Newsletter 4/7/14

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               4/7/14

Goals for the week:

To continue problem solving and addition and subtraction.

To use fact families to help us to add and subtract.

To use doubles to help us to add and subtract.

To work on Fact Fluency.

To count money.

To review all short  and long vowels.

To continue reading and writing words with a bossy r.

To learn more about magic e.

To hear and identify syllables.

To review all the phonics rules we have been learning so far.

To identify compound words.

To identify and use contractions.

To write using colorful verbs and describing words.

Word study words to know: am, 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, box, job, off, will, miss, fix, pass, long, ring, pink, what, bank, sang. inch, whip, whiff, chill, that, thing, with, this, dish, thank, well, men get, tell, set, let, when, them, then, Flag, plan, sled, class, glad, black, fresh, bring, grass drink, crack, press, Twin, spell, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, Up, truck, sun, but, us, clock, napkin, cannot, upset, into jacket, path, spring, scrub, scrap, splash, string, squid, and, last, hand, best, went, end, left, desk, help, must, do and, two, many, milk, kept, such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, far, part, charm, jar, dark, star, park.

Red words to know, to, the, have, said, of, was, you, are, put, what, should, would, could, they, your,  Mr. and Mrs., into,  were, do, and, two, many.

Word study words this week (or):  or, porch, cord, form, storm, pork, work, corn, short, torch.

Word study words next week No, go, so, he, be, she, me, my, by. 

red word : very

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 George Shrinks

To listen to Cloudy with a chance of meatballs and imagine what we would like to rain from the sky.

To identify story structure.

To identify sequence in a story.

To make predictions.

To learn about spring, rain and the water cycle.

To practice reading with fluency.

To read and write poetry as part of National Poetry Month.

Homework :  

Monday: Please complete an activity on your READO or WRITE boards.

Tuesday:  Study Math facts

Wednesday: Write to the next prompt in your 100 things about me book

Thursday: study word study words. Bossy R Worksheet is sent home today.
Friday:  Send in your Earth Day Recycling project

Monday is science day!  You are welcome to come view our finished projects in the Cafeteria from 2-2:15.