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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               3/23/15

Goals for the week:

To review and practice strategies to add and subtract.

To use missing number strategies in problem solving.

To use place value to add and subtract by 10.

To use place value to show numbers using blocks

To continue our Problem solving unit in our math investigations.

To review fractions and to tell write time.

To begin our new unit on Problem solving and addition and subtraction strategies.

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To continue to learn about r controlled vowels.

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

To identify and use action words

To identify and use contractions.

To  review long vowels and the magic e.

To add –ing to the end of action 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, far, part, charm, jar, dark, star, park. left, desk, help, must, do and, two, many, milk, kept, such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, no, go, so, he, be, she, me,

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, very

Word study words this week: take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life. Stopping, hopping, hoping, sitting, playing, making, baking.

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 and fiction stories about rocks.

To compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction stories.

To study characters in stories and notice character traits and how they change over time.

To identify nouns.

To practice reading with fluency.

To Welcome Spring!

To continue to observe and record Rocks in all different forms and sizes.

Homework :

Monday: Complete a square on your Reado and/or Write boards.

Tuesday: Math Fact Fluency

Wednesday: !00 things about me

Thursday: Study word study words using your spelling menu