Newsletter 1/28/19

 Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               1/28/19

Goals for the week:

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To review numbers to 20.

To use place value to compare numbers.

To identify and extend number patterns

To use different strategies to add and subtract 1 and 2 digit numbers.

To review number bonds and fact families.

To use the make 10 strategy to add and subtract.

To use the doubles and doubles plus and minus one strategies to add and subtract.

To measure using non-standard units of measurement.

To compare length and height.

To identify asking, telling, and exclamatory sentences.

To use period, question marks and exclamation points.

To identify and use descriptive words.

To identify base words and endings.

To identify genre of books including fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography.

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, to, many, milk, kept, such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, Jumps, socks, lifts, chicks, catches, pitches, stretches, glasses

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

To know that vowels followed by an r are r controlled vowels.  To identify the sounds of r controlled vowels.

Word study words this week: unit 18, words that end in -tch and the exceptions

(such, much, which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch

To add s or es to a word to make it plural.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To write about a topic giving facts and details in a sequential order.

To listen and respond to Groundhog Day by Gail Gibbons.

To continue to read biographies of important African Americans and to research important Americans.\

To read with expression…. looking for quotation marks and giving characters voices!

To add dialog in our writing.

Homework : 

Monday:  Do an activity on your READO or WRITE boards

Tuesday:  Practice Math Facts

Wednesday:   Fluency Folder

Thursday:  study word study words.

Newsletter 1/22/19

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               1/22/19

Goals for this week:

To use the make a 10 strategy for adding and subtracting to 20.

To use the double and doubles plus 1 strategy for adding and subtracting to 20.

To continue to practice our strategies for adding subtracting in small groups.

To begin a new unit on measurement.

To compare items by size.

To use a start line when measuring.

To read and write words with all short vowels.

To review and write the diver lowercase letters r, n, m, p, h, b .

To learn that –tch comes at the end of a short vowel one syllable word and to practice the exceptions to the rule.

 Word study words to 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,  up, sun, but, us, truck, Mrs. And Mr. clock, 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.

Red words to know: to, the, have, said, of, was, you, what, are, put, would, could should, they, your, into, were,

Word study words this week: to continue to practice beginning and ending blends (unit 17)

 To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To continue to enjoy snowy stories and to continue to write our own

To compare and contrast non-fiction texts on the same and different topics.

To compare and contrast fictions stories by story elements.

To identify the elements that make up a  fiction story.

To use story elements to help us to retell stories.

To compare and contrast characters.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and to continue to discuss the importance of treating others with respect.

Homework :

Monday: Holiday

Tuesday:  Math Facts

Wednesday: Fluency folder 

Thursday:  study word study words

Friday: 

Request and Reminders:

  Read every night!  

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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin          12/17

To enjoy some wonderful holiday concerts with performances by our 3-5^th grade.

To enjoy some holiday stories, read by our 5^th grade students.

To continue to focus on the differences between Fiction and Non-Fiction stories.

To continue to learn about story elements that help us retell fiction.

To continue to enjoy and retell gingerbread stories.

To review all the rules we have learned so far in units 1-15. 

To listen to The Polar Express and to have fun at our own Polar Express.

To write a narrative about what we would do if we were Elves.

To identify character traits and use them in our Elf writing.

To make gifts for special people.

To learn more about holidays celebrated around the world.

To write a holiday “How To”,

To identify and use ordinal numbers and positions.

To identify and represent numbers from 1-20 .

To use place value to compare numbers 1-20.

Homework:

Color Block Monday (12/17): Wear your favorite holiday colors

Jingle Bell Tuesday (12/18): Wear holiday accessories (necklaces, hats, socks)

Winter Wonderland Wednesday (12/19): Wear your favorite cozy flannel shirt

Merry Morning Thursday (12/20): Wake up and come to school in your Pajama's  Polar Express is today!

Festive Friday (12/21): Come to school in your favorite holiday shirt/sweater. Class party today for students

We will send math and fluency folders in case you want to practice skills over break.  There is no homework.

Newsletter 11/12/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  11/12/17

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to work with addition and subtraction facts.

To solve addition and subtraction problems using strategies we have learned.

To identify and classify plane and 3 d shapes.

To know the difference between solid and plane shapes.

To make pictures using shapes.

To use a graph to show information about a picture.

To read and write words using short vowels a, i, o and e.

To continue to practice reading and writing words including diagraphs “the h brothers”  ch, wh, th, sh.

New word study words this week: blends, Unit 13 all flag, class, plan, sled, glad, black, fresh, bring, grass, drink, crack, press, twin, spell, still, swim, snack, skin, smell.

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, sick, tack, back, kid, cab, sack, pack, its, him quit, six, fix, wax, on, got, not,  off, will, miss, you , fizz, pass, long, ring, pink, what, bank, sang, was, inch, whip, are, put, whiff, chill, that, thing, with, this, dish, thank, well, men, get, tell, set, let, when, them, then, would, could, should

Red words to know: to, the, of, said, have, was, you and what,

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.   

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

To read non-fiction stories about Fall and the First Thanksgiving.

To use text features and clues in nonfiction books to learn more information and understand new words.

To make connections and use background knowledge to learn more from nonfiction texts.

To read with fluency and expression as we perform a reader’s theatre on Tuesday at 9.

To continue to learn about Pebbles, sand and silt.

Homework :  All WEEKEND: Practice reading your line for our Reader’s theatre  on Tuesday!

Monday : Complete an activity on your READO board

Tuesday: Study math facts, more coming home in folder today.

Wednesday : Fluency Folder

Book Fair Money, return turkey sent home last Friday.

Thursday:  Study word study words using your spelling menu .

