Mysteries and Stars

BIBLE: Learning songs and verses about the FIVE FAITH FACTS will help us prepare for presenting chapel to elementary kids on Thursday, January 31, 7:50 am -8:30 am. This week and next, we will make a booklet centering on these FAITH FACTS. Encourage your child to practice this verse: Galatians 6:4 "Each one should test her own actions. Then she can take pride in herself, without comparing herself to somebody else."

MYSTERIES to be solved in reading groups: 3 groups with me will follow Nate the Great, a boy detective as he searches for clues. The other group will search for The Cat’s Meow with Ms. McLamb. I am appreciative of her help.

MATH We are playing games with cubes, preparing to regroup in addition and subtraction. Most days, kids will have 90 seconds to accurately complete Fast Facts. Please practice these orally with your child as you walk or drive, to put them into his long term memory.

PLANETARIUM visit on Thursday, and exploring the map of Colombia in the National Park, counts for science, Spanish and social studies. Thank you to each parent who volunteered to travel with us. The van will leave ECA at 9:30 am and return by 2:15.

WORDS: This week we will practice our alphabetizing skills using DICTIONARIES. Alphabetizing to the 4th and 5th letters, identifying guide words, noting parts of speech….these are skills that the kids will use for the rest of their lives. Pray we’ll take firm steps in developing this new skill.