Newsletter 10/3/16

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                10/03/16

Goals for the week:

To compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction books on Butterflies.

To write more than one fact In sequential order on the same topic.

To learn about Christopher Columbus.

To identify the difference between fact and opinion.

To write a fact and an opinion.

To read fiction and non-fiction books about butterflies.

To continue to work with greater than and less than.

To continue to compare and combine numbers.

To review part and whole relationships for different numbers.

To use number bonds to show part/ whole relationships.

To count on to add, to use number bonds to add, to write and solve addition sentences.

To apply our adding strategies to addition story problems.

To identify equation and sum.

To become familiar with different combinations of the same number.

To identify nouns as person, place and thing.

To use upper and lower case letters in our sentences as well as punctuation.

To self edit our work.

To read and write words from unit 1-7 in the word study units.

To Compare and Contrast characters in a story.

To discuss ways we can be kind to our friends.

To use character traits to identify the main character in the story

To read words with the short vowel o.

To identify the seven continents and find them on the globe.

New word study words this Week: on, got, not, was, box, job, hot, cot, cob,

Word study words to know: am, at, cat, sat, bat, fat, as, has, can, the, an, man, had, van, sad, to, bad, rag, in, big, is, have, did, if, it, his pack, said, sick, tack, its, him, quit, quack, six, fix, wax, quick

To continue to observe and study the life cycles of insects.              

 

Homework :

Monday night: Complete an activity from your READO board!

Tuesday night: Practice math facts!   +2.

Wednesday night: Fluency Folder:  read another story and practice sight words, reading and spelling.

Thursday :  study word study/red  words using the spelling menu

Friday: 

 Request and Reminders:

* Empty folders as much as possible each night.

* When sending lunch money put it in an envelope with a name!

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Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                                  9/26/16

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Goals for the week:

To continue to count and write 1-20.

To count forward and backward.

To order numbers.

To practice plus 1 math facts

To practice minus 1 facts.

To create number bonds using manipulatives and a math balance.

To create number bonds with 3 parts.

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 compare fiction and nonfiction texts and to identify the features of each.

To identify the difference between fact and opinion.

To write our opinion about apples.

To continue our Science Units, Insects.

To observe our Caterpillars in the larva stage.

To continue to practice words with short a and to introduce 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, to it,his,pack,said, sick, tack, back, kid, cab, of, sack, pack. , .

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 review the sounds of the letters qu, x, y.

To complete unit 7 in our project read/word study our new words are: its, him, quit, quiz, quick, six, fix, wax, yam, yack.

 

Homework :

Monday:  complete an activity from your READO board

Tuesday:  study math facts all the ones.

Wednesday:  Fluency folder, practice sight words

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

Friday:  Early dismissal, no lunch but pack a snack.

Newsletter 9/19/16

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin        September 19,2016

Goals for the week:

To continue to count accurately and write 1-20.

To add and subtract by 0

To add fluently by 1 using the next door neighbor strategy.

To recognize a number bond as a part, part, whole relationship.

To use number bonds for numbers 1-10

To order numbers one through ten.

To identify one more and one fewer using greater than and less than (<,>)

To use math vocabulary and symbols to explain greater than and less than.

To continue to listen to and enjoy many other Kevin Henkes characters

To compare and contrast characters between stories.

To make connections with text.

To write a sentence with a subject and predicate.

To write a sentence using uppercase letters and punctuation.

To edit our writing work when finished.

To continue to learn the routines and work for our Daily Five.

To identify rhyming words.

To write with Style.

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

To practice reading words with short a and short I word family.

To know that K goes with I and e and c takes the other 3.

To read and spell words that begin with C and K and to identify the vowels that go with them

Word Study words: unit 5/6  it, his, pack, said, sick, tack, back, kid, cab, of, sack, pack.

Homework :  Read every night!                                                                                                    

Monday: Complete an activity from your READO board

Tuesday: practice flash cards for all 1’s (plus).

Wednesday: Fluency folder read a story to your child and have them read it back to you.

