Newsletter 9/23

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  9/23/13

It was nice to see you all at open house!  My email for those who would like to communicate by email is pbesselman@wcasd.net.  I am also available by phone.  You may also send a note in the take home folder. 

Goals for the week:

To continue to count and write 1-20.

To count forward and backward.

To order numbers.

To identify numbers using greater than and less than symbols.

To combine and compare numbers.

To identify more and fewer.

To listen to My Five Senses.

To learn about Johnny Appleseed.

To have fun with apples, measuring, counting, sorting.

To continue our Science Units, Insects.

To compare and contrast.

To continue to practice words with short a and to introduce short i. 

To practice writing sentences.

To work independently in our Daily five centers.

To begin reading groups.

To read and write words in the –at, -am, -as,- an,- ag,- ad, word families.

Word study words your child should know:  at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, an, man, and the red word, the, had, van, sad, bad, rag, and the red word to.

To complete unit 4 in our project read/word study our new words are:  in, big, is, have, did, if, it, sit, lit, fit, wig, jig, fig, pig, zig.

To read about and use our 5 senses.

To welcome Fall.

Homework :

All week: collect pictures and items and decorate your writer’s notebook cover (front and back)  cover with contact paper if possible. Send finished book on Monday, next week.

Monday:  choose a square on the READO board to complete.

Tuesday:  study math facts  all the + and – 1.

Wednesday:  100  Things about me, complete the next prompt.

Thursday:  choose and activity from the spelling menu to practice the words for this week.

Friday:  Home senses activity

If you wish to keep READO and spelling menus in your folders so they do not get misplaced that is fine.  

 Request and Reminders:

·       Pack a snack each day.

·       October read aloud will come this week.

·       Scholastic orders for September will be placed this week.  Please order online  or send cash in a marked envelope.