Hello, Parents! This has
been such a fun week for the kids and for me!
First of all, THANK YOU for all of your treats, gifts, and notes this
week for Teacher Appreciation Week. I
feel so appreciated and loved, and you have been so generous and kind. J God has blessed me richly with all of you and
your awesome children. Thank you for
sharing them with me!
This week has also been so amazing because Mr. Nate Eaton, a
former student of mine and a student at Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska, was here Wednesday, Thursday, and today to do
some student-teaching! Wow! What a talented young man, with such a future! The students adored him, and they learned so
very much from him. He completed a
mini-unit about Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, he taught the kiddos all about the
monuments and then they were able to build them out of Legos, and place them on
a neat map. What fun for them! Thursday, he talked about our government and
the role of it, focusing on the President.
He then had the kids make a up a confidential problem either in a
pretend society or in a real one, and then the children had to assume the role
as the leader/president and solve the problem.
Some of these were super-tough, and really opened their eyes to the
complexity of the job. We prayed for our President and country. Today, we discussed the question,” What if we
did not have a government or laws?” Each
child was given a job, and he or she was faced with at a scenario in which there
was not a government to instill laws or
order. While it was fun, the children
were able to see first-hand what our country would look like without those set
laws. What a disaster! He ended the discussion talking about how we
are all sinners, how we break God’s Law all the time, and how we need to repent. The kiddos each wrote a sin or a worry or a
fear on a rock, took that prayer to God, and then tossed their sin away. (We threw our rocks as hard as we could in to
the field!). It was wonderful!
Please pray for Mr. Nate as he finishes his college career, and
heads into the ministry as a fellow educator.
I feel SO blessed to serve with him.
J Thanks, Nathan!
We had our first official cross-country race this Tuesday. The team did so well…and I would love to
highlight our runners in this classroom:
Will Gannan, Nolan Mercer, Annabel Myers, Zachary Neer, and Sydney
Robbins. They did a great job! We have our first track meet tomorrow at
Center High School in Kansas City from 9-3:30.
Come and cheer us on! (Our Ana Pastora will also be there for that
meet.)
Next week, we will have TimOlympics every day, but Friday. Make sure your child fills you in on all the
fun we will be having! Each child will have
a team of members 3rd-8th, and they will be competing in
brain games, athletic games, and creative games. Winner will be announced the last day of
school! Go Timothy! (We will still have specials classes at our normal
times on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons.)
Our All-School FUN DAY, is Friday, May 15th. All
students, including home-school friends, are invited to come. We will
have fun with all sorts of outdoor and indoor games, eating lunch outside, and
fun all around!
Please mark our Graduation date (5/17) on your calendars. We
would love for all students and families to be able to attend, as each grade
will be involved in the program! We are so proud of all of our
graduates!!!
We will take our final field trip as a class on Monday, May 18th.
All of our class is invited to come! Weather permitting, we will head out
to Burr Oak woods and hike some trails in the morning, and go to Railroad Park
to picnic and play. A Sign-Up Genius came home last week. Thank you!
We will be having our class auction on Tuesday, the 19th. The children have earned money all year from
their classroom jobs, and they can spend it at our store, or save it for the
auction. We will be “auctioning” off our
class-made books and posters, some of our artwork, and items from the
store. If you have any new or gently
used games, books, toys, etc. that you would like to donate, please send them
my way! Thank you!
Enrollment is still underway! If you haven’t resubmitted
your forms, please do so as soon as possible. This will help us make
necessary preparations for next year!
Here’s what we have been up to:
In Religion
this week, we talked about sin and the power of Baptism.
Memory for the rest
of the school year:
May 12-Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you. Matthew 5:44
Language Arts: This
week, the 3rd graders read a story called “Becoming Anything He
Wants to Be.” Fourth graders read “Museums: Wonders of the World.” Missouri’s own City Museum in St. Louis was
featured, as well as the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.,
which Mr. Nate talked about. J This was our last Reading story and set of
Spelling words this school year!
Whoopee! Next week, for fun, we
will have a classroom fun quiz on all of the “challenge words” from the
year. They are all posted in the
classroom, so students should study up! …just
for a fun time. 3rd graders’ biography rug book reports are due on Thursday. Most of them have already shared their
creations. Please check with your child
if they have their research paper turned in.
This was due today, but I have given some an extension. Thank you.
In Math this week,
third graders learned how to multiply 2-digit numbers. Fourth graders worked with long division,
and are doing so well! We will continue
to have math almost every until the end of the year. We finished up our Problem Solvers this
week. Those fun books came home for you
to view! See if you can solve them…
;) We go to celebrate our multiplication
successes next Wednesday after school.
Specials
this week:
Art-We
made our mothers a gift and worked on our marching band pictures.
Music-We
practiced our song for graduation and began learning about musical instruments.
P.E.-We
had Students’ choice…and we played Dr. Dodgeball!
Writing- We finished
up our research papers and began a fun free writing activity!
Spanish-Cinco de Mayo was such a success! The children all did so very well! We were all so proud of them! To celebrate, the 3rd/4th graders
had a special lunch on Thursday. Mrs. Carrasco
supplied the meat and tostadas, and you all supplied the rest. THANK YOU for helping out with that on such
short notice. The kids had a wonderful,
fun time!
Next
Thursday will be the last day for our home-school friends. It is hard to believe
this school year is drawing to a close!
Upcoming Events:
MAY
9-Lutheran
High Track Meet—Center High School 9:00-3:30
13-Winstead’s
visit after school 3:45-4:30
14-3rd/4th
grade book reports due; Home-School friends’ last day
15-
All-School FUN DAY!! The athletic banquet will also be Friday evening.
16-Hope
Relays—Bishop Miege High School 9:00-3:30
17 -
8th Grade graduation in the gym at 2:00 - all grades encouraged to attend
18-Last
field trip—Burr Oak Woods and Railroad Park 10:00-3:00
19 -
Last day of school - 1:00 dismissal
Have a wonderful weekend!
Blessings,
Kim
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