3rd & 4th Grade Class

"Growing Fruit of the Spirit" - We began our school year by talking about the fruit of the Spirit, and how these fruits would be shown in our actions. We discussed several examples. I placed some green and red paper apples where the students had access to them. At nearly any time of the day, a child can go over and retrieve an apple. On that apple, he or she writes how he/she saw another classmate display the “Fruit of the Spirit”

"Fun With English" - “What is Chronological order?” This was the beginning of a fun, practical application of English. All items for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich were there on the desk. “I’m going to pretend I’ve never made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich before,” I said. “Now you need to help me, by telling me step-by-step what to do.” Putting their brains together, they did well until time to put the two sandwich halves together. Then came some laughs as I purposely put the wrong sides down. After a few more messy mistakes, the sandwich was assembled properly.

We then went through the same process, this time putting the steps into complete sentences, which I wrote on the board. Step-by-step we reviewed what we had done. Now it was their turn to put an experience familiar to them, on paper, in chronological order. The topic? “Brushing Your Teeth!” English can be fun.

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