Have a wonderful weekend!

 Hi, 4^th Grade, Parents!  This has been a fun week, and WOW, what a week to be from Kansas City!  Woohoo!  How EXCITING!

 

It was fun to see so many of you at DONUTS WITH DAD (and other special people)!  Thank you for coming and spending some time with us!  We had SUCH a great turn-out…It made my heart swell to see so many loved ones here!  Thank you for coming and having a treat and playing some games with us!  I tried to get a picture of everyone, but I missed some of you…I am so sorry!  

 

*Our WALK-A-THON was an absolute success!  We had a beautiful day and a ton of excited walkers!  A special THANK YOU to all of our volunteers for helping out that day and to all of our friends and families that donated!  We will be able to purchase a ClearTouch panel for our new 8th grade classroom. Thanks to be to God for all of His blessings! 

Here are some totals for you:

Overall Laps Taken: 

PK-2nd-1, 584

3rd-8th-1, 325

Grand Total of Laps:  2, 909!

Grand Total Amount Raised - $4298.10

3rd place -  Mrs. Hatcher - 2nd Grade - $515

2nd Place -  Mrs. Brunkhorst - 4th Graders - $688.10

1st Place - Mrs. Krekel - Kindergarten - $749

Thank you to everyone for working so hard to earn money for our school!

*Our 5^th/6^th VOLLEYBALL players have their league tournament this weekend.  I have attached their schedule in case you want to go and cheer them on! 

*The END OF THE QUARTER is next Friday, October 18^th.  We will have a 12:30 dismissal, so teachers can work on grade cards. 

*Timothy’s HARVEST PARTY is Friday night, October 18^th, from 6 pm-8 pm.  There will be dinner, treats, games, trunk-or-treat, and LOTS of fun!  Please join us!  

*PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES are coming up on Thursday and Friday, October 24^th and 25^th.   We will be dismissing school at 12:30 both days, and beginning the first conference at 1:00 pm. 

Please use this sign-up to get signed up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4DADAB2DA7F58-1stquarter1

I would like to visit with each of you. This is a parent-only conference.  Students will lead our conferences in February.  Thank you! 

*We will be commemorating VETERAN’S DAY on November 11th, with a service celebrating them!  Our students will be singing, reading poetry and prayers, and thanking God for our veterans!  We encourage you to use the attached flyer to invite family, friends, and neighbors to Timothy Lutheran School’s Veterans Day Celebration.  Everyone is welcome!

 

Details:

Date:  Monday, November 11th, 2024

Time:  9:00 am

Coffee and Donuts will be served at 8:30 am

*Also, if you have any veterans you love and want us to celebrate in our slideshow, please send information to me (kimb@timothylutheran.com) by November 1st.   Thank you!

Here is what is needed for each veteran:

-A photograph (digital copies are preferred, please):

-First and Last Name of the veteran

-Which student this veteran is related to, and how...

-Branch of Service

-Years of Service

-Any other important information you may want added! 

(If your photos were in last year’s slideshow, please let us know this, as that information has been saved and you don’t need to send it in again.)

THANK YOU to all veterans!  It is humbling to know how many have given their lives, their time, and their service to God, to us, and to our country.  Thank you SO much! 

 

Here is what we have been up to this week:

RELIGION- We have had some great discussions in Religion this week.  We have learned the stories of Solomon, Elijah and the Prophets of Baal, Elisha and the Shunammite Woman, and Ahab and Naboth’s Vineyard.  Many of these were new stories to some of us, but the lessons had one constant:  We put many things before God, and we need to remember to keep Him foremost and center in our lives.  He gives us so many blessings, and many times, we overlook those, to focus on the negative things that are happening around us.  We also discussed how we have so many opportunities to share our faith—In our homes, neighborhoods, in public, and at school.  We talked about how at times, actions speak so much louder than words, and how to always make sure we are showing that we are Christians by our LOVE. 

MEMORY for Next Week:

10/15- Luther’s Morning Prayer: I thank You, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger;

10/18-and I pray You to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and; life may please You.

LANGUAGE ARTS-This week we read the story “Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies.”  We learned lot of new “movie-making” vocabulary terms, and how we should often analyze the movies we see to check for content and how truthful the images are.  We had some great discussions about many of the movies that we have seen, and how music and lighting make you feel a certain way, and how often the fight or chase scenes don’t show what is happening all around them.  It was interesting!  This week, we also practiced writing a summary, finding verb tense, and finding facts and opinions.  We were also introduced to our new Author of the Month, Patrica Polacco.  We already love her!

