Hello, parents! We
have been very busy, but having SO much fun and learning SO many new
things! Below, I am going to give you a
quick rundown of next week, so you will be aware of all that is happening. Thank you for taking the time to read this!
This Weekend/Next Week:
Saturday, December 12th: Christmas Musical rehearsal in the school
auditorium from 9:00 - 11:00 am
Monday, December 14th:
All Students: We will leave school at 9:00 to go to
see the play “The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever,” by Barbara Robinson, at
Theatre of Young America, which is inside Union Station, downtown K.C. It begins at 10:00 and we will be back by
noon. We have 7 drivers that signed up,
and all spaces are full. I have not
heard from some of the homeschool students as to whether they are going,
though, so please just let me know! I
do not have money from quite a few students.
Please send in or bring $5.50 on Monday.
Thank you so much! That
afternoon, we will be working on Science, writing projects, and Christmas gifts. ;)
Tuesday and Wednesday will be “normal” days, but we
will not have spelling words or reading selections. We will be using our Language Arts time to
study several different Christmas stories and we will also focus on writing our
persuasive essays! We will have a few
math lessons in there too, finishing up our units on simple multiplication, and
testing over them. Religion class
everyday will be focused on the birth of our Savior, and learning/practicing
Christmas hymns. J
Thursday, December 17th:
All Students: We will have our bowling
Christmas/Caroling Party! We will leave
school around 8:45, bowl at the Lunar Bowl in Blue Springs, and then return
around 11:30, just in time for lunch.
Students’ bowling is paid for, (Thank you, PTL!), but if you would like
to bowl, please bring $6.00. A paper
permission slip was sent home last week, so please sign and return this so we
know your child has permission to go and if you can drive. We have
heard from quite a few of you! We will
be back at school to eat lunch, and then we will head to Benton House at 1:00
to sing Christmas carols to the people that reside and work there. This is such an awesome way to witness about
Jesus! J We will back to school by 3:00. What a fun day!
Friday, December 18th:
Full-Time Students Only, please: We will have our Polar Express Party! Please allow your child to wear pajamas to
school, but please send tennis shoes and a coat. We will be having recess and lunch in the
gym. They can bring one extra item
too—either a pillow, blanket, or stuffed animal, but not all three,
please! We will be reading the book
Polar Express by Chris VanAllsburg and
then watching the movie based on the book.
We will have hot chocolate and snacks.
If you would like to send in extra goodies, that is always welcome! J
We dismiss at 1:00 that day for Christmas break!
Saturday, December 19th: All-Students--Christmas
Musical rehearsal in the school auditorium from 9:00 -11:00 am
Sunday, December 20th: All-Students--
Christmas Program Performances: (School Auditorium)
Sunday, December 20
3:00 & 6:00 pm
• Students
arrive at 2:30 pm, meeting in their classrooms.
• Wear
nice dress clothes (no jeans or tennis shoes, please)
•
Performances will last approximately 1 hour.
• A meal
will be provided for students participating in the musical between
performances. A sign-up came today. Please respond.
Other News:
*Our school did an amazing job collecting for Operation
Christmas Child. We put together 154
boxes!!! (We beat our goal!) THANK YOU for all of your support, prayers,
and love! Overall, as Timothy’s South
Site was a collection center for OCC, there were 1,415 boxes collected during
collection week!!! Isn’t that
amazing?! These boxes have all been
sent to one of eight processing centers where they will be prepared for
shipment to Mexico.
Please keep the children who will be receiving these boxes
in your thoughts and prayers as we enter the Christmas season.
*Thank you for those of you that were able to contribute
money and/or gifts for the children that are less fortunate. Our class brought in $47.12 and had several
gifts, an awesome marker set, toys cars, and a doll. We wrapped these today and made cards telling
them about the love of Jesus. These will
be presented in church on Sunday, December 13th. THANK YOU!
*Grade 3rd-6th are going to be
completing Science projects and having a Science Fair in late February. Mrs. Stack and I met this week to discuss setting
one up and we are all so very excited! She
has a lot of experience in this area, so I will be learning so much from
her! J We will begin work on this when we return
from Christmas break.
Here is what we have been up to at school:
Religion-We discussed Joshua and Gideon and leading
the people of Israel into the Promised Land and crossing the Jordan River.
Those Israelites continued to grumble, just like we do!
Math-Third grade learned how to multiply with 9’s
this week, and also how to multiplication to solve word problems. We will finish up this chapter next
week. Fourth grade tested over Chapter 9
this week. They had learned about
expression, equations, variables, and how to find the math rule in word problems. Please remind your child to study their math
facts! We are head-over-heels into mad
minutes!
Language Arts- Third grade read “The Science Fair”
this week, which is such good timing because we are planning Timothy’s first
Science Fair, and it led to some GREAT discussions! Fourth graders read, “The Earth Dragon Awakes,”
which is a historical fiction story about the San Francisco earthquake.
P.E.- This week in P.E., we continued to talk about
basketball --passing and dribbling!
Art- We created Christmas cards for shut-ins and for
you! Your child will be sending these
new shut-in friends cards during this school year. What a wonderful way to share God’s
love!
Writers’ Workshop/Computer Time- We discussed
persuasive essays and all got such a great start on them. We will continue this writing next week. I am eager to read them—what great
ideas!
Music- With Mrs. Pennington, we practiced the Advent
and Christmas songs, listed to the story of “The Nutcracker,” and listed to Tchaikovsky
’s musical ballet. We learned so much!
More Upcoming Events:
DECEMBER
11-BB Games at Messiah
4/5 girls-6:00
7/8 girls-7:00
7/8 boys-8:00
12- Christmas Musical Rehearsal 9:00 – 11:00
14-Field Trip to Theatre for Young America to see “Best
Little Christmas Pageant Ever”- 9:00 a.m. ; ECC Christmas program at the north
site at 7:00 P.M.
17-Bowling at Lunar Bowl from 9-11; and Caroling at Benton
House at 1:15
18- 3rd/4th Polar Express Party—wear pjs to school! ; 1:00 Dismissal; Basketball games at Bethany
Lutheran
19- Christmas Musical Rehearsal 9:00 – 11:00
20- Christmas Musical 3:00 and 6:00
23- Mrs. Barber's Birthday
21-31- No School, Christmas Break
Have a fantastic weekend!
Blessings,
Kim
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