May 9, 2014

I can't believe we have only 2 weeks of school left.  

These last 2 weeks will be filled with continued learning and hopefully some fun activities.  

I encourage you and your child to finish strong!

This class has been such a blessing.  I look forward to coming to work with them everyday.  

What a joy and privilege it has been to be their teacher!

Thank you for the appreciation shown to me this week!

A LOOK AHEAD:
Memory: we are done!!!
Religion: stories of the early church
Spelling: lesson 34 (this will be our last test)
Grammar: using and to combine sentences
Math:  Timed Test over new addition facts Wednesday.
Science: Test over Weather C24-C53  on WEDNESDAY
Social Studies: family traditions
Literacy Centers:
Phonics: read, think, match
Word Work: sentence fillers
Alphabet: fact and opinion activity
Math: making geometric solids
Poetry:The Game comprehension sheet

Writing: super sentences

We have been using a computer site called Story Jumper.  I am sending home an information sheet so that your child can log on at home and use the site.  To get on the site at home follow the directions on the sheet for HOME ACCOUNT.

If your child has a summer birthday and they would like to celebrate at school please email me the date so that we don't end up with a ton of treats on one day!

We have been working on counting dimes, nickels, and pennies.  This is something you could practice at home.

Don't forget to register for VBS!!!
Shirts are guaranteed if registered and paid by May 23.
Enrollment form in School or Church office.
Invite a friend or neighbor!! 

If you have not returned your library books
please do so as soon as possible.
If you have lost library books please email me and I will get the replacement amount for you.

As it gets closer to summer I want to remind you not to take a vacation from God.  This class loves to sing the various liturgies used in church. They also have a very mature prayer life.  I ask that you continue to nourish their faith.  

Make a commitment to attend church weekly.  Show your children that nothing is more important than God, 
-not vacations (visit another church where you are vacationing), 
-not sports (take advantage of the various services times and days), 
-not sleeping in or boating or golf (show that God is important to you and make a point to worship even when it isn’t easy).  


Your child will be blessed by your faithfulness to worship and will follow your example.

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

Enjoy the pictures!

Don't adjust your screen it is STRIPES DAY in First Grade.

Enjoying a cool treat and listening to a book outside!

Working as a group to make giant flowers inspired by Georgia O'Keefe
 

Favorite Color Day

Go TEAM!

making an anemometer

getting ready to test the wind

The wind was blowing pretty hard.

We also check the temperature in the sun and in the shade.

We Read to PRESCHOOLERS to Help Celebrate Week of the Young Child

We Love ZION!

This week we have been reading chapter books in reading groups.

 

We have been working on counting dimes, nickels, and pennies.

Max helped us fold paper airplanes.

Boy could they fly.

Who...

...are these...

...silly mismatched...

...kids?

May 2, 2014

WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD

People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.  But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Luke 18:15-17

I treasure each child in my class and I thank you for bringing them to Zion.  Here at Zion your child is given the blessing of learning about their Savior.  What a wonderful place to be!

Students in PDO-2nd grade will celebrate  

Week of the Young Child on May 5th-9th 

Special Dress Up Days: 

Monday:  Sports Shirt Day-wear a sports shirt of  their favorite team 

Tuesday:  Favorite Color Day

      Wednesday:  Spirit Day-Wear red or white or Zion wear

Thursday:  Stripes Day 

Friday:  Mismatched Day 

A Look Ahead:
Memory:  Second part of the Second Article of the Apostles' Creed

Religion: Ascension and Pentecost

Grammar: Possessive Nouns

Spelling: Lesson 33 *We are skipping lesson 32 and going to lesson 33 oy/oi

Math: adding 3 digit numbers, counting money, and working with graphs

Science: weather

Social Studies:

Art: Georgia O'Keefe

Centers:

phonics: vowel teams 

writing: make a Spring Book

word work: finding story elements

alphabet: sequencing

math: counting money 

poetry: May Poem

FRIDAY MAY 2, 6:30
WE CAN'T WAIT,
THE MUSICAL IS GREAT!
SEE YOU THERE!!

Please have your child in the church basement at 6:00.
The performance is about 45 minutes long.
After the show you will be asked to come and get your child from the front.

You are invited to attend Zion's VBS!
June 9-13, 9am -12pm
This is great and fun week where the children
will learn about Jesus love!
Registration forms came home in your Friday Folder.

All library books must be returned on Wednesday May, 7!

Please send bottle caps to school by next Friday, May 9.  We will be doing the art project the following week.

If you participated in the Read to Succeed program your child's ticket is in their Friday Folder!
May you continue to celebrate our RISEN LORD this weekend with the body of believers in church!
Alleluia, Christ is Risen!

In HIM,

Amy Bernhardt

Take a small peek at some of the things we learned this week!

Dress Rehearsal

In ACTION 

Magic House comes to us and presented a hands on activity,
Saving the Great Outdoors!
Thank you to parents who came to help!

We learned how to reduce waste.

Did you know that if you used a  brown bag every day at school for a year  the trash would fill a school bus?
One way to reduce waste is to use a lunch box.

 

Pastor Reitz had a popular center where the students learned about sorting trash at the dump using electric magnets.
This helps pull out and separate trash.

We learned about water pollution and how oil hurts birds.  We learned about oil spill clean up and then we cleaned up an oil spill.

 

We learned about water filtration.  We filtered dirty water to make it clean.

 

We learned about recycling paper.  We even made paper!

 

After the Magic House we did a science journal telling about what we learned.

We continue to use tiles to help us build our spelling words.

We made a graph to help us illustrate our math facts.

We played a fun game of Four in a Row to help us practice the oy/oi sound,

 We even ate Chips Ahoy

We made a water cycle bracelet...yellow=sun, clear=water vapor, white=cloud, blue=precipitation, green=land

Here is a water cycle bracelet.

We made the water cycle in a bottle.

We watched the cloud form and watched it rain from the cap.

Read what we wrote about the experiment on on Science sheet.

Mrs. Helmkamp is teaching how to do
"Storyjumper" on the computer.
 This is a website that helps the students write and illustrate a story.   We will continue working on these during computer center next week.  

We have been working on writing paragraphs.  The class is doing a great job!