Dear Parents,

Happy Tuesday!

Our “Secret Readers” continue!  Today, Pastor Sherry came and read to us about mice that lived in a church.  The mice were living in the organ pipes and so they "learned" about Lent, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter (Pastor even used voices when he read to us! Ha!). 

 Yesterday Mrs. Schaefer read us a story about a monster under the bed (She used voices too….!). 

  Last week Mrs. Damore read us the story “The Kissing Hand”.   

We are SO enjoying having guests come and read to us!  Thank you!

Last Friday, our “Flashlight Friday” turned into, “let’s take our spelling test by flashlight”!  It was something different and they really seemed to enjoy it (EVERYONE did well on their test too!)!  I don’t know if we will be able to do it again…we’ll see!  Make sure to send a flashlight with your firstie on Friday. 

Did your firstie tell you about their Pen Pal letters that arrived last Friday?! They were so excited to read them!  We are started answering them yesterday and will continue to do so, over the next week or two (I would like to have them in the mail by the time we go on our Spring Break). 

In Religion class we are learning about some of the miracles that Jesus performed while He was here on earth.  We have learned about Jesus stilling a storm (showing that He has power over nature (wind and water)), we learned about Him bringing a little girl back to life (showing that He has power over death), and today we learned of the miracle of feeding the 5,000 (well, it was more than 5,000!).  There were so many times that Jesus showed that He was God! Though it can be hard for us to see in our own lives and even harder to convey to our kiddos, God works miracles still today.  He is crazy about each and every one of us! 

God's beauty! 

Blessings on your next few days and I will see some of you around noonish on Thursday for our Field Trip!
Miss Gallagher

Dear Parents,

Happy Wednesday! Hopefully you received my Fast Direct message this morning…! We are ON for the field trip next Thursday (the 22^nd) to the Chippewa Nature Center.  We will be attending the program that talks about maple syrup, maple trees, and we will even get to practice tapping a tree for the sap!  We will be leaving around 12:00 (noon) and the program is about an hour and a half.  The cost is $2.75.  Please return the permission slip and money in a marked envelope by this Friday (and please indicate if you can drive and how many you can take).  Thank you! If you aren’t able to drive, I totally understand, especially since this is SO last minute…but don’t forget to send in your firstie’s car seat so that they can be driven to and from the Chippewa Nature Center, LEGALLY. 

Did you get the Reading Record on Monday?  Something that the whole school is going to do for National Reading Month is keep track of how many minutes are read each night.  The goal for first grade is still the same; 20 minutes, 5 times a week.  Please have your firstie color the amount of minutes that they color each night and it will NEED to be turned in each week on Monday morning (no exceptions).  Each student will then get a new Reading Record for the next week. We will do this for the three remaining weeks that we have in March. Our goal for the whole school is to read 55, 550 minutes….!  WOW!  That’s a lot!  But I think that we can do it!  If we meet the goal, Mrs. Klauer will be donning a costume, two separate days.  I know what the costumes are and it should be entertaining….she is such a good sport!  

We are continuing with our Secret Readers….thank you to those who have been able to do this!  We are enjoying the books that you are sharing with us. 

Mrs. Shepherd read us one of her favorites from when she was little "Tikki Tikki Tembo"

Our “pirate patches” have been fun!  I’ve been having them speak in a “pirate” voice, so don’t be surprised if they do it at home too!  (ARGGGGGG!)

We will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on Friday with a few Irish treats that I am going to bring in.  If your firstie wants to bring in something to share with the rest of the class, that would be great!  They can also wear green and/or Irish gear.  

Below are a few more pictures from last week's Lutheran School's week...

We represented Ireland, well! 

Josh helped design and make our torch!

 

Blessings on your evening!

Miss Gallagher