Mutt, a visitor from Camp Luther, brought us the message that We All Grow. Our bodies grow, our minds grow, and our faith grows! Our faith grows with the time we spend reading the bible, worshipping God, and practicing the Fruits of the Spirit.
The students had a lot of enjoyable learning today! We explored more songs from Jennie Williamson. We used interesting dice to create two digit numbers in math class. We had inside recess with another class. The fourth graders helped us with our Reading Workbook pages! We spent time with a reading sound that doesn't make much of a sound (the quiet schwa).
When you look in the reading workbook page 217 you need to know that we did NOT UNDERLINE or CIRCLE anything in the reading portion of the work. I know the directions tell the students to do some underlining and circling but they do not need to follow those directions for page 217. They do need to write sentences to answer the questions at the bottom.
Please keep working on our compound words for Thursday's Spelling Test. We also have a Health Test on Thursday.
NEVER hand in blank work! If you didn't finish your homework you can go to another classroom to get it done, but NEVER hand it in when you know it is blank!!!!!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
music, Music, MUSIC! & Homework
We are very blessed to be surrounded by wonderful music! Your children have excellent voices!
CAMP LUTHER's counselor, Mike (otherwise known as Mutt), is coming to St. John tomorrow! Mutt will lead us in worship during our Chapel Service!
The students have begun to learn the songs for the dinner theater in March. The whole school practiced together today as we learned the basics of the first 4 songs.
We are listening to songs by Jennie Williamson and Jenny Pforr in our classroom. They are the group we are going to hear in concert next Tuesday.
HOMEWORK
We are reading at a regular rate just like adults. When you and your student read "Officer Buckle" tonight please try to read right along. Of course you need to sound like the characters, pause at commas, and have a little bit longer of a small pause for sentence ending periods.
Please practice & study Spelling Words! They are listed on Monday's blog. We are aiming for everyone getting an A to end second quarter!
Most of us have completed 2nd quarter Memory Work. There are still 4 students who have their Memory Books. If you have the blue book it is not complete! Please check it over, sign it, and send it back to school!
AR reading is important. Several students are close to goals. Thursday is the last chance to take tests for 2nd Quarter's Awards.
FINISH then CHECK OVER MATH & READING WORKBOOK PAGES! Sit together, talk together, and have the students fix mistakes! Also look back at previous pages to see grades your student has earned since the middle of the quarter.
CAMP LUTHER's counselor, Mike (otherwise known as Mutt), is coming to St. John tomorrow! Mutt will lead us in worship during our Chapel Service!
The students have begun to learn the songs for the dinner theater in March. The whole school practiced together today as we learned the basics of the first 4 songs.
We are listening to songs by Jennie Williamson and Jenny Pforr in our classroom. They are the group we are going to hear in concert next Tuesday.
HOMEWORK
We are reading at a regular rate just like adults. When you and your student read "Officer Buckle" tonight please try to read right along. Of course you need to sound like the characters, pause at commas, and have a little bit longer of a small pause for sentence ending periods.
Please practice & study Spelling Words! They are listed on Monday's blog. We are aiming for everyone getting an A to end second quarter!
Most of us have completed 2nd quarter Memory Work. There are still 4 students who have their Memory Books. If you have the blue book it is not complete! Please check it over, sign it, and send it back to school!
AR reading is important. Several students are close to goals. Thursday is the last chance to take tests for 2nd Quarter's Awards.
FINISH then CHECK OVER MATH & READING WORKBOOK PAGES! Sit together, talk together, and have the students fix mistakes! Also look back at previous pages to see grades your student has earned since the middle of the quarter.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Consumers & Producers
What were you doing before you began to read the blog today? Would you say it fit under being a producer or a consumer? It is an interesting question.
Start a list for your family! Post a blank paper on your frig with half labeled producers and half labeled consumers.
Eating anything is consuming it, but what other items besides food would make you a consumer? and even more difficult when are you a producer?
The students left school today by stating one item that thier family buys and uses (consumer). Can your famiy find ideas for both categories?
Unit 15
Spelling Words
1. cannot 2. pancake 3. maybe 4. baseball 5. playground 6. someone 7. myself
8. classroom 9. sunshine 10. outside 11. upon 12. nothing 13. into 14. inside
15. homework 16. everywhere
Sunday, January 19, 2014
25 over 36
The second graders love to state fractions this way, 25 over 36. I would mean there are 36 pieces all together and 25 of those pieces are shaded.
However today it meant...
36 singers in 2nd and 3rd grade and 25 of those students came to church at 10:30 with great behavior and strong voices. I enjoyed sitting with them after our song too! They had respect for the congregation and tried to join in the service speaking and singing the liturgy.
I got detailed compliments after the worship ended.....
"I could hear their words so clearly, and I sat in the back of the church!"
"It is so nice to hear young voices singing proudly and not yelling out the song."
"There were 2 parts and I could understand them both!"
WELL DONE for 25 over 36! If you weren't at the service you missed a fine shining moment of students proclaiming their faith to "Follow Jesus!"
However today it meant...
36 singers in 2nd and 3rd grade and 25 of those students came to church at 10:30 with great behavior and strong voices. I enjoyed sitting with them after our song too! They had respect for the congregation and tried to join in the service speaking and singing the liturgy.
I got detailed compliments after the worship ended.....
"I could hear their words so clearly, and I sat in the back of the church!"
"It is so nice to hear young voices singing proudly and not yelling out the song."
"There were 2 parts and I could understand them both!"
