Miss G's First Grade Class

Dear Parents,

A few things to share today!

In Chapel today, we sang a GREAT hymn and I wanted to share the words with you. It was such a good and powerful reminder that God is with us throughout our entire day.

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, Whose trust every childlike, no cares could destroy

Be there at our waking, and give us we pray, Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith, Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe

Be there at our labors, and give us we pray, Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon at the day.

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace, Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace

Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray, Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm, Whose voice is contentment whose presence is balm:

Be there at our sleeping and give us we pray, Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Thank you to all that were able to drive for our field trip to the bowling alley last week! A good time was had by all!

Did your firstie bring home their “Love Bug” from me yet? Some firstie chose to keep it at school on their desk, which is just fine! They were fun to make and hopefully your firstie likes theirs…

This was our Valentine's Day craft! They turned out pretty cute!

Next month is National Reading Month, and we are going to be doing a few fun things! One of those things is our Secret Readers (i.e. YOU!). I have a few parents signed up so far. If you are willing to be a secret reader for our class, please let me know. Again, the reading takes place on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, at 8:15am. If you have a book that you are thinking about, let me know and I can make sure it is not one we have heard before. If you aren’t sure about a book, I can get you one! Please practice your book a few times through as well. Thank you for considering being a “secret reader”!

Next week we will be celebrating 100 days of school! I will let you know at the beginning of the week, just when that will be (just thinking about any WEATHER we might have…).

I am sure that you heard (or saw!) by now what we worked on today in language class! The firsties were surgeons and did “surgery” on words by making contractions. So FUN! Hopefully (HOPEFULLY!), this will stick in their brains!