Hi, Parents! It was
SO GOOD to see your kiddos again! I
missed them! How can today possibly be
the first day of December?!
There are A LOT of fun things coming up! Please see below:
*CHRISTMAS GIFTS-As a tradition, my 4th grade class does not
buy gifts for one another. Instead, we
try to purchase gifts for some children who many not be getting any other gifts
this Christmas. My students love this,
and it is so fun picking out presents, and sharing God’s love with other
people, as He has taught us to do! This
year, I have chosen two kiddos from our “Angel Trees” at church. The gifts have to be ready to go by December
10th, which really does not give us much time to pick them out and order
them! If your child or you would like to
contribute money, I will take the kids “shopping” on Amazon next Monday, and we
will pick out some gifts together. :) If you are able, please send in money by
Monday! I will plan on spending about
$100 total. THANK YOU! Our gifts will be (according to their
wishes), bedding for a girl and a sleeping bag for a boy. If you are unable, please don’t worry! We will also be making cards for these kids,
where my students will be able to share the Good News of Jesus in this way
too! Thank you for your generosity and
help!
*TLS CHRISTMAS/ADVENT SERVICE- “Unto Us” - December 13th at
6:30 pm. Please invite your family and
friends! All are welcome! More details will come home soon! Students just need to wear stress
clothes. :)
*ALL-SCHOOL BOWLING AND CAROLING TRIP-ALL STUDENTS
INVITED-DECEMBER 19th!
We are SO excited for this!
The whole school will head to Lunar Bowl in the morning. (Bowling is $5.00 per student and $10.00 per
adult.) We will return to school for
lunch. After lunch, we will be going
caroling at local nursing homes, but these are not finalized yet. We will get back to you! Drivers will be needed for both events, so
please mark your calendars. Thank you!
*POLAR EXPRESS PARTY-4th GRADE STUDENTS INVITED-DECEMBER
20th! We will be reading books by Chris
VanAllsburg, ending with “The Polar Express.”
On the 20th, the kiddos can wear their pajamas to school, (please wear
or send tennis shoes too!) and we will watch the movie in the afternoon with
some hot cocoa and candy canes! Blankets
and pillows are welcome for this fun day.
Here is what we have been up to this week:
RELIGION- We discussed the lives of David, Saul, and
Jonathan. We had some mature
conversations about jealousy and the sins that occur when we allow jealousy to
take over our hearts. We were all
reminded of God’s forgiveness and grace in these circumstances.
MEMORY for next week:
12/5-THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
You shall not steal.
What does this mean? We should
fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions,
or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his
possessions and income.
12/8- THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
You shall not give false testimony against your
neighbor. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not
tell lies about our neighbor,
LANGUAGE ARTS- This week, we read the story of “Akiak,” and
learned all about the Iditarod trail and dog sledding. It was a very interesting story! We shared our book reports this week, and
they were GREAT! We’ve got some creative
kiddos in here! We were also introduced
to our new Author of the Month, Lynn Reid Banks, who is the author of “Indian
in the Cupboard.” This is such a fun,
fantasy story, with some historical knowledge woven in there. What a fun read! It is neat for me to see the kiddos so intrigued
with this read-aloud!
SPELLING WORDS for next Friday, December 8th
(from “Finding the Titanic”)
brush, juice, fruit, tube, lunch, crumb, few, true, truth,
done, suit, pump, due, dull, tune, blew, trunk, sum, glue, threw, *perilous
MATH-I am so proud of these kiddos, and the strides they are
taking in math. This newer curriculum is
tough, but they are working hard and getting the hang of it! This week, we are on 9’s in mad minutes, and
we also learned how to multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by 1
digit. We learned how to regroup, estimate
products, and how to use this knowledge in real-world situations.
SOCIAL STUDIES-We took our tests over states and
capitals! Graded tests will come home
today.
SCIENCE-We finally began our Science this week! We talked about scientists and how they use
Scientific Process to discover and things and answer questions. Today, we worked as scientists, and tried to
solve a “real-world” problem together.
Problem: Build a bridge of a certain distance, out of set amount of
materials, to hold a plastic cup of 20 pennies.
I witnessed amazing teamwork, great conversation, and much success! Next week, we will begin learning about
living things.
SPECIAL CLASSES
ART- We read the fun story, “Where the Wild Things Are,” by
Maurice Sendak, and then created our own WILD THINGS! We then painted these using our new knowledge
of tinting and shading colors using black and white.
MUSIC-We are working on our Christmas songs for the Advent
Service on December 13th.
P.E.- This week, we learned basketball skills—how to shoot
layups and free throws!
WRITERS’ WORKSHOP- We shared our book reports in Readers’
Theatre and began writing personal narratives.
COMPUTER LAB- We learned how to use Google Docs to make
menus. :)
P.S. Our own Catalina
Campos, 5th grader, was on the news this week for a non-profit she
and her parents created! Please check it out! We are SO PROUD!
https://www.kmbc.com/article/10-year-old-raytown-giving-childrens-charity/45991026?fbclid=IwAR09pc3nDOBj1-oU42CUnM09JxXz-utv6yY5pzymmKI_7HJL4mPIsvE29mY
God's Blessings,
Kim Brunkhorst
Sharing Book Reports...
"Bridge Building"
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