Newsletter 4/23/17

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               4/23/17

Goals for the week:

To begin a new unit on Calendar and Time.

To identify months in a year, days in a week, weeks in a month.

To tell time to the hour and half hour.

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

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

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, far, part, charm, jar, dark, star, park. Her, first, part, form, hard, far, for, or, no, go, so, he, be, she, me. no, go, so, he, be, she, me. Very, once, whose, take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life, same, singing, hoping, running, better, paper, begin, dinner, ever, over, after, until, began, being, by, funny, my, why, try, story, study, way, may, rain, tail, whom, today, Sunday, maybe, paid, see, need, keep, each, read, three, feet, does, road, coat, own, show, toe, below, yellow, tie, pie.

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, once and whose. Who, some, come, very, here, from, give, live, where, there, whom, today

Word study words this week: even, along, second, animal, away, children, seven, bottom, kitchen, problem.

To learn about the sound of a schwa.

To review the cutting patterns we have learned so far.

To identify open and closed syllables and when to use short and long vowels.

To continue to discuss ways we can care for the Earth.

To write a persuasive letter to a character in a story.

To begin to read stories about the rain forest.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit and revise our writing.

To listen to The Lorax and identify story elements.

To discuss theme in a story and the author’s message.

To identify story structure and retell a story using story elements.

To identify sequence in a story.

To make predictions.

To practice reading with fluency and expression.

To begin a Plant Unit in science.

Homework : 

Monday: complete a board on the Reado and/or Write board

Tuesday: math fact

Wednesday: fluency folder

Thursday:  study word study words