Books for the Auction:
Thank you for the wonderful response to the need for books for our Sip, Savor, and Support auction item! If you are still wanting to contribute books, we will be putting the bag together this Friday, so you have the rest of the week to do that! We are including any children's book, so whatever you can donate would be appreciated. :)
Book Orders:
March book orders went home with your child yesterday. I will be submitting the order on March 14 right after school. Happy spring book shopping!
Sip, Savor, and Support:
We would love to have you join us at our Bethlehem Lutheran Scholarship Endowment Fund (BLSEF) Sip, Savor, and Support event! You can purchase your tickets at the BLS office or at the S3 table between Sunday services at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Ticket prices are $55 each. ($60 at the door.) This year’s event will be held on Saturday, March 25, at 6pm at the Columbia Center Red Lion. Join us for Dinner, Wine Tasting, Silent & Live Auction, Dancing, and Fun in support of financial aid for BLS families in need.
Telling Time Activity
We are working on telling time, and it can be a bit tricky! The second graders are doing well, but telling time takes repetition and practice. So, for the rest of the week, if the students want to use the Telling Time activity on the Math Connects link, that can count as their flash cards.
How to get there:
~Click the "Math Connects 2nd Grade" link to the left of the blog
~Choose chapter 8, lesson 6
~Scroll down to "Activities" and click on "Telling Time"
How to get there:
~Click the "Math Connects 2nd Grade" link to the left of the blog
~Choose chapter 8, lesson 6
~Scroll down to "Activities" and click on "Telling Time"
Grand-Friends Day
Friday, March 3 is Grand-Friends Day at Bethlehem! We are inviting all grandparents and special friends to come and spend the morning with your student(s), starting at 8:30 AM. Students are dismissed at 11:15 AM so they can enjoy more time with their grand-friends (and maybe even go out to a fun lunch)!
All students will need to be accompanied by an adult that day. If you know of someone who would be interested in serving as a surrogate grand-friend, let Mrs. Jameson know. The school number is 582-5624.
All students will need to be accompanied by an adult that day. If you know of someone who would be interested in serving as a surrogate grand-friend, let Mrs. Jameson know. The school number is 582-5624.
Water on Wheels
We have an exciting thing starting this week! The Benton Franklin Conservation District provides a program to schools called Water on Wheels. In this program, a traveling teacher comes to the classroom and provides a science lesson. We get the opportunity for three of these lessons, and the first one is this week! This Thursday we will be learning about Soil Magic. I'm excited to see the students experience this lesson!
Valentine's Day Party
Valentine's Day Party:
Our Valentine's Day party is coming up next Tuesday (February 14)! Students are welcome to bring valentines (as long as they bring one for each student). A note went home last week with more information, as well as a class list. Look for a class list in your e-mail, as well!
LEST Preview Assembly:
LEST (Lutheran Elementary Schools Tournament) is coming up! It takes place in Portland, OR and consists of students from 5-8 grades from all over the northwest! The tournament includes many different things, including: vocal and instrumental music, basketball, math, science, spelling, art, writing, and more! Our 5-8 graders have been working very hard over the last few months in order to compete. We will be having a preview assembly on Tuesday, February 14 to highlight some of the things they have been doing. There will also be some performances during our chapel time on Wednesday, February 15. A schedule went out in the Newslice last week, so check it out! We hope you can come see our talented students!
Our Valentine's Day party is coming up next Tuesday (February 14)! Students are welcome to bring valentines (as long as they bring one for each student). A note went home last week with more information, as well as a class list. Look for a class list in your e-mail, as well!
LEST Preview Assembly:
LEST (Lutheran Elementary Schools Tournament) is coming up! It takes place in Portland, OR and consists of students from 5-8 grades from all over the northwest! The tournament includes many different things, including: vocal and instrumental music, basketball, math, science, spelling, art, writing, and more! Our 5-8 graders have been working very hard over the last few months in order to compete. We will be having a preview assembly on Tuesday, February 14 to highlight some of the things they have been doing. There will also be some performances during our chapel time on Wednesday, February 15. A schedule went out in the Newslice last week, so check it out! We hope you can come see our talented students!
Theodore Roosevelt
In reading, 2nd grade has been reading a book about President Teddy Roosevelt. Today we read about some of the great things that President Roosevelt did as president. We learned about his passion for nature and conservation, as well as his efforts in building the Panama Canal. We looked at some maps to help the students understand why it is so important, and we watched a couple of videos to help the students see how it works. Here are the videos we watched:
Panama Canal: How It Works
Panama Canal: Timelapse Video of a Trip Across It
One of the pictures in the book also showed President Roosevelt next to a giant Sequoia tree in California. The kids couldn't wrap their brains around how big the tree was (can any of us, really?), so I looked up an image to help them understand it better. They were amazed at how tiny humans look compared to the tree!
Panama Canal: How It Works
Panama Canal: Timelapse Video of a Trip Across It
One of the pictures in the book also showed President Roosevelt next to a giant Sequoia tree in California. The kids couldn't wrap their brains around how big the tree was (can any of us, really?), so I looked up an image to help them understand it better. They were amazed at how tiny humans look compared to the tree!
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About Mrs. Picker
Mrs. Rebekah Picker grew up just across the river in Hermiston, Oregon. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Concordia University in Portland, Oregon with a degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education with a minor in Professional Church Work. In May of 2014, Rebekah received her Master of Education degree from Heritage University. This is her seventh year at Bethlehem. Rebekah is married to David, who works as a sales representative in the Tri-Cities area. She also has a daughter and a son on the way (due in September). Fun fact: Rebekah is a mirror-image twin, meaning that she is right-handed and her identical twin is left-handed.