*Next week, we are starting our 3rd quarter mission project
with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
It is called Hero Squad. We will
be collecting change in our classrooms.
The fundraiser will run January 25-February 5. Classes will be competing for a pizza
party! Students can collect change and
bring it into school, or with the help of you, they can create a page connected
to our class page so relatives who live far away can also donate. Look for a collection sheet and directions as
to how to create an individual page coming home this week. Let us work together to support the mission
of this wonderful agency.
Any questions? Contact Mrs. Otte or look up the
website: www.HeroSquad.org
*Lutheran Schools Week is coming up! Lutheran Schools Week will be celebrated January
24th-January 31st. Our theme this year
is “Sent to Serve,” so every day we will be discussing different ways to serve
our God and others. This is a very
special week, where ALL the Lutheran schools around the world celebrate their
Lutheran school! We are so thankful to
God that we are able to learn, teach, and witness in our amazing Timothy
Lutheran! At Timothy, we have special
dress days and do special activities every day.
This year, because of Covid restrictions, we are not able to do as many
things as a whole school, but we are still going to be having some fun!
Here are our list of activities:
Every day, we will have devotions in the gym as an entire
school. We will sit socially distant
like we do for Chapel. These will be led
by the 7th/8th grade teacher, Mrs. Self.
Monday 1/25 –Crazy Sock Day! Theme:
“Jesus – Sent to Serve”
*We will have our kickoff assembly for our 3rd quarter mission
project: Leukemia Lymphoma. The
Scholastic Book Fair also begins: The
website is www.scholastic.com/bf/tlsrams.
The book fair will go "live" January 22 and close February
4. This is also the 100th Day of
School! (Your child does not need to
bring anything for this fun day. We will
have 100 Day Centers.)
Tuesday 1/26 – Dress up like your hopeful future occupation! Theme:
“Pastors and Teachers – Sent to Serve”
*In the classroom, we will be researching jobs and how to
share God’s love in everything we do. We
will be writing letters and drawing pictures to thank our pastors, teachers,
and workers in this building.
Wednesday 1/27 – Dress up as
your favorite team or sport! Theme:
“Serving Together on God’s Team”
*In the classroom, we are going to make cards for our
Timothy volunteers (Timothy’s team), local heroes (our local team), and veterans
(our country’s team). Mr. Holland is bringing donuts for
everyone!
Thursday 1/28 – Class Dress Theme- 3rd/4th graders voted to dress
like animals! Theme: “Serving in Home
and Community”
*In the classroom, we are to going to do some Getting Along
activities to help our classroom home.
We will also be discussing ways students can serve at home. Be ready to enjoy some little helpers!
Friday 1/29 - Travel Day/Tourist Dress Theme: “Sent to Serve in the World”
*At 1:00, we will have our Talent Show!
**PLEASE do not go out and buy anything for these fun dress
days. Please just use something from
home. (The year that my Annabel chose to
dress as an animal, we just dressed her in gray sweats and pinned ears to a
stocking cap to make her a koala!)
;)
Here is what we have been up to in the classroom:
Religion- This week, we talked about the liturgy and
all the different parts of it. We also
discussed how when we are worshipping our Heavenly Father, we are worshipping
with all of the saints who came before us!
We discussed our own faith stories and shared them. Please ask your child to share his or hers
with you!
Memory for next week:
1/26- Be able to say the entire Lord’s Prayer.
1/29- Luther’s Evening Prayer : I thank You, my Heavenly
Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me
this day;
Language Arts/Social Studies-
This week, we learned more about Dr. King and Rosa
Parks. We discussed ways we could use
the lessons that they taught us in our everyday lives.
Spelling words for next Friday, January 29th-
(for both 3rd/4th) from “Riding in the Cars,” an excerpt from
By the Shores of Silver Lake:
steel, steal, lead, led, wait, weight, wear, ware, creak,
creek, beet, bear, meet, meat, peek, peak, deer, dear, ring, wring, *conductor
Math- This week, we all worked on solving word
problems with patterns, multiplying by 10, 100, and 1000, and beating the clock
in mad minutes!
Social Studies-This week, with the help of our
Scholastic News, we learned a bit about our new president, Joseph Biden, and
our first female vice-president, Kamala Harris.
History in the making! We were
able to view their swearing in on Wednesday morning too. My class was amazed to know, (which shows my
age!), how many inaugurations I have been able to show my classes. They were a bit flabbergasted to know that I
did not have a computer or a television in my first classroom either, so that
was not even a possibility! ;) I have always viewed that part of my responsibility
as a Christian educator is to educate kiddos in history as it is being
made. We prayed for our country and the
new administration. God bless
America!
SPECIAL CLASSES
Art- We finished up our auction project!
Computer- We worked on publishing our stories and
papers. Some of the kids have asked if they can work on the publishing of these
at home on Google Docs and this is fine with me! The keyboarding process is slow for some, as
they are just learning, so the extra practice would be great! They know our class’ username and password
and can log in at home.
Writing- We shared our persuasive essays yesterday!
Music- The kids are working on songs for National
Lutheran Schools Week. We will record
these songs next week to play in church.
P.E. – We began our Jump Roping unit this week! We learned different ways to jump rope,
completed some jump roping relays, and had a “jump off!”
Spanish- The students are learning about the
different months and learning how to us Spanish in complete sentences!
Upcoming Events:
January
22- Basketball game at 7:00 at home
23- Basketball games from 9:00-1:00 at home
24-31-National Lutheran Schools Week
25-Crazy Sock Day; 100th day of School!
26-Occupation Day
27-Favorite Team or Sport Day
28-Class Dress Theme-Animals
29-Travel/Tourist Day; Talent show 1:00; 4th grade book
reports are due
GO CHIEFS!
May God bless weekend,
Kim Brunkhorst
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