"Christmas Time is Here!"

Celebrating Christmas in our classroom:

 Working on our Christmas Carol Creative Writing Projects

 SPIRIT DAY!

We also packed 50 Baby Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief to send to countries in need.

 Christmas Scratch Art Projects

 Beautiful work 7th Grade :)

 Reliving the Holy Nativity Story from Matthew & Luke through social media.  Students each became a character from the Christmas story (Mary, Joseph, donkey, Inn Keeper, Angels, Shepherds, Wise Guys, etc.) and "updated" messages telling what was happening in their life. 

 Christmas Cookie Plates

 Above and beyond --- it's 3D!!

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas filled with worship of our Savior and memories to cherish in the coming new year.  May God continue to pour out his blessings on us.

"A Christmas Carol"

After seeing "A Christmas Carol" performed by Lindenwood University students our class is enjoying reading & acting out this play in Literature class.  We have seen many similarities and differences in the productions.  Today, we danced with Fezziwig as Scrooge remembered his childhood!  Tomorrow Scrooge will be visited by Christmas Present and Future --- Will Scrooge's heart ever change?

Suzy Snowflake

In this season of winter, advent, and snow tryout this snowflake maker!


http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/


Now, can you do this with paper and scissors??  We can!

Advent is HERE!

The winter season is here and so is the advent services here at Zion. As the coming of our Savior is drawing closer so is our waiting and wanting for Christmas to draw closer. Last week we started advent services with the 5th and 6th graders kicking off the advent season with a skit about preparing the way. This week the 3rd and 4th graders continued preparing our hearts while presenting the Christmas story.  We have had tests this week in: Social Studies, Spelling, and over the ten commandments. Also we are still taking donations for Lutheran World Relief as our service project. Soon we will be starting to put the packages together. The weather is getting colder and our desire for Christmas to come is closer at last.

Strong Work Student Council!

Student Council has been working very hard this semester to help our school, Jr. High, and community.  They have also had some fun, missed some school, enjoyed some DQ, and danced the night away in Candyland!  Excellent leadership - way to ROCK STUCO!

Here are some highlights:

 Red  Ribbon Week Training -- Drug Free's the Way To Be!

 Enjoying some DQ after RRW training -- Ask us to show you the quarter trick we learned!

 Wrapping "candy" for our Jr. High dance -- CANDYLAND

Follow the colored path to CANDYLAND

Shopping for food to take to the Seminary's food bank along with the 30 Thanksgiving Dinner Baskets we packed from donations brought into chapel --- Awesome job Zion!

YUM YUM Thanksgiving is almost here :) 

Stunning Stacking

Stacking Day was a success!  Everyone had fun stacking and competing against teachers, friends, and high scores.

Turkey Turkey Turkey

For the month of November our school chapel offering is going toward purchasing TURKEYS!!  Why would we be buying turkeys?!?  These frozen birds will be a wonderful part of the Thanksgiving Baskets our Student Council will deliver to seminarians at the St. Louis Concordia Seminary.  Many seminarians studying in St. Louis are not able to travel to their hometown for the holiday -- Student Council will once again organize a Thanksgiving Food drive to help make sure these families have a bountiful Thanksgiving dinner at their tables.

• Dry and canned Thanksgiving food items will be collected November 16th during our morning chapel service

GOD IS GREAT ---- GOD IS GOOD ---- LET US THANK HIM FOR OUR FOOD!

Creativity in Quarter #2

Exciting events have taken place in 7P during the last few weeks as we grow into the second quarter of 7th grade.

Students were able to shine while celebrating Red Ribbon Week with fun dress-days as a reminder to stay drug and alcohol free!

Leadership was shown as students worked toward creating out class door decoration for the anual Red Ribbon Week Door Decorating Contest.

 We received a consolation prize for the Jr. High building -- GREAT WORK 7P!!

 Proud to be a drug free class!!

 Our "Story of Joseph" skits were a hit --- Students were challenged with writing a script to tell a portion of the Joseph story from Genesis.  Creativity flourished with props and acting while sending the message of staying faithful to our God who has a plan for us.

