Newsletter September 8, 2015

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                                                    September  8,   2015

   We had a great week last week and the children are doing well learning our routines.  This week we will begin to dive more into the books!   These goals are just for you to have a general idea what we are working on during the day.  We do much more than I have listed here during a school day. 

Goals for the week:

To continue to learn our new school routines.

To continue to make new friends in our class.

To review the short vowel a, and to build and read words using a.

To review writing and counting from 1 to 20.

To compare numbers and use math vocabulary to describe same number,  more and fewer, greater than and less than.

To put words into alphabetical order.

To listen to Beatrice Doesn’t Want to,  How to Tell a Story, The Boy Who Loved Words.

To discuss things we do at school and to learn about our Daily Five Center routines.

To identify and use complete sentences in our speaking and writing.

To note details in a story, to use them in our pictures and writing.

To identify and discuss story elements in fiction stories.

To know a main character and to identify them using character traits.

To compare and contrast characters in stories

To make connections while reading.

To learn how to ask questions while reading to help us understand.

To learn about our school community and compare it to our town community.

To begin to learn about insects in our science unit.

 

Word study words from units 1-3 (short a sounds): at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as , has, can, an, man, had van, sad, to, bad, rag.

 

Homework:  Read at least 15 minutes each night in addition to homework sent home!

Tuesday:  Practice spelling and writing short a words from unit 1-3.  You can do this on paper or on a whiteboard or chalkboard, sidewalk chalk.  You can use flash cards or starfall.com.  Whatever works for your family.  This doesn’t have to be sent to school.   Word study words from units 1-3 (short a sounds): at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as , has, can, an, man, had van, sad, to, bad, rag.  These words are review from Kindergarten

Wednesday:  take all the +0 cards from your addition flash cards. Practice these cards (each number plus 0)  Our strategy is to know that 0 doesn’t change the number because it has no value.

Thursday: review short a words and read with someone

Friday: We will do an assessment most Fridays (during class) using the word study words of the week. This week will be a pre assessment of words taught last year.

Requests and Reminders:

Library is Monday (Tuesday when we have off)

Wear sneakers on gym days Tuesday and Thursday.

* Back to school Open house is on September 21,  2015

*please empty folders each night of contents on the left side L= leave at home, Right side R= return to school.  I realize it is the first couple weeks so this may not always be completely accurate but we are working on packing up skills.

* Please send in a snack each day, it is not provided.

 

Welcome to First Grade!

It was so fun to see some of you yesterday at Sneak a Peek!  Get some rest over the weekend so you are ready for school on Monday.  Please be sure to bring a note if you are not riding the bus home!!  If your bag is too heavy with all your supplies it is fine to bring them in 2 trips.  Be sure to bring your packed pencil box for Monday and your watercolor paints.  See you Monday!!

Last Newsletter!

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               6/8/15

Goals for the week:

To continue to work with place value.

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

Word study words to know: Unit 1- 30 all

Word study words this week.  review

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 Swimmy.

To listen and respond to A House for a Hermit Crab.

To listen to nonfiction stories about undersea life.

To identify structure in a story.

To practice reading and using contractions.

To practice reading with fluency.

To appreciate our Dads while preparing for Father’s Day.

To remember all the fun we had in first grade.

To make a book all about us!

 

 

Special First Grade Days coming next week:

Monday , June 8, staff and student kick ball bring a beach towel

Tuesday, June 9^th- school wide reward for champion chips!  Shaved ice for everyone (we hope!)

Wednesday June 10- School wide Reading  Day: Bring in 2 or 3 of your favorite books from home  and a beach towel to sit on.

Thursday, June 11^th – Movie Day : You do not need to bring in anything for this day.

Friday , June 12^th –  Puzzle Day: Bring in a puzzle from home.  We will work with other students to see how many puzzles we can complete.

End of year party at 10 on the playground (parents do not need to attend)

Monday, June 15^th – Board Game day send in an easy game for playing without too many small pieces

Tuesday, June 16^th-Dress for cleaning!!  We will be washing desks and wiping down the shelves. Then a little last minute recess!

 

 

newsletter 6/1/15

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               6/2/15

Goals for the week:

To use place value to add and subtract within 100

To use skip counting and repeated addition to solve multiplication type problems

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 all 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 more Fishy Stories: Enzo the Wonderfish and Swimmy,

To learn about fish and sharks.

To read fiction and nonfiction stories on fish.

To compare and contrast 2 nonfiction texts about fish.

To identify nonfiction text features.

To identify structure in a story.

To use story elements to retell a story.

To use character traits to describe, compare and contrast characters in a story.

