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Weekly News January 27 - February 3

Friday, January 27, 2012 :: 333 Views :: 1- Mrs. Patterson, 1- Mrs. Herzberg ::

Monthly verse: Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:4-6

January 27, 2012

JESUS TIME

Jesus teaches about obedience through a parable, as one son obeys and one does not. Jesus teaches us just who our neighbors are and that we must love them all.

MEMORY

My Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life. John 6:40

Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12

READING/ PHONICS

Our comprehension strategies are story mapping and noting details.

MAKING WORDS

Making Words lesson 22 is due by Friday.

MATH

We work with three-digit numbers, learn how to identify the median of a set of numbers, practice time to five-minute intervals, add three 2-digit numbers with a sum greater than 100, and master our subtracting 4 facts.

100^TH DAY OF SCHOOL

Monday, February 6^th is the special day. Your child will need 100 of something to glue down on tag board. We’d also like to make trail mix. Please consider sending 100 of something to add to the mix. Ask your child how he or she is planning to look 100 years old on the 6^th.

STAR STUDENTS

Maddie was our Child of God this week. She shared a special teddy bear and a great book called Manners Mash-Up. She had special visitors from Martin Luther High School come to visit us during lunch and recess today. Maddie loves to read and has a great love for sports and animals. Maddie is such a wonderful girl. We are so glad that she is one of God's children!!

We loved Addie’s week. Her show and tell was the best ever (pink guitars even sound better than any other color)! Her pictures were awesome. Her book was the best—we read about the wedding at Cana. We loved the pictures she drew for her Child of God book. We are so grateful Jesus made Addie and made Addie His own!

WEBSITES

We visited funbrain.com and practiced our math skills. There are many awesome activities at this site. We have spent time at coolmath4kids.com, as well. Any time we spend practicing our math skills is time well spent. The kids wanted to visit nationalgeographic.com and find the kid games, but we ran out of time. They especially wanted to check out the GeoGames 2: Winter Sports games. There are many fun things to explore at the site. We also visited missmaggie.org to play geospy. We practiced identifying the continents. Enjoy!

NOTES

*Registration packets for next year are due by the 4^th.

*January Book It calendars are due the 31st.

*Valentine’s Day party is the 14^th at 2:15. The kids are exchanging valentines

CLOSING THOUGHTS

God is good. He chose you to be the parent of an amazing child. Spend time this weekend marveling at all the neat things wrapped up in that first grade package. God bless your weekend!

Laura believes God called her to the teaching ministry and equips her for daily work in the first grade classroom. He has placed in her those skills and abilities through which he works to feed His lambs. Laura knows that if anything "good" happens in her room, it is by God's grace, not her merit. The teaching ministry is filled with blessings--not a day goes by that the Lord doesn't reveal Himself in ways both large and small.

Laura believes 6 and 7 year olds learn best in a safe, nurturing environment where they are free to take risks in their learning. They need to be actively involved each day in each lesson. They need to move and sing and speak as well as sit and listen. Learning happens in so many ways.

Literacy is woven into each subject. First graders need to be immersed in print and given the support they need individually to make sense of that print. Reading and writing need to be meaningful in order for kids to flex their literacy muscles. Each student is at a different place and so needs different support. Reading, writing, speaking, and listening are life skills, and the groundwork has to be solid.

Laura graduated from Concordia University in River Forest, IL, in 1983 with a BA in Education. She taught in the second grade in Chicago, IL, for 5 years before returning to her home state of Wisconsin. She spent two years teaching at the Kindergarten level. In 1990, she accepted the call to teach first grade at Our Redeemer and God continues to call her to ministry in this place.

Laura and her husband, Brad, have three children. All three attend schools that nurture their faith. The Pattersons value the strong Christian education their children receive.

I graduated from Carroll College in 2000 with a Communication degree and worked in the marketing field for almost 5 years. I enjoyed what I was doing; however, deep down I felt that something was missing. I always thought that if I had a chance to go back to school, I would go back to become a teacher. After much thought, I decided to take a leap of faith to follow my dream of becoming a teacher.

In June of 2006, I received my initial teaching certification through Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. Every day that I am in a classroom, I know that this is the right path for me. My love for children and learning consumes me when I am in the classroom. I want to share my passion for learning and Jesus with my students. I am currently in the process of obtaining my Masters of Art in Teaching degree through Cardinal Stritch University. I hope to complete my Masters degree in May of 2011.

Being a teacher at Our Redeemer is very special to me. I attended Our Redeemer Lutheran School in Delavan, WI when I was in grade school. I believe that the Christian education that I received at that school has given me the strong foundation that I live my life on. I look forward to sharing my experiences with my students so that they too can build upon their strong foundation in Christ.