Mrs. Bernhardt's First Grade: January 2025

A LOOK AHEAD:

Memory: Mark 14:10

Religion: Jesus blesses the children

Phonics: continuing open and closed syllables

Heart Words: Review

Spelling: all through lesson 58

Core Knowledge: Habitats

Grammar: pronouns

Math: graphs

Writing: informational paragraphs

Social Studies: leaders

Science: dwarf planets

Art: valentine boxes

We sing in church this Sunday

February 2 at the 10:30 service!

Please have students in the upper music room at 10:15 or right after Sunday school. After church you may pick your child up in the door way to go upstairs where you dropped them off.

ALL SCHOOL ART SHOW is in the WELCOME CENTER in the back of church THIS WEEKEND!

Field Trip: Friday February 7. 9:00-12:00

Please have your child bring a peanut free cold lunch and wear the RED Zion field trip shirt and uniform bottoms.

You child must bring a labeled car seat to school.

This is a ticketed event and only the chaperone can attend no other parent may attend with the group and we cannot add any one else as it is a sold out event.

Thank you to our chaperones: Mrs. Valleroy, Mrs. Maassen, Mrs. Bottoms, Mr. Wegener, Mrs. Sutton, Ms. Huett, Mrs. Haake, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Moore, and Mrs. Mueller.

Chaperones look for the information paper in the Friday Folder.

If your child wants to change into a Chiefs or football shirt after our field trip on Friday he/she may but we will keep on our uniform bottom.

We will leave at 9:00 and arrive back around We will be eating lunch in our classroom.

Jump for Heart Day: Monday February 10 is our American Heart Challenge Day if your child has a donation of at least $5 he or she may wear sweats that day. Here is the link:

American Heart Challenge Sign Up

Please Complete Finn's Challenge for a special Prize!

VALENTINE'S CELEBRATION FEBRUARY 13: Please see January 10 blog for pointers and class list. If you have extras JULIA AND TYLER would love Valentines! Remember no candy, please.

February 14- NO SCHOOL Teacher Professional Development

February 17- NO SCHOOL President's Day

Save the Date:

Have a wonderful weekend and I can't wait to worship with you led by the first graders' singing!

In HIM,

Amy Bernhardt

Jesus gives us calls us to be His disciples and He is the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE. He promises to go with us as we tell this GOOD NEWS to others!

(a ton of great pictures after the article)

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.

Take a look at our fun week...

class loved this video and wanted it on the blog