Word Families, Indians, Tortillas, & Committment

What a great week we had!!!!

The Kinder class worked on word families!

Ms. Shelley's class had a real Indian as a guest speaker.

She brought BEAUTIFUL items with amazing bead work!

Ms. Maggi's class has been busy with many things...

but one of those is putting together a pumpkin puzzle!

Our friend, Ms. Shannon, taught us about wheat!

We made tortillas in a bag!

SO SUPER YUMMY!!!

This week's Power Up was about committment!

We sang songs....

And played a game about come--mitt-mint!

They had to race to pick up mints with oven mitts!!!

We learned that Jesus and John the Baptist were cousins...

and that Jesus was committed to God's plan.

John the Baptist baptized Jesus!

We learned that when we commit to something, it's similar to a promise.

We commit to feed our pet, do our chores, or do our best in school.

We also commit to live a life that pleases God.

We've had another AWESOME week at JCA!!!

Veterans, Tasty Treats, Measuring, & Ethnic Foods

One more AMAZING week at JCA!

MANY things going on!!!

Five veterans visited us on Veterans' Day!

One of them had served in the army, and five of them served in the Marines.

One of them was a sniper and one of them operated a gun while riding on

the side of a helicopter!

LOTS of good questions from the kids.

We said the pledge and then had a word of prayer.

They explained what each fold meant when folding up a flag into a triangle.

The folded flag is then presented to a fallen soldier's family at the funeral.

We learned so much about the flag and how we need to respect it.

We also learned about "retired" flags and how they are disposed of ...

respectfully!

Next, Ms. Shelley invited our friend, Shannon, to give a presentation

on seeds, stems, leaves, & roots and some of the foods we eat!

There were oranges....

snow peas.....

carrots, radishes, lettuce, celery, & asparagus!

Then everyone was allowed to TASTE!

YUMMY!!!

Ms. Michelle's class worked on measurement and magnetism!

Must have been the week of letter "M"!

Each student was measured.....

Then, they worked on magnetism.....

Performing an experiment to see what objects are actually

MAGNETIZED!

They ALL know!!!

Ms. Maggi's class has had quite a bit of food experimenting going on!

This picture is actually from pumpkin week....

They made and ate pumpkin soup!

This week the 4th and 5th graders brought ethnic food!

There was food from Germany & China.....

France & others!!!!

What a great experience to taste foods from other countries!

AWESOME week!!!!

Thanksgiving Feast is just around the corner!

Book Fair, Brandin', H is for Horse, & Power Up!

What an INCREDIBLE week at JCA!

We had a FIRST EVER Scholastic Book Fair!!

Ms. Paula organized it all for us!

We had a GRAND day.... the students

invited someone GRAND in their life to come join them for a pizza lunch

and then ..... SHOP!!!!

Over $1000 in Scholastic Books was raised for our JCA LIBRARY!

Simply AMAZING!

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Plus.......you all wound up with some AWESOME Christmas gifts!

A VERY EXCITING DAY!

It was BRANDING DAY at JCA!

Pastor Ty, Clay & Cigi branded Ty's calves!

The kids had a bird's eye view of what exactly happens when

it's time to brand......

Cigi roped and drug the calves to the "fire"......

Clay held them while Ty branded, vaccinated, castrated, and wormed them...

(LOTS of science-type things to talk about there!!!)

I would say that this kind of thing doesn't happen at

EVERY school in Lea County!

H is for Horse!!!

This week the Kinder class learned and practiced the letter H!

Then.......they went to the barn!!

All the kids got to brush and RIDE a horse!

(The batteries on our camera died...so sorry!)

Another thing that doesn't happen at every school...

Only JCA!!!

We have POWER UP every Friday morning....

This week we learned how God's word

stands FOREVER!!!

We played a game called Infinity & Beyond...

Like the figure 8 has no beginning nor end...

God's word will never end or go away!!!

The grass may wither and the flower may fade...

but God's word will stand forever! Is. 40:8

SUPER WEEK!!!!