Christmas Servant Event

Today we went out in the neighborhood around Our Redeemer for our Christmas Servant Event.  We distributed informational packets to our school "neighbors" informing them of Christmas service times and a devotional booklet written by the staff and faculty of Our Redeemer.  Our students had a great time - their only disappointment was that no one was home at any of the houses we visited, so they weren't able to do the caroling they had planned on.

What's In A Christmas Carol?????

Enjoy a sixth grader's interpretation of a traditional Christmas carol!  Their instructions were to take the lyrics of the carol and rewrite them so that a first grader could clearly understand what the carol was about.  So, they took the more difficult words (hark, herald, reconciled, triumph, host, and proclaim) and put them into everyday language.  Now even a young child can understand what Hark The Herald Angels is all about.  Great job, kids!  

New Geography Kings and Queens have been crowned

Advent Service 2010

I am so proud of my sixth graders!
They led the entire middle school with their enthusiastic singing!

Way to go kids!

MULLING IT OVER - LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE

This week's Mulling It Over explores the concept of honesty. What does it mean to be completely honest? Is it ever okay to fudge on the truth?

MULLING IT OVER - COOPERATION

MULLING IT OVER - BAD DAY

MULLING IT OVER - MIND POWER

MULLING IT OVER - IT'S A BALANCING ACT

MULLING IT OVER - FUMBLE FINGERS

MULLING IT OVER - CROSS MY HEART

IQBAL MASIH: CHILD LABOR IN THE WORLD TODAY

This video was made after we read the book, Iqbal. It made quite an impression on us. The class wrote some "poems" to express their thoughts on the realities of child labor. The poems are pretty intense, but so is the subject. Thanks for watching!

New Geography Kings and Queens are "crowned"!

It was an exciting time as we learned more about the world around us today! Our sixth graders are getting to be pros at locating everything from Madagascar to Papua New Guinea! Here are the current top scholars! Future cartographers???

Burger Geography Queen

Burger Geography King

Bietz Geography Queen (above)

and

Bietz Geography King (below)

Can we do it???

Our classroom goal this week, is for the whole class to get 100% on the Spelling Test! We're going to work very, very hard to accomplish this goal! Check back to see our results on Friday!

Election Day 2010

As Election Day draws near, our sixth graders talk about what it all means. Only 7 more years and they'll be voting too!

Breast Cancer Awareness Day at O.R.

The whole school wore pink on Friday, October 22 in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Day!

The Reigning Geography King and Queen

Editing is happening!

Getting ready for self-portraits!

Recess in late September!

Feed My Starving Children

Today we took our first field trip of the school year to Brookfield Lutheran Church, where we participated in the "Feed My Starving Children" program. The 5th through 8th graders had the opportunity to prepare hundreds of meals for starving children around the world - something they will not soon forget!

2010-2011 Burger Kids - From serious to silly!

Fall has arrived and so has some great art!

What a change - we've gone from HOT and HUMID to COOl and CRISP! Last week we couldn't seem to get any air to flow through our classroom and this week there were times when we actually closed the windows because of the chill in the air!

We had a great week - we're on our way to Mexico in geography, learning more about IQBAL in literature, and starting our first writing project of the year. The pace has been fast and everyone is adjusting well. Great job, kids!

Here are some of our finished art projects that show what has been learned about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Now we're moving on to something a little more challenging . . . watercolor still lifes in the style of Cezanne. Come back next week to see how they turned out.