Today in religeon class we talked about Matthew 18:1-14.  We disussed how God loves everyone, even the little children.  God said that we are all like children and that he loves us all.  we talked about times when kids can be naughty, or dirty, or messy, but God loves them anyway.  We went on to talk about what Christ said in verses 6-7 about stumbling, we talked about ways that we could lift up our neighbor and help them instead of letting them fall to sin.  Christ said whoever welocomes one child in his name welcomes him, the class thought of ways we could help a friend in need, and we discussed why that was serving Jesus. 

This is a great story, and I'm sure your student will be excited to share it with you at home too. 

11/27/12

Example of a daily post:

Today in class we talked about the story of Jonah.  Here is a link to the story in case any of you want to go over it again with your scholar at home as well (http://www.dltk-bible.com/cv/jonah_and_the_whale.htm).  We talked about how God loves everyone, and that he doesn't like to destroy people who are doing things bad, God would rather see us turn from our bad ways and do good again.  For English the students wrote in their journals about a time they learned a lesson similar to Jonah's about trusting God's plan.  

upcoming things:

Memory Due: Tomorrow (11/28)
Spelling Test: Friday (11/30)

Welome

Here I would send out information to the parent's about the beginning of the school year and all to expect for the upcoming year.  I would be able to post daily assignments, what happened in school that day and other information parents may need to see.  What I love about a teacher/classroom blog is that if I am teaching younger group of students that it gives me a way to communicate with parents without having to send home emails or make phone calls, if a student missed class I can post assignments give a rundown of what happened or even upload permission slips, work sheets, newsletters, classroom photos etc.  The possibilities are endless.  Also, blogging gives parents the ability to respond to posts ask questions and collaborate as well. I would want to be able to create a friendly welcoming classroom environment and be able to transfer that to the blog as well, so that parents who may not be able to participate in the classroom would also have to opportunity to still be involved and help out through the daily posts on the blog.