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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Monday, December 21, 2015

Merry Monday!




We are jumping for joy that it is nearly Christmas vacation.  These are a few of the least blurry photos I got today.  I will try to get better ones in January.  We are becoming quite the jumpers in first grade!  I am proud of  their effort and love the excitement.  

Christmas service tomorrow at 9:30.  Children, please dress  up.  Our class party will follow the service.  School is dismissed at noon.  

Have a lovely Christ-centered Christmas!    



Friday, December 18, 2015

Friday!

Happy Weekend!

We had a great day at school.  We started our day with Christmas practice and chapel.  Ask your child about Mr. H's chapel.  "Why did  Jesus come?"  The answer is summed up in these three letters.  P L L... Promise, Love and  Life.  Talk about these at home.

Spelling Test was today.   Your child made fixes at  school if  needed.    They will be sent home Monday.

Math- we did  work with pattern  blocks.

Spanish:   I read a Spanish Christmas book, Twas Noche Buena.

Art:  We finished your gift!  It was sent home today.  Merry Christmas.

 

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Thursday

The Weekly Note was sent home.

Bible:  We reviewed the Golden Calf and talked about how wee can make things in our lives "gods" by putting them ahead of God.

Math:  We counted  pennies in  "pairs" today (count by 2s).  Our story problem also had us draw in pairs.

Superkids:  We spent a long time reviewing spelling words and pattern words.  Test tomorrow.  I also read a cool historical fiction book, A Christmas Tree in the White House (about T Roosevelt's family).  Ask about it.

The kids used their spelling words to write sentences this afternoon.  Ask to see them.

Have a nice evening.

 

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Wednesday

Bible:  We learned the story of the Golden Calf.  How could the Israelites make a god of gold,  just after God guided them and protected them on their  journey out of Egypt?  May God strengthen our faith so we stand firm in Him!   There is no Memory Treasure.   We have been working hard on  recitations for our Christmas service.  

Superkids:  We reviewed our spelling rules and patterns words.    We also did several pages in our workbook to practice.  Spelling Test Friday.  Thanks for practicing at home.  

The kids have enjoyed reading even more Christmas books in my room.  I have borrowed about 30  from the FdL library.  How fun!

Math:  Today we began to spell the numbers zero-ten.  Check over 63 tonight.  We did most of the work in class.

Music and gym today, too!

Lunch tomorrow is hotn dogs, not turkey haystack.

Please send back the church attendance slip.  Thanks.  I have been trying to do it orally to save paper and time, but I got a bit behind.

    

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Tuesday

We welcomed a new friend to class for a visit today.  Kristina will likely join our class in the new year. Her family is moving here.   She loved the card and photo we sent home with her.  

Bible:  We reviewed the 10 Commandment story today.  God gave us his rules because he loves us and this is one way He protects us.  His rules are summed up as the LAW.  Since we can not keep  His commands  perfectly, He also sent His own Son to save us.  The sweet message of the GOSPEL is better than Christmas cookies.

Superkids:  We reviewed Golly Helps, and did more spelling practice.  We are spending a lot of time reading and writing long and short vowel words.

Math:  Lesson 62.   Today we measured different objects with linking cubes.  What fun to estimate first, then measure for the actual.

English:  We are doing a  better job and finding the subject, verb, adverb and adjectives  in sentences.
Finally, we enjoyed Math Stations.

Ask about the 12 Days of Christmas video.  We gracefully danced our way through a calmer version.  :)      


Monday, December 14, 2015

Monday

Wow!  We are beginning our final full week of the year.

Bible time:  I taught a summary of 3B  and our new story for the day was 4A  God Gives the 10  Commandments.  Our Bible verse is 2 Tim 3:16a  All  Scripture is God breathed.

Superkids:  We read  Golly Helps, pg 100 in the text book.  Please read it at home tonight.
Practice reading and spelling the new spelling words on the back of the homework chart.

Math:  We did lesson 61 today.  We also reviewed our mental math facts and enjoyed our new math stations.

Music:   Ask about the different instruments.

Gym: We did more jumping rope today.  Many kids were working hard on crossing.  We did long rope (two twirl and 1 or more jump) and scooters, too.  

Please keep Mrs. Monroe's mother in your prayers.  She is going  to heaven soon.

 

Friday, December 11, 2015

Friday

Happy Weekend.

I know everyone is super busy this weekend, so I sent home no homework.  Please do take time to  read books from your shelves,  however.  :)

Chapel:  Thank you Mr. Walta for your message on Christian friendship.   We are grateful Jesus is our best friend.

