January 13, 2023

 

Last week I talked about the gift of a Christian Education.  This week I want to tell you about another gift my parents gave to me, it was the gift of weekly worship together.  When I was growing up there was no question what we would be doing on Sunday morning.  We would be in church and Bible Study or Sunday School.  We went to church as a family, 8:00.  I didn't always like getting up for early church and many times as a teenager I begged to drive myself to a later service.  But my parents insisted that we went to church together. I still remember being on vacation and finding a local church to attend.  Yes, I think I would have rather got up and swam some more on vacation but on Sunday we went to church.  Wow, what an impression.  God is most important.  My parents showed me that in their actions.  God is worth one hour even on vacation.  I continue to worship on a weekly basis.  Jon and I  try to always go to church as a family and cherish when our girls are home and we can worship together.  Worship looks different in the pandemic.  I am grateful for online worship that my family can still attend together, even if we are apart! 

 I am thankful for the opportunity to worship weekly for it is in worship that God comes to us and fills us up for the coming week, where God forgives us and gives us new life, where we stand with the body of believes and are built up, where we hear God's word explained to us, where we belong.  We are in a new year and a new quarter here at school, maybe weekly worship could goal for you this year/quarter.  It would be a great gift to give your family.

A Look at Next Week:

NO SCHOOL MONDAY- MLKJr Day

Memory: John 10:27 

Religion: Jesus calls His disciples

Math: finding the unknown number

Grammar: past tense verbs

High Frequency Word: are

Phonics: silent e

Science: space

Social Studies: South America

Writing: information writing about biographies of leaders

Art: Wassily Kandinsky

100 CERAL BOXES:  We will need 100 empty cereal boxes by January 20.  Please send in your empty cereal boxes!!!

All students are expected to attend our singing in church on  SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 at 5 pm.

        

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

        

Next week begins Third Quarter and I will be preparing the students for Second Grade.  I will expect them to be more independent.  You can work on independence at home as well.  Have you child be more responsible for getting their school things together and if they forget let them face the consequence here at school.  I love to work with students on helping them solve their own problems.  It is hard to solve a problem if moms and dads solve them before the child has a chance!  For example if your child forgets the homework folder please allow the child to solve the problem at school rather than bringing the folder up to school.  Thanks for your help.

I will also be grading the papers more carefully and will be working with the students on how to follow directions. 

REPORT CARDS will be sent home next Friday.  Please feel free to contact me if you would like to have a meeting to discuss your child's progress.  

A look ahead to January 23-28 

National Lutheran Schools Week

Field Trip FEBRUARY 10 

Please fill out the permission slip and return to school.

Each child will need to have a labeled carseat for the field trip.

1	Heather Frost
2	Emily Thompson
3	Kathy Tedford
4	David Moore
5	Ryan Wegener
6	Cynthia Franklin
7	Jessica Kamp

Thank you to our chaperones and drivers.

SCHOOL VALENTINES 

We will be making our valentine boxes here AT SCHOOL.  

Each child may bring Valentines to hand out. 

 Please include a Valentine for each child in our class.   

We are asking that you DO NOT send candy to school with the Valentines.  PLEASE NO CANDY! 

Our party will be on Tuesday February 14. Please bring Valentine's to pass out at the party!

Thank you

Our Class List

Piper            Evelyn            Teagan            Violet                Aubrey

Austin         Cooper             Ryan               Travis                Olivia

Brody S.     Emily               Martin            Brody T.            Reagan

If you have any extra Valentines Julia and Tyler, the cafeteria workers, would love to get some Valentines!

Enjoy your three day weekend.  

Make worship a priority for your family!

In HIS Love,

Amy Bernhardt

Baptismal Birthdays in church

Jesus Baptism

timed practice of the lower case letters 

patterns

look at the earth rotating and orbiting the sun

writing more information paragraphs

making a prayer card for a friend

reading 

sequencing 

writing a paragraph about Ben Franklin

playing a phonics game

adding initial sound

Art

January 6, 2023

 

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of Herod, Magi form the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?  We saw His star in the east and have come to worship him." Matthew 2:1-2

The wisemen brought gifts to Jesus, we have just given gifts to each other at Christmas, God has given us the best gift, our Savior Jesus.

As I think about gifts my parents gave me as a child I see the gift of a Christian Education as the best gift.  I now know the sacrifices that they made to afford my education at Lutheran Schools.  I appreciate the extra time my parents spent helping me and volunteering at my schools.  I was always surrounded by those who shared with me the story of Jesus and His love.  I received a high quality education that formed me into the person I am today.  I was taught the power of prayer and how to live my faith.  I was constantly reminded that Jesus loves me.  I saw my teachers in church and saw them live a life of service and love to God.  I want to thank you for also seeing the importance of a Christian Education.  Life is different here at Zion, we are more than a school.  We are a family, a family of believers, brothers and sisters in Christ and like a family things are not always perfect, yet we love and forgive each other.  We share Christ and we learn about His love.  Zion is a great place to be!

Re-enrollment : Look for an email about enrollment on Monday January 9!

A Look Ahead:

Religion: Jesus' Baptism
Memory: Ephesians 4:5
Word Work: welded Teams, 3 letters with one sound, and, ink, on, ink

High Frequency Word: have

Science: space
Math: subtraction

Social Studies: maps

Art: finish cardinals

Grammar- past tense verbs

Writing: writing informational paragraphs about leaders

100 CERAL BOXES:  We will need 100 empty cereal boxes by January 20.  Please send in your empty cereal boxes!!!

WEEK SING IN CHURCH SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 at 5 pm.

        

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Wise Men Still Seek HIM 

May you come to worship the King this weekend!  May you enjoy the gifts He gives us love, forgiveness, and eternal life, May you be His gift to others as you live your life as God's star.

Thank you for all your prayers for my daughter's wedding, after a few issues with the burst pipes in church as a stalled car in Chick-fil-A the wedding day was great!  Here is the one picture I have on my phone!

In HIM,

Amy Bernhardt

We are getting close to our goal.

telling about break

sorting sounds of y

matching

math

Cardinal Art

Mrs. Bernhardt gave us headlamps as an Epiphany gift.  We used them to search for stars and then we unscrambled the stars to reveal a Bible verse about Jesus. We then made triangles and used them to make a giant star.