Dear Parents,
We
have had a great week! Here is what we
have been up to:
All Students:
During Art
, we met Roy G. Biv. After a description
was read to us, we drew pictures what we thought he would look like. We then compared pictures. We also copied down the passage. Through him, we learned the colors of the
rainbow! These are hanging from the
ceiling next door. We also began
learning the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, and began paint
mixing. This is fun! J
In P.E.
this week, we started playing different versions of dodge ball! We played Pin Dodge ball and Doctor Dodge
ball! We need to work a little on good
sportsmanship, so we have been going over this in the classroom…
For Writers’
Workshop, we had Readers’ Theatre, where we these classroom authors
shared some of their writing! We
continued writing our short stories and some have begun to publish them. I am excited to see the finished
products!
In Computer
Lab , we have worked with publishing our poems and stories. We also
worked on Typing Web. The focus is
keeping hands on the home keys and looking at the computer screen instead of
the keys!
In Music
this week, we used wooden instruments to create beats and rhythms…
Full-Time Students:
In Religion this week, we talked about the Law
and the Gospel, and how the Law shows our sin to us, like a mirror. The
Gospel, however, is that Good News that God has forgiven our sins through
Jesus, who on the cross paid the penalty for us. We also discussed the
ways Christians can flourish and grow by learning about the Six Chief Parts of
the Small Catechism, meaning the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, the Ten
Commandments, Holy Baptism, Confession, and the Sacrament of the Altar.
Memory work for next week is:
September 23-
Hebrews
James
1 & 2 Peter
1 , 2, & 3 John
Jude
Revelation
September 26-Recite all of the New Testament
Books
In Language
Arts we worked very diligently at DOLs (Daily Oral Language). The
students are getting much more comfortable editing and revising sentences, and
getting so much more confident too!
Third graders read a story entitled, Pop’s
Bridge, about the building of the San Francisco Bridge. This was a neat
story! Fourth graders read a story
called The Power of W.O.W., and they put on the play for the third
graders today! They did a fantastic job
and showed real collaboration as they worked as a team!
Next week, we will begin to write our first papers
as a class. We will use the writing
process to write personal narratives, and will even publish them at
school.
Book reports are due soon! Third graders need to read a mystery book and
have
their reports completed by October 17th.. Fourth graders are
reading Newbery Award books and their reports are due next week on September 30th. Thank you!
In Math
this week, third graders rounded numbers to the closest 10, 100, and 1,000, and
then tested over this skill. Some are
still really struggling with this skill, and we will continue to work on it
until all have mastered! Fourth graders
learned about place value, rounding, and estimating, and will review this next
week and test over it!
We began School
of Economics! Yeah! You have probably had your child come home
and tell you all the details—they are so super-excited, which gets us
super-excited! We attend the facility on
October 10th. This week, we
met with 3rd-6th grades, and learned as much as we could
pack into two hours this week. We learned what economics is, (the buying and
selling of goods), we discussed the different countries that will be there and
what each country makes and sells, we learned about Ellis Island and
immigrants, we talked about how to fill our job applications, had interviews
today (wish you all could have been here for that one!), and have begun to work
on passports. We have been SO busy, but
having SO much fun!!!
The sign-up genius for
the field trip went home today. Here is
the link:
In Science
this week we began reading chapter 1, which discussed the characteristics of
all living things. We have been busy
making flash cards, so we can learn these new words. We will work slowly through this chapter, and
I will keep you updated as to when we will be quizzing over facts. The students love our new science books!
Friday
Folders will come home on Monday next week!
We had School of Economic job interviews right up to the wire today, and
did not have time to pack them! Be
looking for the “Monday Folder!”
Thanks! Mid-Terms will come home on Tuesday.
Important Dates:
SEPTEMBER
20-Soccer game at LHS 9:00
20-Soccer game at LHS 9:00
23-Mid-Terms
come home
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
10-Field
Trip to the School of Economics
10-11-
5th and 6th Grade KCLAL Volleyball Tournament at Timothy
11-12
KCLAL Soccer Tournament at LHS
15- Mr.
Kuerschner's Birthday
17- End
of 1st Quarter, 1:00pm Dismissal; 3rd grade book reports due
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
Have a wonderful weekend!
Yours in Christ,
Kim Brunkhorst
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