May 17, 2019

A Look Ahead: (ONE LAST TIME for FIRST GRADE)

Religion:  The early church

Memory:     we are done  :)          

Grammar:   Writing Samples

Spelling:      NO SPELLING TEST

Math:          review of main concepts NO HOMEWORK

Art:              End of the year Artwork

Reading:      Review and work on Fluency

There will be no hot lunch served the last week of school, May 20-24.
 Milk and Juice will be available for $.50 and assorted snacks will be available for $.50.  These items are available on a cash only basis.  Students need to pack a cold lunch for the last week of school.

The last day is Friday, May 24. 

School will be dismissed at 10.

This day will be filled with chapel, an awards ceremony, and final goodbyes in the classroom

You are invited to attend the chapel and awards ceremony!
Chapel begins at 8:05 and the awards ceremony is immediately following.
We will return to the room for goodbyes!

Your children are very passionate about praying; I have talked to them about taking home the church’s prayer requests and continuing to pray for those in need. 
 Please help them maintain an active prayer and worship life this summer.  Remember to take advantage of the various services that Zion offers. 

Saturday at 5:00, Sunday at 8 and 10:30 and Monday at 7:00.

We have learned a lot this year. 

I encourage you to join the Summer Reading Program 

at the library!  It is a great incentive to keep reading.

Due to lack of students  I am CANCELLING the Summer Reading Camp.  

I am so thankful to God for this school year.  It has been a joy to share your children this year.  I have seen them grow so much and feel blessed that I was given the opportunity to teach them.  This is a class full of so many talented and unique personalities.  Thank you for partnering with me this year.  I feel that your children and you have become part of my family.  I will keep you in my heart and prayers.  I am truly blessed and love coming to school everyday.  To God all praise and glory.

GO and Tell,

Amy Bernhardt

A sneak peek...
I was at a reading conference for two days sorry for the lack of pictures.

We celebrated Julia's birthday with a Pajama Party!

spelling

syllable sort

buddy read

iPad

using our senses to write

twin PJs

practicing dictation sentences

Asher taught us how to stick pencils to the wall.

We read a book written by Brenda and Josh Jank, the red diamond folks.  In the book there is a red diamond hidden on each page.  We tried to hide a red diamond in our pictures.  Can you find them?

 

May 10, 2019

This week we studied Jesus Ascension, the Great Commission, and Pentecost.
Wow that is quite a week!  Jesus went back to heaven to prepare a place for us,
Jesus then gave us our jobs, to Go and Tell, to Baptize and Teach.
He promised to ALWAYS be WITH US.
He promised to send a helper, the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit gives us the power to GO, TELL, BAPTIZE, and TEACH!
We have an awesome God.

A LOOK AHEAD:

Memory: Third Article of the Apostle's Creed
Religion: stories of the early church
Spelling: lesson 31 (this will be our last test)
Grammar: writing with adjectives
Math: subtraction facts
Science: Space 
Art: end of the year art activity

Our summer birthday celebration will be THURSDAY 

MAY 23! I will provide a birthday treat to celebrate all the summer birthdays!!

PAJAMA DAY THURSDAY MAY 16
To celebrate our cafeteria worker, JULIA'S BIRTHDAY we will be wearing pajamas and having a small party open house from 1-1:30.  Wear your PJs to school and help Julia celebrate!!

On Friday, May 17th, students in grades 1-8 will participate in a “Faith Family Field Day”.  We will eat a picnic lunch, play games, and have one last fun time with our Faith Families!  

Zion will be providing cheese pizza from Domino's, goldfish and water for the picnic lunch.  If your child does not want that lunch or is unable to eat that lunch due to allergies, please have your child bring a cold lunch on Friday, May 17th.  

Your child will also be spending the afternoon out in the sun, so please apply sunscreen in the morning before your child comes to school.  

This will also be a SPECIAL SPIRIT DAY your child may wear a Zion/LHS t-shirt and non uniform bottoms!  

To help prevent the summer academic slide... I will be having a summer reading camp.  This camp will focus on maintaining on grade level reading and writing. Each session will include reading, writing, and an activity. It will be held on Tuesdays in the mornings.  I like to keep the sessions small.

I plan on having two sessions, 9-10:15 and 10:30-11:45. The sessions will be on June 18, July 16, July 23, and July 30.   (note I am not having the session on July 2)

You may sign up for some or all of the weeks. The cost will be $15.00 a week.  If you are interested and would like to sign up please go to the google doc form and put your name on the time and date you would like to attend.

SUMMER READING CAMP

There will be no hot lunch served the last week of school, May 20-24.
 Milk and Juice will be available for $.50 and assorted snacks will be available for $.50.  These items are available on a cash only basis.  Students need to pack a cold lunch for the last week of school.

The last day is Friday, May 24. 

School will be dismissed at 10.

This day will be filled with chapel, an awards ceremony, and final goodbyes in the classroom

You are invited to attend the chapel and awards ceremony!
Chapel begins at 8:05 and the awards ceremony is immediately following.
We will return to the room for goodbyes.

He tends His flock like a shepherd:

He gathers the lambs in His arms

and carries them close to His heart;

He gently leads those that have young. 

Isaiah 40: 11

Being a mom can be a rewarding yet challenging job.
Please know that God is with you and 

He carries you close to His heart.
May you have a wonderful day!

In HIM,

Amy Bernhardt

JUST A FEW PICTURES FROM OUR BUSY WEEK...

We played "Who let the cows Out?" to practice the ou/ow words.

We made Pentecost Doves and wrote Jesus loves you in many languages.

We learned about compound words.

We matched up the parts of the compound words.

We wrote BONE RIDDLES.

 

We added verbs and adjectives to sentecnces.

We made long a words.

We love builing!

We finished our Interactive Read Aloud book set on the theme OCEANS.

A broken arm doesn't keep her from practicing math facts!

We traveled into space and practiced our coding skills with the BEE BOTS. 

 We took close up pictures like the book we read "Zoom In Zoom Out"