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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               3/9/15

Goals for the week:

To finish our unit on measurement.

To measure distance using non standard units.

To review and practice strategies to add and subtract.

To review all short vowel sounds.

To hear short and long vowel sounds.

To hear and identify syllables.

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

To identify and use action words

To identify compound words.

To identify open and closed syllables.

To know that open syllables have a long vowel.

To recognize the three sounds produced by ed at the end of a word.

 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, such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, and, last, hand, best, went, end, left, desk, help, must, do, and, two, many, milk, kept, such, much, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, or, for, far, hard, herm first, part, form,

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

Word study words this week:  no, go, so, he, be, she, me,

red word :many, any, 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 Dr. Seuss Stories.

To add colorful words and adjectives to our sentences.

To practice reading with fluency.

To compare Lions and Lambs.

To continue our Science unit on Pebbles, Sand and Silt.

To listen and respond to literature about rocks.

To listen and respond to non-fiction texts about rocks.

To compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction texts

To find features of a non-fiction text.

 

 

 

Homework :

Monday:  Complete an activity on your READO or WRITE Board

Tuesday:  Practice your math fact fluency.

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

Thursday:  Study word study words using the spelling menu.