Greetings from a classroom full of excited, growing, learning, loving 1st graders. We’ve had some busy weeks since returning from spring break. Our days have been full of watching life cycles, deep thinking work in reading, talking about and praying for kids in Guatemala, making homemade bread, making new paper, celebrating realistic fiction stories, welcoming story readers and most importantly, loving Jesus!
Whew! Needless to say, we’ve been busy and enjoying these spring days. Below are some important dates and information to take note of:
April 30th- High School Chapel- Both first grade classes will head to the high school next Wednesday from 10:00-10:25 to bless the high schoolers with a special chapel. If you could help your child memorize their parts (ABC verses and/or speaking part), I would greatly appreciate it. If your child has a special speaking part, you will find it in their Friday Folder tonight.
May 7th- 1st Grade Chapel– We have a very special chapel planned that our 1st graders will be sharing with the school. You are welcome to join us in worship from 8:30-9:00. Feel free to arrive a few minutes early to get a seat! The theme for our chapel is “go and do”. Our prayer is that we will be able to help South Side students learn how they can spread the love of God this summer! We can’t wait to worship with you!
May 7th/8th- Half Days- Tulip Time–Our first graders will be walking in the Thursday Kinder Parade. Your child will need a dutch costume for this event. No wooden shoes, please. School will end at 11:30 and the students will need to be prepared to load the bus at 12:45. There will NOT be hot lunch on this day, so please make sure you send a cold lunch to school. If you would like to come between 11:30-12:45 to assist your child with their costume, you are more than welcome to do so. Please let Miska or me know if you need help securing a dutch costume for your child.
Other Dates:
May 26th- No School/Memorial Day
May 29th- Field Day at South Side
June 4th- Field trip to Curious Kids Museum in St. Joseph
June 6th- Last day of school (WHOA–that’s soon!)
Now…please allow me to flood your screen with pictures of all the happenings throughout the past two weeks!
Last week we went to Lifehouse to bless the elderly with songs, Scripture and conversation. I felt like a proud mama as I watched each 1st grader show love, kindness and gentleness. How neat it was to see the oldest interact with the youngest! It goes to show that God is faithful through ALL generations!
Last week we ended our Realistic Fiction unit in writing. The kids were able to share their stories with their peers. There were some great characters, problems, solutions and even a little bit of humor (imagine that!) 🙂
This week we started our new Poetry unit in writing. The kids started the unit off by writing a list poem. The title of each poem was OUCH! 🙂 Our creative minds got to work by thinking of everything that made us say “OUCH!”
This morning Mrs. Homkes came and helped us make homemade bread. We talked about how each ingredient has a special job in the bread and the bread wouldn’t be complete without it. Just like we each have a special job to do in within the body of Christ and God’s purpose for the world wouldn’t be complete without us doing the jobs He gave us to do.
This week we started character book clubs in reading workshop. Yesterday the kids talked about their characters in their “brown bag book clubs”. They sure have done some great comprehension work!
Mr. Peterson joined us on Thursday morning as our story reader. He had two stories, a science experiment and a craft. We loved having Mr. Peterson share his passion for science with us! Thank you, Mr. Peterson!!
Whew! We’ve been busy! Have a blessed weekend!
Mrs. Bohle and Mrs. Rynsburger's First Grade! 