Top O' The Morning!

A Happy St. Patrick's Eve to you! I pray that you have been enjoying your weekend!  I was fortunate enough to be able to visit my family in Ft. Wayne this weekend!  I had the opportunity to see my niece and nephew in the musical "Rescue in the Night" based on the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den.  It always warms my heart when I'm able to see their faith and knowledge in action! It was also a nice "revisit" of the musical when we did it with our 2nd & 3rd graders here at Our Shepherd.

The Second Grade Standard

Our Shepherd Lutheran School

Friday, March 14, 2014

Food Bank Easter Baskets … Carol’s Cupboard, the Our Shepherd Food Bank, is collecting items to fill Easter baskets for families in need.  Things like small toys, candy (individually wrapped), coloring books, crayons, markers are all items that can be used to fill these baskets.  If you would like to help our food bank in this way, please send them in with your children.  Our offerings for this month will also be used to purchase items for these baskets.  Thanks for your generosity during this time!

Spelling … Due to Iowa testing, we will not have a Spelling Test this week.

Iowa Tests … Just a reminder that we will be taking Iowa tests this week.  Since the majority of our tests are given and paced orally, it’s imperative that each child be at school each day!  While it is understandable that illnesses will arise, please be mindful of our testing this week and be sure that students come to with enough time to prepare for the day.

Theme Dress Monday! … In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, students are allowed to wear a green shirt with jeans or khakis on Monday.

Paper Airplanes … Just a reminder that each child’s paper airplanes are due in class on Monday, March 17^th.  We will be working on our Science Fair project all week!

Memory Work Assignment … This past week, the majority of students struggled to recite The Ninth Commandment.  I was very disappointed as student after student required more than the 3 “helps” that I give them.  Therefore, I have decided to make it part of our Memory Work assignment this week as well.  Please take time this week to discuss the importance of Memory Work and work with your child to make sure that they are able to recite it with minimal help from an adult.

Memory Work due Thursday, March 20, 2014:

Little children, let us not love in word or talk, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18

The Ninth Commandment You shall not covet your neighbor's house. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor's inheritance or house, or get it in a way which only appears right, but help and be of service to him in keeping it.

The Tenth Commandment You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.  What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not entice or force away our neighbor's wife, workers, or animals, or turn them against him, bur urge them to stay and do their duty.