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Mrs. Esbenshade

esbenshadejl@lancastermennonite.org January 4, 2013

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Bible: For our morning devotions we beganreading through The Story for Children

and are going through the beginning stories

in Genesis. For Bible time we continue to

focus on Jesus life and his time as a child.

Bible Memory: Psalm 100:1-3Due: 1/11

Math:* Place Value (tens, ones)

* Greater than, less than, equal to

*Weight and comparing weights

Language Arts:

Phonics Skill: reviewSight words: review

Language Concept: puedo/e + infinitive

Theme: Our themes these past two weeks

were on Christmas and now winter. This

week we read and wrote about polar bears

and penguins. We learned about different

types of penguins and then wrote letters to

our penguin friends.

SPECIAL INFO:

January 22-25 is book week. Tuesday we

have a special chapel with author Bonnie

Siegrist. Wednesday Friday is a Christian

bookstore book sale. Thursday is book

character dress up day. More info is

coming.

REMINDERS:

* You might want to check with your

child if he/she needs new crayons.

* We will keep going out for recess.

Make sure your child has gloves/mittens

and a hat.

Upcoming Events:

Jan. 11 End of 2nd semester

Jan 17-22 Mrs. Morales subbing for meJan. 22-25 Book week

De la Seora:I hope you all had a wonderful

break and meaningful times together as

families. I know it was a relaxing time

for me!

We will begin a new Language

Arts Unit next week and will continue

with a new one each week. We are

looking forward to having Becky

Morales (former Spanish teacher here

at LG) come and provide extra help

Tuesday-Thursday. Mrs. Morales will

also be subbing for me on the 17th, 18th,

and 22nd. My husband and I are

celebrating our 15th anniversary and are

going on quick vacation together. With

living on a farm, winter is our easiest

time to get away. Im excited for Mrs.

Morales to get to know the class and

interact more with them. I know theyll

love her. Im even more excited for her

continuing help with reading!

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Spelling words come from the letter and syllable combinations

we are studying for the week. This coming week will be fand ch combinations. The f is pronounced the same as the

f in English. The ch sounds just like the ch in English

(think church) except it is considered as one letter in

Spanish.

fa (fah) fe (fay) fi (fee) fo (foe) fu (foo)

cha (chah) che (chay) chi (chee) cho (cho) chu (chew)

Spelling Words:

fecha(fay chah) NOUN: date (as in Jan. 4)

foto(foe toe) NOUN: photo

mucho(moo cho) ADJ: a lot, many

chile(chee lay) NOUN: pepper

fila(fee lah) NOUN: line (as in a queue)

Sight Words:

sentados(sen-tah-thos) [plural] seated (from verb sentar)

jugar (who- gar) to play

ese (eh-say) that

grandes (grahn-days) [plural] big

Unit 2 Theme: Families and Neighbors

Week 1 Theme: Animal Families