SPELLING Words for Friday, October 18^th:

Story: “Me and Uncle Romie”

aloud, bald, hawk, south, faucet, proud, claw, tower, stalk, couple, howl, false, dawn, allow, drown, pause, fault, cause, amount, cloudier, applaud, foul

Challenge Word: mesmerize

MATH- This week, we began Chapter 3, which is multiplication!  We have been learning how multiplying relates to addition and subtraction, as well as reviewing fact families.  The class claimed this was “easy-peasy!”  ;)  Next week, it will get a bit tougher as we work with word problems, properties and rules, and factors and multiples.  Please keep practicing those math facts!  We are onto the 6’s in class!  They CAN do this!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES- This week, we completed some map work and learned how to read a grid map.  We began learning all about the regions of the United States, and then focused on the Northeast.  We discussed population, natural resources, the economy, and the geography. 

SPECIAL CLASSES

ART- We wove paper pumpkins.  They are beautiful and hanging in the hallway!

MUSIC- We learned some classis songs (Take Me Out to the Ballgame!) and practiced songs for the Veterans Day program. 

COMPUTERS- We continued partner work on our Fractured Fairytales!

WRITING-We caught up on all of our writing assignments—Summer Vacation Stories, BioPoems, and Personal Narratives

P.E.- We played Pin Dodgeball and Dr. Dodgeball

 Have a wonderful weekend! 

Kim 

It has been BUSY in here!

 Hello, 4^th Grade Parents!  It has been a BUSY, but fun, and learning-filled week!

 * Next Wednesday, October 9th, is DONUTS WITH DAD!  Dads, or special loved ones, please come at 7:45, grab a donut and some coffee, and enjoy some time with your kiddo before school.  (We will finish up at 8:20). There will be some fun activities for you to do together, or you can just sit and visit while you eat!  We will be back in the gym by 8:45 for Chapel. We welcome all special guests to join us for chapel at 8:45!  

*We have lap totals from the Walk-A-Thon last week, and our classroom winners were Alex, Colton, and Levi with 28 laps!  Woohoo!  We finished collecting money today, and will count next week.  Once counted, I will let you know those totals!  THANK YOU for all of your support! 

 Here is what we have been doing in the classroom:

RELIGION- This week, we focused again on being good leaders in our classrooms, homes, and in the community.  We learned the story of David and how he called upon God’s name to help him in his times of trouble.  We also talked about how he showed so much love and kindness to Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth.  We discussed ways to use the gifts that God has given to us to bless others around us.  Today, we began talking about Solomon!

 MEMORY for Next Week:

10/8- A mighty fortress is our God,

A trusty shield and weapon;

He helps us free from ev'ry need

That has us now o'ertaken.

 

10/11-The old evil foe

Now means deadly woe;

Deep guile and great might

Are his dread arms in fight;

On earth is not his equal.

 LANGUAGE ARTS- We shared our Newbery/September book reports this week and picked out books and got information for our Animal as the Main Character/October book reports.  The students, although nervous, did a GREAT jobs sharing them—making eye contact, projecting their voices, and sharing what they learned in their selections.  I am so proud!  We read a new genre of a story this week: a fractured fairytale!  It is titled, “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude.”  It was one of those stories that was a blast to read, and really just gets kids on fire for reading!  They loved it!  I also found two other stories written by Kevin O’Malley that I shared with the class today!  We had some fun.  We learned how to compare and contrast using Venn diagrams and how to make predictions.  We reviewed suffixes and hyperboles.  We also discussed different types of verbs—action, helping, and linking. 

 SPELLING WORDS for the Week of October 11^th:

Story: “Coming Distractions”

bloom, cookbook, tool, shampoo, put, wool, stool, proof, prove, group, brook, foolish, bush, crooked, booth, raccoon, hook, groom, roof, soup, bulletin, cocoon

Challenge Word: omnipotent

 MATH- We have been working SO hard on multi-step word problems this week!  This is quite a skill to develop as we work through real-world problems and decide how to solve them.  Today, we finished up this chapter with a review and will test early next week.  I am proud of their “nose to the grindstone” kind of mentality!  We are working through fives in mad minutes. 

