HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of you mommas out there!! I hope you have had a wonderful day celebrating YOU and all that you do!!!
I did not create a big newsletter this weekend because last week with our half day schedule we did not do a lot of new things. The children were very excited and just did not have their full focus on school work which was understandable.
This week though we will be back int he groove of learning. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!
Erin
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Good Morning All:
Psalm 95:1-2 (The Message)
Come, let's shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us! Let's march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns!
On Friday, 3rd and 4th "raised the roof" in our small group chapel where we just sing praise to God. It was such a blessing. Ask your child about it. We were all feeling a bit tired and weary on Friday morning but then we went into the chapel and we just sang our hearts out to our Lord and WOW was it amazing. It gave me goosebumps hearing the praise and worship. When we went back to the classroom, many of the kids mentioned how much better they felt and that they just felt God there with us. I could not agree with them more.
Your children are so insightful and such precious gifts (which I know you already knew that) but I am reminded of that everyday. They have Jesus in their hearts and he has such a presence in their lives and it shows daily. It is so exciting to be a part of that--thank you.
I have updated the classroom newsletter. With next week being tulip time, I have decided to not send home new word work words on Monday. I know that many of us will be very busy and tired after taking in those events.
On Monday, I will be sending a note home about the logistics of tulip time along with a parade line up so you know where to position yourself for pictures as we walk by.
On Wednesday, please note that the dismissal time will be 11:30.
Psalm 95:1-2 (The Message)
Come, let's shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us! Let's march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns!
On Friday, 3rd and 4th "raised the roof" in our small group chapel where we just sing praise to God. It was such a blessing. Ask your child about it. We were all feeling a bit tired and weary on Friday morning but then we went into the chapel and we just sang our hearts out to our Lord and WOW was it amazing. It gave me goosebumps hearing the praise and worship. When we went back to the classroom, many of the kids mentioned how much better they felt and that they just felt God there with us. I could not agree with them more.
Your children are so insightful and such precious gifts (which I know you already knew that) but I am reminded of that everyday. They have Jesus in their hearts and he has such a presence in their lives and it shows daily. It is so exciting to be a part of that--thank you.
I have updated the classroom newsletter. With next week being tulip time, I have decided to not send home new word work words on Monday. I know that many of us will be very busy and tired after taking in those events.
On Monday, I will be sending a note home about the logistics of tulip time along with a parade line up so you know where to position yourself for pictures as we walk by.
On Wednesday, please note that the dismissal time will be 11:30.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Good Evening All:
What a beautiful weekend it was!! I hope that you all were able to go out and enjoy the wonderful weather.
This update is coming a bit later than what I usually send out, but we were out of town this weekend spending time at a soccer tournament that both of my daughters played in.
I have updated the classroom newsletter.
A verse that reoccurred to me this week was:
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: REJOICE!
What a beautiful weekend it was!! I hope that you all were able to go out and enjoy the wonderful weather.
This update is coming a bit later than what I usually send out, but we were out of town this weekend spending time at a soccer tournament that both of my daughters played in.
I have updated the classroom newsletter.
A verse that reoccurred to me this week was:
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: REJOICE!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Good Evening Friends:
This has been a wonderfully crazy weekend at the Wyma house this weekend. We took in several St. Patrick's Day events which I culminated with making a special Irish dinner to celebrate my family's heritage.
What can I say--there was A LOT of GREEN this weekend. The Spartans win over U of M has my family a little sad tonight but as a wise person once said----you can only get green by adding some blue and yellow!!!
Seriously...congrats to MICHIGAN STATE on becoming the Big 10 Champions!! I love it when ANY local team wins--it is exciting!!!
Happy MONDAY eve!!
This has been a wonderfully crazy weekend at the Wyma house this weekend. We took in several St. Patrick's Day events which I culminated with making a special Irish dinner to celebrate my family's heritage.
What can I say--there was A LOT of GREEN this weekend. The Spartans win over U of M has my family a little sad tonight but as a wise person once said----you can only get green by adding some blue and yellow!!!
Seriously...congrats to MICHIGAN STATE on becoming the Big 10 Champions!! I love it when ANY local team wins--it is exciting!!!
Happy MONDAY eve!!
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Good Afternoon!
What a beautiful Sunday. It is just amazing how seeing some sunshine can make us feel so wonderful inside.
Your children did a wonderful job with their nonfiction projects. If you are having trouble viewing them, please send a note or email me and I will try to resend them to you. I can also show them to you at conferences in a few weeks.
BIBLE MEMORY:
I have had a few parents ask me about this so I though that I better clarify. I am not requiring our child to memorize every bible memory sent home. Some of them are very long and are causing some great anxiety for some students. As parents, you can decide to have your child memorize them or not. I am asking that if your child chooses to not memorize the verse then they need to sit down with a parent and read it together and then talk about what it means in their life. Then, jot me a note letting me know that you and your child did that and send it back to school for me to record.
Thank you!! Erin
I am not sure if I attached this to my previous blog so here it is again- from the music teacher.
A Music Note
Our hymn for the month of February has been We Praise You, O God. The tune to this song was originally a patriotic Dutch song written in the 16th Century. The words were translated into English in 1917 and known today as the Thanksgiving hymn We Gather Together. Using the original melody, Julia C. Cory wrote new words to this tune which is our hymn of the month. This is our sixth hymn of the month that contains the words “praise” or “bless” as a way to worship God inspired by our theme verse of Psalm 103:1.
