First Grade News

August 29-September 2, 2011

What were learning This week we are learning the Bible stories of the Creation of Man and Woman and The First Sin. We will discover how God made Adam and Eve and showed his great love by making his first promise of our Savior, Jesus. We will start reviewing and learning high frequency and sight words as a class while you begin learning them at home. We are learning how words rhyme and identifying specific sounds found in words. In Math we are focusing on writing our numbers correctly, ordering numbers, and making towers. This week science experiments are helping us learn about the 5 senses. We are writing about things we know and care about in Writing. Maps, Spanish, movement, and pitch will also be look at this week.

Assignments
Please look in your childs G.A.T.O.R. (three ring binder) for homework/fix-its, memory work schedule, Christ Light (bible story pages), and sight words to start working on at home. Please keep those sight words stored in the pocket so they can be used at school too. Thanks! Each night please read with your child and record the reading done on the reading log. Christ Light stories can be included. Please also keep the reading log in the G.A.T.O.R. A white Memory Treasure book will be going home for you to help your child study his/her memory work for the week. Please keep this book at home. We will use Christ Light pages to practice memory treasures at school. Like last week, if there are Christ Light stories to be read, please sign the top of the story and place it in the G.A.T.O.R. (three ring binder). Monday: Read The Creation of Man and Woman Tuesday: Memory Work (Genesis 1:1) Learning the reference can be recited as a personal challenge. Wednesday: Read The First Sin Thursday: Practice Sight words

Important Notes
If you have not turned in an Emergency Earthquake Kit please do so. If you havent turned in your Parent & Student Survey, Student Profile sheet, and Publishing Student Information sheet get those in ASAP. Thanks! Keeping Children Safe classes are available at the following times: Tuesday 8/30 3:25 pm Thursday 9/8 3:15 Thursday 9/1 7pm Sunday 9/11 11:15am; 12:15 pm Tuesday 9/6-7pm A note is being sent out about Childrens Choir. Please consider another awesome opportunity for your child. Fill out the commitment slip and let me know if you are interested. Sign up for Apostles E-News to keep up-to-date with school items.

Upcoming Events

September September September September September

5 Labor Day, No School 12- Hearing Screening 9am 14 School Pictures 9am 23 Collaboration Day, 12:00 dismissal 25 Grades 1-2 sing @ 8:45 service

Jesus Give Away

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well (Psalm 139:14) Our Gods works are certainly wonderful! He intricately formed us...knowing exactly how we would look, what are interests would be, and who our family would be. At times we find ourselves wishing we were someone else...but God made you exactly the way he wanted you to be, a forgiven child of God eager to serve him with your unique gifts. May He give us peace in our service. Joy in Jesus, Miss Luehring