January 27, 2010

I can't believe we have been in school 100 days.  This class has been such a blessing to me as well as others.  These children are growing every day in knowledge, friendships, and most importantly in God's Grace.  We had a great celebration today, thank you to Mrs. Hoehner and Mrs. Oswald who planned the awesome 100th Day Celebration.  Thank you to all the moms, dads, and grandparents who came to help us celebrate!  We collected 218 baby food jars for the Thrive Crisis Nursery.  What a blessing!
Enjoy the pictures of our celebration at the end of the blog!

A Look Ahead:
Religion: We will be starting a unit looking a Jesus' miracles
Memory:  John 4:19
Spelling:  Lesson 20
Grammar:  More adjectives and begin editing
Math: Graphing, congruent shapes, grouping, there will be a fact timed test on Thursday
Science:  Seasons and their weather
Social Studies:  Families
Art:  Wassily Kandinsky
Reading:  Literacy Centers
      computer:  we will be listening to a book then answering questions on-line
                         tinyurl.com/zion130
      phonics:  using silent e
      alphabet:  word building game
      writing:  How to build a snowman
      name:  putting sentences in order
      poetry:  read, think, match
      math: greater and less than

WE SING AT CHAPEL OF THE CROSS THIS SUNDAY, JANUARY 29.  
SEE YOU AT 10:30 IN  THE CHURCH BASEMENT!

You are invited to the LHS CHILI Dinner on Sunday afternoon, see the Banner for details.  It is never to early to tour the school and think about high school!

This Sunday is also RED LETTER JESUS.  The presentation will begin at 6:00.  See www.gospelofjohn.com for more information.

OPEN HOUSE:  Have you invited someone to our Open House?  Please use the invitations from last week to tell others about Zion's Open House.  If you need more please contact the school office.

Keep READING:  BOOK IT DUE TUESDAY, SIX FLAGS 600 MINUTES DUE: February 24
Don't forget about your THIRD QUARTER BOOK BINGO CARD!

AUCTION ROUND UP:  We were in the lead but it has been taken from us and I am not one of the top 4 teachers.  We want to eat pizza and wear jeans and I am ready to box, so bring in those auction items next week.  See Banner for more details.

What a blessing to be able to sing at Chapel of the Cross and share our love of God.  It is a great witness to others of our children's faith and the work that goes on here at our Lutheran School.  We are Growing in Grace.

See you Sunday!!
In HIM,
Amy

We used 100 pattern blocks. 

We are making pictures. 

More pattern blocks 

We colored and painted 100 circles to make a long caterpillar.

We decorated 100 Day crowns. 

We made 100 cards to send to sick people. 

We built things with 100 cereal boxes. 

It was fun to line them up and knock them down. 

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100 days of FUN

Waiting for our next group of centers.

We stamped 100 bugs on a poster.

We did math experiments with 100 pennies.

We strung 100 Fruit Loops on a string.

Counting 10 at a time

We made 100 dots.

We ate 100 cupcakes! 

We collected 218 baby food jars to celebrate God's love for all children.

     

January 20, 2012

God says, “I have called you by your name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1

This is one of my favorite verses.  What comfort to know 

that through baptism we belong to God.  He know everything about us.

God promises to always love us, forgive us, give us life and be with us.  

A Look Ahead:
Religion: Jesus blesses the children
Memory: Isaiah 43:1
Grammar: Adjectives that compare
Spelling: Lesson 19 review short i with blends
Math: Doubles +1 and 2 digit addition
Science: Weather
Social Studies: Schools of the Future
Art: Jim Dine
Reading: Literacy Centers
      phonics: building -ent, -est, -ed, -ip, -ing, and- ack words
      alphabet- sequencing
     writing- What I Like
      name- making sentences
     poetry- finding adjectives and adding adjectives

SINGING AT CHAPEL:  JANUARY 29 at 10:45 Pastor Hoehner has invited us to attend Sunday School and Bible Study at Chapel of the Cross before we sing.  These begin at 9:25 in the basement multi purpose room.  We will meet in the basement at 10:30 to warm up.  The class will be singing a preservice piece and 2 songs during the service.  Thank you for making it possible for us to sing at this church.

If you like chili and hotdogs and are looking for an easy lunch after the class sings at Chapel of the Cross simply drive to Lutheran High for their Chili Dinner.  You could get a meal and a tour of LHS!!

