts.

Unit 16: spring, scrap, splash, string, were, squid.

Friday: