Friday, November 11, 2016

Nov. 6-11

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Memory: But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God…” Luke 1:30
Spelling: oke/ell: broke, choke, yoke, stroke, awoke, tell, yell, shell, smell, yellow
Phonics: Vowel Teams Long U
Grammar: Synonyms and Antonyms
Reading: Point of View
Science: Ch. 6 What is a natural Resource? We will be having a short quiz after each lesson of this chapter.  Our first quiz will be on Thursday. Study guide will go home on Tuesday.
Writing: Step by Step and Descriptive Writing- planning a Thanksgiving Dinner

Important News and Information:
-Picture retake day is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15. If students would like a retake, they need to bring in their original picture package.  
-World Sport Stacking Day is coming up on Nov. 17th. On this specific day people all across the world participate in Sport stacking in an attempt to set a new world record for the most people Sport Stacking on one day.  Mrs. Steinbacher is looking for parent volunteers to help the day run smoothly. If you are interested in helping, let me know and I can send your name her way!
-The Thanksgiving food drive will take place on Wednesday, 11/16 during chapel. Donated food will go to families attending the St. Louis Seminary.  2nd grade has been asked to bring boxed stuffing mixes and boxed potatoes. If you have any donations, please send them with your child on that Wednesday.
-We will dismiss at noon on Wed. 11/23 for Thanksgiving break. School will resume on Monday, 11/28

In honor of Election Day, we learned all about what an election is, voting, and spent a little bit of time discussing the job of a president. 
The kids wrote what they would do if they were president. There were some wonderful ideas:)
We made a Snapguide presentation to show what we learned about how the earth changes quickly
Mr. Debrick read us a story
A visit from 3rd graders to give our class a survey
We wrote thank you letters to Veterans. I will be mailing them to Operation Gratitude, who will then mail the letters to American Veterans all around the world. 


This week was our second faith family event.  The Chapel started out with a litany and a song, we then left the church with our faith family to have a family devotion and work on a service project.  The devotion focused on being thankful.  We are thankful for things we can see and touch like food, family, and clothing.  We also need to be grateful for things we can’t touch or see like our freedom.  We talked about those who serve our country in the military.  We then made Christmas cards that will be sent to servicemen around the world.  We returned to Chapel and celebrated baptismal birthdays and sang our theme song.  This is such a fun time to build relationships with other students centered around Christ.