Make a JOYful Noise!

Make a JOYful Noise!

Friday, September 2, 2016

9/2/16

Dear Parents,
        We just finished our first full week of school and we are doing great! I am so thankful for each one of these students and how hard they are working each day!  They are already learning so much!  Homework is new to some of the children.  Please always check to see if your child has work, as they get used to this process.  Thank you for your help with this!  Below is what we have covered in each of the subject areas.

Religion- We discussed God’s Word, how it is a gift to us, and how we should treasure it as the true Word of God.  We learned why the Bible is important, and why it is truly wonderful to be a Christian.  We had our first memory Friday, and they all did well!  Here is next week’s work:

September 6-and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23-24

September 9- The Old Testament
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Language Arts- This week in Reading, both classes shared their first reading story from their basals.  The third graders read “A Fine, Fine School,” and fourth graders read the fun story “Because of Winn Dixie.”  In Spelling, the students put their words into abc order.  We took our first spelling test today and the children did great!  Some of the kids even got the challenge word, “consensus” correct!  I reminded them that they will need to be able to spell the word and put it in a sentence in order to get the extra credit on Fridays!  I can tell they all worked very hard at home preparing!  Thank you!  We WILL have spelling words and a reading story next week too. 

We received information about book reports this week.  You should have gotten this paperwork at home.  (If your child misplaces it, you can always look online too!)  Please encourage your child to read his or her book report book to stay on target.  They can keep this book in their backpacks, so they can read it in free time at school too!   In English this week, we focused on identifying complete sentences.  They completed their first D.O.L.!  (Daily Oral Language)  We had our first visit to the Library on Tuesday, with Amazing Mrs. Stack!  We are going to have so much fun in Library this year… Books that are checked out are due the following Tuesday.  If your child needs his or her book for another week, they just need to re-check it out.  Thank you!

Math-  Third graders worked on rounding numbers to the 10 and 100, as well as solving word problems.  We will review and test over Chapter 1 next week.  J  With Mrs. Barnett, fourth graders worked with putting hundred thousand numbers into word form, standard form, and expanded form.  They also worked with ordering numbers.  They will also test over Chapter 1 next week! 

Social Studies- We started off the week with Current Events, and read about several news headlines in our Scholastic News—including meeting the candidates in the upcoming elections, as well as about the disappearing bison, and some other neat stories. 
                In our books, we reviewed grid maps, and began chapter 1.  We have learned about communities, and discussed the words construction and citizen as well. 

Homeschoolers joined us this week!  :) It was great to get to know Morgan (3rd), Wesley (3rd), and Levi (4th)!  
P.E.- This week in P.E., we learned how to do our stretches and paced ourselves as we ran. We also practiced volleyball skills!  We learned how to correctly pass, set, and move.  Next week, we will learn setting, serving, and try some scrimmages.

Music- With Mrs. Pennington, we learned the different types of notes, as well as the song “Do, Re, Me.”  We learned the solfege and reviewed how to read music.  For some of us, this is brand new.  We are going to learn so much from her this year from her! 

Writers’ Workshop- We learned the steps, which are:  Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, and Publishing.  We began writing stories in our awesome notebooks!  A lot of children asked if they can take their notebooks home to continue their stories, and I of course would love that!  Please just make sure it comes back to school to work on too!  We will work hard next week… Some weeks, the children will work on their own stories, and sometimes they will work on assigned papers.  We will write a biographical sketch, a personal essay, a persuasive essay, a research report, and several types of poetry this year. 

Computer-Mrs. Stack will be working with the children during computer lab time.  This goes hand-in-hand with Writers’ Workshop.  During this time, they will learn such things as keyboarding skills, computer etiquette, playing games, and how to publish their written work using Google Docs.  I have a school account set up for them, which they will have a folder to store their documents.  Your child will be able to access this from home too, with your permission, to work on these assignments at home too. 

Art- This week, we worked on contour drawing, and practiced drawing a continues shape without picking up our pencils.  This was fun!  We they created people contours.  We will complete this project next week…These will be on display soon! 

We also had our first Spanish class this week! Mrs. Carrasco, our Spanish teacher, will be sending home notes about Spanish once a month.  I will always let your child know in their assignment books if he or she has a Spanish assignment as well.
               
Other News: 
--Next Wednesday, we will be beginning our first mission project, which to be help a sister Lutheran School in the St. Louis area, who is struggling.  We will get more information about this next week from Mrs. Krekel. 
--If you have gently used children’s books (either picture books or chapter), Mrs. Barber would like to collect these for her group to donate to Welcome Inn in Blue Springs.  Timothy partners with this inn to help people in need.  Mrs. Barber is working with Ms. Bev’s preschool class on this project!  J
--Fall Fun Festival is coming, Sept. 16-18.  Parade on Sat. beginning at 10a.m.  Timothy will have a float and we will be letting you know where to come to line-up when the city gives us our line-up number.
--Also with the Festival, Timothy will be having a fundraiser which involves parking cars at Charlie’s Auto just north from the Steakburger Stand.  Here is a link to the sign-up genius for you to sign-up and help with this:
--We are looking for someone to be our coordinator for our yearly Trivia Night event, which will be held in April.  If you would like more information contact Mr. Kuerschner at school.
--Our Young Rembrandts program, for grades K-6, starts Monday, Sept. 19.  Please register online at www.youngrembrandts.com/KCMO

Upcoming Events: 
SEPTEMBER
5- No School or Childcare, Labor Day
8- Mrs. Stack's Birthday; VB games at Timothy 3:45 and 4:30
10-VB games at St. Paul’s at 10:30, 11:15, 12:00, and 12:45/Soccer at LHS @ 9:00 a.m.
15-VB game at Timothy 5:00
17- Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest Parade  10:00 am
19- School Pictures
23-VB games at Bethany 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15
24-VB games at Timothy 9:00, 9:45, 12:00, 12:45/Soccer at LHS @10:15 a.m.
25- K-3 Choir Sings (North Campus) 8:30 and 9:45 am
30-VB games at Timothy 5:30, 6:15, 8:30, 9:15

OCTOBER
1-Soccer at LHS @10:15 a.m.
7- Mrs. Vogt's Birthday; School of Economics Field Trip 8:30-2:30
7/8 - VB tournament at Trinity Lutheran/soccer @ LHS @8:00 am
11-VB/Soccer pictures
15- Mr. Kuerschner's Birthday/Soccer @ LHS @10:15 am
16-4-8 Choir Sings (South Campus) 10:00 am21- End of 1st Quarter, 1:00 pm Dismissal
22-VB tournament at Bethany Lutheran/Soccer tournament at LHS
23-30- Scholastic Book Fair
24- Picture Retake Day
22- Parent/Teacher Conferences, 1:00 pm Dismissal, Morning Home School Classes
23- Parent/Teacher Conferences, 1:00 pm Dismissal
28-Fall Harvest Party at Memaw's 9:00-12:30
30- K-8 Choirs Sing - Special Service at Blue Springs High School Performing Arts Center  10:00 am

Have a beautiful and blessed holiday weekend with your family!
God bless,

Kim

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