Newsletter 2-27-15

Dear Parents,

Hello, Parents!  It has been a busy week…and WE ARE FINISHED WITH OUR TESTING!  WooHoo!  I am so proud of the children, as they worked so hard this week!  By noon every day, their little brains seemed drained, but they all had positive attitudes and worked very hard.  J  Mr. Kuerschner will soon send the test forms in, and as soon as we get results, we will send them your way.  Thank you for helping out with great breakfasts, and sending in healthy snacks and mints. 

We did not have any of our core subjects this week, but will continue with them next week.

Memory for the next few weeks:

March 3 - Say the entire Morning Prayer:

Luther’s Morning Prayer: I thank You, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray You to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and; life may please You.  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.

March 6-No memory

March -10 Luther’s Evening Prayer : I thank You, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day;

March 13-and I pray You to forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night.

March 17- 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.

March 20- Say the entire Evening Prayer.

Spelling words for next week:

3^rd Grade:

mood

wooden

drew

smooth

blue

balloon

true

crooked

chew

tooth

hooves

cool

food

pooch

loose

jewel

*metamorphosis

4^th Grade:

colorful

weakness

movement

endless

truthful

illness

cheerful

useless

beautiful

restless

clumsiness

pavement

peaceful

fondness

neatness

speechless

statement

wasteful

penniless

treatment

numbness

ailment

*metamorphosis

We did have Science this week!  We have been learning all about the life cycles of plants (flowers and conifers), and the life cycles of insects (ladybugs), amphibians and reptiles (frogs and sea turtles), and animals (cheetahs).  The children have learned many new vocabulary words, which they will begin studying.  We will be testing on this material next week.

We also had Religion.  We are still studying the Lord’ Prayer.  This week, we discussed why God’s name is hallowed, and why we should always revere it.  The children had a lot of great ideas of how to remind others to use His name for worship and prayer too.  J 

During DEAR Time, we finished up “Ramona and Her Father” and have begun reading “Ramona Quimby, Age 8.”  It is fun to see what she it up to, and all of her antics!  4^th graders shared their mystery book reports today too!  They did a great job!  Movie posters are hanging in the hallway!   New forms for March came home today.  Third grade book reports are due the last day of the quarter, March 13^th.  Please get in February Reading Logs by Monday.

 Here is what we did during Specials this week:

Art-We worked on our Trivia Night project—“Rooted in Christ.”  More details to come! 

Music-we practiced our recorders and had Recorder Karate sessions.  They are still doing great!  Please urge your child to practice at home…  Just so you are aware, we had a whole class discussion, and an awesome life lesson, when a handful of them did not pass their session this week.  We talked about always trying hard and practicing and doing our best, yet, sometimes, we just have to lose gracefully, and try again!  Thank you! 

P.E.-we had more fun with the parachute.  This week we played “Snake Soup” and “Fruit Salad.”  Writing-We continued writing persuasive essays. Many of them are on the publishing step now!   These are due March 3^rd. 

Spanish-We are getting ready for Cinco de Mayo!  You will hear a lot about partners and dancing!  Please make sure we encourage our children with this.  I have reminded them that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, and that it is one 5 minute dance. J  Mrs. Carrasco will send home a note detailing information soon.  Thank you! 

Reminders:

• 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!  The due date for early enrollment is today! 

• Our ECC and School are sponsoring the Lenten supper next Wednesday, March 4.  We will be serving pizza, salad, and cookies.  If you are willing, we would like a $5 donation toward costs, OR a 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!! 

• For Trivia Night, our class is sponsoring a STL 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!  So far, we have received any awesome Cardinals jersey, and some adult beverage commitments!  ;)  Please keep the ideas coming! 

Upcoming Events:

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

APRIL

1-  K-2 Sings South Campus 10:00am

2- Maundy Thursday, 1:00 Dismissal, Morning Home School Session

3- Good Friday, No School

6- Easter Monday, No School

7-Track begins

9-Track team pictures

11- Trivia Night 6-9pm

15-Athletic Banquet

22- Administrative Professionals' Day (Mrs. Fangmann!)

30-4th grade April book report due

Have a great weekend!

Blessings,

Kim