Grandparents Day

Enjoy these pictures of our classmates who stopped by the art station in our classroom! It was so great to meet so many special friends and family members.

Thank you Veterans!

To learn about Veterans Day, Mr. Schafer, Greta’s dad, came in to our classroom for a presentation. As a Navy vet, he covered the branches of the military and told us about his time in the Navy, including his training, what life is like on a submarine, and where he went on his tours. We are so grateful for all our service men and women, and appreciated getting a firsthand account of life in the service! Thank you Veterans!

Prairie Animals

After learning about 9 of the most common prairie animals, including their animal group, what they eat (and even getting to act that out!), and their unique features or talents, we each wrote a riddle to describe our favorite prairie animal. To reveal the answer, we created the animal with various art supplies which showcased the unique adaptations God created them with! Our prairie is now complete!

Nouns

To practice using and identifying nouns, each student made their own teaching poster. They had to define what a noun is, and give a non-example, an example from the Bible, and an example of their choice.

Apple tasting and graphing

In Math we practiced identifying fractional pieces as we split an apple into halves, fourths, and eighths. We practiced comparing the sizes of these fractional parts too. Next, we enjoyed tasting a piece of red, yellow, and green apple. Finally, we got to graph our favorite kind of apple!

Happy Reformation Day

After learning about Martin Luther’s life, the events of the Reformation, and how that effects the Gospel we get to hear preached, we celebrated Reformation Day by making hammer snacks and watching “Echoes of the Hammer”, our elementary musical from 2 years ago which told the story of Martin Luther and the Reformation. We challenged ourselves to break apart Reese’s cups (to remind us of the 95 Theses) and put the peanut butter piece on a pretzel stick (to remind us of John Tetzel) to create a hammer so Martin can nail the 95 Theses to the church door. We determined our hammers were tastier than his!

Prairie Plants

After learning about several common prairie plants and how God made each one unique, students chose which was their favorite and got to create it with various art supplies. This allowed them to show the unique features with a variety of textures. Stop in and check out our classroom prairie!

Green Earth Institute

Despite a cold and wet day, we enjoyed our time exploring God’s creation at the Green Earth Institute! We first looked at seeds in the foods that we eat, then in different plants. We looked at the different methods of seed dispersal and even acted them out. We tested our knowledge in a seed dispersal relay game and then explored the prairie to see common plants and identify their seeds. At the end we got to make seed balls to plant at our own houses!

Chaplain Military Project

This year our chapel offerings are going to support the Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne’s Military Project., a group who provides support to military chaplains. We learned about the organization and what chaplains do through a presentation from Mrs. Dunwell. We also saw that our offerings help to buy them Bible verse pocket cards, hymnals, catechisms, hymn accompaniment CDs, wooden crosses, and other fun things to help the chaplains support our troops.

Magic Square

We started practicing words with the long ‘e’ vowel team of -ea. One of the ways we did this was through a Magic Square activity.

Family Fact Family Portraits

In Math we introduced fact family relationships. Each student had a number and then had to find their other family members by matching the colors of their numbers. Once in their family, they had to draw their “house” and write their 4 number sentences. Then they were ready for their family photo!

Season Detectives

In Science we solved the mystery of “Why do trees grow so tall?” We watched a time lapse video of a forest and became season detectives. We looked for sight and sound clues to determine which season it was. We then recorded our observations on a group chart.