Hello, 3rd/4th grade families! I
hope you have had a great week!
Points of Interest:
*We have our first school wide mission project! River
Roads Lutheran School has been “Sharing the Caring Christ” for 146 years in St.
Louis. Unfortunately, due to the economic challenges and lack of funding, River
Roads is faced with the possibility of closing their doors. Timothy Lutheran
School has chosen to make this our first Mission Project of the year. We are
determined to raise a minimum of $500 by September 28, to offset some of their
expenses. The collection can is located on the trophy case outside of the
office. We hope and pray that your family is moved by the Spirit to help them,
so they can continue to develop young Christian leaders of today and tomorrow!
Thanks in advance for your generosity.
*Thank you SO MUCH for your immense patience and flexibility
this week as our parking lot was repaved. Doesn’t it look fantastic
now? We are happy that we had good weather and attentive students for
this unique way to start the week.
*When 5/6 Grade heads to meet with their Early Childhood
Center pen pals throughout the year, they’ll be spending some time doing
mission projects with their younger friends. In September, they are
collecting books (new or gently used) for when our church congregation serves
dinner at the Welcome Inn. If you have any children’s or teen books at
your home that you no longer use and would like to donate, we’d love
them! We’re hoping we’ll be able to give these less fortunate kids a TON
of really great books! Thank you in advance for your generosity!!
*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
We have been busy, busy around here!
Here is what we have been up to:
Religion-We have been talking about the importance of
God’s Word this week, and why we memorize Bible verses and study the
Bible. We learned the parable of “The Lost Son,” and discussed how
God, our Father, is like the father in the story—always welcoming His lost
children back into His arms. We have an amazing Heavenly Father!
Memory for next week: (We are learning the
books of the Old Testament!)
September 13-
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel
1 & 2 Kings
1 & 2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
September 16-
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
*We lead Chapel next week, on Wednesday, September 14th.
If you are able, please stay and help us worship!
Language Arts- The third graders read “The Trial of
Cardigan Jones,” and learned some new words that have to do with a
courtroom….Fourth graders read the historical story called “My Brother Martin,”
written by Martin Luther King Jr.’s sister. It was a wonderful story, and
let to some awesome discussions! Please continue to practice your child’s
vocabulary words each week. These are always located at the beginning of
the story. They will be tested on these each Friday. Students
completed their first independent DOL this week. It is fun for me to see
the confidence in the 4th graders, as they get used to using these
editing skills! 3rd graders are coming right along too!
Math- Third graders finished up their review today
over Chapter 1, and we will test on Monday. They have learned to order
numbers, round them, but them in different types of forms, and work out word
problems involving them. Fourth graders took their Chapter 1 test
today. They too, have been working with organizing numbers up to the
millions place. Both grade levels are doing a great job! We are
also focusing on number sense. Please continue to practice math facts
(addition and multiplication) at home with your child through flash cards and
computer games. Thank you!
Social Studies- We began our School of Economics
studies this week! In a nutshell, we will be working with money and
studying economics in the classroom and these skills will be put to work in the
simulated city at the School of Economics. The students will be
pretending that they are immigrants who have come to America to begin a new
life, and start a business of their own. Each child will have a job, earn
money, produce goods and services, meet new friends, and learn a lot!
Today, we had job interviews, and learned a lot about Ellis Island. It is
all so exciting!
On Monday, we will place special focus on discussions about
September 11th, 2001.
P.E.- This week in P.E., practiced volleyball
serving—and are really getting the hang of it!
Music- With Mrs. Pennington, we are learning the
names of notes and what they look like, how to direct, and find the “beat,” as
well as learning new songs to sing.
Writers’ Workshop- We are writing like crazy!
We will begin publishing next week on Google Docs. Your child has learned
how to get into Google Drive and save a document into his or her folder.
We will begin “I Poems” next week as well.
Computers- Grade 3: Practiced addition and subtraction
facts with GregTangMath site, and explored the BrainGames link. Grade
4: Practiced addition and multiplication facts with GregTangMath site,
and explored BrainGames link. They are learning so much!
Art- We completed our Contour People and these
will be up in the hallway for you to view! Next week, we will create
color wheels with the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. We will
learn how to mix colors using only primary colors. We will put these
newfound “mixing” skills to use, and create beautiful paintings of hot air
balloons.
Upcoming Events:
SEPTEMBER
10-VB games at St. Paul’s at 10:30, 11:15, 12:00, and
12:45/Soccer at LHS @ 9:00 a.m.
14-3rd/4th Grade leads Chapel at
9:15.
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
(full-time students) 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 wonderful weekend!
Blessings,
Kim
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