newsletter 1/27/14

 Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               1/27/14

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To use different methods of collecting and recording data.

To sort by more than one attribute.

To identify solid shapes.

To read and write words with all the short vowels and to begin looking at long vowels.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To retell and summarize a story.

To identify story structure.

 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

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

To learn how to divide words with more that one syllable.

To identify jellybean(1 syllable) and elephant words(more than one).

Word study words this week:  unit 15

 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 The Little Red Hen.

To compare and contrast two stories.

To use and understand ordinal numbers.

To listen to our Book of the Week: The Little Yellow Chicken .

To practice reading with fluency.

To learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. 

To learn more about where we live in PA!

To learn more about sand, silt, and pebbles as we experiment with our new science unit.

Homework :

Monday:  Choose an activity from your READO and/or WRITE boards.

Tuesday: practice math facts  (is your child using what they know about addition to do subtraction?)  Practice fact families!!

Wednesday: Write in your 100 things about me book.

Thursday:  study all word study words.  Ask your child about how to split elephant words. Use spelling menu.

Request and Reminders:

* Empty folders as much as possible each night.  Read every night! 

*With less than 20 days till the 100^th day of school I am expecting more from the children. Second grade is right around the corner!  If your child is not completing work in class I will send home to be completed for homework.  If it is not completed at home they will complete during recess the following day.

*Neatness is also expected.  Please encourage this in homework as well.

 Please ask your child what supplies they need .  I know many seem to need pencils and glue.