Friday, March 29, 2019

Newsletter 4/1/19

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               4/1/19

Goals for the week:
To complete chapter 13 in our Math book, 
to practice addition and subtraction with and without regrouping.
To count, add and subtract using place value.
To review all short and long vowel sounds.
To divide syllables using cutting patterns.
To review all the phonics rules we have been learning so far and to include in independent writing.
 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, herd, sister, fern, stern, blister, winter. Her, first, part, form, hard, far, for, or, no, go, so, he, be, she, me, take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life, same, singing, hoping, running,
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, who, some and come, very, here, give, live, from, where, there,
To review steps for syllabication and review the vccv pattern
To practice a new syllable division pattern V/cv
Word study words this week: better, paper, began, dinner, ever, over, after, until, begin.
To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.
To self edit our writing using our writer’s eye.
To revise our work by adding details and adjectives.
To  review and identify text features of non-fiction text
To continue to enjoy Spring and rain Stories.
To identify the main idea in a non-fiction text
To write an opinion with supporting reasons and a concluding sentence.
To make predictions while reading.
To identify genres of books and give evidence to support our thinking.
To note differences in Fiction and Non-fiction texts.
To practice reading with fluency.
To begin our Schoolwide unit on Poetry during Poetry Month (April)
To continue to learn about plants and insects.

Homework : 
Monday: Complete a square on your READO or WRITE board
Tuesday:  math folder
Wednesday: fluency folder
Thursday: Study word study words
Friday:  Please send in a baggie with 2 quarters, 5 dimes, 4 nickels, and 10 pennies for our lessons in counting money coming soon

Friday, March 22, 2019

newsletter 3/23/19


Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               3/24/19


Goals for the week: To review the strategies to add and subtract.
To apply adding and subtracting strategies to higher numbers.
To add with and without regrouping.
To subtract with and without regrouping.
To review all short and long vowel sounds.
To review all the phonics rules we have been learning so far.
To identify and use action words
To practice reading and writing words with long vowels and the magic e.
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, far, part, charm, jar, dark, star, park. left, desk, help, must, do and, two, many, milk, kept, such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, no, go, so, he, be, she, me, take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life.
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
Word study words this week: To review last week’s magic e words and To learn the rules for adding –ing to a word:  stop, skate, hop, hope, bake, pop, take, play.
To double the final consonant when adding ing to a short vowel word.
To drop the e when adding -ing to a magic e word
Next week’s words:  better, begin, paper, dinner, ever, over, after, until, began, being.
To review the syllable division pattern vc/cv and to learn the v/cv pattern.
To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.
To self edit our writing using our writer’s eye.
To welcome Spring!
To listen and respond to Spring stories.
To compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction stories.
To study characters in stories and notice character traits and how they change over time.
To practice reading with fluency.
To continue to observe changes in our insects.

Homework :
Monday: Complete a square on your Reado or Write boards.
Tuesday: Math Folder
Wednesday: fluency Folder, I hope to have new 3rd trimester packet for today.
Thursday: study word study words
Friday: