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Mrs. Esbenshade

esbenshadejl@lancastermennonite.org September 13, 2013Bible:This week we continued to usethe Good Samaritan as a basis for

talking about being neighborly. We

made posters of how to help others and

also talked about how God loves

everyone in the world so everyone is our

neighbor.

Bible Memory: Psalm 25:4

Due: September 30

Math:

*Number names and counting

*Tally marks

*Calendars

*Weather and thermometers

Reading:

We read our first book this week!! We

read an easier version of Brown Bear by

Eric Carle.

Comprehension: Vocab development

colors, weather, animals

Phonics Skill: vowels, j, k, l, ll, m, Sight words: yo, veo (I see)

Writing:

We are working on practicing our letter

formation as well as copying words.

Reminders

*Check your childs schedule book

each night.* Show and Tell on Fridays!

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 18 Health screenings

Sept. 19 Picture Day - please

bring the order form

Sept. 20 Scholastic Orders due

Oct. 25 Last day of quarterOct. 28 No school

De la Seora:

Its a blessing to see our class

settling in and feeling a sense of

togetherness. I have really enjoyed our

time of singing together in the morning

and the class enthusiasm for it. If you

hear them singing in Spanish at home,

ask them about it.

We have also been enjoying

watching our caterpillars and our

chrysalises in our jar. We had a

monarch hatch early this week and we

are waiting for our swallowtails and

(hopefully) one more monarch.

Also make sure you check out my

new Facebook page:www.facebook.com/senorae

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Starting next week we will have spelling words. There will only

be 5 a week. We will practice them in class, but I encourageyou to have your child write the words at home. I will always

list the words for you with their phonetic pronunciation as

well as their meaning. We are currently doing phonic work and

building sight words before we begin our actual Language Arts

curriculum. This will go on for a few more weeks. The words

are current sight words.

Spelling Words:

yo(yo) NOUN: I

veo(bay/oh) VERB: (I) see (the I is implied)

un (oon) ARTICLE: a

una(oon-ah) ARTICLE: a

es(es) VERB: is (pronounced just like the letter S)

- means another syllable/ means the same syllable, just a separation to help you

read the pronunciation more easily

Also, a quick Spanish lesson. Spanish nouns are either

masculine or feminine. This is easy to see in the differenceof un nio (a boy) and una nia (a girl), but not as obvious

in the grammatical reason of un lpiz (a pencil) versus una

mesa (a table). The children will quickly pick up on the

girl versus boy words due to the word endings, but right

now its just being introduced.