WELL DONE for 25 over 36! If you weren't at the service you missed a fine shining moment of students proclaiming their faith to "Follow Jesus!"
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Creeds and Toes
CREEDS
The Apostle's Creed has 3 parts (3 articles).
The 1st article states our belief in God the Father.
The 2nd article states our belief in God the Son.
The 3rd article states our belief in God the Holy Spirit!
When we profess our faith during a church service we say this creed all together in union!
We do the same thing in class.
Your child needed to join with the class to say the 2nd article today & we said it in groups.
Please do not let your child panic about this task, instead say it with them!!
You can watch them smile in church as they stand proudly to say it with you during the service!!!!!!!
P.S. The Nicene Creed is found on the inside of the back cover of the big church hymnal.
TOES
Our science Unit on Balance (see the blog post titled - Balance a Banana) has a lot of of complex ideas.
We know 3 basic components are needed for balance. Those parts are weight, height, and strength.
Please ask your student how we taught this to Jerry today and why his wife Jessica had to help out!
The Apostle's Creed has 3 parts (3 articles).
The 1st article states our belief in God the Father.
The 2nd article states our belief in God the Son.
The 3rd article states our belief in God the Holy Spirit!
When we profess our faith during a church service we say this creed all together in union!
We do the same thing in class.
Your child needed to join with the class to say the 2nd article today & we said it in groups.
Please do not let your child panic about this task, instead say it with them!!
You can watch them smile in church as they stand proudly to say it with you during the service!!!!!!!
P.S. The Nicene Creed is found on the inside of the back cover of the big church hymnal.
TOES
Our science Unit on Balance (see the blog post titled - Balance a Banana) has a lot of of complex ideas.
We know 3 basic components are needed for balance. Those parts are weight, height, and strength.
Please ask your student how we taught this to Jerry today and why his wife Jessica had to help out!
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Measure Twice Cut Once
All fine woodworkers know the rule of measuring many times before they make a cut in the wood. Checking your measurement provides success in building and saves money when purchasing material!
School work follows the same good rule! Students should work on the skill of checking their work over before handing it in and never hand in your work undone!
Checking work needs to be done in 3 ways....
I am sure your student can recite it....
"with your eyes, your brain, and both parts of your pencil"
However we need even more help! We need an adult to sit with each child, reread the directions, and reread the answers your student wrote.
We need corrections in captial letters, spelling, sentence writing, and following directions!
The end of the second quarter is near and students are still handing in work that is in need of being "checked over" or is (try not to gasp) blank. Yes...BLANK!!
Please help students grow in the ability to learn what checking work means. Please sit with your student and their work. Reread everything together and apply those wonderful 3 ways to "check" school work.
They will love you for doing it, but maybe not until the next school day when I grade work and "WooooHoooo" their great accomplishments!
School work follows the same good rule! Students should work on the skill of checking their work over before handing it in and never hand in your work undone!
Checking work needs to be done in 3 ways....
I am sure your student can recite it....
"with your eyes, your brain, and both parts of your pencil"
However we need even more help! We need an adult to sit with each child, reread the directions, and reread the answers your student wrote.
We need corrections in captial letters, spelling, sentence writing, and following directions!
The end of the second quarter is near and students are still handing in work that is in need of being "checked over" or is (try not to gasp) blank. Yes...BLANK!!
Please help students grow in the ability to learn what checking work means. Please sit with your student and their work. Reread everything together and apply those wonderful 3 ways to "check" school work.
They will love you for doing it, but maybe not until the next school day when I grade work and "WooooHoooo" their great accomplishments!
Monday, January 13, 2014
23 Great Kids and 1 Spelling List
The spelling words for this week came from the lists the students made of long o words!
1. bowl 2. coat 3. snow 4. narrow 5. also 6. meadow 7. over 8. only
9. go 10. zero 11. golden 12. moment 13. show 14. most 15. elbow 16. gecko
Have some fun!
Spread some cool whip on a cookie sheet and spell the words together.
Make some spaghetti noodles, rinse them in cold water, and use the wiggly noodles to make the spelling words with your 2nd grader. (If the noodles become stuck together just rinse them in warm water.)
You and your student can use the list to make word cards (The cards can be made by cutting paper or using 3x5 index cards) and you can sort them. If you both make cards you could have a sorting race. The cards should end up in 3 piles. The 3 ways to sort are o, oa, and ow.
Playing with words together is a great way to grow in knowledge as you have some family time. Everyone can join in! Can your family think of more words for the oa group?
I think you can "comment" on this blog and list any long o words your family developes! Then all of us can benefit as we learn together.
1. bowl 2. coat 3. snow 4. narrow 5. also 6. meadow 7. over 8. only
9. go 10. zero 11. golden 12. moment 13. show 14. most 15. elbow 16. gecko
Have some fun!
Spread some cool whip on a cookie sheet and spell the words together.
Make some spaghetti noodles, rinse them in cold water, and use the wiggly noodles to make the spelling words with your 2nd grader. (If the noodles become stuck together just rinse them in warm water.)
You and your student can use the list to make word cards (The cards can be made by cutting paper or using 3x5 index cards) and you can sort them. If you both make cards you could have a sorting race. The cards should end up in 3 piles. The 3 ways to sort are o, oa, and ow.
Playing with words together is a great way to grow in knowledge as you have some family time. Everyone can join in! Can your family think of more words for the oa group?
I think you can "comment" on this blog and list any long o words your family developes! Then all of us can benefit as we learn together.
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