We
have had another great week at school! I
am so thankful for each one of these students and how hard they are working
each day! They are already learning so
much! Homework is new to some of the
children. Please always check to see if
your child has work, as they get used to this process. Thank you for your help with this! Below is what we have covered in each of the
subject areas.
In Religion this week, we have
talked about who God is. We have
discussed Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each part of the Trinity is so
important to us in so many ways. We are
blessed beyond measure to be loved by our God, and to receive His countless
blessings!
Memory for next
week:
September 2-
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel
1 & 2 Kings
1 & 2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
September 5-
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
In Language
Arts this week both grades read a new story. Third graders read a story entitled, A
Fine, Fine School, and fourth graders read a story that most of you know by
the title of Because of Winn Dixie.
We learned about pronouns, and finding complete sentences in written
text. We also wrote a lot in our
journals this week and worked on the process of forming complete
paragraphs. We took our first spelling
test today and the children did great!
Some of the kids even got the challenge word, “mesmerize” correct! I reminded them that they will need to be
able to spell the word and put it in a sentence in order to get the extra
credit on Fridays! I can tell they all
worked very hard at home preparing!
Thank you! Please encourage your
child to read his or her book report book to stay on target. They can keep this book in their backpacks,
so they can read it in free time at school too!
During English this week, your child took a test over nouns. This test was for me to see where they are in
their understanding. You will see this
test again in a few weeks as we learn more about them… J
We had our first visit to the Library on Tuesday, and met Mrs. Stout! We are going to have so much fun in Library
this year… Books that are checked out are due the following Tuesday. If your child needs his or her book for
another week, they just need to re-check it out. Thank you!
In Math
this week, third graders began the week by adding and subtracting larger digit
numbers, and reviewing borrowing. Later
in the week, they were to identify place value and tell the value of a digit in
a number. Today, the children began
writing three digit numbers in standard form, expanded form, and word from. These terms were brand new to them, and they
did so great! Fourth graders reviewed
these things from last year, and began talking about periods within numbers,
and identifying them to the millions.
They also worked with ordering large numbers and adding and subtracting
them. We will have our first math test
next week in both grades. Mad minutes
are going well! Please encourage your
child to study math facts at home! Thank
you!
We began Special
Classes this week, and welcomed five home school friends to our awesome
classroom mix: Carter Davis (3rd
grade), Alayna Borchers (3rd grade), September Watts (3rd
grade), Evan Hyde (3rd grade), and Tanner Scott (4th
grade)! We had a great time getting to
know these new friends and had a very fun week!
In Art
this week, we learned the term contour and
practiced a blind contour drawing where we looked at the object, but not our
paper, and as our eyes followed the contours, our pencil moved. It was funny to see our results! We then practiced a modified blind contour
drawing where we could look two times while drawing. We finished up with some abstract art where
we had a modified blind contour drawing of our friends striking posses. We will finish this up next week! As we
complete these, they will be hanging in the hallway for all to see! They are super-cool!
In P.E.
this week, we began volleyball skills!
We learned how to correctly pass, set, and move. Next week, we will learn serving, and try
some scrimmages. We also learned new
stretches and ran laps using pacing and then taking our pulses. We will see how we improve throughout the
school year as we add more laps and get stronger! There were several students that forgot their
tennis shoes this week, and were not able to participate. Please be sure to send shoes on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Thank you!
In Writers’
Workshop this week, we learned all of the steps to the writing process:
planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. We are excited to get started writing our
stories! We are going to become awesome
little authors in here!
In Computer
Lab this week, we just tried out our computers by playing games. Next week, we will work with Typing Web,
which enhances typing skills.
In Music this week, we met Mrs.
Patterson! She is so excited to be
working with the kids. This week, they learned
names, practiced steady beats, and used actions to tell a well-known story to
music.
We also had our first Spanish class this week ! Mrs. Carrasco, our Spanish
teacher, will be sending home notes about Spanish once a month. If you get to the store this week, you may
want to grab another notebook for her classroom. Thank you!
I will always let your child know in their assignment books if he or she
has a Spanish assignment as well.
We handed out a flyer for boy scouts on
Tuesday. We have now found out that
Timothy has their own Cub Scout pack!
Here is the contact info.
School picture forms are September 15th. The form is coming home today. Please check Friday Folders! Home school friends, please come too! You will get this form on Tuesday. Thank you!
South:
Tary Krahenbuhl 816-224-2004 or tkrahenbuhl@comcast.net
North:
Richard Pirch 816-500-2173 or lagunafish@sbcglobal.net
Thank
you!
SEPTEMBER
1-
No School, Labor Day
5-VB
games at Timothy 5:30
6-Soccer
game at LHS 9:00
12-VB
games at Calvary 6:00
7-14-
Scholastic Book Fair
13-
Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest Parade 10:00am
13-Soccer
game at LHS 1:30
15-
School Pictures
20-Soccer
game at LHS 9:00
26-VB
games at Timothy 5:30
27-VB
games at Timothy 9:00 am
27-game
at LHS 10:15
30-4th
grade book reports due
OCTOBER
3-VB
games at Hope 6:00
4-game
at LHS 11:30
6-
Mrs. Brunkhorst's Birthday
7-
Mrs. Vogt's Birthday
9-Volleyball
and Soccer pictures after school at 3:45
10-Field
Trip to the School of Economics
15-
Mr. Kuerschner's Birthday
17- End
of 1st Quarter, 1:00pm Dismissal; 3rd grade book reports due
10-11-
5th and 6th Grade KCLAL Volleyball Tournament at Timothy
11-12
KCLAL Soccer Tournament at LHS
20-
Picture Retake Day
23-24-
Parent/Teacher Conferences, 1:00 Dismissal
26-
K-2 Choir Sings North Campus 8:30 & 9:45
31-Fall
Field Trip to Memaw's
Thank you for being such supportive parents! This is a great group of kiddos! Have a great, long, safe, blessed weekend…J
Yours in Christ,
Kim Brunkhorst
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