Happy Birthday for Jesus celebrations! May you enjoy family times as you wait for 2008.
Second graders read Matthew 2: 1-12, the story of the Magi, which they had almost completely memorized, in chapel on Thursday, December 14, then for parents on Friday. They sang, "We Three Kings" attempting to sound like kings themselves.
After decorating sugar cookies with our 5th grade Book Buddies, they delivered them to many ECA staff and workers. Each second grader took a ribbon-tied bag with 2 cookies inside to give to someone who could not give anything back to them. We were following the Magi's example of giving, expecting no returns.
Getting refreshed and ready to return January 9....
Mrs. Moyer
December 26, 2007
December 10, 2007
Christmas and cookies
THE CHRISTMAS STORY focuses in 2nd grade on the Magi (wisemen) who followed the star, searching for Jesus. We practice Matthew 2: 1-12 each day, and will be saying these verses on Thursday in our chapel, and on Friday during our Christmas program for you.
FRIDAY´s program will begin with pre-kinder kids through 2nd grades, then we´ll enjoy a cookie break before 3rd – 5th graders present. Students are eager to perform for you!
We will make COOKIES and decorations this week, and listen to stories like The Littlest Magi, The Christmas Miracle, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
SPELLING review will reinforce the words we have studied to continue to strengthen the foundation of English spellings and sounds. We´ll search for words with specific sounds and spellings the the books we´ve read recently, and practice words on the Word Wall.
MONEY in math helps us practice adding and subtracting by 5´s and 10´s. Chapter test will be next week.
Celebrating in this season,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
FRIDAY´s program will begin with pre-kinder kids through 2nd grades, then we´ll enjoy a cookie break before 3rd – 5th graders present. Students are eager to perform for you!
We will make COOKIES and decorations this week, and listen to stories like The Littlest Magi, The Christmas Miracle, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
SPELLING review will reinforce the words we have studied to continue to strengthen the foundation of English spellings and sounds. We´ll search for words with specific sounds and spellings the the books we´ve read recently, and practice words on the Word Wall.
MONEY in math helps us practice adding and subtracting by 5´s and 10´s. Chapter test will be next week.
Celebrating in this season,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
November 27, 2007
The Magi and the stars
THANK YOU to each parent who helped us on Pumpkin Pie Day!! We could not have done it without each of you!
MATTHEW 2: 1-12 is the story of the Magi in their search for the new KING. We´ll memorize these verses by December 19. Students are illustrating a page for each verse after we discuss its meaning.
Like the Magi, we can learn about Jesus from the STARS! We´ll study constellations, and draw the moon each night on the MOON calendar.
SPELLING words for this week: his, lonely, just, alone, about, one, much, food, balloon, five, law, led, layer, year, soft, house, path, way, as, some. Test is on Friday.
We are reading MR.PUTTER and TABBY POUR THE TEA, then writing lots of descriptive words in a teapot-shaped book, about them. Practicing capital letters, punctuation, order of words is improving our writing.
PATIENCE can grow each day as we learn to control our voices, me included! PRAY as we practice self-control.
For the sake of the kids,
Mrs. Moyer
MATTHEW 2: 1-12 is the story of the Magi in their search for the new KING. We´ll memorize these verses by December 19. Students are illustrating a page for each verse after we discuss its meaning.
Like the Magi, we can learn about Jesus from the STARS! We´ll study constellations, and draw the moon each night on the MOON calendar.
SPELLING words for this week: his, lonely, just, alone, about, one, much, food, balloon, five, law, led, layer, year, soft, house, path, way, as, some. Test is on Friday.
We are reading MR.PUTTER and TABBY POUR THE TEA, then writing lots of descriptive words in a teapot-shaped book, about them. Practicing capital letters, punctuation, order of words is improving our writing.
PATIENCE can grow each day as we learn to control our voices, me included! PRAY as we practice self-control.
For the sake of the kids,
Mrs. Moyer
November 12, 2007
PUMPKIN PIE DAY
PUMPKIN PIE DAY
On Thursday, we will weigh, measure, and cut up our pumpkin. Lessons will include math and science and cooking as we work together to turn the pumpkin into pies. Mothers who would like to help may send or bring pie pans that morning. Total cost is $1.000 per family.
On Friday, November 16, we will enjoy tasting the pies, as well as any desserts you choose to bring to our 2nd grade Thanksgiving celebration, 2:15 – 3:30 pm. We will expect you in our classroom. Thanks to Daniela’s mom for making invitations.
For tasty learning,
Glenda Moyer
On Thursday, we will weigh, measure, and cut up our pumpkin. Lessons will include math and science and cooking as we work together to turn the pumpkin into pies. Mothers who would like to help may send or bring pie pans that morning. Total cost is $1.000 per family.
