God's Most Amazing Creatures...: It's been a fun week...

Hello! It has been a fun week!

Here are a few announcements:

*As a reminder, Friday Folders will come home this afternoon filled with graded work. Please empty these and return the folder on Monday. Anything with a letter grade can be “redone” for half credit per answer, and turned back in on Tuesday. So far, everybody is doing very well and working very hard!

*FALL FUN FEST is coming up! September 14-16

Timothy Lutheran participates in the Fall Fun Fest Parade, on Saturday, September 16^th. It is a great opportunity for us to show a presence in the community.

Please plan to join our school float in the parade. Everyone is welcome! We are #68 in the parade lineup. We can be found in the Freshman Center parking lot off of Vesper Road in Blue Springs. Please be there about 10:00.

* School pictures are Monday, September 17, beginning at 8:30. A picture order form is coming home today.

*Timothy Lutheran School will be having our second annual Walk-A-Thon on Friday, September 28, 1:30-2:30 pm. Last year, raised over $6,000 for Lutheran South Academy in Texas, as they recovered from the effects of Hurricane Harvey. This year, we will help improve our own backyard. Proceeds from the Walk-A-Thon will go towards Timothy’s Playground Expansion Project. Timothy Lutheran School is growing. We have added two preschool classes to our school campus. We hope to add more in the coming years. Currently, our playground is not equipped to accommodate preschool children. We are also in need of additional equipment for elementary school students. Please help us reach our goal, allowing us to provide a safe, fully equipped elementary and early childhood playground for our students.

Next week, your student will receive a Walk-a-Thon pledge sheet. We encourage you to ask family members, neighbors, and friends if they’d like to support your child as they walk to grow and improve our school. We will keep track of the number of laps walked for those pledging per lap, or sponsors may also pledge a set amount, regardless of the number of laps walked. Parent volunteers help make this event possible. A Sign-Up Genius will be shared next week. We would love to have you join us!

*Young Rembrandts drawing classes will start up again on September 17 and we have ALL NEW LESSONS.

We have two sessions scheduled for this fall. Class time: 3:30 -4:30 pm (right after school). Young Rembrandts provides all materials.

Art Instructor: Miss Jeana Harris

Fall 1 dates: Tuesdays: September 17 – October 22

Fall 2 dates: Tuesdays: November 5 – December 17 (no class on 11/19)

Cost per session: $58(or two payments of $29)

If you enroll in BOTH sessions NOW, you will get $5 off Fall 2 session.

Enrollment is easy! www.youngrembrandts.com (Young Rembrandts-Timothy registration)

Here is what we have been up to this week:

Religion- We talked a lot about our blessings, and are working on our ABC Book of Blessings.

Memory for next week:

September 11-

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

September 14-Recite all of the OT books

Language Arts- We read the super-fun story “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude.” This is what is called a fractured fairy tale, which is based on old fairytales, but changed up! The kids LOVED this story! There was a lot of laughter in here! We also reviewed how to write complete sentences, making sure it had a noun, verb, and was a complete thought. We talked about how to write sentences in 4^th grade style, with more detail. Next week, we will begin Literature Circles! As a class, we are going to read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. There will not be a reading test on this until September 15th. However, there will be a spelling test both Fridays, (8th and 15th) over common words found in the story. We are excited!

Spelling Words for the Week of September 14:

Chapters 1-4 of Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing

announced, stomach, reptiles, hollered, slurping, accident, brilliant, mugged, imitate, ceiling

Challenge Word: embarrassed

Math- This week, we worked with ordering numbers, using place value to round, and solving word problems. Next week, we will finish up this chapter, and will begin reviewing adding and subtracting whole numbers. Please continue to work on your child’s math facts at home! Flash cards are the best!

Social Studies- We are learning so much about our amazing state! The students had their first homework assignment given to them today--and it’s a fun one! Your child is to interview a Missourian, preferably someone older than themselves. They have the questionnaire with all the topics, and have practiced a bit at school. They can interview you, a grandparent, a neighbor, or a friend, over the phone or in person...just someone who has resided or still resides in Missouri. :) We will learn so much from these interviews--I am excited! They are due on Monday, September 17^th.

SPECIAL CLASSES

Art- We studied primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, created a color wheel with tempera paint, and then began an Impressionistic style horizon picture. We will continue these on Tuesday.

Writing- We wrote Bio-Poems…poems all about us! We will begin publishing these next week in the computer lab. Students will get used to working with Google Docs.

P.E.-This week we worked on volleyball skills—passing and serving. We will put these skills together next week for some fun drills and game situations!

It was another fun week in 4th Grade Land! All of the students are working hard and having fun!

Upcoming Events:

SEPTEMBER

7-Volleyball games at Timothy (5:30, 6:15, 8:30, 9:15)

8-Volleyball games at MLA (9:00, 9:45, 10:30, 11:15); Timothy soccer at LHS 10:15

9-K-3 sing at the south site (10:30)…if 4^th grade is available, please come! Meet in the music room at 10:15. :)

10-6/7/8 volleyball game at Timothy against Plaza Heights (Hidden Valley Sports Complex)

11-Volleyball and Soccer pictures 3:45

14-16- Fall Fun Fest Timmy Burger Booth

14-Volleyball games at Timothy (5:30, 6:15, 8:30, 9:15)

16- Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest Parade: 10:00 am

17- School Picture Day – dress your best!