Dear Parents,

As I said in the parent letter that went home yesterday….it has been kind of an “off” week.  Are you feeling that way too? Hopefully next week, will be a little more “normal”….relatively speaking! 

This week we did not read a new story in Reading class but rather are focusing on reviewing other skills…including capitalizing, writing, and contractions. Talk about this at home!  Have your firstie think about important adults in their life and the titles of each of those people.   If there is time, have your firstie write them down so that they are practicing capitalizing titles and names of people. 

Today, we continued with our NWEA testing….testing our Math skills.  Did you happen to see the math tests that came home yesterday?  The firsties did a pretty good job on that test, therefore I am excited to see the results of the latest NWEA tests.  I am looking forward to seeing their growth so far this year. 

I am sure that many of you heard about the question that I posed on the board when we came back from Christmas break.  It was this: “There is something really cool happening this summer, worldwide…..what is it?”  I continued to ask the firsties if they asked YOU.  Many would forget by the time they go home, so I thought another clue might have helped….. “This event has a symbol that appears on the channel, NBC.” I did have one parent who figured it out after that clue!  If you haven’t figured it out yet, ask your kiddo….we talked about it today in class.

  

On Tuesday, we read the story “Martin’s Big Words” by Doreen Rappaport, which is all about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. We learned about why he was so important to our country and what he did to change the minds and hearts of people.  We talked about how he used love and peace, instead of war and hate.  We spoke about how we can use our words and our hands to change people too!  We made some wreaths (they are hanging up in our classroom) to help remind us of Dr. King. 

Today, in Religion we learned about a man named Simeon and a woman named Anna, who waited a long time to meet baby Jesus, the Savior.  They both loved God with ALL of their hearts and we were able to have a good discussion about how even though we ALL sin, because Jesus was born, died on the cross, and rose again for our sins, we are ALL forgiven!  

Seed check….!  Our seeds from Science class are starting to sprout!!! (and between you and me, I really doubted that it was going to work….since we didn’t use soil….) We have left them alone for most of the week and the firsties were thrilled to see what happened to their seeds.   They will be coming home, probably next week.  Please watch for them.

Blessings on the rest of your week…..Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!

Miss Gallagher