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Monday, October 20, 2025

Week 9

We’re back to a normal, full week of school!  With the fall weather rolling in, I’m encouraging the students to dress in layers.  It’ll be important for them to bring a jacket each day (I suggest a waterproof jacket).  If they have gloves or hats, I recommend labeling them with their last name, as those are easy to lose.

Christian Studies:
This week in Christian Studies we’ll keep moving through the Old Testament, this time looking at the Israelites disobeying God and making a golden calf to worship (while Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the 10 commandments)!  We’ll discuss God’s forgiveness, even when we don’t deserve it.  We’ll also talk about God’s instructions for building the tabernacle.

Math:
This week in math we’ll finish our module on place value and start our next module, which focuses on different ways to show numbers, including expanded form, spelling out the name, and hundreds, tens, and ones.

Language Arts:
This week we’ll review our prior phonics concepts: 3-letter blends, schwa, and Bossy R combinations (-er, -ir, -ur).  We’ll be practicing words from these concepts throughout the week, and the spelling words for the week will come directly from our practices.

In reading we get a chance to look at a different genre: poetry.  We’ll talk about rhythm and word choice, and we’ll check our reading for understanding.

Science:
We’ll be finishing up our science unit on land and water on Earth this week.  We’ll be making a map of our models, then checking the maps of others to help the improve their map.  Then we’ll show what we have learned about land and water on Earth.

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About Mrs. Picker

Mrs. Rebekah Picker grew up just across the river in Hermiston, Oregon. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Concordia University in Portland, Oregon in 2010 with a degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education with a minor in Professional Church Work. In May of 2014, Rebekah received her Master of Education degree from Heritage University. She started at Bethlehem in 2010. Rebekah is married to David, who works as a sales manager in the Tri-Cities area. She also has two daughters and a son. Fun fact: Rebekah is a mirror-image twin, meaning that she is right-handed and her identical twin is left-handed.