Newsletter 10/17/16

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                           10/17/16

Goals for the week:

To learn more about the characteristics of insects.

To continue to observe and compare the life cycles of our mealworms.

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 continue to compare and contrast non-fiction stories on the same topic. 

We will continue to learn about spiders and write about spiders

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.

To meet some of West Chester’s finest Firefighters and learn more about fire safety.

 

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: