Beautiful Monday

What a beautiful fall Monday!  The students had a gorgeous backdrop for a class picture.

Today was the first day of the second quarter.  We have now switched from history to science for this quarter. We started off our talk with different types of energy and talking about gravity. Ask your student what kind of experiments we did and what they learned. Here is the video that we watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhkQTQxm4w

In writing we talked about the importance of transitions.  This is a fun video to teach and help them remember to use TRANSITIONS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzhD9-ajrm4

This morning in worship we also talked about our WHY. Why do we do what we do? Ask your student why they come to school and then talk to them about why you go to work.  Here is what I told the students: Mrs. Velbis is a teacher so that she can encourage curiosity, a thirst for knowledge, and strong character and life skills, while also prayerfully reflecting the love of Jesus to young people. Your WHY provides you with clarity, meaning and direction.

Bible verses for this week:

1^st & 2^nd graders

“Then God said, “Let the earth be filled with animals. And let each produce more of its own kind. Let there be tame animals and small crawling animals and wild animals.” Genesis 1:24

5^th – 7^th graders

“For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.” Colossians 2:9-10

Our quote for today is from Simon Sinek, author of  Start With Why, “You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.”