Hello, dear parents! Happy New Year! I hope you all are doing well! I REALLY missed your kiddos and was so happy to see them last Thursday and this week! I pray you all had a blessed break and some fun snow days!
*2nd quarter report cards came home last Thursday
in a sealed envelope.
*We took our MAP testing (Reading, Math, and Language Usage)
this week. If your child missed a test
this week, he or she can make them up next week with Mrs. Self. Results will come home soon. It is fun to see
the improvements the kiddos have made over the last few months of school!
*We will not have school on Monday, to commemorate Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
Other News:
*The annual AUCTION, “Aloha Nights,” to support our
scholarship fund, will be held February 22, 2025.
What time? 8:00-10:00
Where? The Farmhouse KC
17221 E 32nd St S, Independence, MO 64055
* If you would like to purchase your tickets for the annual
event, just go to the home page of our website, www.timothylutheranschool.com,
and click on the Aloha Nights graphic. If you have an item, tickets, basket,
service, etc. that you would like to donate, please contact the school office.
If you or someone you know would like to be an auction sponsor to help defray
the costs of the auction, we have various levels and items that can be
specifically adopted. This information went home in the Wednesday Weekly from
Mrs. Anderson.
*4th Graders have been working on our project
that will be auctioned off too! This
week, we studied Psalm 139, focusing primarily on verse 14—“I praise you
because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know
that full well.” We discussed how God
created each of us with all of our intricate details and how we are beautiful! We shared the book, “The Best Part of Me,”
and have written our own edition of it.
This will be “published,” and up for auction! To go with this theme, we are also painting
the frame of a beautiful mirror, where we can look at God’s Fearful and
Wonderful Creation at any time! Be
on the lookout for pictures of these soon!
NATIONAL LUTHERAN SCHOOLS WEEK (NLSW) kicks off on Sunday, January 26, with all our students singing at the beginning of both services (9 & 10:30). This is a special week set aside by all Lutheran Schools nationwide to celebrate together. Timothy has a fun Spirit Week that week, where we dress in a special way every day and also do special activities. (PLEASE don’t go out and purchase anything for these days—Just use items from around your home! A flier containing these details will be coming home early next week.) There will be a Book Fair at the beginning and end of each school day. The week will conclude on Friday, January 31, with grandparents/special guest day and a talent show. We will dismiss at 12:30. There will be aftercare available in the afternoon. Please see below and this link for the plans:
https://timothylutheranschool.com/national-lutheran-schools-week/
Theme: “Endure”
Sunday, 1/26/25--Grades PreK-8 Sing at Timothy Lutheran
Church Worship Service
o Wear
Timmy Gear or Dress Your Best
o Beginning
of both services – 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
o Children
are invited to join Sunday School during the last part of the first service
o Students
and families may leave after singing in the second service
Monday, 1/27/25
Theme: Stripping Away
Hindrances
Dress: Blackout (Wear
ALL Black)
Event: 1:00 p.m. Cards for Homebound Members
Tuesday, 1/28/25
Theme: Fixing Our Eyes
on Jesus
Dress: Your Favorite
Holiday
Event: 1:00 p.m. -
Stretching, Moving, Dancing Activity
Wednesday, 1/29/25
Theme: Enduring the
Cross
Dress: Chapel/Family
Groups Special Dress
• Alex-
White
• Levi -
Red
• Charlotte–
School Colors
• Zeb–
Favorite Color
• Savannah
– Chiefs
• Nadia -
Soccer
• Colton,
Eli – Dress Up as A Teacher
• Easton –
Neon Colors
• Lydia -
Jeans
• Elijah–
Cartoon Character
• Ashlynn
- Royals
• Nathaniel
- Hoodies
• Aubrey -
Sports
Event: Zoo Mobile - 1:10
p.m.
Thursday, 1/30/25
Theme: The Joy Set
Before Us
Dress: Favorite Sport
– Show Your Endurance
Event: 1:00 p.m.
Friday, 1/26/23
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Grandparents/Special Person Activities
Time – Classrooms and/or Gym, 4-G’s
Theme: Running the Race
with Perseverance
Dress: Dress Your Best
Event: Grandparents/Special
Guest’s Day and Talent Show
*Please also mark your calendars for our January BOOK FAIR
January 27-31 in the lobby! The fair
will be open before and after school January 27-30 (Monday-Thursday) and during
Grandparents' Day (Friday, January 31).
We also have an online option at
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/tlsrams. Thank you so much for your support
- all purchases benefit our school! Our
fair is run on 100% volunteer power and we need your help! Please consider
signing up to volunteer with this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CACAF2AA5FCC61-54459409-tlsjanuary
RELIGION: This week, we have focused on the 10th commandment and what it means to covet. To teach this, we shared the stories of David and Bathsheba and Sarah and Hagar. We also talked about Jesus healing the official’s son, and what faith looks like for each of us. Next week, we will have a classroom Bible Trivia contest to see who our class competitors will be for the Bible Bee during NLSW!
MEMORY: We said the Lord’s Prayer this week and had our 10 Commandments test.
Next week’s MEMORY: (Friday only)
1/24- 1/24- Luther’s Evening Prayer : I thank You, my
Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously
kept me this day; and I pray You to forgive me all my sins where I have done
wrong, and graciously keep me this night.
MATH: We are slowly learning how to complete long division with remainders. This is an arduous task, but light bulbs have been going off this week, and I am proud of the kiddos! We will keep working until we “get this!” Please work on this at home as well. We are memorizing our 12’s too, and will soon be having mad minutes that contain ALL the facts we have memorized!
LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES: We have begun studying the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. We read his short biography, watched his “I Have a Dream” speech. In Reading class, we read the story written by his sister, “My Brother, Martin,” and have been studying words like “protest” and “boycott” that have helped us understand these events in history. We will continue learning about them and the Civil Rights Movement next week.
SPELLING WORDS for Friday, January 24th: (from “Happy Birthday, Dr. King!”)
peaceful, protest, fare, injustice, boycott, civil rights,
dream, equality, freedom, movement, treatment, kindness, *stupendous
SCIENCE- We read all about ferns, moss, and spores, and how these plants reproduce.
Special Classes:
ART: We learned how
to cut out snowflakes from coffee filters (FUN!), and then we made Snowflake
Snowmen out of them. :) We also learned how to draw portraits, and
began portraits of Martin Luther King Jr.!
COMPUTERS: We worked on our keyboarding skills-finding the home keys and now looking at our hands when we type.
P.E.: We have begun our Presidential Physical Fitness unit. We began by learning the correct ways to do sit-ups and push-ups. We also learned how to do the Sit and Reach and the Shuttle Run. We will set our own personal goals next week.
WRITERS’ WORKSHOP: We wrote about the “Best Parts of Me,” and worked on getting our book together!
MUSIC: We worked on our songs for National Lutheran Schools Week.
STAY WARM and God's Blessings,
Kim
Snowflake Snowmen
