Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                             Halloween Week

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to work with addition and subtraction.

To use the count on, count back, take away strategies for subtraction.

To use the number bond strategy for addition and subtraction.

To have compare and contrast the Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly and the Old Lady who swallowed a Bat.

To read Halloween stories, the Big Pumpkin, The Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything, Creepy Carrots.

To compare and contrast characters across stories.

To identify character traits on the outside and on the inside.

To read fiction and nonfiction selections on the topic of Bats.

To identify fiction and nonfiction stories.

To continue to identify and write facts and opinions.

To compare and contrast bats and birds.

To continue to listen to stories about bats and bugs.

To compare and contrast bats and birds.

To identify beginning, middle, and end of a story.

To identify cause and effect in a story.

To identify sequence in a story.

To identify the mood of a story.

To retell a story using all the story elements.

To identify story elements.(character, setting, plot, main idea)

To continue to practice reading and writing words that end in glide sounds ng, nk.

To identify the sounds of the diagraphs wh, ch, sh, th

Word study words this week: Long, ring, pink, bank, sang, sing and the red word What, and inch, whip, are, put, chill, whiff,

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, Off, will, miss, fizz, pass, jazz, 

Red words to know: to, the, have, said, of, you, what, are, put

To continue to observe and learn about different types of insects.

To label and identify insect characteristics.

To identify the stages of complete metamorphosis.

 

Homework :

Monday night: Complete an activity from your READO game board.

Tuesday night: study math facts +3

Wednesday night: Fluency folder

Thursday : study word study words to unit 11

Friday:  Harvest Party this afternoon  (just children and volunteers please)

Newsletter 10/19/15

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                           10/19/15

Goals for the week:

To learn more about the characteristics of insects.

To continue to observe and compare the life cycles of our mealworms, wax worms and butterflies.

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to work with addition facts.

Word study words you should know: at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, the, an , man, had, van, sad, to, bad, rag, in, is,  big, have, did, if, it, his, pack, said, sick, tack, back, kid, cab, of, sack, its him, quit, six, fix, wax, on, got, not, was, box, job, Off, will, miss, you, fizz, pass, jazz, Hill, fill, quill, fizz

Word Study words this week: Unit 10:  Long, ring, pink, what, bank, sang.

To read Stories about pumpkins.

To identify the difference between a fiction and non-fiction story.

To compare and contrast characters in a story.

To study characters in a fiction story and identify character traits.

To identify story elements while reading and retelling stories.

To identify beginning, middle, and end of a story.

To identify facts and opinions.

To write about pumpkins using adjectives.

To write about pumpkins, giving facts in sequential order.

To learn about the growth of a pumpkin and to put the stages of growth into order using transitions.

To learn how to be an upstander and stand up against bullying.

To watch Spookley the Pumpkin.

 

 

Homework :

Monday night: Please choose an activity on your READO board.

Tuesday:  Study math facts, review +0, +1,+2,   -0,-1,-2.  And practice +3

Wednesday night: Reading Fluency Folder

Thursday :  Study word study words using spelling menu

Friday: 

 Request and Reminders:

Don’t forget about your October Book Report.

 

 

 

Newsletter 10/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  10/12/15

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to compare and combine numbers.

To use number bonds and the counting on strategies to add.

To understand there are different ways to make the same number.

To make addition stories.

To solve a problem where the total number and one part are known.

To use problem solving steps to solve addition problems.

To review sounds and write magic c letters.

To listen to The Itsy Bitsy Spider and The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.

To know that l,s,f. and z are doubled at the end of a short vowel one syllable word.

New word study words this week: unit 9  off, will, miss, you, fizz, pass

Red words to know:  to, the, have, said, of

Word study words to know: am, at, cat, sat, bat, fat, as , has, can, the, an, man, sad, had, van, rag, bad, to, in, big, is, have, did, I, it his, pack, said, sick, and tack, back, kid, cab, of, sack, and pack, its, him, quit, six, fix, wax, yam, on, got, not, was, box, job,

To write our own class version of the very busy spider.

To brainstorm describing words for spiders.

To learn more about spiders by reading non-fiction stories about spiders.

To write about our opinion on spiders and to give reasons to support our opinion.

To continue to identify the difference between fact and opinions.

To identify the elements of a narrative/fiction story.  Characters, setting, problem, solution.

To identify the features of a non-fiction text.

To celebrate Columbus Day and to learn about Christopher Columbus.

To learn about N,S,E, and W on a compass rose.

To review the 7 continents and to learn the oceans and find them on the globe.

To observe our butterflies as they enter the adult stage.

To learn more about the life cycles of mealworms.

 

Homework :

Monday night: Complete a square on the READO

Tuesday night: practice Math facts,

Wednesday night: Fluency Folder you can read the next story

Thursday : study word study words using your spelling menu

Friday:  Today is an early dismissal

                    Work on your October Book Report sent home today!!  Due 10-26-15

 

 Request and Reminders

Friday in an early dismissal!!

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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  10/05/15

Goals for the week:

To learn more about fire prevention for fire prevention week.

To have the local fire company come to visit!

To listen to books about fire safety.

To write more than one fact In sequential order on the same topic.

To learn about Christopher Columbus.

To identify the difference between fact and opinion.

To write a fact and an opinion.

To read fiction and non-fiction books about butterflies.

To continue to work with greater than and less than.

To continue to compare and combine numbers.

To review part and whole relationships for different numbers.

To use number bonds to show part/ whole relationships.

To count on to add, to use number bonds to add, to write and solve addition sentences.

To apply our adding strategies to addition story problems.

To identify equation and sum.

To become familiar with different combinations of the same number.

To identify nouns as person, place and thing.

To use upper and lower case letters in our sentences as well as punctuation.

To self edit our work.

To read and write words from unit 1-7 in the word study units.

To listen to The Recess Queen.

To Compare and Contrast characters in a story.

To discuss ways we can be kind to our friends.

To use character traits to identify the main character in the story

To read words with the short vowel o.

To identify the seven continents and find them on the globe.

New word study words this Week: on, got, not, was, box, job.

Word study words to know: am, at, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, the, an, man, had, van, sad, to, bad, rag, in, big, is, have, did, if, it, his pack, said, sick, tack, its, him, quit, quack, six, fix, wax, quick

To continue to observe and study the life cycles of insects.              

 

Homework :

Monday night: Complete an activity from your READO board!

Picture day is Tuesday

Tuesday night: Practice math facts!   +2.

Wednesday night: Fluency Folder:  read the first story, look for directions are in folder.

Thursday :  study word study/red  words using the spelling menu

Friday: 

 Request and Reminders:

* Empty folders as much as possible each night.

* When sending lunch money try to put it in an envelope with a name!

Picture day tomorrow!!

Wear your best smile:)