Birthday Party for Jesus!

Happy Birthday Jesus!! This is how we partied in honor of YOU!

 

The kids made Christmas cards for the men and women in the armed forces. Mrs. Olavarria mailed them off for us.

What a great idea!!

 

A lively game of "Hot Gingerbread Man"!!

 

 

GOBBLE GOBBLE!

We have the BEST parents at our school! We are grateful for IMPACT, and for all of the volunteers who cooked, gave, and served to make our Thanksgiving Feast a success. Our kids gobbled up their delicious dinner of "turkey" (um, chicken), mashed potatoes, corn, and rolls. Later on in our classroom, we got to enjoy pumpkin pie with whipped cream...well, for some of us, it was more like whipped cream with a little bit of pumpkin pie.

Thanks to Mrs. Currier who took photos of some of our gobblers:) If any of you took a whole group photo, please forward that to me and I will post it.

 

 

If I Were President...

On Election Day Tuesday, we did several activities related to the president. One thing that the children did was to complete the sentence, "If I were elected President, the first thing I would do for children all around the world would be to..."

Here are the kids' answers:

I would talk about God. (Alyssa P.)
I would make safe laws for children. (Audrey)
I would make a law that says children may not drive cars unless they're 16. (Sophia)
Giving money and food. I would teach them God's Word. (Becky)
I would give children money to buy food and they would put a smile on their face. (Derrick)
I would give children candy. Then I would give children fruits just to make it healthy. (Landon)
Would be that if they didn't have food I will donate food. (Alyssa O.)
If I were president I will let the kids play for 10 minutes. (Gabriel)
I would talk about God. (Sierra)
Tell people about the Bible, Jesus, and God on T.V. (Joey)
Give all the children the Bible so they can learn about Jesus (Isaac)
I would let them have safe laws for children. I would let the judges believe in God. (Jacob)
I'd give them a lot of food. Then go home. (Aaron)
Give all the poor people lots and lots of food. (Monroe)
I would teach them about the Bible. (Kaylynn)
Tell them to listen to what I say. ( Nicole)
Help them learn better. (Aidan)

Monthly Write-Ups

At the end of each month, the teachers are asked to do what they call "Monthly Write-Ups". Our board members and administrators like to get a brief summary of what each of the classes have been up to.

Even though none of this will be new to you (IF you are reading all of The Sweet News that I send to you every Monday), I will be posting them at the end of the month.

Here is the entry from September:

In class 2B, we have been working very hard on writing a paragraph. The students are forming topic sentences, 2 main ideas, 3 examples to support their main ideas, and a good concluding statement to tie everything together. Math has been exciting as they are learning to identify odd/even numbers, write numbers in expanded form, as well as rounding to the nearest ten. We are truly enjoying our new science curriculum with a variety of lab work. Reading time is full of interesting discussion as we learn strategies to improve our comprehension skills. Bible has been rewarding as the children have acted out what it must have been like to be an Israelite family back in the time of Moses. Second grade is awesome!

Here is the write-up from October:

Mrs. Johnston’s 2^nd grade class has been into WRITING! Our favorite assignment of the month was to write, “How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich”, and then to test out our directions writing skills by having our partner actually make the sandwich! It was a very yummy day. We are loving our new science books with beautiful photos on the life cycle of the frog, mouse, and grasshopper. In Bible we have just crossed the Jordan river and entered into Canaan. In Social Studies, we have been performing mini-skits on what life must have been like for the colonists in Jamestown and Plymouth. Reading has been a blast as many of us are reading chapter books, and showing amazing comprehension by using various strategies. 2^nd grade is too much fun!!

GRANDPARENTS' DAY!!!

We had a WONDERFUL time with Grandparents, cousins, and special friends. Thank you again to my classroom volunteers...I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for all of the drinks, food, and snack donations as well. You guys are the coolest group of parents!

Here are some photos of the day:

 

 

Our class got to sing "The Victory Chant" with Mrs. Racusin's class. They did such a great job. Our kids also recited James 1: 22-25 and Romans 12:9-12. I was a proud teacher that morning:)

 

 

At the very end, there was a finale with all of the K-5 kids singing together. It was beautiful to hear the children praising the Lord in unison!

When all of our guests arrived to our classroom, we surprised them by singing "Jesus Loves Me" in Japanese. We also took turns answering some questions like, "What is your favorite thing to do here at school?"

 

 

 Next, we were dismissed to go to the 3 stations of rotations. We had a craft table where we painted a fall leaf container.

 

 

We also had a cupcake decorating table, which was the kids' favorite, of course!

 

 

 

There was also an activity table with puzzles, tic-tac-toe, and hangman. They really wanted to beat their grandparents!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We ended the day with a special prayer time thanking Jesus for our grandparents, cousins, and friends. We are blessed to be surrounded by such loving people in our lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Know How to Party!

I usually don't have my camera with me on our Starburst of the Week parties, but on this day, I happen to have it. I just wanted to give you a glimpse of how we enjoy our food and how we pose for silly group photos!

Indian Corn

Our social studies unit has been quite interesting for our students. It has been fun to watch them actually contemplate what life must have been like for the original colonists in Jamestown and Plymouth.

Imagine the children acting out the scenes as they pretended to farm the land, hunt for dinner, and build their homes. They were cracking me up! My favorite part was when they pretended to be the indians who wanted to trade their corn for the colonists' copper. Very good bargaining skills!

In art, we made some "indian corn" in honor of the first Native Americans who were so kind to help out the settlers in Jamestown and Plymouth.

Sandwich Day!!

In our English/Writing class, we have been learning how to use time-order words (First, Next, Then, Afterwards, Finally, etc) as well as writing clear directions on how to do something.

As a class, we worked on writing directions for "How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich". We began with a planning sheet (outline), then worked hard on writing a rough draft. Finally, we wrote the final copy.

We wanted to try out the directions on our partners. On Friday, the children got to take turns reading the directions, step by step, while the other actually made the sandwich according to the instructions.

Everyone did a super job, and enjoyed the yummy assignment!