 MISSOURI HISTORY- This week we talked about the compass rose, the cardinal directions, the intermediate directions, the continents, the oceans, and learned what the different hemispheres were, as well as the Equator and the Prime Meridian.  We will continue learning about maps next week. 

 SPECIAL CLASSES

ART- We drew pictures of eastern bluebirds on flowering dogwoods. :)  We began water coloring these, and will add oil pastels next week. 

MUSIC- We learned some classis songs and began learning songs for the Veterans Day program. 

COMPUTERS- We are using Google Docs to write a fractured fairytale with a friend!  It is fun for me to overhear the conversations about these! 

WRITING-We began planning and drafting personal narratives this week.  We are excited to write all about our personal experiences! 

P.E.- We learned how to play regular Dodgeball and Pin Dodgeball this week. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Kim 

Feeling humbled and blessed today, 

by our Heavenly Father, 

and by my wonderful family and students...

Happy Friday! :)

 Hello, 4th grade parents!   We had our Walk-A-Thon today and it was SO much fun!  THANK YOU for all of your support, volunteerism, and donations!  We had beautiful weather and sunshine and a good time!  Your child will be coming home with a name tag today that indicates how many laps he or she completed.  If you need to use this to collect money from your loved ones, please do so.  We will be collecting until October 4^th.  :)  You can still donate online too! 

-Please click here: https://timothylutheranschool.com/walkathon/

 **Please come join us for WORSHIP at Timothy Lutheran Church, THIS SUNDAY, September 29th.  All of our Timothy students, Preschool – 8th grade, will sing a couple songs right at the beginning of both the 9:00 a.m. service and the 10:30a.m. service.  Please be there about 8:45 to line up inside the auditorium.  Please wear Rams colors or Sunday best.  Students will sit with you after they sing during the first service, and will be able to leave after they sing at the beginning of the second service.  We are excited about this opportunity to share our voices of praise with our Timothy Lutheran family! 

 Here is what we have been doing in the classroom:

RELIGION- We have begun a new unit where we are studying some of God’s chosen leaders.  We have talked about Deborah, Barak, Ruth, and Samuel.  This has been enlightening because we are discussing respecting authority and how to strengthen our personal character as we talk about life circumstances and how we react in them.  We are seeing God at work in our lives, and with this are learning how to live our lives of faith.   Today, we talked about scenarios where we are called to serve. 

 MEMORY for Next Week:

10/1-

Hebrews

James

1 & 2 Peter

1 , 2, & 3 John

Jude

Revelation

 10/4-Recite all of the New Testament Books

 LANGUAGE ARTS- In class, we read a play entitled, “The Power of W.O.W,” which was a story of kids collaborating together to save their beloved library.  Fourth graders had some fun acting all of this our and showcasing our acting talents!  :)  In class, we discussed sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and how to use a graphic organizer to document a story.  We have been busy!  Please remind your 4th grader that Newbery Award book reports and projects are due MONDAY!

 SPELLING WORDS for the Week of October 4^th:

Story: “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude”

bunch, fruit, argue, crumb, crew, tune, juice, refuse, truth, young, clue, trunk, amuse, suit, rude, trust, dew, stuck, rescue, brush, computer, mustard

Challenge Word: horrendous

 MATH- This week, we have been reviewing long addition and long subtraction, and using these skills to solve real-world word problems.  We also have been focusing on our 4’s multiplication tables.  The kiddos are doing well!  Please keep practicing at home. 

 MISSOURI HISTORY-This week, we dove right into Missouri History and learned all about Missouri’[s nickname, abbreviation, when they were admitted into the Union, its state bird, state flower, state tree, state animal, and state insect!  We are having some fun! 

 SPECIAL CLASSES

ART- We painted our cat contours.  They are beautiful!  Please make sure you check out the pictures on our blog. 

MUSIC- We practiced the songs and sign language for the praises we will be singing on Sunday! 

COMPUTERS- We practiced typing and using the home keys on ww.wtyping.com.  Students are welcome to log in at home and practice too!

WRITING-We drafted, edited, revised, and published our Bio Poems, and shared them at Readers’ Theatre!

P.E.- We worked on serving this week.  We practiced both overhand and underhand. 

 Have a wonderful weekend! 

 Kim 

Walk-A-Thon Pictures