Newsletter 10-17-14

Third and Fourth Grade News 

From the Week of October 17, 2014

Dear Parents,

LET’S GO R-O-Y-A-L-S!!!!  We have been talking a lot about baseball here in this classroom, wearing a ton of blue, and reveling in the fact that we are all part of this bit of history!  It is so fun and wonderful!  The kids even think it is neat to hear my stories of remembering 29 years ago, and watching the World Series… I was in 6^th grade.  Seems like yesterday… J

Thank you so much for your prayers this week.  The doctor was not able to give us any answers about Emma’s eye, but we are hopeful.  She goes back again next week with her dad, and we will get some direction then.  We are continually reminded about how blessed we are. 

Our fall party is Friday, October 31st.  An online permission slip was sent out.    Please let me know if you have any questions, or have trouble signing up. 

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for next week, on October 23 & 24.  An sign-up email went out about this as well.  Don’t forget to schedule a time!  I SO look forward to meeting with each of you! 

Students are responding well to Mission Project challenge, “Operation Christmas Child.”  We were urged last week to bring in hygiene items, and this week, we were asked to bring in school supplies.  Please continue to do this!  You can also bring in all-ready-to-go boxes!  Thank you for your generosity! 

Basketball will be beginning in November!  Each student, grades 4^th-8^th, can participate on a team!  The boys’ teams (4^th/5^th/6^th and 7^th/8^th) are coached by Mr. Nathan Parker and practices will be on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 and Sundays at 3:00.  The girls’ teams (4^th/5^th/6^th and 7^th/8^th) are coached by Mr. Ed Kuerschner and Mr. Jeff Mundt and practices are after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:45.  Games begin in December and are typically on Friday nights and Saturday mornings.  Please let me know if your child is interested by emailing me.  Thank you so much! 

Here is what we did this week:

In Religion, we talked a lot about Martin Luther, and learned about his life.  Today we discussed what saints are.  We will continue to learn about the Reformation complete several fun projects with it next week and the following. 

Memory work for next week is:

October 21-THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT

Honor your father and your mother.  What does this mean?  We should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our parents and other authorities,

October 24-but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them.

In Language Arts this week, third graders read a story about what illustrators do and fourth graders learned about how movies are made to be exciting.  Both were very informative essays, and ones that we can learn from. 

In Math, third graders finished up their chapter with longer subtraction and will test over it on Monday, and fourth graders tested over their unit about variables and addition properties.  They began working with telling time and scheduling this week. 

In Science this week, we began our study of animals and their parts.  We have talked about how many of them have structures that help them eat, breathe, and survive.  We will continue to work on our vocabulary words here at school. 

During Art, we created clowns with different shades of one primary color, by using black and white to mix the shades.  We studied clowns, their faces, their body language, and had a lot of fun with this creation. 

In P.E. this week, we learned Rapid Fire!  This is a fun version of dodge ball where each person is on their own and trying to be the last person standing! 

For Writers’ Workshop, we continued writing Personal Narratives!  These stories are really turning out so wonderfully.  I am excited to share them with you. 

For Computer Lab this week, we worked on our typing program, and started publishing our personal narratives. 

In Music this week, we started learning our song for our Sunday morning performance on November 9 at the South Site. We will be singing 1 song at the 10:00am service. The students need to be there by 9:40 in the choir room to warm up. They may dress nice or wear a Timothy shirt.  If parents have any questions, please contact me at Mrs. Patterson at lindseyp@timothylutheran.com.  If a your child is not able to attend, please contact her by November 6th.

In Spanish, the students have been studying the “word of the day!”  There will be a quiz on Thursday October 23^rd.  ( valiente- brave, courageous )

Important Dates:

17/18-7th and 8th Grade KCLAL Volleyball Tournament at Hope
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

NOVEMBER

5- Donuts with Dad 7:45-8:20am

6- Mrs. Krekel's Birthday

9-3rd-8th Choir sings at the South Site…be there by 9:40

12-14- Teacher Conference, No School

24- Mrs. Patterson's Birthday/3rd/4th grade Thanksgiving Feast

26-28- No School, Thanksgiving Break

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Yours in Christ,

Kim Brunkhorst