Superkids:  We reviewed our spelling rules for Unit 8 and clipped our new spelling  words.  They should be in your child's money pouch.

Math:  Only station work today!

Art:  We  made some cool  Christmas trees.

We ended our day with Christmas practice.   We hope Noah is feeling  better soon.

Hope to see you all at Christmas for Kids tomorrow at the Children's  museum  from  10 AM until 1:00 PM.  I am going to set up my Fishing Station right now.

  

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Thursday

Bible:  The kids have been great at remembering the details of the story as we review each Tuesday and  Thursday.  They have been great listeners and your review of the story at home helps.  Today we thanked God for our "manna and quail," the  food He gives us each day.

Superkids:  Today we started Unit 8!  Our new spelling rule is Drop the silent, super e when adding -ing or -ed to our long vowel words.  We did several  pages in our workbook to get  familiar with this rule.  We also reviewed the rule about doubling the consonant in some short vowel words when adding -ing or -ed.  The new spelling words were sent home  in the Weekly Note.

Math: Test today.  No homework.

English:  We wrote a story about a Christmas sysmbol today.  I have some great, independent writers.  Ask to see their page.  

Science:  Our new simple machine was a Pulley.  You can make or find one at home tonight.

Have  a lovely evening.  

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Wednesday

Congrats to our class Spelling  Bee winner,  Jackson Kottke!  We watched the school spelling bee this afternoon.  Eli Theisen (7th gr) took first and Noah Walta (5th gr,  Abby's big brother) took second place.

Bible:  Read 3A  Manna and Quail.  Bible verse  Ps 118:1  Give thanks to the  Lord, for He is good.  His love endures forever.

Superkids:  We took the  Spelling test today.  Read a Christmas book tonight.

Math:  No homework.  We did  math stations and fact work.

Christmas service practice this am, too.

I hope you and your family make it to worship tonight.

  


Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Tuesday

We had a great day.  

Bible:  Review of Crossing the Red Sea.  Many children said their Memory Treasure.  The rest will recite  it tomorrow. 

Superkids:  We reviewed our poem and found the descriptive words in it (wiggling, speckled, cute...)  We also practiced our spelling words with two different games.  Ask about spelling words going around in our circle, and spelling words on the wipe off boards in groups of four.  We passed the board around and each changed  the word by a letter or two to make a new word.  

Math:  Today we practiced more "adding two," this time to odd numbers.   See  the back of the 100 chart page for the math challenge work we did  this morning.  

We also did math and reading stations today!  Ask which stations your child went to.    

English:  We reviewed classifying sentences today.  Wow- it went better that last time.   Hooray!  Thank your child for their hard work.

Everyone went home with a Christmas book tonight.    Happy Reading!

We also took the class Spelling Bee test today.  We have a winner.   He/She will be announced tomorrow!  School Spelling Bee at 1:30.  See you in the church if you want to join us.  The lower grade winners will be awarded a medal, too.  

  


Monday, December 7, 2015

Monday

We had a fabulous day!

Bible:  Crossing the Red Sea.  Thank you, Lord, for keeping Israelites safe from the  Egyptians.  Thank you, also, for keeping me safe each day.    Isaiah 41:10  Do not fear for I am with you, do not be dismayed for I am your God.

Superkids:  We read the poem Today I Got a Gift.  pg 97-98.  Read that and my Christmas poems attached to the assignment chart tonight.  No ziplocs.

Math: 58B  We have begun to add 2 to even numbers.  We also did math stations today.

Science:  We reviewed wedges and levers and learned a new one, an inclined plane.  Make a ramp tonight for cars for trucks to carry a load.  I also demonstrated with a triangle piece of paper wrapped around  a marker how a screw has an inclined plane wrapped around it.

This am we also went into groups to practice the  Christmas service.  A-J and K-Z last names.  

Finally, we did more jumping in gym and played boom whackers in music.      

Friday, December 4, 2015

Friday

Happy Birthday to Cecilia and Mara (both tomorrow).  We partied for Cecilia in the morning.  Her Fishing snack was fun and delicious.  In the afternoon we partied with Mara.   Her Dilly Bars were also delicious and we enjoyed them outside (in Dec)!!!  THANK YOU, girls.

Chapel:  Pastor Haugly gave us a lovely reminder from God's Word about John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus.  May we prepare for our Savior's coming, too, during this time of so many other worldly distractions.

Superkids:  We reviewed our pattern words, spelling words and learned how to spell possessives ('s).  All the kids had Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) time and ipad time this afternoon, too.

