First Grade News

December 12-16, 2011

What were learning
Our Bible stories for this week are God Helps His People in the Desert and God Gives the 10 Commandments. We will be reading Yes, We Want Some Too! and Cat Traps in our basal reading books. Our phonics focus this week is the th sound and ing endings. Math will include adding 2 to an odd number, a written test, and sorting pattern blocks. In writing we are focusing on stretching out words and having capital letters and end marks. We will continue working on our Christmas Program for this Saturday.

Assignments
Here are some options for challenging your child: Christ Light Read and act out the Christmas story from Luke 2. Writing Make a Happy Birthday card for Jesus using complete sentences. Math Count by 2s all the way to 100. Monday Dec. 12: Read Christ Light God Helps His People in the Desert Read Yes, We Want Some Too! Tuesday Dec. 13: Christmas Service Song: From Heaven Above to Earth I Come, v. 9
Ah, Lord, though you created all, How week you are, so poor and small, That you should choose to lay your head! Where lowly cattle lately fed!

Read Cat Traps Wednesday Dec. 14: Read Christ Light God Gives the 10 Commandments Math Facts Thursday Dec. 15: Christmas Service Song: Silent Night, v. 2 Silent night, holy night!
Shepherd quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing, Alleluia! Christ the Savior is born. Christ the Savior is born

Spelling Test ( bath, math, path, that, thick, thin, this, with Bonus: the, then)

Important Notes

Please turn in Field Trip Permission form and payment! I need them by

Tuesday, December 13th. Thank you for your speedy delivery of these!

Our Class Christmas party will be December 15th from 2:15-3:00. You are welcome to come celebrate with us! The students will be exchanging gifts. Girls bring a girl present, and boys bring a boy present. Please keep your purchases $10 and under. As for treats, I will have a sign-up sheet posted on my door. You can bring party gifts and food items anytime this week.

Saturday, December 17th are our Christmas Services. Your child gets to participate in both services 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. Please bring your child to the first grade classroom between 5:00 and 5:15. We will
sit as a class for the service in the upper right and middle section of the church. In between services, the students will come back to the classroom for a break and snack. Enjoy the Christmas story told by your children! If you have any questions, let me know.

Upcoming Events

Dec. 13 Field Trip form and payment due Dec. 13- Boston Market Fundraiser 4 p.m. to close Dec 15 Advent service 7:15 Dec. 17 Childrens Christmas Program 5:30 and 7:00 Dec. 18 and 19 Live Nativity continuous showings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Candle-light Services Traditional: 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Contemporary: 9:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m Dec. 25 Christmas Day Service at 9:30 a.m.

Jesus Give Away I want to wish you all a wonderful Christ-filled Christmas!
What an amazing miracle we find in our Saviorhis birth by the Holy Spirit, his humility, and his undeserved love for us. One word that might capture this miracle is grace (underserved love) We hear God say, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 Picture Jesus, a gift of undeserved love, in the manger. He was perfect, yet in the form of a helpless newborn and suddenly you see that it is trueJesus is all I need. May He fill you with His grace this Christmas. Miss Luehring

Christmas Service Recitations 2011

Luke 2:4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

Away in the Manger (K-2)

v. 1 (1-2) Away in the manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the bright sky lookdown where he lay The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. v. 3 (K-2) Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask You to say Close by me forever and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in your tender care, And take us to heaven to live with you there.

Silent Night (K-8)

v. 2 (1, 3, 5, 7) Silent night, holy night! Shepherd quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing, Alleluia! Christ the Savior is born Christ the Savior is born v. 3 (K-8 and congregation) Silent night, holy night Son of God, Loves pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus Lord at thy birth Jesus Lord at thy birth

From Heaven Above to Earth I Come

v. 9 (K-2) Ah, Lord, though you created all, How week you are, so poor and small, That you should choose to lay your head Where lowly cattle lately fed!