Last Newsletter!!!

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               6/3/13

Goals for the week:

To continue counting coins.

To count by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s.

To use skip counting to solve multiplication type problem solving.

To use place value.

To tell time to the hour and ½ hour.

To learn more about vowel pairs.

To continue to practice long vowel rules.

To know there are rules to follow when dividing a word into syllables.

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

Word study words this week.  Review all units

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 Enzo the Wonderfish and Swimmy.

To learn about fish and sharks.

To identify structure in a story.

To use action words ending in ed and ing.

To summarize a story.

To write a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

Homework :  

Tuesday: send in book review sent home Monday for the June Bulletin board.

Wednesday: We will have field day from 8:45-10:45.  We will be outside the whole morning, so please send your child to school with suntan lotion already on! Please make sure that your child wears comfortable clothes and sneakers. You may want to send in a change of clothes as well because many children get wet at the water stations.

Special First Grade Days coming next week:

June 10^th through 13^th

Monday, June 10^th – Movie Day : You do not need to bring in anything for this day.

Tuesday, June 11^th – Buddy Read Day: Bring in 2 or 3 of your favorite books from home to share with a first grader from another class.

Wednesday, June 12^th – Puzzle Day: Bring in a puzzle from home.  We will work with other students from another class to complete them.  Let’s see how many puzzles first grade can finish!

*Afternoon class only end of year celebration today!

Thursday, June 13^th – Board Game Day:  Bring in a board game or card game from home and we will enjoy playing games with another class.

 Look for your End of Year Video to come home next week!!!

Newsletter 5/28/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/28/13

Goals for the week:

To practice counting coins.

To continue working with patterns.

To hear short and long vowel sounds.

To learn more about vowel pairs.

To practice r controlled vowels.

To know an open syllable ends in a single long vowel.

To continue to practice long vowel rules.

To know there are rules to follow when dividing a word into syllables.

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

 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, path, napkin, cannot upset, jacket, spring, string, scrub, squid, scrap, splash, and, last, hand, best, went, end, left, desk, milk, kept, help, felt, held, Such, much , which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, far, hard, sharp, start, car, dark, her, first, shirt, girl, turn, She, we, he, me, no, so, go, Broke, home, while, use, ate.

Red words to know, to, the, have, said, of, was, you, are, put, what, should, would, could, they, your,  Mr. and Mrs., into, were., to, do, many, any, who, some, come, very, Here, from, give, live

Word study words this week.  No new word just Red words: once, whose,

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 Fishy Facts  and EnZo the Wonderfish.

To identify structure in a story.

To summarize a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To go to Colonial Plantation.

To continue our Plant Unit.

Homework :  

Monday: Holiday

Tuesday: Scholastic News read and discuss at home.

Wednesday:  math page from workbook

Thursday: Field Trip is today!!  Pack a brown bag lunch and dress for weather including sunscreen

practice all word study words for Friday’s End of Year Project Read Test.

 

 Practice your math facts every night using flash cards from beginning of year supply list.

 Chaperones:  Mrs. Brango, Mrs. Hornickle and Mrs. Marleton.  Please arrive by 9.

Update!

Walk-a -Thon on Friday!  Wear sneakers and bring envelope sent home.

Newsletter

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/13/13

Thank you for all the kind notes and tokens of appreciation last week!  I just loved the door decorations!  I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day.    

Goals for the week:

To hear and identify all short and long vowel sounds.

To learn more about vowel pairs.

To practice r controlled vowels, open and closed syllables, and magic e.

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

  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, first, part, form, hard, far, for, or, no, go, so, he, be, she, me. jumped, grabbed, looked, stuffed, baked. 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, very, once and whose, here, from, give and live.

Word study words this week :  review All

To identify story elements and to retell a story using details and sequence.

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 Something from Nothing.

To listen and respond to One of Three.

To read and write about families.

To identify sequence in a story.

To use action words ending in ed and ing.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our study of Plants. 

Homework :  

Monday: Study bossy r words

Tuesday: study math facts (addition)

Wednesday: study math facts (subtraction)

Thursday:  Study magic e words

Reminders and News:

Homework will be study only from here to the end of the year due to a shortage of copies.  Please be sure you study and practice all our word study words as well as math facts(the list is on the website if you misplaced it).  Children should be able to read and spell words from unit 1-21 automatically.  They should also be able to complete 15-30 math facts per minute.

Newsletter 5/6/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/6/13 

Goals for the week:

To continue our investigation unit on patterns we are looking at growing patterns.

To continue to identify and count coins.

To continue to work on time and fractions.

To review all short  and long vowel sounds.

To practice finding long vowel words with vowel pairs and magic e.

To add the ending ed and ing to words with short and long vowels.

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

  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, first, part, form, hard, far, for, or, no, go, so, he, be, she, me. jumped, grabbed, looked, stuffed, baked. Take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while. Take. 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, very, once and whose, here, from, give and live.

Word study words this week :  We are moving on to unit 22.  We will be reviewing how to split syllables.  Words include: begin, better, paper, dinner, ever, over, after, until, began, being.

VcIcv is the pattern

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 A Mother For Choco.

To listen to many Mother’s day books.

To appreciate our Mother’s by making gifts.

To identify cause and effect.

To identify sequence in a story.

To compare and contrast.

To use describing words.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our plant unit!

Homework :   Send in a picture of Mom!  Close up works best.

Monday: Literacy Activity

Tuesday:  Scholastic News

Wednesday:  math page

Thursday:  study word study words  (all units and red words) and math facts

Friday: