Mrs. Bernhardt's First Grade: Friday January 30, 2026

Psalm 98:4

A LOOK AHEAD:

Memory:Matthew 14:27

Religion: Jesus walks on water, Jesus heals, Jesus stills the storm

Phonics: lesson 73 y says /i/ lesson 74 y says /e/

Heart Words: four, fourth, forty

Spelling: all lessons through lesson 61

Core Knowledge: habitats

Grammar: pronouns

Math: working with tens and ones digits

Fact Fluency: assessment sums to 10

learning subtraction from 10

Writing: informational paragraphs

Social Studies: leaders

Science: weather

Art: Victor Vasarely

We sing in church this Sunday

February 1 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!

100th Day Celebration THIS FRIDAY, February 6.

We will spend the afternoon doing fun activities with the number 100! Students will not need to bring anything special to school. We will be having a special snack of peanut free pretzels, oreos, and water.

VALENTINE'S CELEBRATION FEBRUARY 12: Please see January 16 blog for pointers and class list. If you have extras JULIA AND TYLER would love Valentines! Remember no candy, please.

February 13- NO SCHOOL Teacher Professional Development

February 16- NO SCHOOL President's Day

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

In HIM,

Amy Bernhardt

(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...

We loved the theme song for the Go Mongolia Mission!

Theme Days...

Past...Present...Future

Sports Day

TWINS

Wacky Tacky Mismatch Day

Go BOBCATS

Special Chapel on Friday

Psalm 98:4

supporting GO Mongolia Mission

Chapel

remembering Jesus lives in our hearts and to pray for the kids in Mongolia who will go to the VBS we will be paying for with our offerings

God Sightings

The best part of making he ger house replicas was watching those who had made theirs help others who were having trouble it was my GOD SIGHTING for the day!