Come Lord Jesus, Come!

 Hi, all!  We have had a great week!  Thank you for your donation to our Angel Tree gifts.  We were able to buy a 10 year old girl a cool, pink remote control car, and give a 10 year old boy a gift card to Game Stop.  We wrote letters of Christ's love in Christmas cards that we attached to the gifts.  :)

Please take a look at upcoming events (SO MANY!):

*On Monday, the preschoolers will present their Christmas Program at 6:00 pm here at school.  It is entitled, "Christmas Around the World." 

*On Tuesday, the band will be having their Christmas band performance at 6:30 pm.  They are amazing, so please come and join us for a great performance!  

*Our students will be singing and leading the Advent Service THIS Wednesday, December 17^th at 6:00 pm.  Our program is called "The Light Has Come!"  Please plan to be here, as the kiddos have been working hard and are so excited to share the Good News of our newborn Savior with you!   We respectfully ask that students come dressed in their Christmas best. We are grateful for your partnership in helping our students present the joyful message of our Savior’s birth with adoration and joy! Please have students meet in classrooms at 5:30. Thank you!  

*4th Grade POLAR EXPRESS PARTY-Thursday, DECEMBER 18th!  We will be reading books by Chris VanAllsburg, ending with “The Polar Express.”  On this day, 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.

ALL-SCHOOL BOWLING AND CAROLING TRIP-Friday, DECEMBER 19th!  We are SO excited for this!  The whole school will head to Lunar Bowl in the morning.  We will return to school for lunch.  After lunch, we will be going caroling at local nursing homes.  Permission slips came home on Tuesday.  Please get these in by Monday.  Drivers will be needed for both events, so please mark your calendars.  Thank you!

*Our first home basketball games are next Friday, December 19^th as well.  Please come cheer on the Rams, if you are able!

Friday, December 19th @ Timothy

5:30 pm: Timothy 5/6 G  vs. Hope 5/6 G

6:30 pm: Timothy 7/8 G vs. Hope 7/8 G

7:30 pm: Timothy 5/6 B  vs. Hope 5/6 B

8:30 pm: Timothy 7/8 B vs. Hope 7/8 B

*We have added another field trip to our 4^th grade fun!  On Friday, January 16th, 2026, we will be visiting Kauffmann Stadium with the 5^th graders to attend their Royals Scholastic Victory Program (RSVP).  We will be leaving school and returning around 1:30. Please send a sack lunch with your child that day.  We will need some drivers and chaperones.  Permission slips are coming home in backpacks today.  Please sign and return them by next Friday.    Thank you!  

Here is what we have been up to in the classroom:

RELIGION-We discussed the birth of John the Baptist and how he was a “forerunner” for Jesus. We reviewed the 7th, 8th, and 9th commandments and how they relate to our lives by reviewing the Bible stories of Zacchaeus (Luke 19: 1-10), Achan (Joshua 7), Saul, David, and Jonathan (1 Samuel 18), Jesus before the High Priests (Matthew 26:  57-75), Abraham and Lot (Genesis 13) and Ahab and Jezabel.  We have been reading a lot straight from God's Word this week!  

MEMORY-12/16- What does this mean?  We should fear and love God so that we do not entice or force away our neighbor’s wife, workers, or animals, or turn them against him, but urge them to stay and do their duty.

 

12/19- We will have a short matching test over the commandments.

LANGUAGE ARTS-We reviewed the story of Sacagawea, Charbonneau, their son Pomp, and Lewis and Clark.   We worked with abbreviations, analogies, and finding syllables in words. 

SPELLING WORDS for Friday, December 19th-

(from “The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever”) manger, vain, barge, villain, hymn, hustle, cross, urn, retire, pageant, ancestor, congregation, interrupt, truant, imitation, *vengeance

 MATH-We have learned how to do long division!  I am SO proud of how hard these kiddos are working!  They have the steps down and today worked with remainders and understanding what they mean and represent.  We will continue this work next week and test over Chapter 7.  Students are memorizing 10s and 11s in mad minutes.  

