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Bible: For our morning devotions we began
reading 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.

January 4, 2013

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! Upcoming Events: Jan. 11 End of 2nd semester Jan 17-22 Mrs. Morales subbing for me Jan. 22-25 Book week 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.

Bible Memory: Psalm 100:1-3

Due: 1/11

Math:
* Place Value (tens, ones) * Greater than, less than, equal to *Weight and comparing weights

Language Arts:
Phonics Skill: review Sight 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.

Spelling words come from the letter and syllable combinations we are studying for the week. This coming week will be f and 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) cha (chah) fe (fay) che (chay) fi (fee) chi (chee) fo (foe) fu (foo) 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