Newsletter for week of February 6 Reading/Writing: This week we will review words that contain short u.  We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short u.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 5 (short u) and 6 (mixed vowels).  We will write in our journals, learn a
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Bible This week’s memory verse is Matthew 5:14, “You are the light of the world.”  Our Bible story is “The Blind Man Sees”.  Phonics Our poem this week is “Baa Baa Black Sheep”.  Our sight words this week are:  big     here     is     red     the     Please practice these words each night…we will test them on Friday. 
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Bible Our memory verse this week is 1 John 4:8, “God is love.”  Our Bible story this week is “Two Miracles in One Day/Jairus’ Daughter”. Phonics Our “Sight Words” for the week are:  and      for      in      up      we           Our poem for the week is “Little Miss Muffet”.  We are continuing to work on our handwriting, short
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Newsletter for week of January 23 Reading/Writing: This week we will review words that contain short o.  We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short a, e, i, and o.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 4 (short o).  We will write in our journals, learn a
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Bible Our memory verse this week is James 1:17, “Every good and perfect gift is from above.”  Our Bible story this week is “Jesus Heals the Crippled Man”. Phonics This week the children will begin working on their sight words.  There will be five words per week that they will be tested on each Friday. 
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School will be closed this Monday, January 16, 2012 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  This will be a “Teacher In-Service” day. Bible Our memory verse this week is Joshua 24:15, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”  Our Bible story this week is “Jesus Chooses His Twelve Disciples”. Phonics We
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Newsletter for week of January 9 Reading/Writing: This week I will be assessing students’ reading and writing skills for report cards.  In addition, we will focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short i.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 3 (short i).  In addition, we will focus on reading
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Sorry I forgot to post this last week! Newsletter for week of January 2 Reading/Writing: This week we will review words that contain short a/e.  We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short i.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 2 and 3 (short e/i).  We will
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Bible This week’s memory verse is “The heavens declare the glory of God”, Psalm 19:1.  Our Bible story this week is “Jesus is Baptized”. Phonics This week is a review week.  We will be working on all of our letter recognition (both upper and lowercase) and sounds.  We will also be practicing our letter writing
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I pray that each of you have had a wonderful Christmas break and enjoyed your time off together.  It is hard to believe that we are now in 2012, and half of the school year is about over. Bible This weeks lesson is “The Boy Jesus in the Temple”, and our memory verse is Exodus
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