SOCIAL STUDIES-This week, we have read and learned all about the Midwest states. (Yay, Missouri!) We learned how the Midwest is known for farming and manufacturing, as well as jobs in the service industry.  We talked about the kinds of music that was made popular here and also the many attractions found in the Midwest.  We continued watching and taking notes over the show "Aerial America: Missouri."  

Special Classes:

MUSIC- We are practicing the songs for our upcoming Advent/Christmas service. 

P.E.- We used our basketball skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting to do several drills with partners this week. 

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP- We created Christmas letters and cards for you and for the people in the nursing homes next week.  

COMPUTER LAB-Students used Google to create slideshows about themselves.  We are getting quite used to using this format.  

SPANISH-Students learned the words to "Feliz Navidad!"

ART-We have made Christmas cards and gifts for YOU!

Have a blessed weekend,

Kim

Winter Wonderland Christmas Store

Our amazing band playing for us at Chapel!

Our new pastor, Pastor Kendall Meyer!  Welcome!

It's GREAT to be back!

  

Hi, Parents!  This has been a short, but busy week.  :) I missed the kiddos and was so thankful to see them on Wednesday! 

Please take a look at upcoming events:

*Angel Tree-As a tradition, my 4th grade class does not buy gifts for one another.  Instead, we try to purchase gifts for some children who are less fortunate this Christmas.  Today's devotion was about sharing with others and how when we are helping someone in need, we are also doing this for Jesus.  We all 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, we have chosen two kiddos from Timothy Lutheran Ministries “Angel Trees.” The gifts have to be ready to go by December 14th, so, we went ahead and went "shopping" om Amazon yesterday and picked out presents.  ;) If your child or you are willing and able to contribute money, please send that in week.  ($0-$5 is sufficient.)  We will also be making cards for these kids, where the students will be able to share the Good News of Jesus in this way too!  Thank you for your generosity and help!

*PTL's Breakfast in Bethlehem - THIS Saturday, December 6th -9:00 - 11:00 a.m.!  Enjoy a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast, then walk through stations that bring the Christmas story to life—Discover the wonder of Jesus' birth!  

*Christmas Wonderland Student Store-This will now be next week!  We will browse and preview on Tuesday, December 9th and shop on Wednesday, December 10th.  

*Our students will be singing and leading the Advent Service on December 17^th at 6:30 pm.  Our program is called "The Light Has Come!"  Please plan to be here, as the kiddos have been working hard and are so excited to share the Good News of our newborn Savior with you!   We respectfully ask that students come dressed in their Christmas best. We are grateful for your partnership in helping our students present the joyful message of our Savior’s birth with adoration and joy! Thank you!  

*4th Grade POLAR EXPRESS PARTY-DECEMBER 18th!  We will be reading books by Chris VanAllsburg, ending with “The Polar Express.”  On this day, 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.

*ALL-SCHOOL BOWLING AND CAROLING TRIP-DECEMBER 19th!  We are SO excited for this!  The whole school will head to Lunar Bowl in the morning.  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!

RELIGION-We discussed the 6th commandment this week, and how this applies to the students' lives, even though they are children.  We talked about respecting each other, and what God's plan for husbands and wives looks like.  We discussed the Old Testament prophecies about Jesus and how He was promised many, many years before His birth.  Thanks be to God!  This week, we have had fun “finding our wisemen” and reading the Advent devotions that go with them.  It has been a Christmas-filled week in our classroom! 

MEMORY-12/9- THE NINTH COMMANDMENT

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.  What does this mean?  We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor’s inheritance or house or get it in a way which only appears right but help and be of service to him in keeping it. 

 

12/12- THE TENTH COMMANDMENT

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Language Arts-We read the true story of Sacajawea, Charbonneau, their son Pomp, and Lewis and Clark.   This goes hand-in-hand with what we are studying in Missouri History!   We were amazed at their adventures, their bravery, and the geographical and scientific discoveries the Corps of Discovery made during their expedition.  We also talked a lot about abbreviations, onomatopoeias, shades of meaning, and finding the main idea and details this week. We will continue this story net week and test over the words next Friday.  We also shared fantasy book reports this week and information about January’s book report over a historical fiction novel that came home today.  I am reading “The Indian in the Cupboard” by Lynn Reid Bands to the kiddos during DEAR time, and they LOVE it!  It is quite an entertaining book!

