Dear Parents,
Happy Valentine’s Weekend! We had a lot of fun this week talking about
God’s infinite love…and how truly amazing that is! J Today we partied it up with valentines, snacks
(Thank you, Alayna and Courtney! YUM!) mad libs, and silly fortune telling! (Ask your kiddos about that one.) I was so happy to have so many of our
home-school friends here too. We have
such an amazing class!
It was wonderful meeting with you
at conferences. All of the children are
working hard and were/are super-excited to share with you their progress and
projects. Thank you for coming!
Reminders:
·
No School on Monday for President’s Day!
- Achievement
Testing is the week after next! (Feb. 23-27) Home-school families
are more than welcome to come each day for this testing! We will be
testing just in the mornings. Home school students are welcome to
stay for lunch or be picked up at noon. In the afternoons of this
week (M/W/F only, since we’ll still have specials classes on Tu/Th), it's my
hope to have Religion, D.E.A.R. Time, continue on our new Science unit, and
also get the kids working on our Trivia Night live auction item. We
will not have a lot of homework at all!
For your child’s best success, you may want to consider the
following:
*A good night’s
sleep! This is the week to get lots of rest!
*A good
breakfast! A hungry tummy can be really distracting.
*Healthy snacks -
students are welcome to munch on something healthy between tests to keep up
their energy and focus
*Water - keeping
your brain hydrated is a smart idea, too!
*Activities for
fast finishers – their book report book, crossword puzzles, or magazines—nothing
that will be distracting to other students.
- Enrollment
forms have been issued to all current students. Enrollment will open
up to new families soon. Please send your forms back in as soon as
possible to reserve your spot for next year!
- Our
ECC and School are sponsoring the Lenten supper on Wednesday, March 4.
We will be serving pizza, salad, and cookies. If you are
willing, we would like a $5 donation toward costs, as well as one dozen
cookies. We will have student artwork on display for our
congregation to see. We’re excited for this opportunity to be more
visible to our church! Thank you for your help!!
- Aside
from the class trivia art project, which we will be working on in school
art, our class is sponsoring a Cardinals basket! If
you are able and willing, you can send in anything to go in this basket
that has anything to with the Cardinals, St. Louis, birds, etc., anything
will be fine! Thank you for help
with this.
Here
is what we have been up to:
In Religion
this week, we talked about how much Jesus loves us, and how we are heirs of the
Kingdom because of that love and sacrifice.
Memory for
next week:
February 17- and I pray You
to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and;
life may please You.
February 20-For into Your
hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your
holy angel be with me, that the wicked foe may have no power over me. Amen.
In Language Arts
this week, we also read two amazing stories: “The Albertosaurus Mystery” and “The
Right Dog for the Job.” We are also studying Beverly Cleary and reading
her Caldecott Honor book, “Ramona and Her Father.”
Spelling for next week:
3rd
Grade:
shark
check
queen
circus
flake
crack
second
squeeze
quart
squeak
quick
coldest
Africa
Mexico
black
thank
Challenge Word:
calamity
4th
Grade:
unused
refresh
dislike
replace
unpaid
redo
disorder
unplanned
distrust
rewind
untrue
unload
recall
displease
uneven
rebuild
restart
uncover
untidy
discolor
disband
rearrange
Challenge Word:
calamity
During Math his week, third graders
worked more with dividing 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s. Fourth graders worked
with multiplying 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers, and tested over these
skills. Next week, they will begin
longer division! Please keep practicing
those math facts…our Winstead’s Trip is quickly approaching! We can do
this!
We tested during
Social Studies this week!
All of the students did well…and learning about communities was so much
fun! Next week, we will begin our next Science unit about plant and
animal life cycles.
Here is what we
did during Specials this week:
Art-we
created woven hearts to use as our valentine holders and to use for cards for
you!
Music-we
practiced our recorders and had our second and third Recorder Karate sessions.
They are doing great! Please urge your
child to practice at home…
P.E.-we
practiced tumbling, and play Man From Mars.
J
Writing-We
continued writing persuasive essays. They will work on drafting and
publishing next week. We also need to
focus on finishing up old stories. This is
something we can continue the following week while doing achievement
tests.
Upcoming Events:
FEBRUARY
16- No School - Presidents' Day
23-27-Achievement tests
27-4th grade February book report due
MARCH
4- TLS Serves Lenten Dinner
13- End of 3rd Quarter, 1:00pm Dismissal; 3rd grade book
report due
31-4th grade March book report due
31-4th grade March book report due
Have a great LONG weekend!
Blessings,
Kim
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