newsletter 10/1/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  10/1/18

Goals for the week:

To continue working with comparing and combining numbers.

To create number bonds.

To practice addition and problem solving using addition.

To know our math facts for 0, 1 and 2.

To continue to practice words with short a and short i.

To know that C goes with a (cat) and k goes with I (kit).

To know to use ck at the end of a short vowel one syllable word.

To practice writing sentences using uppercase letters and punctuation.

To work independently in our centers and to work in reading groups.

To read and write words in the -at, an, am, as, ad, word families, as well as the –ig, -in, -it,

To be word detectives by finding a word meaning by reading the text carefully.

To learn to stop and jot while reading to check understanding.

To listen to different genres and to identify fiction, non-fiction, and poetry as genres

To identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

 We will read How to Make an Apple Pie and find where different countries are on the globe.  This will continue our Social Studies unit on Communities and finding Me on the Map.

To write facts and opinions about Apples.

To read fiction and non-fiction stories about apples.

To identify four Seasons and write about the Fall.

To use Seesaw in our math and reading centers.  We will begin to save work to our porfolios.

Word study words to know: am, at, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, an, man, the, to, had, van, sad, bad, fad, ham, rag, zag, tag, bag, , in big, is, have, did, if, it, pit, sit, lit, fit, wig, jig, pig, zig, in, pin, fin, tin, bin, win, It, his, pack, said, sick, tack, back ,kid, cab, of, sack, and pack.

Word study words this week :  unit 7  its, him, quit, quack, six, fix, wax, of said, yam,

Homework :

Monday night: complete a READO square activity

Tuesday night: Math folder

Wednesday night: fluency folder

Thursday: use spelling menu to study Word study words.

Friday: No School, inservice today

 Request and Reminders:

Empty folders as much as possible each night.