October 10, 2014

Today we talked about the 10 commandments.  We should not see these as a punishment from God.  Instead we should trust in Him and know that He wants us to be happy and God has given us a guide to follow.  Thank God for His commandments and Thank Him for sending His Son to forgive us when we don't follow His guide for us!  This week's memory sums up the 10 commandments:

A Look Ahead:

Next week is a short week.  There is no school on Thursday and Friday.

PARENT CONFERENCES ON THURSDAY- I look forward to meeting with you.  Please keep me on time by knocking on my door at your scheduled time!

FALL BREAK ON FRIDAY-Enjoy the day off!

Memory: Psalm 56:3 *Due on Wednesday* New memory sheet is in your child's homework folder!

Religion: 10 Commandments and Apple Trinity Lesson

Reading and Writing:  We will focus on Apple themed activities

Grammar: Adjectives

Spelling: THERE WILL BE NO SPELLING NEXT WEEK

Centers: Apple themed review centers

HELPERS NEEDED:

I could still us some helpers on Tuesday from 9-11:30 to help run our APPLE DAY.

We could also us a few more helpers on Wednesday 12:30-3 for the HARVEST PARTY.

PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN HELP!

Please have your child bring an APPLE to school on TUESDAY.

WE SING OCTOBER 26 at 11:00 in church.  Please plan on attending.  Children will need to be in the upper choir room at 10:45.  Thank you

RED RIBBON WEEK OCTOBER 27-31

To celebrate being healthy and drug free Student Council has giving us special dress up days:

Please wear regular dress code except when the day warrants a special shirt. 

Monday, October 27: Turn Your Back on Drugs- wear your uniform backwards

Tuesday, October 28: Team Up On Drugs - wear your favorite sports team shirt with uniform bottoms

Wednesday, October 29: Drugs Will Make You Confused- wear mismatched shoes with your uniform

Thursday, October 30: The Choice for Drugs is Black and White- wear a black and white shirt with uniform bottoms

Friday, October 31: Ride the Wave of Drug Prevention - wear sunglasses and flowered leis with your uniform

There is also a poster contest.  I am sending home a piece of paper and your child make a poster.

The posters should send a positive message about being healthy and drug free.  The poster should be colorful and creative.  The 2014 National Theme is "Ride the Wave of Drug Prevention".

There is a half day for teacher development on 

Wednesday October 29.  

If you need childcare please fill out the form in the Friday Folder 

and return it to school by October 20.

Mr. Nelson is the DCE at Chapel of the Cross.  He told us the story of Jesus calming the storm.  We have many storms in our lives. We are afraid of many things.  The story shows us that Jesus is in control.  He is in charge.  He promises to take care of us and CALM OUR STORMS!

Please remember to go to worship this weekend.  First graders are working on participating in church.  We can stand and sit when the congregation does, we can greet those around us, we can sing many of the songs.  May church become a priority in your weekend!

In HIM,

Amy Bernhardt

Miss Bolt's Class invites us to help them be thankful...

In Science we looked inside a seed.

 The seed as three parts:

the seed coat, little plant (embryo) and food (cotyledon) 

 We have a great time every morning doing morning work.  We do...

 puzzles...

 read magazines...

 we use pattern blocks...

 and we color!

 We sorted words by the vowel sound at the phonics center.

 We put words in alphabetical order at the alphabet center.

 We wrote a book about the activities we do each week at the writing center.

 We sorted sentences, statements and questions at the word work center.

 We sequenced the growing of an apple tree at the poetry center.

 We made more digital posters. (I am having trouble posting the posters this week I hope to get it sorted out for next week)

We played a game with our doubles math facts at the math center.

In reading group we worked on comprehension and telling what happened in the story.

 We are learning about nouns.

 We went on a noun hunt!

 We painted cards for the people for whom we are praying.

 We learned about Paul Klee and were inspired by his castle masterpieces.

 We learned about how to cover a design with different shapes.

 Happy Birthday Bradley!

 On Fun Friday at FREE center we built houses and obstacle courses for our hermit crabs.

 In P.E. we are beginning to use the stacking cups.  Today we explored with then and build big towers.

 Mr. Thoelke, Zion's Music Director, was our VIP reader today.

He read, "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig".

 Fun Friday Games: Animal Soup

 Go Fish

 Hi Ho Cherry O

 Left Right Center

Uno

This is one of the amazing prayers I am blessed to hear everyday at school.  May your faith be strengthened by the witness of these first graders!