Make a JOYful Noise!

Make a JOYful Noise!

Friday, September 27, 2019

It's a Beautiful Friday!

 Hello, 3rd and 4th grade families!

*Midterms came home on Monday.  Please go over this report with your child on Monday and sign and return the bottom portion.  Thanks! 
*Today was the Walk-A-Thon, and we all had SO much fun!  The weather was perfect, and a fun time was had by all!  You can still donate:  https://timothylutheranschool.com/walkathon/




*The book fair begins this afternoon, so come and join us!  We are still in need of some workers!  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CA5A628A3F94-fall2.
*Our class has earned another STAR party!  They have voted to watch a movie on Monday afternoon.  They are welcome to bring snacks (either personal or to share), and either a pillow or a blanket.  :)
*We have had a change for our Fall/Harvest Party at the end of next month.  (October 31) Due to illness, we will not be going to Memaw and Pa Ron’s this year.  However, we will have our party here at school.  I will still plan a fun scavenger hunt and some games.  I will be sending home a note soon about sending in some snacks.  It will still be a super-fun day. 

Here is what we have been up to this week:
Religion- We talked all about Joseph and his brothers, and Job and his amazing faith!  We discussed how when we have days that are like “a hard knock life” or a “no good, very bad day,” we need to remember that God is in charge, He loves us, and we are SO VERY blessed on SO many levels!  We had some great discussions about integrity and lifting one another up. 
Next week’s Memory:
10/1-
Hebrews
James
1 and 2 Peter
1 , 2, and 3 John
Jude
Revelation

10/4-Recite all of the New Testament Books

Language Arts- We read a story as a whole class about immigration and becoming United states citizens entitled, “A Very Important Day.”  We loved this story and getting to “know” all of those families on their very important day.  We also had some great discussions about being allegiant to our amazing country and all the blessings we have here.  Just a reminder to 4th graders:  book reports are due next Monday! 

Spelling Words for Friday, October 4th:
3rd Grade-from the story “Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates”
slight, mild, sight, pie, mind, tie, pilot, might, lie, tight, blind, fight, die, midnight, silent, frightening, Challenge Word: integrity
4th Grade- from the story “Focus on Plays”
heard, herd, loan, lone, flea, flee, hall, haul, forth, fourth, heal, heel, steak, stake, pare, pear, berry, bury, groan, grown, Challenge Word:  integrity

Math- 3rd and 4th graders reviewed addition properties, sequencing and patterns, and began longer addition.  Next week, we will work on subtraction. 

Social Studies- We took our first Missouri History test on Monday, and ALL of the students did well!  We voted on our class flag and seal, choosing one of our own creations, and Lily is our big winner!  She will make a larger one that we will laminate and hang in our classroom.  After we visit School of Economics, we will begin Chapter 2 about the regions in Missouri, and learn from maps of landforms, rivers, bordering states, etc.

School of Economics-This week, we heard our mayoral speeches from six candidates and ALL did so well!  Their campaign posters were the best we have seen!  They were terrific!  Our mayor is… (drumroll, please!) MISS ADDI MACLEAN!  She did a great job, as well as the others, and it was a tight race. (I have to give a big shout out to our own 4th grade candidate, Vera, Bruders, who did an outstanding job!  Well done).    :)  Next week, all of the other students will find out their jobs at the School of Economics and we will begin meeting in shops to discuss pricing, paying off loans, etc.  We also watched the movie “The American Tail,”  which was an animated version of coming to America and experiencing Ellis Island from a mouse’s point of view.  Students had to give an analysis on three of the main characters.  They all enjoyed that immensely and it swept me back to 6th grade.  ;)  I do believe I just aged myself…












SPECIAL CLASSES
Art- We used our knowledge about adjectives to choose 10 about ourselves.  Then we used the knowledge of mixing paint to create colorful waves and are adding those adjectives to them to make “I Am…” pictures.  These are beautiful and will be on display soon! 
Computer Lab and Writers’ Workshop- We finished publishing our BioPoems and began drafting personal narratives! 
P.E.- We played Dodgeball and Pin Dodgeball this week!

Have a wonderful weekend! 
Blessings,
Kim

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