The Week of December 2nd

Snack Week:  (November 27^th) Lennon

4^th Wednesday’s Memory:  Light it to tell of our dear Savior’s birth;

6^th Friday’s Memory:  Yes, light it now for everyone!

Monday:   Drop off at church!  Chapel.  Short I Beginning: igloo, iguana, inchworm, Indian, infant, ink, insects.  We will learn about Philippines’s Christmas custom of ringing bells on Christmas day.  We will make an advent bell to count down the days to Christmas.  The advent calendar started in Germany. 

Tuesday:   Gym.  Computers.  Library.  Short I anywhere:  sifter, tin, nickel, pickle, bill, ship, hip, swim, hill, lip, chin, fin, lint, inch, insect, ink.  In Russia, they like angels to put on their trees.  We will make an angel to put on our bulletin board. 

Wednesday:  Memory.  Computers.  Spanish.  We will make short I words.  In Mexico, they have poinsettias to decorate their homes. 

Thursday:   Gym.  Spanish.  Art.  In the Ukraine, they believe spiders in their home on Christmas will bring luck.  We will make a spider and web!

Friday:  Drop off at church!  Memory.  Spanish.  Art.  We will read “A Hat” books.  We will learn that England likes to decorate with balls and holly around their doors.  We will decorate our window with that!

The Week of November 25th

Monday:  Chapel.  We will make turkeys with our hands. 

   

Tuesday:  Gym.  Computers.  Happy Birthday Lennon as I missed him on the calendar!   We will make our Tinsel Tree ornaments and decorate our classroom Christmas tree. 

The Week of November 18th

Snack Week:  Landon

Wednesday’s Memory:  Light the last candle to brighten the earth

Friday’s Memory:  The light of the world now has come

Monday:  Chapel.  We will make turkey’s today. 

Tuesday:  Gym.  Computers.  Library.   Letter N Beginning:  napkin, necklace, necktie, nest, net, newspaper, nickel, nightgown, noodles, numbers, nutcracker, nuts. We will learn how the Native Americans used to pop popcorn.   We will try and pop popcorn on the cob and then take the kernels off the cob and see which one pops more. 

Wednesday:  Memory.  Spanish.  Computers.  Letter N Ending:  nine, green, hen, wren, dragon, onion, can, fan, man, lion, bean, spoon, train, tin, moon.  We will start a book about turkey.  We will learn the names of a girl, boy, and baby turkey.

Thursday:   Gym.  Art.    Letter L Beginning:  lace, ladder, ladle, ladybug, lamb, lamp, lantern, leaf, leash, lemon, letter, lettuce, lid, lime, lion, lizard, lobster, lock, locket, log.  We will finish the turkey books.  We will learn that turkeys can see very well, eat berries, nuts, and bugs, and sleep in trees.

Friday:  Memory.  Spanish.  Art.  We will read “In the Park” book.  Letter L Ending:  spool, tool, stool, rule, pail, handle, ladle, saddle, small, little, pool, turtle, fall, wall, ball.  We will talk about how corn was important to both the Native Americans and the Pilgrims.  We will make Indian corn. 

U of M vs. MSU

Quilting

Thank you to Mrs. Sandy Behmlander, Mrs. Judy Engelhardt, Mrs. Virginia Hutter, and Mrs. Barb Kolberg for helping us quilt on the snowy day!

The Week of November 11th

Snack Week:  Jack

Wednesday’s Memory:  Individual parts on the back.

Friday’s Memory: We see lights on our Christmas tree! 

Monday:  Chapel.  We will be sewing all day!  

  

Tuesday:  Gym.  Computers.  Library.  Letter H beginning:  hammer, handkerchief, handle, hanger, harmonica, hat, hay, heart, helicopter, hen, hippopotamus, holly, honey, hoop, horn, horse, hot dog, house.  We will learn why the Pilgrims came to America and how they traveled to America. 

Wednesday:  Memory.  Computers.  Spanish.  We will see what the Pilgrim village looked like.

Thursday: Chapel. Gym.  Art.  AIMS Testing today.  Letter T Beginning: tablecloth, tambourine, tape, teapot, teddy bear, telephone, television, tennis racket, ticket, tiger, tooth paste, toothbrush, top, tractor, train, tray, tree, triangle, tricycle, truck, t-shirt, turtle. We will talk about the first Thanksgiving.  The first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days.

 

Friday:  Memory.  Spanish.  Art.   Letter T Ending:  bat, cat, hat, parrot, nest, kite, elephant, quilt, hut, pit, pot, pet, target, light, boat, coat, note, net, tent, meat, fruit, beet.  We will read the book “We carry” today. 

Gatlin:  Light! Light! Light! Have we seen all there is to the bright light of God?  

Dane:  Not quite yet! 

Adelynn:  The light of Jesus is now ready for us to shine around the world.

Landon:   “I have made you a light for the Gentiles, 

Parker:  that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 13:47)

Brynlee: When Jesus said he was the light of the world, he meant that by believing in his death and resurrection, we would enjoy the light he brings.  

Lydia: Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.  

Calvin:  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)

Lennon:  Now we have seen the light that God gave to us.  

Nataly:  It’s a light that shows the way to eternal life. 

Charlie:  We are the keepers of this light and we want to let it shine for everyone to see.

Owen:  “You are the light of the world.  

Avery:  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  

Jack:  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  

Colton:  Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  

Cylis:  In the same way, let your light shine!” (Matthew 5:14-16)

Chippewa Nature Center

Thank you to all the parents who drove and went on this field trip!   You are very much appreciated!

Halloween Party

The Week of November 4th

Snack Week: Gatlin’s

Friday’s Memory:  Love the Lord your God, and serve Him with all your heart.  Deuteronomy 11:13

Monday:  Chapel.  Short A Beginning: acrobat, alligator, anchor, ant, apple, astronaut, avocado, ax. We will leave for our field trip at 12:15. 

Tuesday:  Gym.  Computers.  Library.    Short A Anywhere:  acrobat, album, alligator, ant, apple, astronaut, avocado, ax, hat, cat, mat, rat, ham, ram, hand, fan, pan, jam, bat, black.  The Native Americans in the Northwest made totem Poles, so we will talk about them and then will make one. 

Wednesday:  Computers. Spanish.  We will start writing short A words today!   We will learn about clothes.   We will make moccasins today. 

Thursday:   Gym.  Art.   We will make short A words.  We will read, “The Indian Paintbrush”  and make a picture about it!  

Friday:  Memory. Spanish.  Art.  We will read “We Go” book.  AIMS testing today.  We will learn what they used for musical instruments.   We will make drums today.