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- Classroom News
- Mrs. Peggy Voigt
My Summer Vacation
By Thomas
Mrs. Voigt's Class
On my summer vacation we did many things. When we got out of school me, Brady, and Luke saw Indiana Jones. Then the next week we had bad storms. During one of the storms we had to go to a party. It was very scary! The party was fun. For dinner I had a hotdog, potato salad, vitamen water, and fruit. And we played fooseball and Guitar Hero. The next day me, my mom, my sister, and my brother went swimming at the Highlander Elite. At the end of June my family went to Door County. When we got there I went swimming for two hours. When I got up I had breakfast. We had donuts. After breakfast I watched t.v. After that I went down to the pool to swim. We went to the outdoor pool to have lunch. For lunch we had hotdogs, cookies, chips, and fruit. Then I swam with my brother and sister.
Find out what's going on in Mrs. Voigt's classroom for Sept. 8-12, 2008!
Contrary to the original schedule, the third graders WILL NOT sing in church on Sunday, September 7th. The rest of the schedule will remain the same!
Connecting Others to Christ,
through Academics, Athletics, TECHNOLOGY and Fine Arts
Dear Parents of 3rd through 5th graders,
Our new year starts with excitement as we see all the possibilities that God sets before us with a class full of students. We are reminded with assurance that “with God all things are possible!” The possibilities that exist within a classroom are endless! Here at Our Redeemer we have been blessed with awesome technology that we would like to enable our students to use in a brand new way.
As you may know, each classroom has its own “classroom page” on our website. (You're looking at it!) Within each classroom page, we would like to display a sample of each student’s work throughout this school year. Possibilities of work to be displayed might be a poem, a story, a piece of art work, a mission statement, a video of a performance, students made bulletin boards…the list could go on forever! We need your permission to display your child's work and to use their first name on the website. If your child would like to participate, please ask your child's teacher for a permission slip. For example, if a poem was displayed on the third grade page, we would include something like, “Jump for Joy, by Katherine.”
We will be piloting a new idea in the area of memory work in Third Grade this year. The Bible reminds us that “Thy Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” We want our students to use God’s Word as a lamp and a light in their daily lives. To that end, our students will commit to memory nine foundational bible verses. It is our hope and prayer that our students not only commit theses nine verses to memory for a day, a week, or a year, but rather for a lifetime! We want to equip our students with a solid foundation in God’s Word, so that as adults, they can follow God’s direction to “call upon Me in the day of trouble.” How awesome it is to know that we can always call upon God!
On the back side of this paper is the monthly memory verse schedule. This is how it works! Once a week (usually Thursday or Friday), students will be asked to recite the memory verse assigned for that month. They will be reciting the same verse for the entire month. Then, starting in October, they will also be asked to recite one other verse from a previous month. In December, for example, the will recite December’s verse each week and then will be asked to recite a verse from Sept., Oct., or Nov. Prayerfully, at the end of the school year, they will have all nine verses committed to memory.
As the verses are memorized each month, a poster will be made and displayed in the classroom so that we can continually review theses verses ALL year long. We have so many opportunities to practice memorizing Scripture. We can practice it while waiting in line, we can recite it in our morning prayer, we can use it for our lunch time prayer, we can quiz each other when our work is done - the list is endless! Additionally, these nine verses will be used school wide as monthly theme verses. Posters will be made also to be displayed throughout the school hallways.
“By all means, Connecting Others to Christ”
September - To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 1 Cor 9:22
October - "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Ps. 46:10-11
November - Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Phil. 4:6
December - Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Luke 2:11-12
January - "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
February - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28
March - And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Cor. 5:15
April - "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 15:55-57
May - Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Prov. 22.6
What's up in Mrs. Voigt's classroom for Sept. 1-5, 2008?
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Peggy was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended Our Redeemer Lutheran School and Milwaukee Lutheran High School. In 1979, she received her Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Concordia-Seward, Nebraska. Throughout her teaching ministry, Peggy has taught in Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Her last 19 years have been at Our Redeemer teaching 3rd grade. She has completed various graduate courses and attended educational workshops. Peggy holds a current Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction License. Currently, she serves as a facilitator for the Reading Club.
Peggy believes that every child is a special gift from God. She encourages her students to always do their best with the talents and abilities God has blessed them with. Learning is a team effort between the family unit and the classroom.
Peggy is married to Jim whom she met at Our Redeemer. They enjoy going on dinner cruises, browsing through Amish shops, visiting historical sites, and spending time up north in Wautoma with family.
Our school theme for 2008-2009 is "Connecting OTHERS to Christ," based on 1 Corinthians 9:12. Our mission is to bring others to Christ. Through His love, we reach out and connect with one another. In our weakness, Christ strengthens us so that we all can be saved and live with Him forever. God gives us opportunities each and every day to share the Gospel with our families, friends, and neighbors. May Christ bless our school year as we connect others to Christ.
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