September 4, 2018 Newsletter

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  9/4/18

To continue to learn our class routines

To continue to get to know our friends and call them by name.

To read David Goes To School and to discuss how rules help us to learn.

To write a topic sentence. 

To identify parts of a fiction story (character, setting, problem solution)

To listen to many stories by Kevin Henkes.  Chrysanthemum, Lilly and the Plastic Purse, Owen, and Wemberly Worried.

To review what we know about the alphabet and to put words into alphabetical order.

To identify letters as consonants and vowels

To listen to The War between the Consonants and the Vowels.

To write our names using upper case letters only for the first letter.

To identify how many vowels and consonants are in our names.

To discuss how we got our names.

To identify numbers 1-10.

To read and write the numbers 1-10 as numbers, words, and pictures.

To compare numbers using greater than and less than, and to understand the meaning of same.

To play compare with a partner.

To learn about the importance of being kind.

To read Have You Filled a Bucket Today? 

Homework:

Tell your child how you chose their name!

Read each night and get to bed on time.

Dress for the heat, we do not have air conditioning at Glen Acres

Welcome Back!

Welcome to our Class!!  Can't wait to meet you!

5/21/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/21/18

Goals for the week:

To continue to work with counting money

To identify numbers to 120.

To use place value to show numbers to 120.

To continue to add and subtract numbers to 100.

To practice regrouping.

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

To practice marking vowels and splitting syllables.

  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, edge, wedge, badge, fudge, bridge, pledge, judge, trudge,

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, other, eye  from, give and live, where, there, whom, today, does, one, done, great, thought,

Word study Words this week all  Units 1-­30

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit and revise our writing.

To continue to read about plants and seeds.

To read stories about butterflies.

To listen to many fairy tales and fractured fairy tales.

To identify point of view in a story.

To compare and contrast stories and characters in stories.

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

To retell a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our Plant and insect unit.

 

Homework : 

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/21/18

Goals for the week:

To continue to work with counting money

To identify numbers to 120.

To use place value to show numbers to 120.

To continue to add and subtract numbers to 100.

To practice regrouping.

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

To practice marking vowels and splitting syllables.

  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, edge, wedge, badge, fudge, bridge, pledge, judge, trudge,

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, other, eye  from, give and live, where, there, whom, today, does, one, done, great, thought,

Word study Words this week all  Units 1-­30

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit and revise our writing.

To continue to read about plants and seeds.

To read stories about butterflies.

To listen to many fairy tales and fractured fairy tales.

To identify point of view in a story.

To compare and contrast stories and characters in stories.

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

To retell a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our Plant and insect unit.

 

Homework : 

Wednesday is field day!  Your child should come dressed for the weather, with sunscreen already applied.  Bring a water bottle already filled.  We will be out in the afternoon.  Please wear the color Mr. Y has assigned your child! 

 Practice your fluency while reading all the  stories in your fluency folder.   

Please study all word study units we have learned this year 1-30.

Children should be able to read and write all word study words as well as the first 200 fry words on the sight word list in your fluency folder.  

  Your child should come dressed for the weather, with sunscreen already applied.  Bring a water bottle already filled.  We will be out in the afternoon.  Please wear the color Mr. Y has assigned your child! 

 Practice your fluency while reading all the  stories in your fluency folder.   

Please study all word study units we have learned this year 1-30.

Children should be able to read and write all word study words as well as the first 200 fry words on the sight word list in your fluency folder.  

Friday is diversity day!  Please bring a snack if you have an allergy:)

5/15/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/15/17

Goals for the week:

To identify coins and their values.

To count money to $1.00

To tell time to the hour and ½ hour.

To continue to work on adding and subtracting to100, with and without regrouping.

To begin to add and subtract to 100.

To hear and identify all short and long vowel sounds.

To continue to practice words with vowel pairs.

To practice syllabification steps.

To read and write words that end in –cle, -dge.

To identify and read words with /oo/

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, 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, uncle, little, simple, table, sparkle, one, done, great, thought, edge, badge, bridge, judge, wedge, fudge, pledge, trudge,

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, eye, other, thought

Word study words this week :  good, look, school, food, too, soon, took, mother, brother, father, boy, point, spoil choice, aren’t enjoy, join, destroy, loyal, weren’t.