Reviewing for a Literature vocabulary test came easy for some and more difficult for others :)  Thankfully the test isn't until tomorrow!

Wrapping Up Quarter 1

As we wrap up assignments, tests, and projects for the first quarter I am pleased to reflect on the achievements of our 7th grade class.  Let's carry the dedication through the upcoming second quarter!


The Jr. High students had a BLAST at the walk-a-thon last Friday.  We walked/ran almost 500 miles, way-to-go Bobcats!!  Madelynn (6R) broke our school record and ran 10 miles, that's 30 laps!  The money we raise through pledges will help us support Lutheran World Relief -- Baby Care Kits later in November and December.

Blessings on your weekend -- Enjoy the beautiful SUNSHINE :)

Our class spent the morning discussion God's promises to Abram in the Old Testament and His promises to us today.  What a comfort God's Word brings to our lives!  The students made a poster with a symbol of a promise they like to remember along with a Bible verse they found to go with it.  They will decorate our room for the next few weeks.

Other exciting happenings this week...
~Enjoyed learning about viruses and bacteria in science
~PE kick-ball tournament
~Began brainstorming for our first Writer's Workshop --- Descriptive Essays
~Completed our "Checkerboards w/ a Twist" art projects which are on display in the Jr. High hallway


Coming Soon...
~"Feudalism in Action" imovie (student recorded presentations)...Here come the Monarchs, Lords, Ladies, Knights, and Peasants!
~Walk-a-thon NEXT FRIDAY, do you have your pledges??


Until Next Time...
Faith, Hope, and Love

Check out this RAP all about FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE!  Our class loved listening, singing, and dancing while we learned about the different types of figurative language.

Summer Days in 7th Grade

  This week we had so much fun! From Religion to Literature our days go by so fast. In Religion we have been learning about creation and we all did awesome on our creation quiz. In History we learned about feudalism during the Middle Ages. We are currently working on our feudalism projects where we will present different roles of the social hierarchy. In English Mrs. Beaty makes learning fun and exciting. This week she has taught us the different kinds of nouns.  Spelling is fun too. With Mr. Marlof  and Mrs. Riemenschneider teaching math we have increased our math skills. Science we have been doing labs. They are fun, even if our bread did not grow mold. In Literature we have read many stories all ready.

We are having a lot of fun in 7^th grade!

~ Sydney & Grace

"Creature Creations" during our study of God's Creation

"Feudalism in Action" during World History class

Birthday Celebration

Thank you to the 7th grade class and our room moms for a FUN SURPRISE party on Friday afternoon.  We relaxed and shared laughs over cupcakes, ice cream, and soda.  The many birthday wishes brought smiles to my face throughout the day :)  THANKS!!!

~Miss Poppitz

Week 1: Cross it off the Calendar!

After hearing all the fun summer stories, our class has enjoyed being with friends (and teachers) once again.  They listened to Miss Poppitz, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Beaty, Mrs. Riemenschneider, and Mr. Marolf explain how their classrooms will be run and the great LEARNING opportunities that will take place this year.


As Jr. High students the 7th graders will have many leadership roles to fill.  We will bring the preschool class their lunch everyday, we will clean up the playground after recess, many students play on sports teams and are members of girl/boy scout.  I will continue to encourage my students to become involved in areas where the talents GOD has given them can GROW and shine.


Student Council is another area where students can become involved.  This is a group of 6th-8th grade students who meet with Mrs. Stewart and me (Miss Poppitz) once a week planning school events, service projects, building leadership skills & character, and learning what it means to be a representative of your school.


I'll end with a quote from one student: "This was the most exciting week of the entire year!"  I know my students will keep me smiling all year long!


In God's Grace,

Welcome Back Bobcats!

Hello 7th graders, families, and friends!  I hope you all have fun summer stories to share and are getting excited about this school year.  I created this blog for my 7th graders to share what happened from week to week here at Zion, with their families and friends.  Zion's 2011-2012 theme is Growing in Grace.  We will continue to grow in so many ways this year always focusing on the GRACE God has given to us.  I look forward to learning, sharing, discussing, and growing with you!