newsletter 4/18/17

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               4/18/17

 

Goals for the week:

 

To review and practice strategies to add and subtract.

 

To add three 1-digit numbers.

 

To solve real world problems.

 

To use related addition and subtraction facts to check the answers to real-world problems.

 

To practice reading and writing words with long vowel teams and the short vowel team ea.

 

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

 

To identify and use action words and describing 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, left, desk, help, must, do and, two, many, milk, kept, such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch. Or, far, hard, her, first, part, form, no, go, so, he, be, she, me, take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while,

 

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, whom, their, does

 

To use describing words to paint a picture in the reader’s head.

 

To visualize while reading as a strategy to understand.

 

To identify the difference between fiction and nonfiction texts

 

To identify text features of nonfiction texts

 

To identify story elements of fiction texts.

 

Word study words this week: thread, listen, health, sweater, pleasant, Reason, spread, bread, breath, ribbon, soda, read, problem, clean, meant, peach, mean

 

Red words: whom, does

 

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 Earth Day Stories.

 

To practice reading with fluency.

 

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

 

 

Homework:

 

Tuesday: Math facts and Matho board activity

 

Wednesday: fluency folder

 

Thursday: study word study words

 

Friday: Wear your green!