Dear Parents,
BRRR!!! What a difference
a few days makes! Weren’t we just sweating outside? It is supposed to be colder
like this from now on (Though it is Michigan, so one can never be quite sure.). Please make sure to send
your firstie with appropriate outerwear because unless it is raining, we will
be going outside.
In Religion class we learned about the last and worst plague
that God inflicted on the people of Egypt. He sent an angel to kill all the first born
sons of the Egyptians. We learned that God told Moses to sacrifice a perfect
and spotless lamb. We learned that God
told Moses to take that blood and give it to the Israelites to paint on their
doorframes so that the angel would pass over their homes. God’s people were spared because of the blood
of that sacrificial lamb. Sound familiar? Jesus was that
sacrificial lamb that saved God’s people (US!) from death. HE shed His blood for us! Today we painted
crosses on our first grade doorframe to remind us of what Jesus did for us.
Today I was reminded again of my age! Oh my…..
So, I have a cassette
player with books on tape and I thought that we could incorporate it during
Daily 5 time, when the firsties have their “read to self” rotation. No clue. They had no clue how to use it! We had to have a little mini lesson on how to
use a cassette player and how to handle the cassettes properly. So I say, LOL but in the same breath I say,
UGH!!! ;)
Flat Luther has left the building! He has now embarked on his adventure for this
year. Watch for him to come to your
family in the next months….!
How is reading the Take Home Stories going? I am seeing improvements in their reading
aloud! To see them grow in their
confidence of reading, is so exciting.
Keep up the good work at home! Thank you!
Information was sent home last week about our upcoming Book
Fair. Each classroom has a box for
monetary donations and the classroom that raises the most money, will get to
choose a free book for their classroom library.
I will be sending home information next week about when we will go
shopping at the Book Fair. Please watch
for it!
I came across this song the other day and I wanted to share it
with you. Have you ever heard a song,
maybe even multiple times, but never really listened
to the actual words? Watching this video
and actually listening to the words, stopped me in my tracks. The first few phrases at the beginning I can’t
stop thinking about! ”I can see the Promised Land. Though there’s pain within
the plan. There is victory in the end. Your love is my battle cry!” Isn’t that
our lives here? We KNOW what is waiting
for us, but living on this sinful earth is so painful and hard. I pray that whatever is a “giant” in your
life, that God’s will is done...remembering that there is NOTHING that is IMPOSSIBLE with God.
Amen.
Miss Gallagher
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