On Friday, November 16, we will enjoy tasting the pies, as well as any desserts you choose to bring to our 2nd grade Thanksgiving celebration, 2:15 – 3:30 pm. We will expect you in our classroom. Thanks to Daniela’s mom for making invitations.
For tasty learning,
Glenda Moyer
November 5, 2007
Comparing communities
November 6, 2007
Dear parents,
I hope you had a safe holiday and extra family time this past long weekend!
DANIEL had confidence that God would hear and answer his prayers, especially about interpreting the king’s dream in chapter 2. Our verse is our confident statement: Hebrews 13:6 I say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?”
MISSION SPOT on Fridays is led by Mr. and Mrs. Green, for an intense 15 minutes. We have learned about sacrifices and struggles of Wm. Carey and his family as missionaries to India. I have been delighted to see the keen interest of 2nd graders. Ask your child what he or she remembers about the Carey family.
READING Squanto gives us practice in phonics, vocabulary, and writing summaries of each chapter. Your children are reading with me, and then reading cooperatively with partners. It's an exciting way to learn on USA history.Someone even noted what happened to Squanto as a reminder of what happened to Joseph in the Bible.
ICE CREAM CELEBRATION Last Friday we celebrated all the reading your children have done outside class, since August, with ice cream and lots of sweet toppings! Now we begin going around the room again, with recorded titles of books. Thanks for encouraging your child to remember to read 20 minutes each evening.
BOOK BUDDIES Fifth graders read the library books your child has chosen after library time every other week. They are encouraging examples of better readers. Ms. D. and I are pleased with positive attitudes in all students.
COMMUNITY is a group of people living near each other.. Thanks to Sam Lara’s mom, we have “ECA Community” letters labeling our map of our observations on our field trip walk, on the wall. On Wednesday, your child’s map of his or her home community is due to come to school, and we will compare. We will also inspect a native American community, like Squanto’s, to see how they lived and found food. Soon we’ll compare with the early Pilgrims’ community, too.
MATH: Using green units and cubes we’ll practice changing and exchanging ones and tens so we can add and subtract larger numbers.
SPELLING list F contains 20 words that will be on Tuesday’s homework. Test is on Friday.
COMPUTER lessons are now taught by Mr. Hicks, who is more knowledgable in correct terminology that I am! I am thankful for his help in challenging my students to practice typing and learning new procedures.
MRS. MOLINA continues to rest and recover. We pray for her often, and miss her. Thank you to Katia’s mom, Sam’s mom, Esteban’s mom for helping us in class!
For the sake of the children,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
Dear parents,
I hope you had a safe holiday and extra family time this past long weekend!
DANIEL had confidence that God would hear and answer his prayers, especially about interpreting the king’s dream in chapter 2. Our verse is our confident statement: Hebrews 13:6 I say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?”
MISSION SPOT on Fridays is led by Mr. and Mrs. Green, for an intense 15 minutes. We have learned about sacrifices and struggles of Wm. Carey and his family as missionaries to India. I have been delighted to see the keen interest of 2nd graders. Ask your child what he or she remembers about the Carey family.
READING Squanto gives us practice in phonics, vocabulary, and writing summaries of each chapter. Your children are reading with me, and then reading cooperatively with partners. It's an exciting way to learn on USA history.Someone even noted what happened to Squanto as a reminder of what happened to Joseph in the Bible.
ICE CREAM CELEBRATION Last Friday we celebrated all the reading your children have done outside class, since August, with ice cream and lots of sweet toppings! Now we begin going around the room again, with recorded titles of books. Thanks for encouraging your child to remember to read 20 minutes each evening.
BOOK BUDDIES Fifth graders read the library books your child has chosen after library time every other week. They are encouraging examples of better readers. Ms. D. and I are pleased with positive attitudes in all students.
COMMUNITY is a group of people living near each other.. Thanks to Sam Lara’s mom, we have “ECA Community” letters labeling our map of our observations on our field trip walk, on the wall. On Wednesday, your child’s map of his or her home community is due to come to school, and we will compare. We will also inspect a native American community, like Squanto’s, to see how they lived and found food. Soon we’ll compare with the early Pilgrims’ community, too.
MATH: Using green units and cubes we’ll practice changing and exchanging ones and tens so we can add and subtract larger numbers.
SPELLING list F contains 20 words that will be on Tuesday’s homework. Test is on Friday.
COMPUTER lessons are now taught by Mr. Hicks, who is more knowledgable in correct terminology that I am! I am thankful for his help in challenging my students to practice typing and learning new procedures.
