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Mrs. Esbenshade

esbenshadejl@lancastermennonite.org March 14, 2014senorae.wikispaces.com

Bible: We have moved on to the NewTestament in our Jesus Storybook Bible.

We also began our Trip Around the WorldUnit. If you know of any speakers, please

let me know.

Bible Memory:Matthew 5:16

Due: March 28

Math:

* Unit 6 Test* Shape Names

* Shape attributes (size, color, position)

* Pattern-block and template shapes

Language Arts:

We began a new unit in Language

Arts focusing on having fun and creative

ideas. Last week we talked about Dr. Seuss

and rhyming words. We had fun reading his

books and creating our own rhymes. This

week we focused on inventions and read a

story about some children creating a robot

from trash. Most of our Language Arts

time continues to go to phonics

development and then our center time,

when we focus on reading, writing, and

word work.

Upcoming Events:Mar. 28 End of 3rdquarter

April 11 Early dismissal, 12:30

April 11 LG Auction

April 18 No school, Good Friday

May 2 Early dismissal, 12:30

May 26 No school

June 6 Last day, early dismissal

De la Seora:For the last few weeks we have

begun a new incentive program in our

class. We read the book, My Mouth is a

Volcano and talked about how we can just

erupt with words and sometimes actions

that we should have held in. The class now

has a volcano chart. Each child has three

volcanoes, which gives them three

chances before they move down. Instead

of our three color chart we now have a

multicolor chart. The class all begins on

green each day (the middle ready to

learn!) and they can move up to gray (very

good!), blue (excellent!) or purple

(amazing!). They move up by making good

choices throughout the day. If they lose

all three volcanoes they will move down to

yellow (think!), three more lost is orange

(teachers choice) and three more lost is

red (call parents). Please look now for the

color check that your child ends on. No

worries if its just green! Thats still a

great day. Let me know if you have

questions.

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Spelling words come from the letter and syllable combinations we are

studying for the week. This coming week will be the soft r, whichmeans that it is NOT rolled. It is like the r in English, just softer.

These rs are always in the middle of words. If a word starts with an

r, it is always rolled. The other letter is h, which is silent in

Spanish. We always cover our mouths in class when there is an h.

ra (rah) re (ray) ri (ree) ro (row) ru (roo)

ha (ah) he (ay) hi (ee) ho (oh) hu (oo)

Spelling Words:

hora(oh rah) NOUN: hour, time

miro(mee roh) VERB: (I) look, watch

cara(kah rah) NOUN: face

hoja(oo ha) NOUN: leaf, sheet of paper

hace(ah say) VERB: makes, does

Sight Words:

gente(hen-tay) NOUN: people

pronto(pron-toh) ADV: soon

atrs(ah-trahs) PREP: behind, back

a travs(ah trah-bays) PREP: through

forma (for-mah) NOUN: shape

Unit 3 Theme:Lets Have Fun

Week 3 Theme:Art