Keep On Rolling
As we reach the half way point this year, we’re already looking ahead to next year. Our stories are getting tougher, and we’re using our reading skills to face the challenge. We’re learning to apply the skills and strategies that we already know to anything we read. We’ve built up a great momentum and we’re going to keep on rolling!
Miss DiGiovanni
Elementary Christmas Program:
“A King is Coming to Town” was a great story of our Savior coming to this earth which our elementary students shared for their Christmas program this year. It was a great journey as students looked at various kings, such as, King Tut, Elvis, The King of the Jungle and more on their discovery to realize that Jesus is the true King of Kings that came to this earth for us and is still alive today.
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Each year our elementary classes are asked to be in charge of one of our chapels. Our second grade students did a great job as they reenacted the story of Moses and the burning bush. Each child took part and it helped the other students to better understand the story and how God is always with us even when we feel alone.
The Elementary School had a day filled with fun and adventure for our Harvest Fair! Students came to school dressed as Cowboys, Indians, Turkeys, etc… During the day each class went to the gymnasium to play a myriad of games for which they won tickets and then used those tickets to buy prizes. t was a day filled with Thanksgiving!
Thankfulness
November is a great time to think about all of the things we are thankful for. God has blessed us in so many ways, and it is important to take time each day to tell Him how much we appreciate it. We’ve been reading many books about being thankful.
Miss DiGiovanni
Forgiveness
October is all about forgiveness. Through Bible verses, books, and class discussions we are learning about why forgiveness is so important. Forgiveness is deciding that someone who had wronged you doesn’t have to pay. We can all think of a time when we were forgiven, so we also must forgive others.
Miss DiGiovanni
Writers Workshop
Writers Workshop is also a new class in the curriculum for this year. Our students are walking through the Writing Process to become published authors. For the Month of September our students published Bio-Poems and had a Publishing party to celebrate their accomplishment. It is amazing to see how they are evolving into great writers.
Mrs. Ruiz
Readers Workshop
Readers Workshop is a new class that has been incorporated into our curriculum this year. It is made up of 22 minutes of Independent reading time were our students read on their own at their own levels. The Next 22 minutes are made up of Reading Response time where students listen to a piece of literature and respond to a Focus question based on the reading in their Reading Response Journals. It is amazing to see how our students are connecting and responding to literature. For our read aloud this month we read Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco which our class truly enjoyed.
Mrs. Ruiz
Creation
Bible time is one of our favorites of the day since we learn about God’s truth. For this month we have been focusing on trusting God’s promises because God does not lie, and whatever He promised us He will give us. We have also learned about the promise of Heaven that God has made to us. The promise that someday we will live with Him in Heaven. After learning about His promises we have started to focus on how he created all things and how we are his creation. We have focused on the 6 days of creation and what He created on each one of those days. It is awesome to learn about God’s word.
Mrs. Ruiz
Maps
In Social Studies we are focusing on geography. Our second graders created their own compass maps and learned to give directions by using North, East, South and West. They have also learned to use map keys and understand what they represent.
Mrs. Ruiz