Make a JOYful Noise!

Make a JOYful Noise!

Friday, December 11, 2020

God bless you!



Hi, 3rd and 4th grade parents!  It’s been another fun, busy week!    :)

 Important information: 

*Our Christmas Program is December 16th at 5:30 in the school auditorium.  It is during Timothy’s Advent Service.  Only the 5th-8th grade will be presenting live.  The entire school recorded our songs yesterday, and they are beautiful!  Although it is a different way of proclaiming our faith and love for our Savior, it still has such a great impact!  I am proud of the kiddos and their hard work!  THANK YOU, Ms. MacLean for teaching, instructing, and sharing with us! 

 *We are going to have a classroom Polar Express party on Tuesday, December 22nd.  :)  This is one of my favorite 3rd/4th grade traditions!  Students can wear their pajamas to school, and bring one pillow and/or a blanket.  We will spread the desks apart, and watch the movie!  Shhh…as a surprise, I am bringing mugs, hot chocolate, marshmallows, and candy canes to enjoy during that awesome “hot chocolate” scene!  Please also have your child wear/bring tennis shoes that day, as we will take a break to have some recess.  Thank you!

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

Religion- We have been dissecting and learning about the parts of the Lord’s Prayer.  This week we talked about how God’s name is Hallowed (holy) and to be revered, as well as how His kingdom is coming, here on earth, as well as in heaven!  We discussed ways we can help His kingdom grow.  Today we discussed God's Will.  He is God, and we are not!  We reviewed the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal, as well as the New Testament story of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. 

 Memory for next week: 

12/15- THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.  What does this mean?  We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor,

 12/18- betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.

 Language Arts-This week, we read a story about a science fair and a historical fiction story about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.  We also learned about idioms and completed several fun activities with them!   We learned cursive v and x this week. 

 Spelling Words for next week, December 18th:

We are all going to read the book “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” by Barbara Robinson. 

3rd grade words-manger, vain, barge, villain, hymn, hustle, cross, urn, retire, pageant, *vengeance

4th grade words-ancestor, congregation, interrupt, truant, imitation, colic, bewildered, hysterical, pageant, contagious, *vengeance

 Math- Third graders are working on relating multiplication to subtraction and to division.  We reviewed fact families. Fourth grade is learning how to multiply using two and three digit numbers, and solving problems with variables.  Today we played Beat the Clock, Division Squares, and some grid math.

 SPECIAL CLASSES

Art-This week, we finished up our paintings of “The Night Before Christmas.”  We also worked on gingerbread people glyphs!

 Writing- We worked on persuasive essays. 

 Computer Lab-We published and played games on the laptops.

 Music- We worked so very hard on our Advent/Christmas program!

 P.E. – We continued learning about basketball: passing and dribbling. 

 Spanish- The students worked on the Spanish names for colors and numbers. 

 

May God bless your weekend,

Kim

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