LIFE IN CHRIST
2ND Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
St. John's Lutheran School provides quality Christ centered education for the congregation and community to make and equip disciples of Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

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NOTES: All the activities mentioned in these posts are not required. I do encourage them, though.

Week of March 23

RELIGION: I am requesting quite a lot of reading in a short amount of time for Religion class because if you stay on the following schedule then you should be learning about Holy Week during Holy Week and Easter at Easter.
Book 6 Miracles of Jesus
March 23 Lesson 48 p. 15-16 "Jesus Heals a Blind Man"
Book 7 Jesus' Ministry
Book 7 Review worksheet and Less. 41 and 45 sticker activity sheets
March 24 Lesson 49 p. 1-2 "The Miraculous Catch of Fish"
March 25 Lesson 50 p. 3-4 "The Good Samaritan"
March 26 Lesson 51 p. 5-6 "Jesus at the Home of Mary and Martha"
March 27 Lesson 52 P. 7-8 "The Widow's Mite"
March 30 Lesson 53 p. 9-10 "Jesus Teaches about Prayer"
March 31 Lesson 54 p. 11-12 "the Lost Sheep"
April 1 Lesson 55 p. 13-14 "Mary Anoints Jesus"
April 2 Lesson 56 p. 15-16 "Zacchaeus"
Book 8 Salvation through Jesus
April 3 Lesson 57 P. 1-2 "Jesus Rides into Jerusalem"
April 6 Lesson 58 p. 3-4 "Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet"
April 7 Lesson 59 p. 5-6 "Jesus in Gethsemane"
April 8 Lesson 60 p. 7-8 "Peter Denies Jesus"
April 9 Lesson 61 p. 9-10 "Jesus on the Cross"
April 10 Lesson 62 p. 11-12 "Jesus Dies and Is Buried" GOOD FRIDAY
April 12 HAPPY EASTER! THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD!!
April 13 Lesson 63 p. 13-14 "Jesus Rises from the Dead"
April 14 Lesson 64 p. 15-16 "Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Thomas"

MATH - New Book / Ch. 8 Lessons 1-5 and review (There are only 5 lessons in this chapter)
p. 484-518

SCIENCE BOOK B
Read P. 3-5 and worksheets 20, 21, 22, and 23

READING - PURPLE STORYTOWN TEXTBOOK ""Let's Go Rock Collecting" p. 398-421 and poem "Pebbles" p. 425
(Whenever you see the word "millions of years" please think "many years" instead.) This story reinforces what you are learning in Science.

READING - Google search "Agatha Lee Vocab Let's Go Rock Collecting" for a powerpoint presentation on the Vocabulary.

READING - worksheet packet on "Let's Go Rock Collecting" and Vocabulary

READING WORKBOOK - P. 173, 178, 179, 181, 226 (Do not tear these pages out.)

PHONICS - Lessons 77-78-79 I can send pictures of Worksheet coding.

HANDWRITING - p. 84, 85, 86, 87 You can use the camera on your phone to scan the Digital Tutor QR code at the bottom of each page for instructions. (Do not tear these pages out.)

Week of 3/16

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid.

I encourage the students to do these academic activities while they are at home, especially the ones with an asterisk *.

*RELIGION - There are opportunities to go to church on Saturdays (5:00), Sundays (8am or 10:30am), and special Lenten services on Wednesdays (8:30am or 7pm). Also, I am sending home page numbers to read in the Religion book and a fun worksheet.
Religion Book 6
Lesson 45, p. 9-10 Jesus Feeds the Crowd - Directions for p. 10: Draw lines to connect the pictures to the words.
Lesson 46, p. 11-12 Jesus Walks on Water
Lesson 47, p. 13-14 Jesus Heals a Sick Boy
Also, if you would like, you may watch a video about the miracles of Jesus. Just Google search Animated Bible Stories-Miracles of Jesus on YouTube.

A March / St. Patrick's Day Fun Packet has gone home. This is good for a Social Studies lesson.

ART - A Leprechaun coloring/cut/paste puppet page has gone home. I will send home their crayons, glue stick, and scissors. Please make sure they come back to the classroom later.

*SPELLING - List 20
There will be no test on this list, but please do the Lesson 20 packet. Also, you can go on Spelling City on the internet to Rebekah Liefer’s lists, like you normally do!!

*PHONICS - Homework sheets for Lessons 71, 72, 76
A Phonics Parent Note is going home with each of these lessons. I tried to pick easier ones for the students to be better able to do at home. Hopefully, we will be able to do the fronts of the worksheets together on Monday, as well.

MEMORY- none

*MATH - We are scheduled to have a Ch. 7 test tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17, but this will not take place. Instead, please do the review on p. 469, 470, 471, 472.

*MATH - I don't know what these school closings will bring, but every year I schedule a visit to Buena Vista Bank to get a tour and talk about banking and money. A workbook comes with it. We always take about a week to do this in class, but sending it home seems appropriate. So please work on this fun workbook about Mandy and Randy at home!! Have fun! Also see a counting coins song on Numberock.com Counting Coins or Counting Money for kids - Coins Values Penny, Nickel, Dime and Quarter and other videos online for learning how to count money.

MATH - Go on Prodigy on your home computer like you normally do at school. There are also many other Math websites or apps to use.

*MATH FLASH CARDS
This would be a great activity for you to do over this school closing!! Unfortunately, I do not have enough cards to hand out to everyone. So, I am also sending home fact sheets. There are also math facts in the 3 ring morning binder. Please do your best to finish a lot of the 3 ring binder while you are home.

READING - AR is unable to be taken outside of school, so we will not do AR until class is back in session. In the meantime, the students are encouraged to reread the booklets from their Phonics series. Their boxes will go home. They may also go home with 2 of my book nook books if they promise to bring them back. I am sure you have books at home, as well, for your children to read. I am sending two book report forms home for extra credit.

*READING - Please read the story, "Serious Farm" beginning on p. 208 in Storytown. I have sent a packet for the children to work on. Please Google search "Agatha Lee Robust Vocabulary Serious Farm" for a powerpoint presentation of the vocabulary.

*READING - workbook - p. 162, 163, 170, 171 (These are easy ones!!)

*HANDWRITING - (Perfect timing for some review pages!!) p. 82, 83

WRITING - I am providing a paper where the students can write a story about a leprechaun. It gives you the story starter.

JOURNAL - Please feel free to write about anything you would like in your journals. Maybe you could write about your experiences at home during this Corona Virus outbreak and/or your feelings about it. Another journal idea is to tell me all your "hallway sharing time" stories that you would like me to hear. I would love to hear them!!!! Extra points go to any student who can write them in the paragraph format that we have spoken so much about!! Do you remember me encouraging you to tell me the "main idea" or "topic sentence" and then your details?





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