Newsletter 9/24/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  9/24/18

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Goals for the week:

To continue to learn skills for learning, we will practice listening and  focusing attention  and introduce self talk and assertiveness.

To learn to visualize while reading.

To practice making connections while reading.

To read poetry and to identify poetry as a new genre.

To continue to count and write 1-20.

To identify the elements of fiction stories.

To identify what makes up non fiction texts.

To count forward and backward.

To order numbers.

To practice plus 1 math facts!

To create number bonds using manipualtives and a math balance.

To see the part, part, whole relationship in a number bond.

To identify numbers using greater than and less than symbols.

To combine and compare numbers.

To identify more and fewer.

To read nonfiction and fiction stories about Apples.

To identify facts and opinion.

To write facts and opinions.

To begin our Science Unit, Pebbles, Sand and Silt.

To continue to practice words with short a and short i. 

To identify what makes up a complete sentence and to practice writing sentences.

To work independently in our Daily five centers.

To begin reading groups.

To read and write words with the short vowels a and i.

Word study words your child should know:  at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, an, man, and the red word, the, had, van, sad, bad, rag in, big, is, have, did, if, it, sit, lit, fit, wig, jig, fig, pig, zig, and the red word to.

To know that K takes I and E and C takes the other 3 when it comes to spelling.

To know that -ck comes at the end of a short vowel one syllable word.

To complete unit 5 in our project read/word study our new words are: it,his,pack,said, sick, tack, back, kid, cab, of, sack, pack.

Homework :

Monday:  Complete an activity on the READO board

Tuesday:  study math facts all the + 1.

Wednesday:  Fluency Folder, read one story, practice 5 new sight words, and return the next day.

Thursday:  choose any activity from the spelling menu to practice the words for this week.

Friday:  

If you wish to keep READO and spelling menus in your folders so they do not get misplaced that is fine.  Please empty other papers.

newsletter 9/11/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                                              September  11,   2018

Goals for the week:

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

To review writing and counting from 1 to 20.

To launch our Schoolwide reading unit, building a community of readers.

To read many stories about Characters who are reading.

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

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.

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: due by Friday! send in pictures or stickers to decorate your child’s reading/writing notebook.  Pictures should be of items that show what they enjoy.  Pictures can be drawn, printed from computer, cut from old magazines or books, or purchased stickers. Send pictures in a small ziplock bag marked with a name.

Homework discussed at back to school night will start next week, this is what it will look like.:

Papers and folders needed will come home next week, when homework begins.

Monday: Complete a square on the reado board.

Tuesday:   Math fact practice, see activities in math folder

Wednesday:  fluency folders

Thursday: Practice spelling and writing short a words from the unit of the week.  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.   I will send a choice board for ideas (next week)

Friday: We will do an assessment most Fridays (during class) using the word study words of the week

Reading log will be sent home next week, log books read each night.

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

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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.