Happy Friday! What a busy few days we have had! 

On Wednesday, we had a guest speaker talk to us about Lutherans for Life.  She spoke about how life is a wonderful gift from God and how blessed we are! She gifted our school a set of model babies that are meant to approximate babies at different stages in a mother’s womb.  The firsties were able to pick them up and feel what they would feel like at 12 weeks, 16 weeks, 22 weeks, and 26 weeks.   

 And because we are a little behind in Religion class, we learned a little more about how Mary found out she was pregnant with Jesus, and with all of the talk about babies and life, it all tied together!

We read our little weekly booklets in pairs (normally, they are read to me).  The kiddos really help to encourage each other and do such a good job!  How has reading been going at home?  I just want to encourage you to continue to practice reading 20 minutes a night.  It is awesome to see how far they have already come and I am looking forward to continuing this journey of learning to read with them. 

 Yesterday we were able to get outside and actually enjoy the snow!  The firsties found a patch of ice and were sliding on it like they were sliding into home plate!  It was quite a sight….

In Math we have begun a new chapter….tens and ones!  Today we learned about “tens towers” and we eve n drew some.  (This is when our skip counting comes in handy!)

Don’t forget that there is no school on Monday….enjoy an extra day with your firstie! 

Blessings on your long weekend!

Miss Gallagher