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Mrs. Esbenshade
[email protected] January 4, 2013
senorae.wikispaces.com
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