One more thing on Sunday January 29...at 6:00 Zion is hosting RED LETTER JESUS.  This looks to be an interesting performance.  If you would like more information visit www.gospelofjohn.com


HELP NEEDED:
- Please fill out the Highlight form so that the class can get free stuff.  Remember all I need is a signature!
- We are in need of more pencils!  If you have some please send them in.

BOOK ORDERS:  If you are interested in ordering books please order on line by January 27.

This week in the Friday folders we are giving you an invitation.  This is an invitation for you to give to someone else to our Zion School OPEN HOUSE.  Please tell your friends about Zion and invite them to come to our OPEN HOUSE on February 12, 12:00-3.  Let them see the wonderful family your child has here at Zion and share with them the excellent education Zion provides.  Word of mouth is the best advertising we can do!

It was great seeing the DADS this Wednesday.  As Pastor Reitz told us at chapel, DADS have an important job, more than being the enforcer DADS are the spiritual leader of the household.  It is interesting that the biggest influence for children to stay active in church as adults is if their dad's sing in church.  So DADS I look forward to seeing you and hearing you this Sunday!

Enjoy the pictures from Donuts with Dads!

In HIM,
Amy

January 13, 201

This week we have been learning that we need to follow Jesus.  Mr. Marolf told us in chapel that we need to share Jesus with others and tell others the Good News that Jesus is the Savior.  Our class has been doing a great job of following Jesus and showing Jesus love to others.  This week we received a thank you letter from an older couple that we had been praying for the wife who was sick.  In the thank you note was $20 and a message to buy something for the kids.  I read the class the note and their were shocked that someone  sent money to thank them for praying.  I asked the class for some ideas of what we could do with  the money.  There were two suggestions from the kids that everyone quickly agreed on... to buy more stamps and paper to send cards to more people and put it in the offering for Giving Gardens.  So that is what we will do.  This is a very loving and giving class not one person thought of themselves but put others first.  You should be very proud!

A Look Ahead:
Religion: Nicodemus visits Jesus
Memory: Isaiah 53:4
Grammar: Adjectives
Spelling: Lesson 18, blends with short e
Math: Doubles +1 facts
Science: Weather
Social Studies: School: past and present
Art: Jim Dine
Reading: Literacy Centers
     Phonics: build 4 letter words
     Alphabet: ABC order
     Computer: tinyurl.com/zioncompound2 and tinyurl.com/zioncompound3
     Writing: I have a Dream
      Math: Class store buying two items
      Name: Rhymes
      Poetry:  Build a snowman poem

FIELD TRIP FRIDAY JANUARY 20: This Friday we will be going to see the play "SkippyJon Jones".  We will leave by bus at 11:25.  Please send your child to school wearing their ZION field trip shirt and uniform bottoms. (This is the shirt your child was given on the first day of school) Each child will also need a  SACK lunch as we will be eating in our room at 11:00 on that day, we will not be able to have hot lunch.  I will email the chaperones once my email starts working again!
PERMISSION SLIPS are in the Friday Folders, please return them on TUESDAY!


DONUTS FOR DADS:  I look forward to sharing ONE donut with the dads this Wednesday,
January 18.  If your schedule allows please join us for chapel!

JANUARY 29 SINGING AT CHAPEL:  Make plans to worship at Chapel of the Cross on January 29 at 10:45.  The first and second graders will be singing in that service.  Chapel of the Cross and Zion have a relationship and Chapel helps support Zion school.  It is located on Jungermann across from Willott Road.

We will begin working on our class book to be published.  Each child will be responsible for one page.  Thank you for returning the permission forms but I still need a few.  If you haven't turned yours in please do so on Tuesday.

Mitten Tree:  108 Hats, 254 Pairs of gloves or mittens and 3 Scarves were collected and donated to Lutheran Family and Children's Services.  What a great way to help warm our neighbors with the love of Jesus.

ZION AUCTION ROUND UP:  The auction will be collecting items January 23-February 3.  We ask that each family donate or solicit an item.  For each $20 donated your child will get a one vote.  This year there will be a Big Glove Boxing Match.  VOTE for MRS. BERNHARDT to put on the gloves and take the other teachers down :)

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.  But times are different and my girls often have games on Sunday.  Yet we ALWAYS make sure that church is part of our weekend.  Even if it means going on Monday night at Chapel of the Cross.  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.

I hope you enjoy worship this weekend with your family.

If you are bored check out some of the other Zion teacher blogs.  Just click on them on the left of my blog.

IN HIM,
Amy

Enjoy the pictures of Mrs. Bader, the author, with us!