Thursday night: read and write word study words using your spelling menu

 

* Pack a healthy snack each day!!

*     Book orders sent home for October!  Online or Exact Cash only please.  Our code for online is GXF4L.

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin        September 12,2016

  I am happy with how the children are settling into our class routines and the full day of school!  Please speak to your child about the importance of listening.

Goals for the week:

To continue to count accurately and write 1-20.

To add and subtract by 0

To add fluently by 1 using the next door neighbor strategy.

To order numbers one through ten.

To identify one more and one fewer.

To use math vocabulary and symbols to explain greater than and less than.

To learn more about the Constitution on Constitution day.

To read stories about the alphabet and to learn to alphabetize.

To listed to the story of Chrysanthemum and many other Kevin Henkes characters

To compare and contrast characters between stories.

To make connections with text.

To write a sentence with a subject and predicate.

To write a sentence using uppercase letters and punctuation.

To edit our writing  work when finished.

To continue to learn the routines and work for our Daily Five.

To identify rhyming words.

To write with Style.

To continue to practice words with short a. 

To practice reading words with short a and short I word family.

To read and spell unit 1-4 word study words.  (at, am, cat, sat, bat, fat, As, has, can, the, an, man, had, van, sad, to, bad, rag, in, big, have, did, if,)

Homework :  Read every night!

Monday: Complete an activity from your READO board

Tuesday: practice flash cards for all 0’s (plus and minus).

Wednesday: Fluency folder  read a story to your child and have them read it back to you.

Thursday night: read and write word study words unit 1-4 (this is review from K)

 

Over the weekend:   Please decorate your writer’s notebook.  Collect and print pictures and decorations that will make the book special,(pictures that will inspire your child to write! Animals if they like animals, Barbie if they like Barbie, sports if they sports).  I will also be asking you to cover the books with contact paper over the weekend.  You may want to begin working on collecting pictures and purchasing contact paper this weekend.  Send book back to school on Monday.

* Pack a healthy snack each day!!

*     Book orders sent home today!  Online or Exact Cash only please.  Our code for online is GXF4L.

 

                                                        August 30, 2016

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin

Goals for the week:

To become familiar with our school and our school routines

To meet our classmates and to remember their names

To have fun getting used to our new surroundings.

To learn about point of view as we read First Day Jitters.

To write about how we felt on the first day of school.

To read some good books

To read books about names and to have fun with our names.

To learn about how to treat others with respect and filling buckets.

Homework :

Practice your lunch number on the attached pin pad if you are going to buy lunch.

Send in a summer reading list if you have one any day

Reminders:

Check the green homework folder every night and send every day!

Wear sneakers on gym day (Tuesday and Thursday)

Pack a healthy snack each day (tell your child not to eat it at lunch)

Send a note if there is ever a change in your child’s route home!!! And Make sure your child knows of change as well.

Welcome to our Class!

I got my new class list today!!  I am so excited to start a new year with all of you :) I have lots of fun planned for us and you will learn so much.   Enjoy the rest of the summer and I will see you soon.

newsletter 5/16/16

Mrs. Besselman’s Bulletin                               5/16/16

Goals for the week:

To continue to work with counting money and telling time.

To identify numbers to 120.

To use place value to show numbers to 120.

To begin to add and subtract numbers to 100.

To practice reading and writing words with vowel pairs.

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

To practice marking vowels and splitting syllables.

To know that –dge makes the /j/ sound at the end of a short vowel word.

  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.  Unit 30 –oy, oi words.   Boy, enjoy, pint, join, spoil, destroy, choice, loyal, aren’t weren’t

To continue to use capital letters and punctuation in sentences.

To self edit and revise our writing.

To listen and respond to some favorite fairy tales and newer versions of the same story.

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 identify main idea and key details in a nonfiction text.

To retell a story.

To practice reading with fluency.

To continue our Plant unit.

 

Homework : 

 Practice your fluency while reading 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 150 fry words on the sight word list in your fluency folder.