God's Most Amazing Creatures...: There's a "Stranger in the Manger..." :)

Hi, Parents! It’s been another fun week!

Important info:

*Our Christmas musical, “A Stranger in the Manger,” is TONIGHT! Please have your child here by 6:30 in their classroom. They are supposed to wear nice church clothes, unless wearing a costume. We have been practicing so hard! Thank you!

*Next Thursday, we are heading to Lunar Bowl to bowl from 9:00-11:00. Please send in $4.00 for bowling. We will come back to school for lunch, and then head to Benton House to carol to the residents. We will need drivers for each, so please send in the permission slip that came home this week, to give your kiddo permission and to indicate if you can drive. Thank you!

*On Friday, we will be having our “Polar Express” party! We will watch the movies in our pj’s have HOT CHOCOLATE! ;) Your child can wear pjs to school (please also send tennis shoes) and bring a pillow and blanket. This is a fun 4^th grade tradition! We get out at 1:00 on Friday.

*We have planned out National Lutheran Schools’ Week, and a note will be coming home with all the details after the new year. However, if your child would like to participate in the talent show, please mark your calendars! Tryouts will be after school, in the music room, on January 17^th. Thank you!

Here is what we have been up to in the classroom:

Religion-This week, we learned about David and Goliath and how David became king. We tested over this unit today. THANK YOU for donating money to help a child in need this Christmas! We were able to give her $85 towards a new bicycle! Praise God!

Memory next week:

December 18- What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not entice or force away our neighbor’s wife, workers, or animals, or turn them against him, but urge them to stay and do their duty.

December 21- We will have a short matching test over the commandments.

Language Arts: We read the story, “Sacajawea” this week. This was the nonfiction story of her life. We learned a lot about her, Lewis and Clark, as well as some facts about Missouri! For DEAR time, we finished up “Indian in the Cupboard,” by Lynn Reid Banks, and celebrated today by watching the movie. There will not be spelling words next week.

Math- This week, we have learned how to multiply three and four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers, and how to multiply across zeroes. Next week, we will test over this skill before Christmas break!

Science-We have been studying plants! This week, we observed leaves of different kinds of plants, noting how they were alike and different. We also learned how food travels through a plant by observing celery with food coloring. It was so interesting! Next week, we will finish up this chapter and test over it. Lots of Science/Math next week!

SPECIAL CLASSES

Art- We worked on your Christmas gifts!

Writing-We worked on our persuasive essays, and will finish these next week.

Music- We had Christmas musical rehearsal both days!

Upcoming Events:

DECEMBER

14-Christmas Program-7:00; be in classrooms at 6:30

15-BB Games at Hope Lutheran, Shawnee, KS

20-All School Bowling(morning)/Caroling(afternoon); BB games here at 4:30

21-4th grade Polar Express Party (pjs!); Early Dismissal 1:00 pm

22- Mrs. Barber's Birthday

24-31- No School, Christmas Break