Hi, 3rd and 4th grade parents! We have had a great week. :)
Important information:
*If you’re looking for some Christmas cheer,
Lutheran High is having a concert here this Sunday at 7:00. Everyone is welcome.
*We are recording our
Christmas Program songs next Thursday, December 10th, at 9:00. Ms. MacLean has just asked that the kids wear
their “Christmas best.” :) If you would like to send a change of
clothes, that would work too! Homeschool
friends are invited to spend the whole day with us. Thank you!
*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.
PK-4th grade will be pre-recording their songs, etc. Thank you for your support and
understanding.
Here is what we have been up to in the classroom:
Religion- We have been talking about the sovereignty
of God. We have talked about how He
listens to and answers our prayers, as well as the different types of
prayer. We have discussed the
commandments. The 6th
commandment is a tough one, (and is memory next week), so I want you to know
that the way I explain this one: Husband and wife should love and honor one
another. We talk about how as children,
they can also break this commandment by not being respectful to the opposite
gender, and by partaking in conversations that are not God-pleasing. I, of course, do not go into much detail at
this level, but sometimes it does lead to questions that you may receive at
home—so just a heads up! Thanks!
Memory for next week:
12/8-THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not commit adultery. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we lead a
sexually pure and decent life in what we say and do, and husband and wife love
and honor each other.
12/11-THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: You shall not steal.
What does this mean? We should
fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions,
or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his
possessions and income.
Language Arts-This week, we have read the a story
that taught us about the childhood and life of Michael Jordan in a story
entitled, “Jump!” and about the true life of a family that adopted a little screech
owl in the story “The Screech Owl that Liked Television.” These were great reading selections! The kiddos know that they are supposed to
bring their reading books home at least once a week to read their reading
selection aloud. This usually takes
place on Wednesday or Thursday nights, after we have read the whole selection
as a class. Be on the lookout for
these! Thank you! We have been discussing singular and plural
as well as capitalizing proper nouns. We learned cursive m and n. Fourth graders shared their fantasy book
reports this week too!
Spelling Words for next week, December 11th:
3rd- from the story entitled, “The Science
Fair”-hole, whole, its, it’s, hear, here, won, one, our, hour, their, there,
fur, fir, peace, piece, *surpassed
4th-from the story entitle, “The Earth Dragon
Awakes”- rising, traced, stripped, slammed, dancing, striped, winning,
snapping, bragging, handled, dripped, begged, dared, skipped, hitting, spotted,
raced, dimmed, spinning, escaped, urged, striving, *surpassed
Math- Third graders have begun to learn how division
work, and how to make fact families using multiplication and division. Fourth graders are learning how to multiply
using two and three digit numbers. We played some Bump Math today!
Science- We have been reviewing the vocabulary words
about plants. Next week, we will study
plants and their parts in more depth.
SPECIAL CLASSES
Art-We finished up our self-portraits of ourselves in
the future. I have attached pictures to
our blog! They are beautiful! We began paintings that retell the story of
“The Night Before Christmas.” Next week,
we will finish these up, and then begin paintings of the TRUE and BEAUTIFUL
CHRISTmas story!
Writing- This week, we began writing persuasive
essays.
Computer Lab-We published and played games on the
laptops!
Music- We are practicing our Christmas songs… :)
P.E. – We began basketball! We have learned and practiced the different
kinds of basketball passes.
Spanish- The students learned the names of singular
and plural nouns found in home and school.
May God bless your weekend,
Kim
Making prayer chains to decorate our classroom!
Portraits of 3rd/4th Graders in the Future:
4th Grade Book Reports
Hanging out by the fire today...;)
Lookin' Cute!
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