Friday, September 8, 2017

Newsletter 9/11/17


Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                                                    September  11,   2017

  

Goals for the week:

To review the short vowel a, and to build and read words using a.

To continue reading books by Kevin Henkes.

To review writing and counting from 1 to 20.

To compare numbers and use math vocabulary to describe same number, more and fewer, greater than and less than.

To put words into alphabetical order.

To listen to Beatrice Doesn’t Want to, How to Tell a Story, The Boy Who Loved Words.

To discuss things we do at school and to learn about our Daily Five Center routines.

To identify and use complete sentences in our speaking and writing.

To note details in a story, to use them in our pictures and writing.

To identify and discuss story elements in fiction stories.

To know a main character and to identify them using character traits.

To compare and contrast characters in stories

To make connections while reading.

To learn how to ask questions while reading to help us understand.

To learn about our school community and compare it to our town community.

Word study words from units 1-3 (short a sounds): at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as , has, can, an, man, had van, sad, to, bad, rag.

 

Homework:  Read at least 15 minutes each night in addition to homework sent home!

Monday: Complete a square on the reado board sent home today.

Tuesday:   study the  +0 flash cards sent home today. Practice these cards (each number plus 0 the number because it has no value.)  Our strategy is to know that 0 doesn’t change

Wednesday:  read a book of your choice, fluency folders have not yet been sent home.

Thursday: Practice spelling and writing short a words from unit 1-3.  You can do this on paper or on a whiteboard or chalkboard, sidewalk chalk.  You can use flash cards or starfall.com.  Whatever works for your family.   Word study words from units 1-3 (short a sounds): at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as , has, can, an, man, had van, sad, to, bad, rag.  These words are review from Kindergarten

Friday: We will do an assessment most Fridays (during class) using the word study words of the week. This week will be a review of units 1-3

Reading log will be sent home this week, log books read each night.

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