Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               4/16/18

Goals for the week:

To continue problem solving with  addition and subtraction.

To identify vowel teams that make long (i, e, o and a)

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

To write using colorful verbs and describing words.

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. or, porch, cord, form, storm, pork, work, corn, short, torch, No, go, so, he, be, she, me, my, by. Take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life, same, singing,  by, my, why, try, story, study, where, there, rain, pain, Sunday, maybe, way, may, wait, whom, today, paid, see, need, keep, each, read, three, feet, does, toad, coat, road, own, show, toe, below, yellow, tie, pie.

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, here, from, give, live, where, there, whom, does

 

Word study words this week:   vowel teams continued  see, need , keep, key, each, read, three, feet, does, field. Road, coat, own show, toe, below, yellow, tie, pie.

 

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit and revise our writing.

To revise our work by adding more details and adding interesting words.

To identify story structure.

To retell a story using story elements.

To compare and contrast both fiction and non-fiction stories.

To read more about rain by reading fiction and nonfiction titles.

To practice reading with fluency.

To read and write poetry as part of National Poetry Month.

To continue to learn about life cycles of plants and insects

 

Homework :  

Monday: Please complete an activity on your READO or WRITE boards.

Tuesday:  Study Math facts

Wednesday:  Fluency Folder

Thursday: Study word study words. 

Please send in a baggie marked with a name containing coins, if you have not already.

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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               4/9/18

Goals for the week:

To begin chapter 13 in our Math.

To count on from 21 to 40 by ones.

To count using place value

To show numbers 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.

To identify and use contractions.

 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, Better, begin, paper, dinner, ever, over, after, until, began, being, by, my, why, try, story, study, funny, happy,

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,

Word study words this week: way, may, rain, wait, tail, whom, today, Sunday, maybe, paid.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To identify text features of non-fiction texts

To compare and contrast 2 non-fiction texts on the

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 continue to learn about plants and insects.

 

Homework : 

Monday: Complete a square on your READO or WRITE board

Tuesday:  math-o board will come home today

Wednesday: fluency folder

Thursday: Study word study words

Friday:  Please send in a baggie with 2 quarters, 5 dimes, 4 nickels, and 5 pennies for our lessons in counting money coming soon

Newsletter 3/19/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               3/19/18

 

Goals for the week:

 

To review and practice strategies to add and subtract.

To continue our new unit on numbers to forty.

To identify and compare numbers using place value.

To order numbers from least to greatest.

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 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!  (we hopeJ)

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 observe changes in our insects.

 

Homework :

Monday: Complete a square on your Reado or Write boards.

Tuesday: Math Fact Fluency

Wednesday: fluency Folder

Thursday: study word study words

Newsletter 3/13/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               3/13/18

 

Goals for the week:

 

To review and practice strategies to add and subtract.

To continue our new unit on numbers to forty and learn place value.

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: side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life. 

To learn the rules for adding –ing to a word:  stop, skate, hop, hope, bake, pop, take, play.

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 listen and respond to many St. Patrick’s Day 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.

 

Homework :

Monday: Complete a square on your Reado or Write boards.

Tuesday: Math Fact Fluency

Wednesday: fluency Folder

Thursday: study word study words

Friday:  Wear your Green!  Study word study words using your spelling menu

  Readers Theatre today!!   Practice the line sent home in folder earlier in the week!!

Newsletter 2/26/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/26/18

Goals for the week:

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To conclude our measurement unit.

To begin our graphing unit.

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 identify open syllables and long vowel sounds.

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, and, last, hand, best, went, end, left, desk, help, must, do, and, two, many, milk, kept, such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, or, for, far, hard, her, first, part, form, no, go, so, he, be, she, me, and very

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

Word study words this week: unit 20b: (the 3 sounds of ed) jumped, played, lifted, jammed, cracked, stuffed, handed, thanked.

To listen and respond to many Dr. Seuss Books.

To compare and contrast characters.

To identify character traits and to find evidence in the story to support our reasons.

To continue to study story elements with a focus on characters.

To identify fantasy and realism.

To continue our studying rocks and being geologists.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue to work on Non-Fiction texts by reading about Theodor Seuss Geisel!

 

Homework :

Monday: bring your favorite Dr. Seuss book and think about who is your favorite character for Friday’s Homework.

Wear Mismatched clothes

Tuesday:  Character interview list will be sent home today. Choose 2 questions you could answer as the character you will be dressed as and prepare how YOUR CHARACTER would answer the questions if interviewed.

Wear Stripes

Wednesday: Get your costume together (does not need to be elaborate) and practice answering your interview questions.

Dress for Wacky Wednesday with Wacky socks.

Thursday:  Wear your favorite vacation shirt 

Friday: Dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss character, bring your interview questions and your answers… be ready to be interviewed!  We will post on SeesawJ

Newsletter 2/12./18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/12/18

 

Goals for the week:

To compare height and length of two or more objects.

To add and subtract by grouping into 10 and ones.

To add using double facts and double plus 1.

To learn a poem to help us remember the doubles facts.

To add using the doubles facts plus one.

To subtract a one digit number from a 2 digit number.

To review all short vowel sounds.

To identify long vowel sounds.

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

To learn about the bossy r and to read and write works that have an r controlled vowel.

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, jacket, spring, scrap, scrub, splash, string, were, 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, or, for, far, hard, her, first, part, form.

Red words to know: to, the, have, said, of, was, you, what, are, put, would, could should, they, your, Mrs., Mr. Miss, were, two, do, who, many, any.

Word study words this week:  or, porch, cord, form, storm, pork, work, corn, short, torch.

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 continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To edit and revise our writing.

To make a Valentine bag to store our Valentine’s.

To enjoy some Valentine stories.

To continue studying our insect’s life cycle.

To listen to books about the presidents.   We will focus on Nonfiction texts and features.

To read biographies of others and to complete our friend biography.

To write a Non-Fiction piece including a topic sentence, facts in sequential order and a closing sentence

To Learn More about Abe Lincoln and George Washington.

To discuss The Presidents of the United States and learn more about our country.

To write about what we would like to do as President.

 

Homework :  We will be making a valentine bag in class.  If you prefer to make a box you can send a wrapped box for Wednesday, this is not necessary.

Monday: Reado or Write board

Tuesday: study your math facts

Wednesday: Bring your Valentines today!    fluency folder

Thursday: study word study words (all bossy r words from the last 3 weeks).

Friday:   No school today

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               2/5/18

 

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 continue to learn about r controlled vowels (bossy r).

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

To add by making 10.

To review our addition and subtraction strategies.

To add and subtract using real world problems.

To review number bonds.

To use place value to help us add and subtract.

To begin a new math chapter on measurement.

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 read more biographies and to write a biography about a friend.

To discuss ways to be kind and show others we care for them.

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, jacket, spring, scrub, scrap, splash, string, were, squid, and, last, hand, best, went, end, left, desk, help, must, do, and, two, many, milk, kept, such, much, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch.

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

Word study words this week:  We will continue 19 this week. Burn, church, turn, fur, surf, firm, stir, stern, term, sister, shirt, blister, fern, girl, first.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To identify fiction and non-fiction texts.

To identify the author’s purpose for writing a book.

To compare and contrast nonfiction texts.

To write about a topic giving facts and using a closing sentence.

To use revision techniques to improve our writing.

To listen and respond to Valentine stories.

To learn more about Insects

 

Homework :   all week, work on valentines. Please send for all students if you are participating.

Monday:  READO or WRITE board

Tuesday :  study math facts (subtraction).

Wednesday: Dress like you are 100 for the 100^th day

Thursday: Study word study words.

Friday: