Learning about software
In first and 2nd grade, the students are learning to identify educational software and educational computer games. We are expanding from Jumpstart 1st Grade to several other Knowledge Adventure games, including MathBlaster and Reading Blaster.
Mr. Boyd
States of Matter Jell-O
We made red raspberry Jell-O cutout hearts which showed us the changes of matter. Powder is the solid; the steam from the boiling water is a gas; mixing the powder with water creates a liquid; and finally, cooling the gel not only creates a solid again, it also made a yummy snack! Happy Valentine’s Day!
State of Mind
Your State of mind reflects attitudes about yourself, about others, and about God.
We learned the Earth has three states of matter (Liquid, Solid and Gas). Just as Earth has different states of matter, we can have different states of mind. Your mind can be in a state of forgiveness or unforgiving. It can be in a state of pride or it can be humble. It can be willing, or grateful, or prayerful. The more time we spend thinking about Jesus, the more we become like Him. A mind filled with Jesus’ love is in the best state of all!
Ms. Calma
We LOVE to read
February is Black History Month, so we have been reading books about important people and events from the Civil Rights Movement. From leaning about Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to recording facts and opinions about the Greensboro sit-ins, we recognize how blessed we are to be in a school where we can have friends of all sizes, shapes, and colors!
Ms. DiGiovanni
How Do You Learn?
January sure was a cold, snowy month. What a great time to curl up with a good book! Line snowflakes, we are all unique, and we each learn differently. In our reading groups we have been talking about how we learn. Do you learn best when you listen to something? When you see it? When you touch it? When we know how we learn, we can be responsible for our own success!
Ms. Di Giovanni
SRA’s
First Grade has enjoyed their time in the library. They have been checking out books and they just started working on SRA’s for the first time. The SRA’s are a series of reading comprehensions that the students work on for their library period after returning and borrowing books.
Mrs. Ruiz
Helping those in need…
We are always looking for opportunities to instill in our the importance of ministering to those in need. An opportunilty arose through the contact of a parent who led us to “Project Angel Hugs.” Project Angel Hugs is a Christ-centered organization ministering to the emotional eeds of children with cancer and their families. To youth touched by cancer and their families, they offer encouragement through prayer, words, gifts, and festivities; harnessing the adundant energy from healthy youth to accomplish work generated by this project while instilling in them a pssion for volunteering.
Evangel students were able to touch a child with cancer by making home-made Valentine’s Cards that will be distributed o Valentine’s Day. We collected 170 Valentine’s cards from our students to send to Project Angel Hugs. The students really enjoyed being able to “reach out and touch someone” in need with card.
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Step Up Your Faith
January 3rd- January 7th
“Step up You Faith,” the theme for the week, encouraged students to go a step further in their walk with God. Middle School and High School students were challenged with speakers each day to take their faith to the next level. Our Elementary students looked at a different bible stories each day as well as completed crafts to encourage them to “step up their faith.” Our memory verse for the week was Luke 17:5-6
Teddy Bear Stories
1C has been listening to the story A Bear Called Paddington, which they have enjoyed very much. They have very interesting questions and comments about the story. We talked about why this story is fictional and what actions Paddington performed that are not possible for a teddy bear to do. They really enjoyed this story as it reminded us of Corduroy.
Mrs. Ruiz
Train Music
For 1st grade music we have been identifying sounds and focusing on fast and slow rhythms. We sang a song called the Orange Blossom Special. We discussed paying close attention to the words within a song. This song talked about a train, which traveled from New York to Miami, so that the girl could get some sand in her shoes. The students explained that she was on her way to the beach! We talked about the sounds in the song, the rhythm, what the students knew about trains, and we moved to the beat of the song in the form of a train circling the perimeter of the classroom!