MRS. MOLINA continues to rest and recover. We pray for her often, and miss her. Thank you to Katia’s mom, Sam’s mom, Esteban’s mom for helping us in class!
For the sake of the children,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
October 28, 2007
Squanto and Stanley
Dear parents,
“Today will be a test of our character as we respond to the excitement and energy of our students, and a crazy schedule, and maybe, weather!” Mrs. Afanador cautioned us during Friday’s teacher meeting. “How we adapt and react will be evidence of the difference Jesus makes.” I wonder what you saw? As I reflected the next day on the fun we had, I realized I forgot to say “THANK YOU” to YOU, the parents who came to help change clothes, watch the parade, attend chapel, participate in booths, and care for your children during lunch and afterwards. YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
BIBLE: Daniel 1 and 6 show his faithfulness to making wise decisions based on what God said, regardless of the king or lions!
MEMORY VERSE Hebrews 11:6 “Without faith it’s impossible to please God. Whoever comes to Him must believe that He is, and He rewards those who seek Him.”
US HISTORY: We continue chapter by chapter in the story of Squanto, who lived in the New World during the time Englishmen were exploring it. We identify examples of grammar, phonics, and vocabulary, and read with partners daily.
SOCIAL STUDIES : Second graders from a school in California sent a paper boy character from the book titled Flat Stanley for us to dress as an ECA student. On Wednesday we’ll take a walk around our school neighborhood, and Flat Stanley will go along. . We will send him back to CA with pictures and journal of his time at our school
We’ll make a map of the geographical community around ECA. NEXT WEEK your child’s assignment will be to draw a map of his house and community. Watch for details.
MATH: Counting by 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, and grouping by 10’s, we’ll work on problems like: How much money did we earn at our booth on Friday? How many days have we been in school since August 7?
WORDWORK: Spelling words this week include: old, bread, little, child, hot, star, cold, day, green, wall, ice, milk, long, hair, wild, shot, sea, floor, flat, land. Homework will be sentences and illustrations, alphabetical order, copying, and test sentences.
VISITORS: Our chapel speakers in the photos above were Cindy and Kelly Bourn, a mother and daughter visiting from Canada, who sang and acted out skits demonstrating ways to show love at school. Cindy, an experienced teacher, taught teachers about positive discipline. PRAY we will practice what we learned.
MRS. MOLINA successfully survived her surgery last week. She reports she is learning to take care of her body, and improving every day, with her husband’s help. PRAY for them both, as she recovers, as her kids adapt to her need to rest, and her husband seeks God’s guidance for a new job.
For the sake of the kids,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
“Today will be a test of our character as we respond to the excitement and energy of our students, and a crazy schedule, and maybe, weather!” Mrs. Afanador cautioned us during Friday’s teacher meeting. “How we adapt and react will be evidence of the difference Jesus makes.” I wonder what you saw? As I reflected the next day on the fun we had, I realized I forgot to say “THANK YOU” to YOU, the parents who came to help change clothes, watch the parade, attend chapel, participate in booths, and care for your children during lunch and afterwards. YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
BIBLE: Daniel 1 and 6 show his faithfulness to making wise decisions based on what God said, regardless of the king or lions!
MEMORY VERSE Hebrews 11:6 “Without faith it’s impossible to please God. Whoever comes to Him must believe that He is, and He rewards those who seek Him.”
US HISTORY: We continue chapter by chapter in the story of Squanto, who lived in the New World during the time Englishmen were exploring it. We identify examples of grammar, phonics, and vocabulary, and read with partners daily.
SOCIAL STUDIES : Second graders from a school in California sent a paper boy character from the book titled Flat Stanley for us to dress as an ECA student. On Wednesday we’ll take a walk around our school neighborhood, and Flat Stanley will go along. . We will send him back to CA with pictures and journal of his time at our school
We’ll make a map of the geographical community around ECA. NEXT WEEK your child’s assignment will be to draw a map of his house and community. Watch for details.
MATH: Counting by 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, and grouping by 10’s, we’ll work on problems like: How much money did we earn at our booth on Friday? How many days have we been in school since August 7?
WORDWORK: Spelling words this week include: old, bread, little, child, hot, star, cold, day, green, wall, ice, milk, long, hair, wild, shot, sea, floor, flat, land. Homework will be sentences and illustrations, alphabetical order, copying, and test sentences.
VISITORS: Our chapel speakers in the photos above were Cindy and Kelly Bourn, a mother and daughter visiting from Canada, who sang and acted out skits demonstrating ways to show love at school. Cindy, an experienced teacher, taught teachers about positive discipline. PRAY we will practice what we learned.