Friday:

 Request and Reminders:

  We have half days 11/19, 11/20,  no school 11/21 due to conferences.

Please let me know if you are planning on coming Tuesday at 9 to see our morning meeting and a reader’s theater.  I will be posting to Seesaw for those who cannot comeJ

Newsletter 11/05/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                11/05/18

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to work with subtraction stories and real world subtraction problems.

To show our thinking and strategies when solving subtraction.

To use the take away, count on, count back, and number bond strategies.

To begin see related math facts and create fact families.

To learn about plane and solid shapes and their characteristics.

To sort shapes and to create pictures using shapes.

To review sounds and write lowercase letters

To identify story elements.(character, setting, plot, main idea)

To identify the differences in fiction and non-fiction texts.

To read and spell words with the short vowel e.

 Word study words this week:  Unit 12 well, men, get, tell, set, let, when, them, then, would, could, should.

Word study words to know: am, at, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, an, man, had, van, sad, to, bad, rag, big, is, did, if, it, his pack , sick, tack, back, kid, cab, sack, pack, its, him, quit, six, fix, wax, on got, not, was, box, job. off, will, miss, you, fizz, pass, long, ring, pink, what, bank, sang, inch, ship, are, put, whiff, chill, that, thing, with, this, dish, thank.

Red words to know: the, to, have, said, of, was. You, what, are, put,

To continue to identify text features in nonfiction texts.

To continue to identify literary nonfiction, resource, and biography.

To learn more about each text feature.

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To listen and respond to stories about Fall and scarecrows.

To use our senses to describe Fall.

To identify character traits in characters and to create characters with character traits.

To compare and contrast stories and characters across stories

To learn more about Election Day.

To show care and compassion for others.

To enjoy a Veteran’s Day Assembly.

Homework :  We are collecting change for Veterans this month!

Monday night: Complete a Reado activity

Tuesday:  No School

Wednesday night:  Fluency Folder

Thursday :  Study your word study words

Friday: Wear Red White and Blue in honor of Veterans.

Look for Thanksgiving Homework to come home this week!! 

Request and Reminders:  You can return reading logs at any time when they are completed.  I will send a pizza slip and a new reading log for you.  You may also send for a new Reado  when you finish all squares.  Both can also be found on my website under Documents and files tab.

If you plan to attend school on National Education Day (November 13^th from 9-9:30) Please RSVP to me so I can let the office know who to expect.

newsletter 10/29/18

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                             10/29/18

Goals for the week:

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to work with addition and subtraction.

To use the count on, count back, take away strategies for subtraction.

To use the number bond strategy for addition and subtraction.

To begin our Chapter on Shapes, we will review circles, squares, rectangles, triangles.

To read nonfiction and fiction stories about Bats and spiders.

To identify facts and opinions about spiders.

To write our opinion about spiders.

To identify fiction and nonfiction story elements.

To compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction stories.

To continue to identify and write facts and opinions.

To identify beginning, middle, and end of a story.

To identify cause and effect in a story.

To identify sequence in a story.

To retell a story using all the story elements.

To identify story elements.(character, setting, plot, main idea)

To continue to use text features to understand nonfiction texts.

To continue to practice reading and writing words that end in glide sounds ng, nk.

To identify the sounds of the diagraphs wh, ch, sh, th

Word study words this week: Long, ring, pink, bank, sang, sing and the red word What, and inch, whip, are, put, chill, whiff,  I added practice sheets to my website for every unit J

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, Off, will, miss, fizz, pass, jazz, 

Red words to know: to, the, have, said, of, you, what, are, put

To label and identify rocks of different sizes

To learn that people feel better when we show them care and concern.  *Second step home connections are on my website for those who want to know more.

Homework :

Monday night: Complete an activity from your READO game board.

Tuesday night: math facts

Wednesday night: sort and count your Halloween candy

Thursday : study word study words up to unit 11

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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                           10/22/18

Goals for the week:

To learn more about Pebbles, Sand and Silt.

To observe what happens when some rocks are put into water.

To sort rocks by attributes.

To know that rocks can be found in different places.

To review all short vowel sounds.

To continue to work with addition and subtractions facts.

To use the count up, count back, and use number bond strategies to subtract.

To solve addition and subtraction stories.

Word study words you should know: at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, the, an , man, had, van, sad, to, bad, rag, in, is,  big, have, did, if, it, his, pack, said, sick, tack, back, kid, cab, of, sack, its him, quit, six, fix, wax, on, got, not, was, box, job, Off, will, miss, you, fizz, pass, jazz, Hill, fill, quill, fizz

Word Study words this week: Unit 10:  Long, ring, pink, what, bank, sang.

To continue to compare and contrast non-fiction stories on the same topic. 

To note the 3 different types on nonfiction books: literary, resource, biography.

To discuss authors purpose for writing nonfiction.

To find and identify text features in nonfiction books to help us learn.

To use strategies and text features to learn the meanings of new words.

To read Stories about pumpkins, bats and spiders.

To continue to practice identifying the difference between a fiction and non-fiction story.

To study characters in a fiction story and identify character traits.

To identify story elements while reading and retelling stories.

To identify beginning, middle, and end of a story.

To identify facts and opinions.

To finish our informational writing about pumpkins, giving facts in sequential order.

To complete an informational writing on bats.

To learn how to be an up-stander and stand up against bullying.

To watch Spookley the Square Pumpkin for Kindness week.

Homework :

Monday night: Please choose an activity on your READO board.

Tuesday:  Study math facts,

Wednesday :  Reading Fluency Folder

Thursday :  Study word study words using spelling menu

This week is kindness week!