First Grade: Day 5

Today was Tuesday and that means Chapel at school. This weeks Chapel speaker was our own school Principal Mrs. B.

Principal Mrs. B taught on the school’s Spiritual theme this year, which is IMPACT: Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30

Principal Mrs. B used the illustration of a throne inside a heart. When we are still young, we all sit on that throne in our heart but as we grow, we may share the seat or place “things” on that seat. However to “love the Lord your God with all your heart“, we actually have to get off our throne and keep other “things” off and let God sit there.

Tuesdays also mean a “new” event takes place too… she gets to go to the library at school. Each and every Tuesday afternoon she gets to go and pick out a book,  after she returns the previous weeks book. She is super excited about this!

This week she picked out “The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game”. We love these books and the life lessons they teach in each and everyone. I’ll have her read it several times before she returns it on Tuesday.

4 more early reader booklets or “shoe box” books.

She took a letter test today. Teacher Mrs. B said a letter out loud to the class and the class had to listen to the sound and then write it on their paper.

For the color words test, Teacher Mrs. B writes the words on the board and the class has to write the word on their paper. Afterward she talks about a item for them to draw on their paper as well.

Front: Phonics practice with the letter’s “L” and “H” and below
“I see the chalk” and “Look at the Bible” drawings.

Back: Phonics practice with letter “G” and “F”  and below
“What do you have? A dog” and “Do you like naps? No, I like to read.”

Geography lesson and learning the terms of the land/sea.

Math work was letter writing. A bit in a rush here but she still did a great job.
On the back of her math sheet is her homework for the day. She completes it at home each afternoon before doing anything else. After it is completed she places it in her envelope to hand back in to Teacher Mrs. B. Teacher Mrs. B then grades the work and returns it along with all the weeks turned in work on Fridays.

Isabel did my hair this afternoon and she took a picture for me so that I could see it too. Great job on my hair and taking the picture.