President's Day

I asked my students if it would be hard or easy to be the president. Here is what they said:

"It would be easy to decide if the laws are good or bad. It would be hard to fight the French and the Indians. (?) It would be hard to decide how long bad guys should stay in jail." -Ella

"If I were president it would be easy because the war is going to have two years off." -Alex (Would that be the French and Indian war that Ella referred to?)

"It would be hard to be the president because making everybody believe in Jesus would be so hard! And making everyone pray to Jesus!" -Bailey (Hard, and illegal)

"Being president would be hard for me. I would be a little bit shy and I am too young to be president. I would miss my Mom and Dad a lot." -Anna (Good point)

More to come! Next week: Letters to Mr. President

The Star Spangled Banner

This week we have been studying patriotic symbols. In her journal, Emerson wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner, or the Star Stangle Banner:

"ho say can you see by donserly light
what so proudly we hailed
that our flag was still there
oh say does that stars stangle better get well
for the land of the brave and the home of the brave"

I think she got the general idea.

What is Valentine's Day about?

"Valentine's day is about love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and chocolate hearts." -Ella

Chocolate hearts replace self-control.

Sounds pretty accurate.

Gifts for Jesus

The wise men brought gifts to Jesus. I asked my students to write in their journals what gifts they would bring to Jesus. Some said gold, some said "frankinsins" and others had some pretty insightful answers...

"I would bring him Love, Joy, pess, pashins, kiniss, goodnis, fafilnis, jintlnis and sawfckonchool and my hart and my soll and my miynd and all of my schranth and all of the things that i can give him to day and tomoroe and the next day and the next day and the next day and the..." (I think you can see where this is going)

"I would bring to Jesus my hort and my soule and my offering for him. I love Jesus my savere!"

"I wold bring to Jesus my hart so He can take all the sin. And take my life when I die and let it be His."

Isn't that beautiful?

"Did you know...

...that even grown ups and girls can do karate?"

Sometimes I think I should devote an entire blog to Zach.

a Christmas Eve love story

Once opon a time their was a princess named maria and a prince named justin beber. it was true love. it was teh night before christmass and they snugled together.

by Emerson

1st Grade Prayer Group

My students amaze me. I overheard them talking the other day. Rachel said, "Let's pray about that at recess." I asked them to tell me more, and it turns out they've been praying at recess every day after lunch. I asked Joshua what they pray about. "Our sins. Also, our dogs, and anyone who is sick." So sweet.