In Chapel Pastor Reitz talked to us about forgiveness. It is sometimes easier to say, "I am sorry," then to say, "I forgive you." Pastor told us to that Jesus wants us to always forgive just like God forgives us. He told us to share Jesus love and mercy with others, to not repay wrong with wrong but show grace and forgive those who wrong us. This is a good message for all of us! NEXT WEEK: Thursday is a half day with 12:00 dismissal- Teachers have inservice meetings Friday there is no school- Teachers are going to a conference by Tim Elmore
A Look Ahead:
Religion: Joseph and his family
Memory: Hebrews 11:1 due Thursday
Reading: We will begin our guided reading groups next week
Literacy Centers
phonics: work with ending sounds in words
alphabet: statement sentences
writing: write a book about colors
math: ordering numerals and writing numbers to 20
name: sight word activity
poetry: Read A Color poem
Spelling: Lesson 4 TEST on THURSDAY
Grammar: Question Sentences
Math: We will be working with money, identifying numbers, and putting numbers into sets
Science: Plants and their parts
Social Studies: All about Me
Art: Dale Chihuly
We will start our guided reading groups next week. I feel the children are working independently at centers and are ready to start the next step.
I have pretested each child on the sight words for first grade. I testing each child using the first list. If the child was able to read the first list I would go on to the next lists. After a child missed about 10 words I would stop the testing. Each child is coming home with a list of their individual sight words. If a word is checked off the child was able to read the word. Please work with your child. The words will be retested the first week in October. Some children finished first grade words so I am sending home second grade words.
FIELD TRIP: Our first field trip is Monday September 22. Please fill out the permission slip and return it Monday in the Friday Folders.
This is our Fall Fundraiser! Registration Deadline in MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15 If you are like me and don't run, do the sleep in option with a donation! PTL helps fund many activities in our room. I use PTL funds to help pay for art and science experiments.
Please look for this ARTSONIA Slip in the Friday Folder. Please visit this site to view your child's artwork. This is a great way to share art with family!
Don't forget to use the TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER form to order your gift cards. What an easy way to raise money for our school!
A dress code reminder: If your child wants to wear a sweatshirt in class the options are: a Zion crewneck sweatshirt a plain crewneck sweatshirt a solid one color sweater NO HOODS are allowed in the classroom. I have also noticed several student wearing cargo shorts with big pockets on the legs. These are not part of our dress code. Students can wear any khaki, black, or blue shorts that do not have the big cargo pockets. Any question about dress code look in the parent handbook or talk to Mr. Marolf.
Join us for Trunk or Treat October 10. New this year: Food Trucks See Banner for details
Our class has completed more mileage club cards than any other class. Together they have walked 150 miles! Encourage your child to walk/run in mileage club!
Join me in worshipping our forgiving Father in church this weekend. If you attend Zion we are now on the normal worship schedule: Saturday 5:00, Sunday 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00. If you don't have a place to worship please come to Zion. I am doing the children's message this weekend and love to see my students at the message!!
In HIM,
Amy Bernhardt
A Peek at our Week
We really enjoy our new playground!
It is so much fun.
With so many fun things to do.
Thank you for the new playground! Thank you for buying Together We're Better, the funds raised helped buy the new playground! Thank you to the parents who work helped assemble, put in, and mulch the playground.
A BIG THANK YOU to Mrs. Steinbacher who was the leader of the committee for the playground and work numerous hours in the hot sun working on the new playground!
We wrote thank you notes to the people who helped with our new playground!
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We love the playground!
In centers we found the beginning sounds and recorded them.
We wrote a sentence about what we would wish for if we could wish on a star.
We sorted living and non living things.
We added verses to a poem.
We played a new spelling game on the iPad.
We put sentences in the correct order.
We sorted letters by their shapes.
We build our spelling words.
We found and made many works with the -am chunk using our sound boards and chunk cards.
We learned about triangles. We drew triangle by first making 3 dots, one for each angle.
We sorted our classmates in a game called Silent Star.
We learned about what plants need.
We put soil in a baggie.
We added seeds.
We gave the bag a blow of air, CO2.
We put water in the baggie.
We told about the experiment on the recording sheet.
The baggies were put up in the window. Now we wait...
We are MATH SUPER HEROS. We practice counting by 10's, 5's, and 1's.
Sentences start with a CAPITAL LETTER.
Sentences end with an end mark. This week we worked on statement sentences that end with a period.
We worked with geoboards and made shapes.
We are reading, "Charlotte's Web."
We are studying Victor Vasarely, he made optical illusion art.
We painted warm colored swirls.
We painted cool colored swirls.
We then cut the painted paper into strips.
Next we practiced weaving using the different strips.
Weaving was tricking and hard, but we all worked and practiced it and made our OP ART.
We wrote in our journal how we think plants grow.
We came up with some good ideas in our journals.
We wrote sentences that told about a picture on the smart board.
After making sentences altogether, we put up our offices and working on writing statement sentences on our own. First graders are beginning to do a lot of independent work!
We practiced our spelling using shaving cream.
We loved our spelling practice!
We began solving math word problems by drawing a picture.
We learned about pennies. Ask your child something new they learned about a penny? (heads, tails, Abraham Lincoln, one cent, tails side were different on different pennies)
Dr. Ernstmeyer, Head of School at Lutheran High St. Charles was our VIP reader.
He read us the funny book, "Giggle, Giggle, Quack"
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