Third Grade - Due to a special assembly and all the snow days, we were unable to begin recorders as planned. We will hit the ground running with recorders at the beginning of March. In the couple of lessons we did have this month, we continued to learn about musical form. We learned that when we can understand how music is organized, it is easier to learn to play it. For example, Hot Cross Buns has two short parts or phrases to it. If you learn both parts you can put the song together quite easily.
What a beautiful Sunday. It is just amazing how seeing some sunshine can make us feel so wonderful inside.
Your children did a wonderful job with their nonfiction projects. If you are having trouble viewing them, please send a note or email me and I will try to resend them to you. I can also show them to you at conferences in a few weeks.
BIBLE MEMORY:
I have had a few parents ask me about this so I though that I better clarify. I am not requiring our child to memorize every bible memory sent home. Some of them are very long and are causing some great anxiety for some students. As parents, you can decide to have your child memorize them or not. I am asking that if your child chooses to not memorize the verse then they need to sit down with a parent and read it together and then talk about what it means in their life. Then, jot me a note letting me know that you and your child did that and send it back to school for me to record.
Thank you!! Erin
I am not sure if I attached this to my previous blog so here it is again- from the music teacher.
A Music Note
Our hymn for the month of February has been We Praise You, O God. The tune to this song was originally a patriotic Dutch song written in the 16th Century. The words were translated into English in 1917 and known today as the Thanksgiving hymn We Gather Together. Using the original melody, Julia C. Cory wrote new words to this tune which is our hymn of the month. This is our sixth hymn of the month that contains the words “praise” or “bless” as a way to worship God inspired by our theme verse of Psalm 103:1.
Third Grade - Due to a special assembly and all the snow days, we were unable to begin recorders as planned. We will hit the ground running with recorders at the beginning of March. In the couple of lessons we did have this month, we continued to learn about musical form. We learned that when we can understand how music is organized, it is easier to learn to play it. For example, Hot Cross Buns has two short parts or phrases to it. If you learn both parts you can put the song together quite easily.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
GOOD MORNING!!
I don't know about you all, but I am ready to enjoy the SPRING season of God's creation. Hopefully we will not have any other snow days so we can really get back into the groove!!
Unfortunately, last week I came down with the stomach bug that has been going around our classroom and I was at home sick for two days. Your students however did such an amazing job with being respectful to the guest teachers that they had. I will be bringing them a special treat on Monday for their efforts as it can be very hard for them when their routine has been broken. THEY ROCKED!!!
They also made me some of the sweetest GET WELL cards ever. They have such tender hearts!! You have done such a great job as parents raising them up with empathy--that brings such glory to the LORD.
Hopefully this next week we can really dig into our reading and writing projects, start to conquer subtraction and get some BIG TIME science in.
Have a wonderful weekend enjoying your family!
Erin
I don't know about you all, but I am ready to enjoy the SPRING season of God's creation. Hopefully we will not have any other snow days so we can really get back into the groove!!
Unfortunately, last week I came down with the stomach bug that has been going around our classroom and I was at home sick for two days. Your students however did such an amazing job with being respectful to the guest teachers that they had. I will be bringing them a special treat on Monday for their efforts as it can be very hard for them when their routine has been broken. THEY ROCKED!!!
They also made me some of the sweetest GET WELL cards ever. They have such tender hearts!! You have done such a great job as parents raising them up with empathy--that brings such glory to the LORD.
Hopefully this next week we can really dig into our reading and writing projects, start to conquer subtraction and get some BIG TIME science in.
Have a wonderful weekend enjoying your family!
Erin
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Wow!! This weekend went by very quickly. It was filled with exciting sporting events. My family and I went to the TWO HEARTS, ONE CAUSE basketball game against Hamilton which was wonderful to see as so many people came out to support the fight against cancer.
Then on Saturday we had such an amazing game against Holland Public. My hearts was beating so hard that when the game was finally over, I felt like I had run a marathon. Sorry to Jon and Jacob as they sat right in front of me and they had to listen to all my cheering in their ears.
This week is Valentine's. We will be focusing on LOVE!!! Gods love for us as well as our love for others.
Please have your child bring in their filled out Valentines by Friday morning because we will be passing them out that morning and then opening them in the afternoon.
Also, here is the link to sign up to bring something in for our sundae bar--we still have some slots left.
w.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ACAB29A4F85-valentines
Here are some pictures of our field trip to DeGraaf-thank you to Jackson's, Sophia's and Stella's mom for helping out.
We had to put all 3 3rd grades together and then split them up into two groups so you might see some other students in these pictures as well.
SCIENCE LESSON
Taking rocks apart to get to
the minerals.
Then on Saturday we had such an amazing game against Holland Public. My hearts was beating so hard that when the game was finally over, I felt like I had run a marathon. Sorry to Jon and Jacob as they sat right in front of me and they had to listen to all my cheering in their ears.
This week is Valentine's. We will be focusing on LOVE!!! Gods love for us as well as our love for others.
Please have your child bring in their filled out Valentines by Friday morning because we will be passing them out that morning and then opening them in the afternoon.
Also, here is the link to sign up to bring something in for our sundae bar--we still have some slots left.
w.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ACAB29A4F85-valentines
Here are some pictures of our field trip to DeGraaf-thank you to Jackson's, Sophia's and Stella's mom for helping out.
We had to put all 3 3rd grades together and then split them up into two groups so you might see some other students in these pictures as well.
Taking rocks apart to get to
the minerals.
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