God's Most Amazing Creatures...: Today was PLAY DAY!!!

Hi, 4th grade parents! It is hard to believe that the school year is winding down! Goodness! It has been a whirlwind!

As I type this, I can hear my kiddos giggling outside on the obstacle course and the sumo wrestling. THANK YOU so much to all of the volunteers that have made this day so much fun for our kiddos—especially Mr. Hutton, who organized it all, and then changed the plan to accommodate the weather and muddy lawn. 😊

THANK YOU also for spoiling me this week during our Teacher Appreciation. I have never felt more loved. I am truly thankful to be doing what God Called me to do…preaching and teaching His Word, and serving your kids and you. I love teaching, I love Jesus, and I love your kids. I am blessed. Thank you.

Here are the events we have left in the school year:

• It’s YEARBOOK TIME! It is getting to be the end of our school year and it will soon be time to complete the yearbook. If you have any photos from this school year including: sports, field trips, Moms and Dads mornings, school and Christmas musical etc. Please send a copy of the photo to the following address: photos@timothylutheranschool.com. We have limited space, so not all the photos will be used. I appreciate your help! Order forms will be coming soon.

• Multiplication Madness Ice Cream Party! I am hoping to do this at school on May 11th. I will send you an update next week.

• TIMOTHY FOOD TRUCK AND FAMILY NIGHT! – Wednesday, May 11th-4:00-6:00—Please bring your blankets and lawn chairs and come for a “picnic-style” night of fun food and fellowship!

• If you are able, please come to our 4TH GRADE’S FAMOUS MISSOURIAN LIVING MUSSUEM on May 12th. It will be from 10:00-11:30 in the 4-G’s area outside of the school hallway. We have been practicing and are READY! Please ask your kiddo what his or her plan is for outfits. I am bringing some things I have at home, and some have said they have things as well. Thank you for your help.

• We are taking an END-OF-THE-YEAR-FIELD-TRIP on Friday, May 13th to Fort Osage and Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. We need drivers, please! Students need to bring $4 and a sack lunch/drink that day. Thank you!! Please see the sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4dadab2da7f58-endoftheyear2

• Summer Birthdays: Girls-Tuesday, May 16th; Boys-Thursday, May 17^th

Here is what we have been up to this week:

RELIGION- This week, we discussed Jesus’ Resurrection and His appearance to Mary and His disciples. Next week, we will learn about His Ascension and how Peter and Paul spread the Good News in the first years of Christianity. We also witnessed a Baptism this week! Praise God! Gracie Evans, a Timothy 7^th grader, was baptized during Chapel this week! It was so AWESOME for us all to witness! Praise God for His grace and mercy and love! We also met in the hallway, as a whole school on National Day of Prayer, and were led in a beautiful prayer given by Pastor Ryan.

MEMORY for next week: 5/10-

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

LANGUGAGE ART/MISSOURI HISTORY- We worked more on our final book report projects---our Biography Lap Books. We tested over Harry S. Truman’s life. We learned about the first Missourians and how they lived, including the Osage. We learned about Fort Osage, and how this served as a trading post between the Osage and the American colonists. ***We do not have any more SPELLING tests!!!

MATH- We learned how to put tenths and hundredths into decimal form, and how to order them this week. Next week, we will work on word problems with decimals and test over the Unit!

FUN TIMES- Next week, between our final lessons, our class will have some fun doing some Tim-Olympics, where we form teams and compete in fun classroom games against one another. There will be three categories-Creative, Athletic, and Academic. I am excited to this with my 4^th graders! We will also have our end-of-the-year class auction, where the kids can bid on items with their leftover Brunkhorst Bucks!

SPECIAL CLASSES

Art- We made Mother’s Day cards and finished our Honeybees. We will be showing off our Missouri History art work to you next week!

Music- We watched our musical performance.

Computer-We looked at Harry Truman trivia and played Prodigy.

P.E.-We played something called “Rescue Island” where we had to get our friends and other items safely across some “shark-ridden” waters to the other side. This took teamwork and brainstorming!

Writing-We wrote our “parts” about our famous Missourians and what we say at the Living Museum next week.

Dates to Remember:

MAY

7-Hope Relays

10-April/May Book Project due—I changed this date. Most kiddos are finished and some will need to finish up on Monday at school.

11-Multiplication Madness Party; Timothy Food Truck and Family Night! 4:00-6:00

12-4th Grade’s Famous Missourian Living Museum 10:00-11:30

13-End of the Year field trip

13-8th Grade and Pre-K Graduation 7:00 pm

16-Girls’ Summer Birthday Celebration

17-Boys’ Summer Birthday Celebration; Last Day of School; Closing Chapel 9:00-Activities Awards will be handed out; 1:00 Dismissal

Pictures from last Friday's Musical