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De la Seora:

January 10, 2014

Bible: We went back to reading our Jesus

Story book. We are focusing on the first families of the Bible Abraham and Sarah and the generations after them.

Bible Memory: Psalm 100:1-3

Due: 1/31

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

I hope you all had a wonderful break and meaningful times together as families. I know it was a relaxing time for me! I just wanted to make sure you know how encouraged I have been by this class. They are making wonderful progress and really applying their learning to become great readers. They also loved to be challenged in Math. As the semester ends today, you can look for grades coming up on Jan. 29. Remember everything is online. If you have any questions about your childs progress, please talk with me. I would be happy to talk more.

Language Arts:
The first week back, which ended up being only 1 day, was a day on penguins. We read stories about penguins and did activities related to them. This past week we began Unit 2. The theme for the unit is Family and Neighbors. We focused on the syllables of f and ch and learned lots of words with these sounds. Our main story was on animal families and how they are different from each other. We practiced finding the main idea and supporting details. We also used that to write. We chose a main idea or topic and then came up with details to describe it. Jan. 9 Jan 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Jan. 28 Upcoming Events: End of 2nd semester No school Family night at LMHS basketball game, 6 & 7:30 No school Early Dismissal, 12:30 Open House, 7:00pm

REMINDERS: * We could use more glue sticks and snacks. * We will keep going out for recess. Make sure your child has gloves/mittens and a hat.

Spelling words come from the letter and syllable combinations we are studying for the week. This coming week will be r and rr combinations. The r is pronounced like the r in English, but just a tad softer. The rr is the trilled r. The sound is made from vibrating the front of the tongue. If you cant make that sound, a dr is a suitable substitute. ra (rah) rra (rrah) re (ray) rre (rray) ri (ree) rri (rree) ro (roe) ru (roo) rro (rro) rru (rroo)

Spelling Words: carro (cah rro) NOUN: car perro (pay roe) NOUN: dog ro (ree oh) NOUN: river reloj (ray lowh-with a pronounced h at end) NOUN: clock torre (toh rray) NOUN: tower Sight Words: desorden (days-or-then) mess recoger (ray- co-hair) to pick up, clean up empez (em-pay-so) began (from verb empezar) Unit 2 Theme: Families and Neighbors Week 2 Theme: Helping at Home