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Mrs. Esbenshade

esbenshadejl@lancastermennonite.org March 28, 2013senorae.wikispaces.com

Bible: We have talked a lot about theevents leading up to Easter and the

celebration of Jesus resurrection. Wealso visited Spain on our trip around the

world.

Bible Memory: Nahum 1:7

Due: April 12

Math:*Buying at the school store

*Making change*Equal shares

*Fractions

Language Arts:

Phonics: hard and soft c, q, k, z

Sight Words: traje, ruido, fiesta, bailar,

pregunt

Themes: We finished up Unit 3 with a

story about children learning to do the

Mexican hat dance (Jarabe Tapato).

We liked watching some videos ofchildren doing the dance! This week we

talked about eggs and Easter. We

observed cracked eggs and drew a

picture of the inside. We learned what

animals come from eggs and did a riddle

writing to describe one of those

animals. And of course, we did

activities with Easter.

REMINDERS:

*BBQ ticket orders are due on ThursdayApril 4 by 8:00am. We encourage

everyone to participate!

*Scholastic orders are due April 5.*If youre interested in PSUs summer

reading program, check out:http://psu.readingprograms.org/

Upcoming Events:

Mar. 29 No schoolApril 1, 2 School in session

Apr. 19 Early dismissal,

AUCTION!!

De la Seora:Im excited to say that our auctio

project is just about finished. This

weekend I plan to scan each childs

finished handprint animal. I hope to senthis scanned picture to each of you so yo

can see your childs part. The entire

poster of all the handprint animals will bauctioned off on April 19.

Im looking for some volunteers to

help with two projects. First is tocomplete our two yearbook pages. I will

have pictures for you to use. Second is

to help with a very large project ofmaking copies of leveled readers for

Spanish Immersion. I have had one

parent volunteer but it is too large of aproject for just one person. Please let

me know if you can help!

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Spelling words come from the letter and syllable combinations we are

studying for the week. This coming week will be combining the vowelswith the /n/ and /r/.

an (ahn) en (ayn) in (een) on (ohn) un (oon)

ar (are) er (air) ir (ear) or (or) ur (oor)

Spelling Words:once(ohn say) ADJ: eleven

arte(ar- tay) NOUN: art

amor(ah more) NOUN: love

jabn(ha bone) NOUN: soap

dormir (door-meer) VERB: to sleep

Sight Words:padre(pah-dray) NOUN: father

viva (bee-bee-ah) VERB: used to live

siete (see/eh-tay) ADJ: seven

siempre (see/ehm-pray) ADV: always

mismo (mees-moh) ADJ: same

Unit 4 Theme: Working TogetherWeek 1 Theme: Companions