January 13, 201

This week we have been learning that we need to follow Jesus.  Mr. Marolf told us in chapel that we need to share Jesus with others and tell others the Good News that Jesus is the Savior.  Our class has been doing a great job of following Jesus and showing Jesus love to others.  This week we received a thank you letter from an older couple that we had been praying for the wife who was sick.  In the thank you note was $20 and a message to buy something for the kids.  I read the class the note and their were shocked that someone  sent money to thank them for praying.  I asked the class for some ideas of what we could do with  the money.  There were two suggestions from the kids that everyone quickly agreed on... to buy more stamps and paper to send cards to more people and put it in the offering for Giving Gardens.  So that is what we will do.  This is a very loving and giving class not one person thought of themselves but put others first.  You should be very proud!

A Look Ahead:
Religion: Nicodemus visits Jesus
Memory: Isaiah 53:4
Grammar: Adjectives
Spelling: Lesson 18, blends with short e
Math: Doubles +1 facts
Science: Weather
Social Studies: School: past and present
Art: Jim Dine
Reading: Literacy Centers
     Phonics: build 4 letter words
     Alphabet: ABC order
     Computer: tinyurl.com/zioncompound2 and tinyurl.com/zioncompound3
     Writing: I have a Dream
      Math: Class store buying two items
      Name: Rhymes
      Poetry:  Build a snowman poem

FIELD TRIP FRIDAY JANUARY 20: This Friday we will be going to see the play "SkippyJon Jones".  We will leave by bus at 11:25.  Please send your child to school wearing their ZION field trip shirt and uniform bottoms. (This is the shirt your child was given on the first day of school) Each child will also need a  SACK lunch as we will be eating in our room at 11:00 on that day, we will not be able to have hot lunch.  I will email the chaperones once my email starts working again!
PERMISSION SLIPS are in the Friday Folders, please return them on TUESDAY!


DONUTS FOR DADS:  I look forward to sharing ONE donut with the dads this Wednesday,
January 18.  If your schedule allows please join us for chapel!

JANUARY 29 SINGING AT CHAPEL:  Make plans to worship at Chapel of the Cross on January 29 at 10:45.  The first and second graders will be singing in that service.  Chapel of the Cross and Zion have a relationship and Chapel helps support Zion school.  It is located on Jungermann across from Willott Road.

We will begin working on our class book to be published.  Each child will be responsible for one page.  Thank you for returning the permission forms but I still need a few.  If you haven't turned yours in please do so on Tuesday.

Mitten Tree:  108 Hats, 254 Pairs of gloves or mittens and 3 Scarves were collected and donated to Lutheran Family and Children's Services.  What a great way to help warm our neighbors with the love of Jesus.

ZION AUCTION ROUND UP:  The auction will be collecting items January 23-February 3.  We ask that each family donate or solicit an item.  For each $20 donated your child will get a one vote.  This year there will be a Big Glove Boxing Match.  VOTE for MRS. BERNHARDT to put on the gloves and take the other teachers down :)

Last week I talked about the gift of a Christian Education.  This week I want to tell you about another gift my parents gave to me, it was the gift of weekly worship together.  When I was growing up there was no question what we would be doing on Sunday morning.  We would be in church and Bible Study or Sunday School.  We went to church as a family, 8:00.  I didn't always like getting up for early church and many times as a teenager I begged to drive myself to a later service.  But my parents insisted that we went to church together. I still remember being on vacation and finding a local church to attend.  Yes, I think I would have rather got up and swam some more on vacation but on Sunday we went to church.  Wow, what an impression.  God is most important.  My parents showed me that in their actions.  God is worth one hour even on vacation.  I continue to worship on a weekly basis.  Jon and I  try to always go to church as a family.  But times are different and my girls often have games on Sunday.  Yet we ALWAYS make sure that church is part of our weekend.  Even if it means going on Monday night at Chapel of the Cross.  I am thankful for the opportunity to worship weekly for it is in worship that God comes to us and fills us up for the coming week, where God forgives us and gives us new life, where we stand with the body of believes and are built up, where we hear God's word explained to us, where we belong.

I hope you enjoy worship this weekend with your family.

If you are bored check out some of the other Zion teacher blogs.  Just click on them on the left of my blog.

IN HIM,
Amy

Enjoy the pictures of Mrs. Bader, the author, with us!