September 13, 2013

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 next 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!

WE SING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14 at the 5:00 SERVICE.  PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD IN THE UPPER MUSIC ROOM AT 4:40 TO WARM UP!  AFTER CHURCH YOUR MAY PICK YOUR CHILD UP IN THE WELCOME CENTER.  (The back, outside of the sanctuary)

A Look Ahead:

Memory: John 15:15

Religion: Moses

Grammar: Exclamation Sentences

Spelling: Lesson 5
Reading: Literacy Centers
  writing: writing questions
  name: sort vowels in words
  poetry: look for sight words in a poem
  phonics: build words with short e 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: plant parts
Social Studies:
Art:  Andy Warhol

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20 IS OUR FIELD TRIP.
Please read and sign the permission slip for the field trip to the MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN.  Children should wear the RED HOPE AND A FUTURE ZION T-SHIRT and BRING A SACK LUNCH.  We plan to eat at the park after our tour.

LEVELED READING BOOKS:  On 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.  Please check the box on the reading log at the end of the week to show me your child read the leveled reader.

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.

BOBCAT SHUFFLE: Please help make our FALL FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS.  We need runners and volunteers.  If you can help please go to: : http://tinyurl.com/pcga8po

I look forward to worshipping with you.  It is a very special when the first graders help to lead the worship with song.  Listen for us as we sing from the balcony.  I love to hear the young members sing and pray in church.  Everyone on God's Family is special and important.  Watch the video as hear us praising God!

Enjoy the cooler weather this weekend and I will see you Saturday night at church.

In HIM,
Amy

Sorry the video is sideways, but just listen to the voices in praise!

Do you see our question marks?
Can you guess what type of sentence we are learning about?

We played 20 QUESTIONS to help us learn about asking sentences.

Making words with short e chunks

We were inspired by Paul Klee's Castle Artwork

 

We made our own castles like Paul Klee.

We used chalks to color our castles.

We also made castles and painted them with watercolors.

We practiced writing and answering questions.

We learned about half and divided graham crackers in half.

Look what grew in our balloons!

We wrote stories about something that happened to us.

We looked for asking questions in our "I Am an Apple" book.

We looked for telling sentences too.

We played sight word memory.

We started Guided Reading with Mrs. Bernhardt

We mixed primary colors to paint Joseph's coat of many colors.

On Fun Friday we got to partner read.

We worked on writing our numbers to 100!

Fun Friday Game Center

We used ipods for the first time this year!

We worked very hard this week!