It has been a wonderful week! :)

Hello!  It has been another fun, but busy week!  As always, THANK YOU for your continued prayers as we navigate this year together.  We are blessed to be together.  

 *Please have your child wear his or her new, red Timothy shirt to school on TUESDAY.  We are going to record the kiddos singing their song they have been practicing in music class, so it can be played at church.  Thank you! 

 *THE WALK-A-THON IS COMING!  Timothy’s 4th annual Walk-a-Thon is Friday, September 25th.  This year looks a little bit different, but our goals are the same—to help our school grow and prosper!  This year, our goals are to purchase items that will help our school environment.  These items include SmartBoards and projectors for four classrooms, and a canopy and fence for the school-age playground, which will be coming in early October!  All of these items together will be about $24, 600.  Get ready!  Pledge forms are coming home today.  Pledges can even made online!  

 Parents are also needed to assist during the Walk-a-Thon.  We are going to spread the Walk-A-Thon out through the entire day, as to socially distance each class.  The routes will be shorter, as there will be two classes walking on two different parts of the parking lot at the same time.  We will need just two parents per class to stand along the route or to count laps. 

 Please use this link to volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4DADAB2DA7F58-timothy

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

 Here is what we have been up to this week:

Religion- We completed Chapter 1 all about how to use the Word of God.  We tested over this material yesterday and began Chapter 2 today, which focuses on the Holy Spirit and His work in our lives. 

 Today, September 11th, we discussed the horrific events of that day nineteen years ago, but we also talked about how God loves us, how He is in charge, and how we are NEVER separated from His LOVE.  We used the verse below for inspiration for illustrations.  

 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.  ~Romans 8: 37-38

 Next week’s memory:

9/15-

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

9/18-Recite all of the OT books

 Language Arts- 3rd graders read about helping others in “Destiny’s Gift.”  4th graders read “Stormalong,” a tall tale about a sailor on one of the northeast’s’ old clipper ships. 

 Spelling Words for Friday, September 18th:

3rd grade: Story-“Pop’s Bridge”

load, open, told, yellow, soak, shadow, foam, follow, glow, sold, window, coach, almost, throat, tomorrow, sailboats

Challenge Word: tantalize

 4th grade: Story-“The Power of W.O.W.”

block, shown, oatmeal, wrote, fellow, scold, coast, odd, locate, slope, throat, host, online, shock, solve, known, remote, stock, boast, globe, bonus, approach

Challenge Word: tantalize

 Please use this link to practice spelling games!

https://www.spellingcity.com/users/KimBrunkhorst

 Math- Third graders finished up their chapter about rounding and place value yesterday and tested over Chapter 1.  They will be discussing addition patterns in Chapter 2.  We will be working with rounding, estimating, and adding with longer numbers.  Fourth graders are finishing up their Chapter e studies too, and took the test today.  They will begin Chapter 2 on Monday, where they will be working with addition and subtraction properties and using those to help solve real world problems. 

 Social Studies- This week, we studied different types of maps and figured out how to use the scale, the key, and compass rose.   We also studied the history of September 11^th.   

 SPECIAL CLASSES

Art- We studied primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, created a color wheel with tempera paint, and then painted out beautiful hot air balloons!  These are hanging in the hallway to enjoy! 

 Writing- We continued to draft, edit, and revise our fiction stories this week. 

 Computer Lab- We played on Spelling City in the lab this week.  This really helped us practice our words!  Please check out this website to help your child study at home.  It makes it fun!  https://www.spellingcity.com/users/KimBrunkhorst

 P.E.-This week we worked on volleyball skills--passing, setting, and serving. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,

Kim