Newsletter 2/18/15

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/18/15

 

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To identify long vowel sounds.

To conclude our unit on surveys and data collection.

To begin working with measurement.

To read and write words with consonant blends.

To read and write words with consonant clusters.

To learn the steps to unlock and split an elephant word.

To practice reading and building words with more than one syllable.

To learn about the bossy r and to read and write works that have an r controlled vowel.

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, sun, but, us, truck, clock, path, napkin, cannot, upset, into, jacket, spring, scrap, scrub, splash, string, were, 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,

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:  or, for, far, hard, her, first, part, form.

To identify asking, telling, and exclamatory sentences.

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

To use period, question marks and exclamation points.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit our writing using our writer’s eye.

To continue studying our pebble, sand and silt unit.

To listen to our books for the week:  We will focus on Nonfiction texts and features.

To write a Non-Fiction piece including a topic sentence, facts in sequential order and a closing sentence.

To practice reading with fluency.

To Learn More about Abe Lincoln and George Washington.

To discuss The Presidents of the United States and learn more about our country.

To write about what we would like to do as President.

 

Homework :

Monday: Holiday

Tuesday:  Snow Day

Wednesday:  100 things about me book

Thursday: study word study words and math facts.

Friday:   No assessment today we will continue Bossy r next week!