Hello! Happy
September! We have had a WONDERFUL
second week of school! We have been
super-busy as we have transitioned into all the core classes, as well as
beginning Specials!
(Addie joined us this week!
Yay!)
*As a reminder, Homework Folders will come home this
afternoon filled with graded work.
Please empty these and return the folder on Tuesday (usually
Mondays!). Anything with a letter grade
can be “redone” for half credit per answer, and turned back in when they return
to school the next week. So far,
everybody is doing very well and working very hard!
*If you have not already sent in your signed Behavior,
Internet, and Handbook forms, please do so.
(This is the last page of the handbook.)
Thank you!
Here is what we have been up to this week:
Religion- We learned about the Tower of Babel and
God’s mission for each of us--to spread the Good News of His saving grace and
love! We talked about the many blessings
God has given us today! On Wednesday,
Pastor Ryan led Chapel, and his message went right along with what we are
discussing in class. God LOVES and
forgives us so freely, so we are called to LOVE and forgive one another!
Memory for Next Week:
9/7-And he is before all things, and in him all things hold
together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ~Colossians
1:17-18
9/10-For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to
dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or
in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. ~Colossians 1:19-20
Language Arts- We read our first story from our reading
basals, which was one of the chapters from “Because of Winn Dixie.” They LOVED this, and many want to read the
whole chapter book! This week we
analyzed the characters, wrote summaries of the stories, and studied the new
vocabulary words. We took our first
reading and spelling tests today and the students did very well! The students also received information about
their first book reports. They have each
picked out a Newbery Award winning book to read, and understand their
projects. This information should be in
their homework folders. We also worked on using editing symbols this week, as
we corrected sentences with grammatical and spelling errors.
Spelling Words for the Week of September 3rd:
Story: “How Tia Lola Came to Stay” skill, crime, grind, tonight, brick, flight, live, chill,
delight, build, ditch, decide, witness, wind, district, inch, sigh, fright,
remind, split, ignorant, recognize
Challenge Word: copasetic
Math- This week, we all worked with the vocabulary
words digit, period, and place value. We
worked with putting numbers in standard, word, and expanded forms. We also read numbers up through the millions,
worked with ordering numbers, and using place value to round. We will finish this chapter up next week and
test over it on Wednesday. We have been working hard on memorizing our
multiplication facts in class. They are
really starting to realize the importance of learning these! This week and next we will focus on
multiplying by the 2’s and 3’s. PLEASE
work on these at home using flash cards or math computer games. There are some great ones at: www.multiplication.com
Social Studies- We completed our first Scholastic
News this week. This is a great way to
talk about current events. We also began
learning about Missouri History this week!
We reviewed how to read maps, and discussed the state bird and the that
Missouri is the 24th state!
We are proud Missourians in here!
;)
SPECIAL CLASSES
Art- We created “Who Am I?” pictures. These are self-portraits made with
construction paper and other media, and wrote riddles for the rest of the
school to solve. Please come by our
hallway to see if you can pick out each child in our class. Fun!
Music-We had our first classes with Miss Beckie
Rathke. 4th grade is going to learn so
very much this year from this amazing teacher!
Writing-We learned the steps to Writers’ Workshop,
and began writing our very first creative writing projects!
P.E.-This week we learned the correct way to stretch,
run our laps, and we reviewed body skills like skipping, galloping, hopping,
jumping, crab walk, grapevine, and bear walk.
We had some fun in relay races!
This was such a fun week!
As always, thank you for your prayers and guidance as we travel through
this school year together. Have a
wonderful and safe, LONG Labor Day weekend!
God’s Blessings!
Kim
"Who Am I?" art projects...
Diving deep into God's Word...
Fun at lunch!
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