Newsletter 1/2/14!!

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  1/02/14

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: , 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: flag, plan, sled, glad, black, class, fresh, bring, grass, drink, crack, press,  and Your.

Review r blends from before break. 

Word study words next week: 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 listen and respond to On Top of Spaghetti.

To write about our favorite birthday/Christmas gift.

To welcome the New Year by making new year resolutions.

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!  School tomorrow!

Thursday:  to study word study words  unit 13b r blends

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  who contributed for or helped with our holiday party.   

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!