Newsletter 5/28/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/28/13

Goals for the week:

To practice counting coins.

To continue working with patterns.

To hear short and long vowel sounds.

To learn more about vowel pairs.

To practice r controlled vowels.

To know an open syllable ends in a single long vowel.

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 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, path, napkin, cannot upset, jacket, spring, string, scrub, squid, scrap, splash, and, last, hand, best, went, end, left, desk, milk, kept, help, felt, held, Such, much , which, rich, catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, far, hard, sharp, start, car, dark, her, first, shirt, girl, turn, She, we, he, me, no, so, go, Broke, home, while, use, ate.

Red words to know, to, the, have, said, of, was, you, are, put, what, should, would, could, they, your,  Mr. and Mrs., into, were., to, do, many, any, who, some, come, very, Here, from, give, live

Word study words this week.  No new word just Red words: once, whose,

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 Fishy Facts  and EnZo the Wonderfish.

To identify structure in a story.

To summarize a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To go to Colonial Plantation.

To continue our Plant Unit.

Homework :  

Monday: Holiday

Tuesday: Scholastic News read and discuss at home.

Wednesday:  math page from workbook

Thursday: Field Trip is today!!  Pack a brown bag lunch and dress for weather including sunscreen

practice all word study words for Friday’s End of Year Project Read Test.

 

 Practice your math facts every night using flash cards from beginning of year supply list.

 Chaperones:  Mrs. Brango, Mrs. Hornickle and Mrs. Marleton.  Please arrive by 9.

Update!

Walk-a -Thon on Friday!  Wear sneakers and bring envelope sent home.

Newsletter

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/13/13

Thank you for all the kind notes and tokens of appreciation last week!  I just loved the door decorations!  I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day.    

Goals for the week:

To hear and identify all short and long vowel sounds.

To learn more about vowel pairs.

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

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 and live.

Word study words this week :  review All

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 listen and respond to Something from Nothing.

To listen and respond to One of Three.

To read and write about families.

To identify sequence in a story.

To use action words ending in ed and ing.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our study of Plants. 

Homework :  

Monday: Study bossy r words

Tuesday: study math facts (addition)

Wednesday: study math facts (subtraction)

Thursday:  Study magic e words

Reminders and News:

Homework will be study only from here to the end of the year due to a shortage of copies.  Please be sure you study and practice all our word study words as well as math facts(the list is on the website if you misplaced it).  Children should be able to read and spell words from unit 1-21 automatically.  They should also be able to complete 15-30 math facts per minute.

Newsletter 5/6/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/6/13 

Goals for the week:

To continue our investigation unit on patterns we are looking at growing patterns.

To continue to identify and count coins.

To continue to work on time and fractions.

To review all short  and long vowel sounds.

To practice finding long vowel words with vowel pairs and magic e.

To add the ending ed and ing to words with short and long vowels.

To review alll 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.

Word study words this week :  We are moving on to unit 22.  We will be reviewing how to split syllables.  Words include: begin, better, paper, dinner, ever, over, after, until, began, being.

VcIcv is the 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 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: Literacy Activity

Tuesday:  Scholastic News

Wednesday:  math page

Thursday:  study word study words  (all units and red words) and math facts

Friday:

 

newsletter 4/29/13

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               

Goals for the week:

To continue to use addition and subtraction to solve problems

To use key words to choose an operation.

To begin a new unit on Color Shape and Number patterns.

To identify, create and extend patterns.

To count money.

To review all short and long vowel sounds.

To learn more about vowel pairs.

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

To add ed  and ing endings to base words.

To continue reading and writing words with open syllables and magic e.

To practice identifying and using contractions.

To review how to split a multisyllabic word.

To identify story elements such as characters, setting, main idea, conflict and resolution.

 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.

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.

Word study words this week : (review all units 1-21)  side, time, like, use, came, made, these, life

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

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

To listen to our Book of the Week: My Best Shoes

To identify story structure.

To identify sequence in a story.

To compare and contrast.

To use describing words.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our plant unit by planting seeds!

To begin to prepare for Mother’s Day

Homework :  

Monday: literacy page

Tuesday: Scholastic News Magazine 

Wednesday:   Math Page

Thursday:  Wear or bring your favorite shoes to write about.

study word study words and math Facts
side, time, like, use, came, made, these, life

Friday:  Today is science day from 9:30-10:30 we will be making plant diagrams.

Please let me know if you would like to come in to help for science day!

Send in coins for money counting practice!!!!  2 quarters, 5 dimes, 10 nickels, 10 pennies