Math:  We began to write the numbers on our clock faces today and write the time digitally and on an analog clock.  Lesson 57 is due Mon.

Art:  Ask about the sewing project we did.  What fun.  The kids did great!  They sewed a border around a 6 inch square of burlap.  We put a recycled Christmas card picture of baby Jesus in the center.

Christmas practice rounded out our day.  

Have  a super weekend.  See you in church.  You are welcome to come help decorate the front of church Sat at 9 am.  The trees are HUGE and it is a joy to bring beauty to God's house.  I may see some of you bowling on Sunday afternoon, too.    

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Thursday

Happy Thrilling  Thursday.

Bible:  Review the Passover.  Every child recited their memory treasures, too.

Superkids:  We reread "Kites."  We  reviewed our pattern words and found lots in the story (hope, while, name... words that end with the super, silent magic e).

Math: 56 B  We reviewed odd and even numbers.

Science:  Ask about  the wedges I brought to school.  We reveiwed levers, too.  I pounded a wedge (nail) into the board and used a lever (hammer head) to pull it out.

Reading stations and ziplocs to end the day.

Writing:  Wow!  Today we remembered a character we created  a few weeks ago (or made up a new one).  Then we wrote a story about that character with a problem and solution.  I was super proud to see the whole class busy writing 4 or more lines with no help (after being familiar with my example).  What fun to share and discuss each story.

A Weekly Note was sent home.  We hope you feel better Aidan.  We missed you.

 

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Wednesday

Good evening.

We had an awesome day.  The kids even earned a letter in the word that spells their next prize.  The names were handed out for the Christmas Exchange, too.  Check the money pouch.

Bible:  Please read 2A,  the  Passover.  Ask how Jesus is like the lamb.  Jn 1:29  "Look,  the  Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." is the Memory Treasure.

Superkids:  Please read the story Kites.  Those creative Superkids are up to more fun!

Math:  Test today.  No homework.

We  also had time for one rotation of the new math stations and reading stations.   Ask what your child did.

The whole school gathered to practice the Christmas service this afternoon.  It was the first practice and already is sounding good.  Can't wait!  My class loves to sing the songs.

Remember to set aside time for Advent worship (Wed nights at 3:30 and 6:30).  Pastor Parsons preached a great sermon about two unlikely women in Jesus' family tree (Tamar and Rahab).  Praise God for his grace in including us in his family, too.  

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Tuesday

The kids were greeted with new Nativity name tags, a new pencil and an eraser today.  Happy December and  Advent!  Our mini class tree is up, too.

Bible:  We reviewed the Plagues.  We talked about how we can be like Pharaoh sometimes, disobedient and stubborn.  Praise the Lord that He fills our hearts with sorrow over sin, which P did not have.  We rejoice in our forgiveness through Jesus.  

Superkids:  More practice with the magic, super e to turn short vowel words into long vowel words.  
See the new spelling list in the money pouch.

Math:  Lesson 55.

English:  I read a beautifully illustrated  book about adjectives.  We identified subject nouns, adjectives, adverbs and articles in sentences.  

Science:  Today we talked about our first simple machine, a lever.  What fun to try to get our levers (rulers) to balance on the fulcrum (half a toilet paper tube) with different loads (pennies).   Try it at home.  We could even get the lever to balance with three pennies on one side and no pennies on the other!   

The Name Exchange will be sent home tomorrow.  









MONDAY Recap!

Farewell November.  The room will have several changes tomorrow to welcome the new month and the Advent season.

Today it was fun to be back together and share about our long Thanksgiving weekend.  Ask "Who went to the Dells"  "Who had a birthday party"  (2 kids).  "Who watched movies with grandparents?"
Bible:  Read The Plagues, story 1B.  Memory Treasure:   Ps 14:1a  The  fool says in his heart, "There is no God."

Superkids:  We started unit 7 today.  The new words are on the back of the homework chart.  New books came home in the ziplocs, too.  Our new words have the silent, super e at the end to make the vowel sound long.

Science:  We started a new unit on Simple Machines.  Today we talked about "work" and "force."  Tomorrow we will discuss and create levers.

Math:  54B  Our lesson was on symmetry.  Ask to the  the tree your child drew and cut.  It is the same on both sides!   We practiced our mental math facts, too.

A December calendar was sent home.  Please sign the church attendance form for Thanksgiving worship and Sunday worship.  Thanks.

Book orders are due today by 9 PM.  Order online at Scholastic.com.  Use the code GVM93.   Books are great gifts.

We will do a gift exchange in class.  Girls for girls, boys for boys.  I will send the names home tomorrow.