SPELLING WORDS for Friday, December 12th: (These are the words that we learned this week.)

Story: Sacajawea

million, collect, lumber, pepper, plastic, borrow, support, thirty, perfect, attend, canyon, traffic, fortune, danger, soccer, engine, picture, survive, seldom, effort

Challenge Word: interpreter

Math-This week we worked so very hard on strategies to solve problems with multi-digit dividends and 1-digit divisors.  We learned how to divide multiplies of 10, 100, and 1,00.  We also estimated quotients and began finding equal shares.  Next week, we will tackle remainders!  ;) Please help your student to keep working on those multiples of 9's.  

Social Studies-We discussed Missouri's border states, rivers, and populated cities.  We also learned a little song that will help us remember those border states!

Special Classes:

MUSIC- We are practicing the songs for our upcoming Advent/Christmas service. 

P.E.- We used our basketball skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting to do several drills with partners this week. 

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP- We worked with idioms and went an idiom hunt! 

COMPUTER LAB- We used Google Docs to create our menus.  

SPANISH-In Spanish, kiddos are reviewing what they have learned so far this year.  They played a fun Kahoot game!  

Have a blessed weekend,

Kim 

Learning long division is FUN!

Have a BLESSED Thanksgiving!

 Hi, Parents!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  I am so humbled and blessed to serve you and your kiddos here at Timothy.  I count you ALL as my richest blessings!  Thank you for being YOU!  God is SO GOOD!

*THANK YOU for contributing to our Thanksgiving Feast!  We had turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, cooked carrots, rolls, pies, cupcakes, and apple cider!  Our bellies are full, and we had a GREAT time!  We have learned SO very much about the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims and this first Harvest Festival. We thank our Heavenly Father for all of our amazing gifts!  😊

Please take a look at upcoming events:

*Please come and worship with us!  We will have a Thanksgiving Eve Service on November 26th at 6 pm.  

*Christmas Wonderland Student Store-The students get to shop for Christmas gifts here at school!  The preview day is December 2^nd and the shopping day is December 3rd.  More information will be coming home soon!  

*PTL's Breakfast in Bethlehem - Saturday, December 6th -9:00 - 11:00 a.m.!  Enjoy a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast, then walk through stations that bring the Christmas story to life—Discover the wonder of Jesus' birth!  

*Our students will be singing and leading the Advent Service on December 17^th at 6:30 pm.  Our program is called "The Light Has Come!"  Please plan to be here, as the kiddos have been working hard and are so excited to share the Good News of our newborn Savior with you!   We respectfully ask that students come dressed in their Christmas best. We are grateful for your partnership in helping our students present the joyful message of our Savior’s birth with adoration and joy! Thank you!  

RELIGION-This week, we studied in detail the 4th and 5th commandments and what following those commandments should look like in our lives--Honoring, serving, and respecting our parents, other authorities, and fellow people.  

Upcoming MEMORY-

12/2- 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,

 

12/5- betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way. 

SPELLING WORDS for Friday, December 5th: 

Story: Sacajawea

million, collect, lumber, pepper, plastic, borrow, support, thirty, perfect, attend, canyon, traffic, fortune, danger, soccer, engine, picture, survive, seldom, effort

Challenge Word: interpreter

Have a blessed Thanksgiving,

Kim 

Have a BLESSED weekend...

Dear 4th Grade Parents,

Thank you for your prayers for Mr. Holland and his family.  We know that this time is difficult for them, but they are certain in the promise of eternal life through our Risen Savior Jesus Christ!  Praise be to God!  I have included information for the visitation and funeral of Becky Holland.  

A visitation will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2025,

from 10 AM-12 PM at:

Royer Funeral Home

100 Royer Lane

Grain Valley, MO 64029

the Funeral Service will begin promptly at 12 PM, with internment immediately following.

