What a fun week!

It’s been another fun week in 4^th grade!  It is hard to believe that October begins next week!

The Walk-A-Thon is today!  You can feel the energy around here!  Thank you to all of you that could help out or donate.  Your child will come home with their name tag telling you just how far they walked today!  I think you’ll be impressed.  :)  You can send in your donations/collections until October 10^th.   

Here is what we have been up to this week:

Religion- We have been talking about the stories of Isaac, Jacob, and Esau.  These stories remind us that even when we feel completely alone, we actually aren’t!  God is with us ALWAYS!  We did AMAZING reciting our New Testament books today!

Memory for next week:

October 2-Beautiful Savior,

King of Creation,

Son of God and Son of Man!

Truly I'd love Thee,

Truly I'd serve Thee,

Light of my soul, my Joy, my Crown.

October 5-Fair are the meadows,

Fair are the woodlands,

Robed in flowers of blooming spring;

Jesus is fairer,

Jesus is purer;

He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.

Language Arts- We finished up Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing this week.  We all loved it, and are rather sad to see it go!  Next week, we will get back into our reading basals, and will be performing a short skit based on the book we just read!  This week, we also worked with how to use commas.  Book reports and projects are due Monday!   We will learn about October’s book report next week.  Today was “Bucket-Filler Friday!” in here…we all wrote friendly letters to our friends, filling them with words of affirmation, care, and love.  This was so very much fun! 

Spelling Words for the Week of October 5th:

Story: Focus on Plays (We will be working with homonyms!)

heard, herd, loan, lone, flea, flee, hall, haul, forth, fourth, heal, heel, steak, stake, pare, pear, berry, bury, groan, grown

Challenge Word:  integrity

Math- This week, we worked on long subtraction with regrouping, and also subtracting across zeroes. 

Social Studies- We took our first Missouri History test on Monday, and ALL of the kiddos did fantastic!  They are learning so much! 

Science- We began our first Science unit this week too…all about Living Things.  We will be studying cells, and the plant and animal kingdoms.  This week we talked about being a scientist and scientific method. 

SPECIAL CLASSES

Art- We discussed contour lines this week, and learned how to do blind contour drawings.  We then looked at adorable cat pictures, found the contour lines of the cat, and made our own.  Afterwards, we painted them with tempera paint.  They are so beautiful! 

Writing- We read a story entitled “The Best Part of Me.”  We then discussed the favorite parts of ourselves, and wrote about them.  We talked about being PROUD of who we are, and how God made us!  We are made in His image and are beautiful creations!  We based this writing project on Psalm 139:14a: “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” I LOVE this project! 

P.E.-We played outside this week, enjoying the cooler weather!  We played a lot of “Man on Mars!”  :)

Upcoming Events:

SEPTEMBER

29-Timothy soccer at LHS 11:30

30-First day of the Book Fair

OCTOBER

1-August/September book reports are due

7- Mrs. Vogt's Birthday; last day of Book Fair

14-4th-8th grade choir singing at the north site

19- End of 1st Quarter, 1:00 pm Dismissal
22-Picture retake day

25- Parent/Teacher Conferences, 1:00 pm Dismissal, Morning Home School Classes, 4th grade Fall Party at Memaw and Pa Ron's (details coming home soon)

26- Parent/Teacher Conferences, 1:00 pm Dismissal

31-Reformation Day; October Book Reports Due

Have a great weekend!  :)

Blessings,

Kim