MRS. MOLINA successfully survived her surgery last week. She reports she is learning to take care of her body, and improving every day, with her husband’s help. PRAY for them both, as she recovers, as her kids adapt to her need to rest, and her husband seeks God’s guidance for a new job.
For the sake of the kids,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
October 22, 2007
Special Days
Dear parents and friends,
THANK YOU so much for your helpful comments and insights about your children that you gave me at Parent-Teacher conferences last week! I appreciate praying and working on your child´s training team with you, under the Master Teacher.
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER DAY is the first exciting event on Friday. Please help your child plan the character and costume to wear. Fill in the blanks on “Christian Character Day” page for clues, due on WEDNESDAY. On FRIDAY, you are welcome to join us to help kids change into their costumes at 10 am, and stay for the chapel, led by Flavio and Renee Uribe. You may pick your child up at his/her classroom at 12:10, to eat lunch together. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILD FOR THE AFTERNOON. If you can´t come, please write me a note so I can plan for him/her.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DAY begins at lunch on FRIDAY, the second exciting event! Second graders will sponsor a booth to earn money to buy a class pet. Parents and child can volunteer to be in charge to collect tickets and give out prizes. Write me in the student planner the TIME you would like to be in charge with your child, and if you can donate any CANDY--individually wrapped. I will set up the Festival booth and be in charge from 12:00 – 12:30 pm.
I need volunteers to be in charge for 30 minutes each from 12:30 -3:00
12:30 -1:00 1:00 – 1:30 1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30 2:30- 3:00 3:00 – 3: 15 cleanup
Thank you for helping your child learn responsibility this way, and contributing to our class pet fund!
BIBLE: Joshua obeyed God with his whole heart. We’ll look at what tempts us to disobey. Review Jeremiah 7: 23 AND practice
Colossians 3: 23
Whatever you do,
work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord,
not for people.
SOCIAL STUDIES and READING We will begin to read Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde R. Bulla. I plan to read one chapter each day between now and Thanksgiving break in November. We’ll study vocabulary, spelling patterns, read with partners aloud, and write sentences everyday in a Squanto notebook.
SPELLING: List E-2 includes words from Squanto:: fun, love, bad, wash, trade, robe, your, baby, wave, short, Squanto, Patuxet, wigwam, ship, wanted
Test will be on Friday.
MATH We are looking at patterns on the 100 chart, and identifying rules that describe patterns.
Thank you for helping with your prayers and presence, when you can.
For the sake of the kids,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
THANK YOU so much for your helpful comments and insights about your children that you gave me at Parent-Teacher conferences last week! I appreciate praying and working on your child´s training team with you, under the Master Teacher.
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER DAY is the first exciting event on Friday. Please help your child plan the character and costume to wear. Fill in the blanks on “Christian Character Day” page for clues, due on WEDNESDAY. On FRIDAY, you are welcome to join us to help kids change into their costumes at 10 am, and stay for the chapel, led by Flavio and Renee Uribe. You may pick your child up at his/her classroom at 12:10, to eat lunch together. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILD FOR THE AFTERNOON. If you can´t come, please write me a note so I can plan for him/her.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DAY begins at lunch on FRIDAY, the second exciting event! Second graders will sponsor a booth to earn money to buy a class pet. Parents and child can volunteer to be in charge to collect tickets and give out prizes. Write me in the student planner the TIME you would like to be in charge with your child, and if you can donate any CANDY--individually wrapped. I will set up the Festival booth and be in charge from 12:00 – 12:30 pm.
I need volunteers to be in charge for 30 minutes each from 12:30 -3:00
12:30 -1:00 1:00 – 1:30 1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30 2:30- 3:00 3:00 – 3: 15 cleanup
Thank you for helping your child learn responsibility this way, and contributing to our class pet fund!
BIBLE: Joshua obeyed God with his whole heart. We’ll look at what tempts us to disobey. Review Jeremiah 7: 23 AND practice
Colossians 3: 23
Whatever you do,
work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord,
not for people.
SOCIAL STUDIES and READING We will begin to read Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde R. Bulla. I plan to read one chapter each day between now and Thanksgiving break in November. We’ll study vocabulary, spelling patterns, read with partners aloud, and write sentences everyday in a Squanto notebook.
SPELLING: List E-2 includes words from Squanto:: fun, love, bad, wash, trade, robe, your, baby, wave, short, Squanto, Patuxet, wigwam, ship, wanted
Test will be on Friday.
MATH We are looking at patterns on the 100 chart, and identifying rules that describe patterns.
Thank you for helping with your prayers and presence, when you can.
For the sake of the kids,
Mrs. Glenda Moyer
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