Obituary

Please take a look at upcoming events and what we have been doing here in the classroom:

*Next Tuesday, November 25th, at 11:00, the 4th graders will have their classroom Thanksgiving Feast in lieu of lunch. We have been studying the first Thanksgiving and all about the Pilgrims and Wampanoag. We will also be talking about all the things we, as Christian Americans, should be thankful for! What a wonderful way to praise our Father for all He has given! 

*Just a reminder that we will only have school on Monday and Tuesday of next week.  

*Christmas Wonderland Student Store-The students get to shop for Christmas gifts here at school!  The preview day is Decembe 2^nd and the shopping day is December 3rd.  More information will be coming home soon!  

*PTL's Breakfast in Bethlehem - Saturday, December 6th -9:00 - 11:00 a.m.!  Enjoy a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast, then walk through stations that bring the Christmas story to life—Discover the wonder of Jesus' birth!  

*Our students will be singing and leading the Advent Service on December 17^th at 6:30 pm.  Our program is called, "The Light Has Come!"  Please plan to be here, as the kiddos have been working hard and are so excited to share the Good News of our newborn Savior with you!   We respectfully ask that students come dressed in their Christmas best. We are grateful for your partnership in helping our students present the joyful message of our Savior’s birth with adoration and joy! Thank you!  

*Update on my son, Konrad:  He is back home in his apartment in Portland.  🙂  He is on medication for seizures and will have radiation treatments beginning next week.  Thank you for your prayers!  I am thankful to God for His mighty Hand and guidance of the doctors.  

RELIGION-This week, we studied in detail the 1st and 2nd commandments and their meanings.  We have discussed putting God first and foremost in our lives, and the challenges of this sometimes.  We reviewed the stories of Abraham and Isaac, of the three men in the fiery furnace, of David and Goliath, and of Daniel and the Lions' Den.  These are all wonderful examples of people in God's Word putting God and His will first in their lives.  

Upcoming MEMORY-

11/25-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.

 

12/2- 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,

 

12/5- betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way. 

 

LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES- We have learned all about the first Thanksgiving this week—All about the Pilgrims and Wampanoags, why the Pilgrims came to America, what their lives were like, and how they worshipped God and took care of their families.  We talked about the Wampanoags, their traditions, and the peace treaty with the Pilgrims.  We read the story, “On the Wide, Dark Sea,” to learn more about the pilgrims’ adventures, hardships, and what they endured.  We are so thankful to be a part of this great country!  So many facts—our noggins are full!  😊 (November book reports are due December 1st.)

We will not have spelling words next week, but here are our SPELLING WORDS for Friday, December 5th: 

Story: Sacajawea

million, collect, lumber, pepper, plastic, borrow, support, thirty, perfect, attend, canyon, traffic, fortune, danger, soccer, engine, picture, survive, seldom, effort

Challenge Word: interpreter

MATH-We have been working SO hard solving 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication.  We have taken a few extra days to make sure all students understand the process, and I think we are "getting" it!  We will test over this chapter next week and begin learning about long division after Thanksgiving Break.  We are on our 8's in multiplication mad minutes.  The kiddos are realizing the importance of having these facts memorized when trying to solve these large multiplication problems! Please keep working on those flash cards at home.  Thank you for your help with this! 

SPECIAL CLASSES

ART-This week, we created our own "Molly's Pilgrims" from clothespins, fabric, pipe cleaners, and hot glue.  For some, this was a challenge, and others had a lot of fun!  They are very original!  (Thank you, Debbie and Gary, for the supplies!) 

MUSIC-We are working on our Christmas songs for the Advent Service! Every time I pick the kiddos up from music class, they sound SO beautiful and we hum the tunes the rest of the afternoon!

P.E.- This week, we learned how to shoot!  We practiced free throws and lay-ups.

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP- We wrote about what our families do on Thanksgiving.  It was fun to hear about traditions your families have!

SPANISH-The Spanish names of body parts, people in our families, and how to ask questions.  

Have a blessed weekend!

Kim