Mrs. Esbenshade esbenshadejl@lancastermennonite.

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September 28, 2012

De la Seora:
Theres been a lot happening! We had a special visit from students from Honduras last week. We also have released 7 swallowtail butterflies that hatched from their cocoons. Were awaiting the hatching of 1 monarch. Also we celebrated the arrival of fall with different activities. We made pretzel fall trees and talked about apples. We even got to see and hear stories from Johnny Appleseed! We will continue to talk about fall with future celebrations related to the five senses and pumpkins. The class is understanding more and more Spanish. Its very exciting! Please keep encouraging your child. You should be proud! Upcoming Events: Race for Education Last day of quarter No school

Bible: We finished up our unit on the Good Samaritan and what that looks like in our lives. We talked about conflict resolution and peaceful solutions. Most have said their September Bible verses. Bible Memory: Matthew 22:37-39 Due: October 31 Math: * Unit 1 review and test * Number grids (1-100) * Groups of 10 with pennies * Unit boxes Language Arts: Phonics Skill: vowels, consonants p-z Sight words: el, la, en, y, de, un, una, es Comprehension: words related to letters we are studying, apples and colors Writing: We wrote sentences practicing our spelling/sight words and also sentences about apples.

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REMINDERS: *Each Friday we will have a spelling test. Please review the words with your child during the week, especially on Thursday night. We do practice them in school, but the more practice the better. You can practice however you find works best for your child.

Spelling words here at the beginning of the year are basic Spanish sight words. Please make sure you practice these during the week! There is a great website that will say any word for you in Spanish with rather good pronunciation. Just type the word into the box and then press the audio button right below the box.

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/ Spelling Words: tengo (ten-goh) VERB: I have soy (eh-stah) VERB: I am mi (me) PRON: my los (lohs) ART: the* las (lahs) ART: the*
*Since Spanish has both masculine and feminine nouns, the article needs to agree with the gender. The article must also agree with the number, meaning there are basically four ways of saying the. el doctor (the male doctor) la doctora (the female doctor) los doctores (the male or mixed group doctors) las doctoras (the female doctors) el lpiz (the pencil) la silla (the chair) los lpices (the pencils) las sillas (the chairs)