Newsletter 2/25/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/25/13

Goals for the week:

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To continue working on data collection, surveys and representation of Data.

To begin our Measurement unit.

To read and write words with consonant clusters.

To read and identify words with ending blends.

To identify asking, telling, and exclamatory sentences.

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

To use period, question marks and exclamation points.

To identify and use descriptive words.

 Word study words to know: 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,  Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell, up, sun, but, us, truck, clock, path, napkin, cannot, upset, into and jacket. spring, scrub, scrap, splash, string, squid,

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

Word study words this week (unit 17): desk, mask, gasp, crisp, hand, band, jump, went, sent, milk, help, felt, held, kept, left, and red words any, many, two and do.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To listen and respond to many Dr. Seuss Stories.

To continue to experiment and study pebbles sand and silt.

To use screens to sort rocks.

To listen to our Book of the Week: Teeth .

To learn about dental health and how to care for our teeth.

Please see  Read Across America newsletter sent home Friday!!

Homework :

Monday:  Bring your favorite Dr. Seuss Book and wear a hat.

Tuesday:  Think about a character you would like to dress as and look at the list of interview questions.  Try to come up with at least 1 question( and answer)that your character could give if interviewed.

Wear lots of pockets

Wednesday:  Work on your costume and interview question and answer.

Dress for Wacky Wednesday

Thursday: 

Wear silly socks

study math facts and word study words.

(unit 17): desk, mask, gasp, crisp, hand, band, jump, went, sent, milk, help,

Friday: Dress as your favorite Dr. Suess Character.  Bring a list of at least 1 question that someone may use to interview you.  Please be ready with answers to the questions. ( For example:  if you are the Lorax a question might be What is your passion in life?, answer may be: my passion is the environment and standing up for the trees.)

Newsletter 2/18/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/18/13

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To conclude our unit on surveys and data collection.

To begin working with measurement.

To read and write words with consonant blends.

To read and write words with consonant clusters.

To learn the steps to unlock and split an elephant word.

To practice reading and building words with more than one syllable.

Word study words to know: 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,  Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell, up, sun, but, us, truck

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

Word study words this week: 

To identify asking, telling, and exclamatory sentences.

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

To use period, question marks and exclamation points.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To continue studying our pebble, sand and silt unit.

To listen to our book of the week: The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

To practice reading with fluency.

To Learn More about Abe Lincoln and George Washington.

Homework :

Monday: word study homework

Tuesday:  literacy page

Wednesday:  read scholastic news to someone at home.

Thursday: study word study words and math facts.

Unit 16: spring, scrap, splash, string, were, squid.

Friday:   

Newsletter 2/11

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/11/13

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To know that each syllable or word part has a talking vowel.

To label talking vowels, to sort words by # of syllables.

To divide words into syllables and to create words using more than one syllable

To continue working on collecting data and conducting surveys.

To continue working on making and reading different types of data representations.

To identify asking, telling, and exclamatory sentences.

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

To use period, question marks and exclamation points.

To identify and use descriptive words.

Word study words to know: 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,  Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell, up, sun, but, us, truck

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

Word study words this week:  We will continue to use words from unit 15.  We will learn how to divide syllables.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To listen and respond to Valentine stories.

To learn more about Rocks.

To Learn about Abe Lincoln and George Washington In honor of Presidents Day.

To Learn about famous African Americans as we celebrate Black History Month.

Homework :   

Work on all week:

 Please decorate a box of some type for our valentine box due Thursday.

Monday:  editing  homework.

Tuesday :  work on valentines

Wednesday: work on valentines and box.

 Early dismissal today. (No lunch)

Thursday: Early dismissal

Friday: No school

newsletter 2/4/13

 Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/4/13

Goals for the week:

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To  continue our unit on collecting data, we will be conducting a class survey.

To identify solid shapes.

To read and write words with consonant blends.

To identify asking, telling, and exclamatory sentences.

To use period, question marks and exclamation points.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To identify base words and endings.

Word study words to know: 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,  Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell, up, sun, but, us, truck,

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

Word study words this week:  clock, path, napkin, cannot, upset, into and jacket.

To identify the number of syllables in a word by looking for talking vowels.

 To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To listen and respond to The Flower Garden.

To make predictions about a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To learn more about Groundhog day.

To experiment with shadows.

To write a poem about someone special.

To learn about geologist and to sort rocks by characteristics.

Homework :

Monday:  literacy page

Tuesday: Scholastic News Magazine

Wednesday:  math page

Thursday:  study word study words and math facts.  Time yourself!

clock, path, napkin, cannot, upset, into and jacket

Friday:  100 day Homework sent home today, due next week

(don’t forget to read every night)

Keep going on the random acts of Kindness!!  Don't forget to cut them out and send them in!

Newsletter 1/28

 Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               1/28/13

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To  continue to use different methods of collecting and recording data.

To sort by more than one attribute.

To identify solid shapes.

To read and write words with all the short vowels and to begin looking at long vowels.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To retell and summarize a story.

To identify story structure.

 Word study words to know: 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,  Twin, still, swim, snack, skin, smell, spell

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

Word study words this week:  (short u) up, sun, but, us, truck, stuff, tuck,

 To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To listen and respond to The Little Red Hen.

To use and understand ordinal numbers.

To listen to our Book of the Week: The Little Yellow Chicken .

To practice reading with fluency.

To learn more about sand, silt, and pebbles as we experiment with our new science unit.

Homework :

Monday:  Literacy activity page

Tuesday: Scholastic news

Wednesday: math page

Thursday:  study all word study words.  Pick 5 to write in sentences.  Paper will be sent home.

Friday:

Request and Reminders:

**We are working especially hard on our listening skills (listening and following through with what was asked) and taking pride in our work and in our classroom.  Please emphasize these things at home as well.