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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                                                             September  9,   2013

   We had a great week last week and the children are doing well learning our routines.  This week we will begin to dive more into the books!   These goals are just for you to have a general idea what we are working on during the day.  We do much more than I have listed here during a school day. 

Goals for the week:

To continue to learn our new school routines.

To continue to make new friends in our class.

To review the short vowel a, and to build and read words using a.

To review writing and counting from 1 to20.

To put words into alphabetical order.

To listen to Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Delores.

To have fun with the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

To discuss things we do at school.

To use a Venn diagram.

T o identify and use verbs.

To note details in a story, to use them in our pictures and writing.

To learn about our school community and compare it to schools in the past.

To begin to learn about insects in our science unit.

Word study words from units 1-3 (short a sounds): at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as , has, can, an, man, had van, sad, to, bad, rag.

Homework:  Read at least 15 minutes each night in addition to homework sent home!

Monday:  Get some rest!  We have a full week!

Tuesday:  Practice spelling and writing short a words from unit 1-3.  You can do this on paper or on a whiteboard or chalkboard.  You can use flash cards or starfall.com.  Whatever works for your family.    

Word study words from units 1-3 (short a sounds): at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as , has, can, an, man, had van, sad, to, bad, rag.

Wednesday:  take all the +1 cards from your addition flash cards. Practice these cards

Thursday: Name practice sheets (only the first letter of Each name should be uppercase)

Friday: We will do an assessment every Friday (during class) using the word study words of the week.

Requests and Reminders:

*Wear sneakers on gym days Tuesday.

* Back to school Open house is on September 18, 2013

*please empty folders each night of contents on the left side L= leave at home, Right side R= return to school.  I realize it is the first couple weeks so this may not always be completely accurate but we are working on packing up skills.

* Please send in a snack each day, it is not provided.