newsletter 1/2/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  1/02/18

Happy New Year!  I hope you all enjoyed your family time over the break.

Goals for the week:

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To continue practicing addition and subtraction.

To continue to use number bonds.

To identify place value and to count, compare and add numbers to 20.

To read words with consonant clusters, three consonants blended together.

To read and identify words with one and two syllables

To review how to divide syllables.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To identify details in a story.

To retell a story.

  Word study words to practice, children should know: , 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 , was, box, job, off, will, miss, you, fix, pass, long, ring, pink, what, bank, sang, inch, whip, are, put, whiff, chill, that, thing, with, this, dish, thank, well, men, get, tell, set , let, when, them, then, flag, plan, sled, glad, black, class, fresh, bring, grass, drink, crack, press,  and Your, Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell, up truck, sun but, us, Mr., Mrs., Miss

Red words to know, to, the, have, said, of, was, you, what, are, put, would, could should, they, your Mr., Mrs., Miss.

Word study words this week:  Spring, scrub, scrap, splash, string, were, squid.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To write a narrative with a beginning, middle, end.

To add style to our writing by using details, adjectives, and word choice.

To listen and respond to Snowmen at Night as well as some other snowmen and snow stories.

To welcome the New Year by making New Year resolutions.

To write about the fun we had over our winter break.

To have fun with the winter season by doing lots of winter activities and writing.

 

The office may send a message to you to repurchase supplies from the beginning of the year list.  You only need to replenish supplies that your child needs.  Please ask them.  Pencils, glue and crayons is what is mostly needed.

Homework :

Monday: no school

Tuesday: study your math facts. ( All addition and subtraction 1-5)

Wednesday: Fluency Folder (if you keep yours at home please return this week for some new stories)

Thursday:  to study word study words unit 16

Friday: 

Thank you!

Thank you to all who contributed for or helped with our holiday party.   

Thank you to all my friends who gave me beautiful holiday wishes and gifts

Hopefully you found the thank you notes in your child’s folder!