1 Bless the LORD, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
I love the part in the chapter that also says,
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
In 3rd grade we are still learning about the Sun, Moon, and Stars. The heavens are truly an amazing thing! How great is the Lord's mercy toward those who fear Him? As high as the heavens! WOW! How far has He removed our transgressions from us? So very far! Praise God for how good He is to us.
This past week was an interesting week. I taught math and science on Monday and then gave the math and science tests on Tuesday. On Tuesday school was dismissed at 1:30PM due to the oncoming snow storm. We received 13 inches of snow and had temperatures down to -15º F. As a result, there were two snow days where school was canceled. I was able to get some rest, catch up with people, do some lesson planning and spend some much needed time reading my Bible.
Week's Highlights:
This past week was an interesting week. I taught math and science on Monday and then gave the math and science tests on Tuesday. On Tuesday school was dismissed at 1:30PM due to the oncoming snow storm. We received 13 inches of snow and had temperatures down to -15º F. As a result, there were two snow days where school was canceled. I was able to get some rest, catch up with people, do some lesson planning and spend some much needed time reading my Bible.
Week's Highlights:
- I made a double batch of spaghetti sauce
- I completed my first full units of math and science
- I played racquetball with Dale Twesten and lost to him 7-15 which is improvement from my previous games.
- I shoveled snow for about 3 hours on Tuesday morning
- Listened to a missionary share about China
- I have a long-term plan prepared for the girl I am tutoring in reading
- Mrs. Breitbach just got a Smartboard slate for the classroom!
- Friday Nighters went smoothly!
- Got some resumes sent out
- Ate homemade pizza with Josh Traverse and Anna Krahn and watched Ramona and Beezus by Beverly Cleary.
- Snow days really teach you to be flexible
- Teaching to the test might yield good results in the short term but it doesn't mean that the students are learning for the long term
- Scanning student worksheets or textbook pages to the computer is tremendously helpful
- Just because you can raise your voice to be heard in the classroom does not mean that you should. If I use a special signal to get students' attention then I can talk normally and they are listening.
- Did you know that a student teacher takes about 5000 steps in a typical school day from morning to night? Its true. I measured it with a pedometer!
- Pens don't work very well on paper at 0ºF
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