Looking Ahead:
Spelling: Lesson 19 (ai)

air, train, chair, laid, fair, rain, mail, brain, paid, obtain,

Memory: The Third Commandment

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

"What is impossible with man is possible with God."   Luke 18:27

Math: Fact and written TEST on Friday 
Science: Chapter 6

New Information:
Second Grade sings at church on Sunday, January 26th at 11:00

Trivia Night is Saturday, February 8th. Have you signed up for Trivia Night yet? Get a table of 8 together for a night of fun.  If you would like to volunteer instead of take part in the trivia side of things, please let Sharon Wilmes know, they can always use the help.

Grandparents Day is Friday, March 14.  Just as a long distance reminder. It is a noon dismissal day.  Book fair will also take place that day.

Repeat Information:
100th Day Celebration will take place on Monday, January 27th. It will be a fun day full of math!

2014 National Lutheran Schools Week Dress Up Day Descriptions

January 27 – 31, 2014

Monday: P.J. Day

• Wear pajamas/sweats
• May bring one stuffed animal/pillow
• May wear slippers (bring change of shoes for outside)

Tuesday: Crazy Clash Day

• Mix it up with mismatched clothes

Wednesday: Disciples of the Future (Career day!)

• What do you want to be when you grow up?
• Jeans options

Thursday: Spirit Day

• Show your Zion spirit – Red, White, and Black
• Jeans optional

Friday: Favorite Sports Team Day

• Wear your favorite sports team apparel
• Jeans optional

Friday, Jan 31: All classes are invited to the assembly in the gym put on by the Mount Hope Show Me Jumpers.  Following the rope jumping demonstration our American Heart Association Rep will talk to our students.  

Jump Rope For Heart: Our students will get to show off their skills on Feb. 10th at 9:05-10:00. If you are able to help please contact Melinda Steinbacher.

Reflecting on our week:
Today we learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We talked about plantations, civil rights, and quilting. We read Stitchin' and Pullin', by Patricia McKissack.  Stitchin' and Pullin' is a book about a rural community in Alabama called Gee's Bend. It is a story of how slaves became landowners. The women of Gee's Bend passed down the art of quilting from generation to generation. Eventually Sears ordered quilts and pulled the community out of poverty.

 After our story we had the privilege of listening to a family friend of Charlie Masa's, Sara Ruprecht. Sara brought in many quilt samples to show the children and we compared old quilting tools to the tools used today. Students had the opportunity to make their own square. We are making a friendship quilt out of the squares that will be put in the school auction!

 We had many different centers to help learn and experience fabric and quilting techniques.
We had a search and find center. The students were given a sheet of many different types of designs that were used in the underground railroad; they had to see how many of them they could find on our display wall.

 Students were able to piece a pinwheel quilt together.

 We got to practice sewing on a sewing machine.

 We looked closely at an ISPY quilt.

 We picked out colors for our square...

 and we decided how we wanted them to go together.