Bunny Ears and Silent e Searching

There are so many ways to watch our children as they become the wonderful people God wants them to be! They learn all of the time.  They grow in His knowledge and His faith all of the time.

This year many of the students have already conquered the idea of tightening shoestrings from the toe of the shoe to the top.  They are working at keeping shoestrings tied for a longer time by double tieing the "bunny ears".  It is great to see a skill they struggled with during the first week of school slowly becoming automatic.  Now they barely stop to think about how to double tie bunny ears.

All knowledge is like Bunny Ears.  It becomes easier to apply without thinking when we use it, practice it, and fine tune it daily.

As your students apply the knowledge of our new Silent e Spelling Pattern I hope you take some time to post their words to our blog.  Make sure words end with a silent e and contain a long vowel sound.  The last two sentences used some words that fit the pattern....hope, take, time, and make.
"Sure" ends with a silent e, but the bossy r doesn't let the u sound out as a long vowel (it doesn't say u).  Check your words before you add them to the blog.
You can add the words by clicking in the box that appears under "Post a Comment" and you'll be able to type in the box. Remember to also click on Publish before leaving the comment section.  Then your silent e search will be posted on our blog!  Happy Searching!

Name that Veggie

The students enjoyed taste testing vegetables from the Farmer's Market.  The students were surprised that the strange vegetables (Please look at the pictures from the last blog) tasted so fresh.  We showed the students how to snap off the end of beans.  Then they could actually eat the bean!

It is interesting that God is represented in everything he created.  The purple beans & the cucumbers reminded us that God is three people but one God.  Beans and Cucumbers have a outside skin, inside flesh, and seeds. Three parts but only one vegetable.   Our God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Three parts but one God.

The Beans had a surprise with them.  Purple beans turn green when you cook them!  Our God had a surprise for the disciples and all of the people of the world.  Jesus did not stay in the grave!  He rose from the dead to free us from our sin!!!  God truely teaches us all wonderful lessons through His creation.

Going to Market

Wednesday the students in second grade met their PreK Buddies!  What a blessing it is to have a buddy!  Please encourage your student to pray for their buddy and their buddy's family.

After the buddies met eachother they went to the Merrill Farmers Market.  They discovered many kinds of food that God created and explored a new place available to buy food besides the grocery store.  The students met the people who grow food and harvest honey.  Mrs. Catlin brought back vegetables and honey for us to try.

Can you guess what vegetables are in these pictures?

     

Welcome

The new school year is off to an excellent start.  We all especially enjoy our new PBIS (positive behavior intervention and supports) system. Cards are given to students and classes as they use proper volume and show that they are prepared for the different parts of the school day. The second graders love putting their name on the yellow reward cards and putting them into our collection box.  We can't wait to find out what happens to those cards next!  Please ask your second grader what the orange cards are.

We also have a classroom reward system.  It is used to notice and reward the many great ways we work together as a class.  It is a large dog's dish and we are accumulating dog bones in it.  We need to have 20 bones in the dish to earn our first class reward.  In the picture you can see our small reward charts.  Each student is collecting one sticker each day that they are prepared for school and working to be their best!  The sticker charts earn each student rewards as the month progresses.