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 compare and contrast non-fiction books on the same topic.

To identify non-fiction text features and how they help us to learn.

To review what we have learned about Genre.

To listen and respond to stories about plants, both fiction and non-fiction.

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 and insects. 

 

Homework :  

Monday: choose a square from your READO or Write boards

Tuesday: study math facts (addition and subtraction)

Wednesday: Fluency folder and red words (list sent home today)

Thursday:  Study word study words all units

Friday: Walk-a-thon today!  Wear sneakers and bring your money in the envelope sent last week.

newsletter 5/7/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/7/18

Goals for the week:

To practice counting coins to $1.00

To begin a new chapter on Addition and subtraction to 100.

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

To have knowledge and some understanding of the schwa sound.

Word study words this week : (28) Edge, wedge, badge, fudge, bridge, pledge, judge, trudge, other, eye.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To listen to many Mother’s day books.

To identify cause and effect.

To identify sequence in a story.

To compare and contrast.

To use describing words and similies

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our plant and insect 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:  Fluency Folder

Thursday:  study word study words  

There will be food on May 25^th as we celebrate diversity day.  I will not let children with allergies have any of the foods unless you contact me to discuss. You may send a snack for them on that day

We will be having water ice from Rita’s for field day May 23

Please visit https://www.ritasice.com/cool-treats/nutritional-faqs/ for nutritional and allergy information. If your child has an allergy, contact me to confirm they may have.

4/30 newsletter

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               4/30/18

Goals for the week:

To work on counting coins and their value.

To count, write, and use numbers to 120.

To continue to add and subtract two digit numbers with and without regrouping.

To apply what we know about adding and subtraction to problem solving.

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

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

To practice identifying and using contractions.

To review how to split words with more than one syllable.

To learn the schwa sound and when it is used.

To read and write words that end in –cle.

 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, Take, home, name, make, line, those, white, and while, side, lie, use, time, came, made, these, life, same, singing, hoping, running, better, paper, ever, over, after, until, began, being, begin, dinner, by, my, why, try, story, study, funny, happy, way, may, rain, wait, tail, Sunday, maybe, paid, see, need, keep, each, read, three, fee, field, key, road, coat, 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, once and whose here, from, give, live, where, there, whom, today, does.

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

To continue to explore different types of Poetry and to write our own.

To self edit and revise our writing.

To listen and respond to Stories about The Rainforest.

To identify story structure and to retell fiction stories.

To identify sequence in a story.

To identify main idea and key details in a non-fiction text.

To identify text features and how they help us learn.

To observe our plants and seedpods as part of our  science plant and insect unit.

 

Homework : 

 Earth Day Project (sent home today) due Next Monday May 7,

Newsletter 4/23/18

Goals for the week:

To begin a new unit on Calendar and Time.

To identify months in a year, days in a week, weeks in a month.

To tell time to the hour and half hour.

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. no, go, so, he, be, she, me. Very, once, whose, take, home, name, make, line, those, white, while, side, like, use, time, came, made, these, life, same, singing, hoping, running, better, paper, begin, dinner, ever, over, after, until, began, being, by, funny, my, why, try, story, study, way, may, rain, tail, whom, today, Sunday, maybe, paid, see, need, keep, each, read, three, feet, does, road, coat, 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, once and whose. Who, some, come, very, here, from, give, live, where, there, whom, today, does,

Word study words this week: head read, bread, heavy, ready, meant, thread, weather, breath, sweater.

To review the cutting patterns we have learned so far.

To identify open and closed syllables and when to use short and long vowels.

To continue to discuss ways we can care for the Earth.

To write a persuasive letter to a character in a story.

To begin to read stories about the rain forest.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit and revise our writing.

To listen to The Lorax and identify story elements.

To discuss theme in a story and the author’s message.

To identify story structure and retell a story using story elements.

To continue our  Plant and insect Unit in science.

Homework : 

Monday: complete a board on the Reado and/or Write board

Tuesday: math fact

Wednesday: fluency folder

Thursday:  Field trip today!  Dress for weather in comfortable shoes with sunscreen. Pack a completely disposable lunch in a bag with a name.

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