Newsletter 4-25-14

Third and Fourth Grade News

April 10, 2014

Hello, Parents!  Our musical, Rescue in the Night, is tonight!  The students sound SO great, and they all are amazing in their roles.  We are all SO excited!  Please remember, your child needs to be here at 6:30 in their t-shirt and blue jeans.  Thank you so much!  You will be very impressed, and tickled! 

Our all-school Fun Day is getting near! We need lots of parent help this day.  Here’s the link to the sign up –

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090E4CAFAC28A57-tlsfun

TIMOTHY LUTHERAN SCHOOL – APRIL MISSION PROJECT

This is another quick reminder that our mission project ends next week.  (April 30^th). We have the opportunity to support two Timothy Lutheran School graduates who are responding to God’s call to spread the Gospel.  Samantha Hatfield and Rebecca Patterson, who graduated in 2012, are going on a mission trip to Nicaragua May 24-31.  Please bring supplies in!  Our basket in the hallway is getting full!  Thank you! 

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

Easter/Religion- We had Easter stations this week, where we reviewed Holy Week, created beautiful art projects, and also had some fun math centers. 

Reading/Spelling- We reviewed our stories from last week, Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves and Owen and Mzee.  We tested over these and our spelling words today.  We worked a lot on our biography rugs this week!  Please remember that 4^th grade’s is due next Wednesday.  Thank you!  3^rd graders have until May 15^th. 

Math- We have several more students (4) on their way to Winstead’s!  Yeah!  Thank you for working with your child on their facts.  Third graders this week worked with word division and tested today.  We will begin longer multiplication next week.  Fourth graders are now pros at long division.  They have been working very hard and deserve your praise!  Yeah, 4^th grade!  Next week, we will test over this skill.  On Monday, we had fun graphing jelly beans and solving for mean, median, range, and mode.  Then, we got to enjoy our snacks! 

Special Classes:

Art-We created tissue paper crosses and butterflies this week that look like stained glass.  They are beautiful.  We also worked on our Biography Rugs.  Please check out our magical circuses and our night gardens in the hallway outside of our classrooms.  Thank you!

Writing-We have been busy reading our biographies and taking notes.  This week we began creating our final drafts for the biography rugs.

P.E.- We worked on track and field events—running long jump, races, obstacle courses, and stretching.  

Music- The musical!!!  We will get back to regular music practice next week.

Upcoming Events:

APRIL

25-Musical, “Rescue in the Night” 7:00

30-4^th grade book reports due

MAY

3-Track Meet –Alma, MO

10-Track Meet—Lutheran High Meet at Center High School

14-Winstead’s--after school

15-3^rd grade book report due

16-Fun Day/Athletic Banquet 7:00

17-Track Meet—Hope Relays at Bishop Miege High School

18-8^th grade graduation 2:00

19-Tentative ¾ end of the year field trip…more details to come

21-Last Day of School

Blessings to you,

Kim