Dear Parents,

How did you survive the storm?  WOW!  My dog, Josie, is absolutely terrified of storms.  She shakes, she pants, she hides under the bed, and just generally becomes unglued!  I feel SO badly for her!  Usually a combination of her thunder vest, being close to me, and anxiety medication, helps her to calm down.  Big storms like the one we had last night causes me think about how POWERFUL God is.  He is powerful and mighty and can do ALL things.  Sometimes that it is so easy to forget, especially if you are going through something difficult in your life, but God reminds us of how powerful he is in BIG and small ways.  Look for those ways all around you! Praise Him for all that He does for you.

Yesterday, I took the 2^nd graders out to “pick” potatoes from our community garden.  The 2^nd graders planted a few different kinds of potatoes and from what we planted, they dug up 80 potatoes! (Just between us, this city girl was kinda surprised!  This is the first time I have ever done anything like this and there are things that we will do differently for next year...but WOW!) We dug out big ones, small ones, red ones, and yellow ones.  It was such fun to hear…”Look at this one!”and “Miss G, wow…how neat is this?” and “Look at how BIG this one IS!” I brought them home and cleaned them all up and then divided up the potatoes so that each 2^nd grader received one big one and a few small ones.  Then sent a note home asking the parents of the 2^nd graders to send me a picture of how they end up preparing the potatoes.  I want them to have a better understanding of “garden to table”. 

Again, I will be sending home information when we (the first and second graders) will be picking gourds and sweet potatoes.  We are going to be using some of the gourds to help decorate the tables for the annual Trinity Harvest Dinner and the rest will be coming home!

We have been practicing reading the books that we brought from home, and today we read them to a buddy!  We learned about what apps that we can use on the ipad (I am SURE that you heard about those….) and how to “write the room”.  We also did some more reviewing of letter sounds.

Reading to a buddy!

"Writing the Room"

"Writing the Room"

We are starting to get into a routine and I am looking forward to a full week next week.  

Blessings!

“Following the Signs”

Miss Gallagher