To write a research report and to use technology (with a little help) to publish.

To summarize a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

 

Homework :

Monday:  look for Book report to come home today!  Work on all week.

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday: Please neatly complete the book review sent home Monday for the June Bulletin board.  Choose a favorite story from home or school that you would like to recommend to a friend.  Please send in the book with the review if it is not one we read in class.

Special First Grade Days coming next week:

Monday , June 8, staff and student kick ball bring a beach towel

Tuesday, June 9^th- school wide reward for champion chips!  Shaved ice for everyone (we hope!)

Wednesday June 10- School wide Reading  Day: Bring in 2 or 3 of your favorite books from home  and a beach towel to sit on.

Thursday, June 11^th – Movie Day : You do not need to bring in anything for this day.

Friday , June 12^th –  Puzzle Day: Bring in a puzzle from home.  We will work with other students to see how many puzzles we can complete.

End of year party at 10 on the playground  (parents do not need to attend)

Monday, June 15^th – Board Game day send in an easy game for playing without too many small pieces

Tuesday, June 16^th-Dress for cleaning!!  We will be washing desks and wiping down the shelves. Then a little last minute recess!

Newsletter 5/18/15

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/18/15

Goals for the week:

To identify and understand Place Value

To continue to work with counting money and telling time.

To identify short and long vowels.

To practice reading and writing words with vowel pairs.

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

To practice marking vowels and splitting syllables.

To know that –dge makes the /j/ sound at the end of a short vowel word.

  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, better, begin, dinner, paper, ever, over, after, until, began, being, by, my, why, try, story, study, where, there, way, may, rain, wait, tail, whom, today, Sunday, maybe, paid, see, need, keep, each, read, three, feet, does, road, coat, own, show, toe, below, yellow, tie, pie, head, read, bread, heavy, ready, meant, weather, breath, thread, sweater, even, along, second, animal, away, children, seven, bottom, kitchen, problem,

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,where, there, whom, today, does, one, done, great, thought,

Word study words this week.  Unit 28 (-dge) edge, wedge, badge, fudge, bridge, pledge, judge, trudge, other, eye

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To listen and respond to Stories about plants, both fiction and nonfiction.

To identify main idea and key details in a nonfiction text.

To retell a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our Plant unit.

Homework :   Look for a study packet to come home on Monday!

Please work on the skills in the packet this week and next.  You will find stories to practice for fluency.  A list of red words that your child should be able to read and write correctly.  Please study all word study units we have learned this year 1-30. (There is a list on the website and in this newsletter.) Use this time to practice skills that YOUR child needs work on.  Math fact folders and 100 things about me books have/will come home for you to use as extra practice.

Newsletter 5/11/15

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/11/15

Thank you for all the kind notes and tokens of appreciation last week!  I just loved the door decorations and the delicious Cupcake from the class! 

Goals for the week:

To hear and identify all short and long vowel sounds.

To continue to practice words with vowel pairs.

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

To practice syllabification steps.

To read and write words that end in –cle.

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, live, better, begin, dinner, paper, ever, over, after, until, began, being, by, my, why, try, story, study, where, there, way, may, rain, wait, tail, whom, today, Sunday, maybe, paid, see, need, keep, each, read, three, feet, does, road, coat, own, show, toe, below, yellow, tie, pie, head, read, bread, heavy, ready, meant, weather, breath, thread, sweater, even, along, second, animal, away, children, seven, bottom, kitchen, problem,

Word study words this week :  uncle, little, simple, table, sparkle, one, done, great, thought.

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 identify point of view in a story.

To review what we have learned about Genre.

To listen and respond to Something from Nothing, One of Three, and various versions of familiar fairy tales.

To identify sequence in a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To read non-fiction stories about plants and to write about plants giving facts and a closing sentence.

To continue our study of Plants. 

Homework :  

Monday: choose a square from your READO or Write boards

Tuesday: study math facts (addition and subtraction)

Wednesday: 100 things about me book.  Please be sure you have a topic sentence and at least 2 details along with a concluding sentence.

Thursday:  Study word study words

newsletter 5/4/15

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/4/15

Goals for the week:

To continue patterns,  we are looking at growing patterns.

To continue to work on time.

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

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. 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.

To have knowledge and some understanding of the schwa sound.

Word study words this week : (26) even, along, second, animal, away, children, seven, bottom, kitchen, problem.

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: Complete an activity on your READO or WRITE board.

Tuesday:  Math Fact Fluency practice

Wednesday:  Science Day!  Send in your Earth Day Recycle Project today!

Thursday:  study word study words