newsletter 1/26/15

 Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               1/26/15

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 continue learning about long vowels.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To retell and summarize a story.

To identify story structure.

To identify characters, setting, problem and solution in Fiction Stories.

To identify features of Non Fiction texts. 

To know to use tch at the end of some short vowel one syllable words.

To know the exceptions to the rule above.

 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, up, truck, sun, but, us, Mr. Mrs. clock, path, napkin, cannot, upset, into, jacket, spring, scrap, splash, string, were, squid, scrub, and, last, hand, best, went, end, left, desk, help, must, do, and, two, many, milk , kept,

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

Word study words this week:  unit 18 such, much, which, rich,  catch, pitch, stitch, stretch.

 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 Non Fiction Texts.

To continue to listen to Biographies.

To compare and contrast two Non Fiction Texts.

To identify the main idea and key details in a nonfiction text.

To practice reading with fluency. 

To learn more about where we live in PA!

To learn more about Groundhog day and to make predictions for Monday.

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 

** Snow day Homework**

 Go out and build a snowman with a friend.  Fill out Snowman writing sheet by filling In the steps to follow when building a snowman.  This will be a rough draft for our class writing on Wednesday.

Wednesday: Write in your 100 things about me book.

Thursday:  study all word study words. 

 

Request and Reminders:

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