March 14,

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               3/14/16

 

Goals for the week:

 

To review and practice strategies to add and subtract.

To finish our unit on Measurement.

To begin a new unit on Picture graphs and bar graphs.

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

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

To identify and use action words

To identify and use contractions.

To continue to practice reading and writing words with long vowels and the magic e.

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, take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life.

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: better, begin, paper, dinner, ever, over, after, until, began, being.

To review the syllable division pattern vc/cv and to learn the v/cv pattern.

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 many St. Patrick’s Day stories.

To compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction stories.

To begin to practice persuasive writing and to learn about the Blarney Stone!

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

To practice reading with fluency.

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

Homework :

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

Tuesday: Math Fact Fluency

Wednesday: fluency Folder

Thursday:  Wear your Green!  Study word study words using your spelling menu

  Readers Theatre today!!   Practice the line sent home in folder earlier in the week!!

**  fill out permission form sent home to take part in the Mediafest contest! 

 

 

 

My child,   ________________________________, in Mrs. Besselman’s first grade class at Glen Acres Elementary, has permission to submit a technology project for the district sponsored Media Fest Contest.

 

Child’s name:_____________________________________________________

 

Parent name:_____________________________________________________

 

Parent signature:____________________________________________________

newsletter 3/7/16

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               3/7/16

Goals for the week:

To finish our unit on measurement.

To measure using non-standard units.

To review and practice strategies to add and subtract.

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To continue to identify syllables and to practice the cutting pattern.

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

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.

To learn about the magic e and long vowel sounds.

 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, many, any, very, no, go, so, he, be, she, me,

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

Word study words this week:  take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To retell a fiction story using the story elements we have learned (character, setting, problem solution)

To use character traits to describe a character and to find actions in the story to support our thoughts.

To listen and respond to Stone Soup and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.

To add colorful words and adjectives to our sentences.

To compare Lions and Lamb and review how to write a simile.

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

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:  Fluency Folder

Thursday:  Study word study words using the spelling menu.

Friday:  ½ day today