Mr. Marolf uses the phrase "We are Bobcat Nation!" He 'signs off' the daily announcements by proudly saying that we are Bobcat Nation! The kids love it. Just say to your first grader WE ARE and wait for the response.
Yet we ARE so much more. Our Bible verse for this week tells us that God CHOSE us. We are HIS CHILDREN! We learned in Religion how Jacob was forgiven and how Joseph forgave his brothers. We are FORGIVEN! We see and feel daily that God is love. We are SAVED! How wonderful it is that God chose us to be HIS CHILDREN we are LOVED!
A Look Ahead:
Memory: John 1:29
Religion: Moses
Grammar: Writing Sentences
Spelling: Lesson 5
Reading: Literacy Centers
writing: begin a story about what we do each day
name: sort vowels in our names
poetry: look for consonant clusters in the poem, A Seed
phonics: build words with the -est, -end, -elt, -en, and -et chunks
alphabet: change the beginning letter to make a new word
Math: addition sentences, addition facts: doubles, ordinal numbers (I will retest counting to 100)
Science: Seeds and how plants grow, we will eat plant parts and have a
TEST Friday, over p. A18-A53, books will go home Wednesday
Social Studies: School Rules
Art: more Paul Klee
BLUE BOOK BAGS: Your child will come home each Monday with a different BLUE BOOK BAG. I am using this BLUE BOOK BAGS instead of having the students do book reports. My goal is to expose the class to various genres of books as well as have them spend time being read to and/or reading own their own. Please feel free to keep the BLUE BOOK BAGS all week and weekend. Please make sure the bags are brought back on Monday so that the next child can read the books in that bag.
LEVELED READING BOOKS: Each Monday your child will bring home a book that is on your child's level and your child should be able to read it with minimal help. Please have your child read these books, they should even read them several times. This helps to build fluency and self confidence. Please send the books back on Friday. Each week your child will receive a new book.
Reading is so important in First Grade. The best way to become a good reader is to READ, READ, READ! Thank you for helping your child become a good reader.
Please pray for my oldest daughter, Hannah, as she will be having knee surgery on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Her surgery is at 4:30 so I will need to leave school early. My sister and Zion preschool teacher, Mrs. Hoehner, will be coming in to sub for me. I plan on being back to school Thursday while Hannah rests at home with Grandma.
As I think about the Bible verse for this week, "You did not chose me, I chose you." John 15:16
I am so grateful to God. We all want to be picked for the team. Before I was born God had picked me for His team. He chose me to be His child. He loves me and makes me His through Baptism.
Spend an hour or two this weekend worshipping and praise our God, we loves us, forgives us, and choses us to be HIS FOREVER. Zion students come see Mrs. Kuhlmann, Grace's mom, at the children's message!
In HIM,
Amy
Enjoy the pictures that help tell about our week!
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| Working on a group project with both First Grades |
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| Painting Cool Colored Circles |
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| Look for the First Grade Class Victor Vasarely Project in a Hallway Near You |
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| Passing out our special writing pens |
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| We have begun our Writer's Workshop |
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| Writing a story about her new house. |
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| Writing a story about soccer practice . |
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| Writing about the soccer game, they lost 3-5 but still had fun! |
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| Moving in Music |
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| Practicing Left and Right |
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| Using chalk while making castles like Paul Klee |
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| Coloring carefully |
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| Using bright colors like Paul Klee |
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Cup stacking during P.E. while the bleachers are being installed.
(The rain kept us inside)
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| Practicing cup stacking |
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| Moving inside during PE |
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| Dancing in Music |
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