This is why we a different and special...We begin each day with God.
A Look Ahead:
Memory:Isaiah 53:4
Religion: Jesus Miracles
Grammar: Plural Nonuns
Spelling: lesson/week 17
Math: learn new addition facts double plus, and two digit addition in our class store
Social Studies: map
Art: Wassily Kandinsky and Jim Dine
Centers:
make a word with long i
snowman poem
super sentences
writing how to make a peanut butter sandwich
snowman poem
super sentences
writing how to make a peanut butter sandwich
I am working on following directions. Please note that I am helping the children become more independent and I will sometimes have a following direction point on assessments.
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday February 7 is a half day for the students. Dismissal at noon.
February 3, 5:00 We sing in church. Please mark your calendars! Have your child in the upper music room by 4:50 to warm up.
VALENTINES CELEBRATION FEBRUARY 14: Please see old post for pointers and class list.
GRANDPARENTS DAY - Save the Date: We invited all Grandparents or special adult friend to attend school on March 9, from 8-12. More information and invitation to come!
What a great week to celebrate our Lutheran school and the 100th Day of Learning!
What is even better is that we get to celebrate every day the love of Jesus our Savior!!!
My prayer is that your family spends time in worship this weekend,
In HIM,
Amy
Bernhardt
Here is an article off Facebook about Why Lutheran Schools are Special:
- It’s National Lutheran Schools Week!
For one week a year, Lutheran school kids get to ditch their uniforms to dress up like their favorite storybook character or like a hippie from the ’60s.
The really good news about this? If your kid goes to a Lutheran school, they probably wear a uniform the other 180 school days. Uniform = no dressing drama in the busy mornings. Young divas, I’m looking at you.
- Lutheran school teachers teach because they are called by the Holy Spirit.
If a call from God seems like a really big deal, you’re right. It makes all the difference in the world. Teachers come earlier, stay later, email when your child seems upset or especially ecstatic, pray with your child, visit their students’ homes for dinner, and worship alongside your kids during chapel.
- In a Lutheran school, your child is not just part of a school, they are part of a rich education history.
Lutheran schools have taught kids—and taught them well—for generations. Your kids’ Lutheran teachers are part of a close-knit group of outstanding educators, doing what they’ve done well for centuries. Teachers and administrators gather together to share teaching ideas, share their faith, and inspire one another. Lutheran schools have thrived for so long because we do education well.
Martin Luther would be so proud.
(Not too proud, though.)
- Different is better.
More and more public schools are relying on minimum skills tests to evaluate their students and teachers. Here’s the report card on these tests: they are the epic failures of America’s education system.
Many people agree these tests stress out teachers and kids, they don’t accurately measure what kids have learned, and the pressure to perform well short-circuits real learning.
In most Lutheran schools, there are no required state-issued tests, which frees the kids, teachers, and administrators from all that extra stress. It also gives teachers extra time to perform afternoon-long science experiments or to slow down the class until every kid masters the concept. Not surprisingly, teaching to kids instead of to tests works wonders.
1.The most important thing of all: the Gospel!
Kids have deep questions about the Bible, they want to pray about their sick uncle and their family trip, and they like to sing beautiful songs about Jesus. In other words, childhood is about developing academically and physically, yes. But most important, childhood is about growing spiritually. Lutheran schools nurture each child’s spiritual growth. Teachers start class with prayer, they teach kindness from the example of Jesus, and they help kids articulate and defend their faith. The most important thing of all is that Lutheran Schools teach the children the good news of their Savior Jesus. They help children understand their need for forgiveness and the wonderful news that Jesus lived perfectly in their place, died for them, and rose again, so that they too will receive the gift of eternal life. If there was only one reason to send your kid to a Lutheran school, this would be it.
But let me tell you, those uniforms are also really nice.
On Monday I had to wake up the class to start celebrating Lutheran Schools Week.
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We colored and wrote notes on postcard for kids in Cambodia!
Wednesday we brought in our Milk Banks.
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| Collaborative art made by faith families |
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| Buddy Class - Mrs. Murray's 7th Grade |
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| Mrs. Markway from Friends of Kids with Cancer came to thank us for the support. |
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| I scream You scream We all scream for ICE CREAM! |
THURSDAY we showed our ZION SPIRIT!
We cheered for the TEACHERS to win the volleyball games and they DID!
Korrinne's name was drawn for the serving contest.
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| She won a chocolate bar! |
FRIDAY: GO TEAM
Ask your child about the ZION OLYMPICS
Featured Artist this week...
maps
plural nouns 
money
writing using first next then and last
100th day centers
WE love FUN Fridays!
100th Day Celebration
Thank you to all the parents who came to help.
We made 100 day crowns, did cup stacking with 100 cups, paint 100 dots, use 100 marshmallows and toothpicks to make a structure, made 100 valentine's for shut ins, used 100 boxes as giant dominos, made a self portrait of us at 100 years old, and ate a 100 snack! We had a great time!
