Make a JOYful Noise!

Make a JOYful Noise!

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Have a BLESSED Easter!



Hello, Parents! 
*Mid-terms and standardized testing results are coming home today!  They will be in two separate sealed envelopes.  The students know that they are not supposed to look at their test results without your permission.

*I reiterated again this week about SLOWING DOWN and CHECKING work.  I have reminded the kiddos that they can redo some of those “not-so-great” papers and turn them in for ½ credit.  Some of them really need to take advantage of this to help their understanding of the concepts and to help their grades. 

*Our 4th quarter mission project is complete!  We have collected more than 500 items…SO….all of us teachers and Mr. Holland are getting SOAKED on Fun Day!  Thank you for your help with this! 

*We will not have school tomorrow (Good Friday), and Monday. 

*We were able to hear two 8th graders share their faith stories this week during Chapel—Aden Becker and Christian Anderson.  Both of these young men did an amazing job, and I loved it that all the younger students were able to witness their testimonies as well.  We will hear two of the 8th graders every week at Chapel. 



*We were also able to celebrate Mr. Mundt as he ran the Boston Marathon Monday morning!  We were so proud that he qualified, and the entire Mundt family took a trip to Boston to cheer him on in person.  Mrs. Mundt had shared the app with us that helped us track Mr. Mundt and how he was doing the entire race!  We were able to send him a short video of us “hooraying” his finish!  We are so very proud of our fellow Ram!  Praise God! 





Here is what we have been up to in the classroom:
Religion- We studied Holy Week this week—Palm Sunday, Jesus in the Temple, The Last Supper, and Good Friday.  We will talk about Easter next week!  He is Risen!  He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia!  We watched a video today set to the beautiful song , “Watch the Lamb,” by Ray Boltz.  The kids and I were very moved by this, and we had a wonderful discussion about the meaning of Lamb in the song.  They wanted me to share the link with you so you can watch it and discuss it at home as well:


Memory for next week:
April 23-
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.  ~John 3:17

April 26-If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ~Colossians 3:1

Reading-This week we continued with Chapter 3  from “Childhood of Famous Americans:  Harry S. Truman: The Thirty-Third President of the United States.”  We will continue this study for the next few weeks.  

Spelling words for next Friday, April 26th-(from “Childhood of Famous Americans:  Harry S. Truman: The Thirty-Third President of the United States”)
although, magazine, introduce, predicted, tremendous, stomach, disease, probably, gradually, difficult, *diphtheria

Math- This week, we talked about factors and multiples, finding all of the factor pairs of a number.  We will review this skill and will begin learning about fractions next week! 

Missouri History- This week, we have read about the Native Americans that lived in Missouri and about the traditions, clothing, and lifestyles of the Osage.  It was so interesting!  Next week, we will be learning about the Europeans that first came to Missouri and a bit about Louis and Clark.

P.E.-We did conditioning and learned how to do the long jump.

Music- We watched the video to our musical and practiced some new songs…

Art-We studied the life and art of Georgia O’Keefe, by reading a short biography and studying some of her art work.  We focused on her famous flower paintings.  We then picked out a photograph of some of our favorite flowers and are water-coloring and using oil pastels to recreate them on paper.  They are turning out quite lovely!  Aren't they beautiful?!  Happy Spring!  










Upcoming Events: (Busy, busy, busy!!!) 
APRIL
18- Maundy Thursday, 1:00 Dismissal, Morning Home School Classes; 4th quarter mid-term
19- No School, Good Friday
22- No School, Easter Monday, Earth Day
24- Administrative Professionals Day (Let’s celebrate Mrs. Anderson!!!)
27-Lutheran High Track Meet; Center High School, 8715 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, MO 64131
30-TLS Rams Run Cross-Country Meet; here at 5:00—come out and cheer us on!

MAY
2- National Day of Prayer
7- May 7th- Bethany Cross-Country Meet at Bethany Lutheran in Stilwell, KS , 20200 Mission Rd, Stilwell, KS 66085; 5:00 pm
10-Fun Day; Activities Awards Night 7:00 pm
13-April/May book report due—Biography Rugs
13-17-TimOlympics
15-4th Grade's Missouri History Living Museum-10:00-11:00;  3:45-4:30-Multiplication Masterpiece Party for the kiddos who pass their multiplication tests!  
17- Preschool and 8th Grade Graduation, K-7 Choirs Sing  7:00 pm
18-Maslyn's Birthday
21-End of the year field trip to Fort Osage and Truman Library (tentative)
22-Last day of school; 1:00 dismissal; Closing Chapel
30-Molly's Birthday

Have a very Blessed Easter!
He is Risen!  He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia! 

Kim


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