Hello, 4th grade parents! We have had an AMAZING first week of school!
We have learned many new routines and have had a lot of fun getting to know one another, with some fun games and activities. We have eased into the transition of all the core classes, with the exception of Language Arts. We will begin that on Monday! I have had so much fun getting to know your kiddos. This groups is SO fun, and truly love one another. This is evident daily! We have welcomed our new kiddos with open arms, and are becoming a Timothy family! It is such a beautiful thing to witness. I am so proud of all of them, and feel so blessed to be their teacher! Besides all of the fun we have had, I have highlighted just a few things below that we have learned this week:
RELIGION- This week, we discussed the Creation Story, and the Fall into Sin. We learned how the days of Creation are connected, and how God’s intricate plan is awesome! We discussed the vocabulary words about God: He is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent! (Please ask your kiddo what those mean!) We discussed our blessings, and read Bible verses sharing the power of God. Last year, all full-time students received Faith Alive Bibles from school. Please send these back to school because we will use these every day in Religion class. I had meant to add that to my class list, and I forgot! Our three new full-time students received a new one this week. By the end of this school year, your kiddo will be a pro at looking at and finding Bible verses!
Next week’s MEMORY:
8/30-“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of
all nations,”
9/2-“...baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'” (Matthew
28:18-20).
LANGUAGE ARTS- We used our reading and writing skills when we created our time capsules, which we will put away and get back out in May to see our many changes. We traced our hands and feet. We also filled on surveys about our Favorite Things, interviewed a friend, wrote a letter to our future selves, took a mad minute, and created selfies. We wrote friendly letters to Pastor Ryan for his birthday today! We also began writing about our summer vacations. We will continue to work on these narratives at school. Next week, we will have our first Reading story (Because of Winn Dixie), and we will have our first spelling test next Friday. Spelling words, and our challenge word will come home on Monday in the assignment books. They will always be in this weekly note, and they are online for you to access on our blog. I ask that your child take their reading book home at least once a week to review the story at home. We will read it here several times, as well. We will have a comprehension test over the selections on Fridays as well. Next week, we will also begin English, where we will identify complete and incomplete sentences. The students were introduced to Judy Blume, the Author of the Month, this week, and they love her! We read Freckle Juice and began Tales if a Fourth Grade Nothing. Do you remember that story?! One of my favorites! It never seems to get old! :) Monday the students will also receive information about book reports, when they are due, and what is expected. They are reading Newbery Award winning books. I know that is a lot of information…So, please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you!
SPELLING WORDS for Friday, September 2nd:
Story: "Because of Winn Dixie"
blade, gray, past, afraid, magic, delay, amaze, drain, maybe, break, sale, hang, stain, glass, raft, jail, crayon, fact, stale, steak, fraction, trait
Challenge Word: concoction
MATH- We took our first mad minutes and I assessed where each child was in this process. Many of them already know their multiplication facts, and that is wonderful! We worked on place value through the hundred thousand, and also worked with putting numbers in standard, expanded, and word form. We completed some Problem Solvers, which takes real world math problems, and breaks them down, so that they can solve and experience them. This is such good practice! Please practice math facts at home with your child through flashcards and computer games. Thank you!
As a reminder, HOMEWORK FOLDERS will come home this afternoon filled with graded work. There was not much this week, but I wanted the kiddos to get into the habit of placing work there. If a paper just has a star on it, please know that it was looked at or discussed, but it was not for a letter grade in the grade book. All papers with percentages on them are put in the gradebook. Please empty these and return the folder on Monday. Although we did not have very many assignments this week, anything with a letter grade B or below can be “redone” for half credit per answer, and turned back in on Monday. So far, everybody is doing very well and working very hard!
Next week, SPECIAL CLASSES begin! We will begin Writers’ Workshop, Art, P.E., Music, and Computers. We are excited to see Graham and Joshua again, and to meet new friends, Catalina, Tucker, and Josiah! Fun times in the 4th grade!… :)
I have to share something special that happened on Thursday of
this week! I had a former student,
Joshua Ausemus, who is 25 years old now, come back and visit me. He is an electrician now, and was hired to
work on the site where we are placing the mobile classrooms. Anyhow, he checked in with Kristen and she
brought him down to say “hello!” I have
not see him in many, many years. He is
tall, broad shouldered, had a full grown beard, but I recognized the smile, and
the mischievous eyes. I introduced him
to the class, and they all seem amazed and perplexed with the thought that someday,
yes, they would be 25 years old too…and then all promised me they would come
back and see me! 😉 As I
was talking to Jeff about this last night, however, I realized that I will be
almost 65 by them, so we shall see if I am still gracing the halls of Timothy…probably
so!!! 😉 Your kids are so precious to me. It made my heart so happy that one of our own
Rams came “home” for a bit! God is good!
God’s richest blessings to you, Timothy Family! Have a BEAUTIFUL weekend!
Here are some pictures from the first week of school!
Sharing our Bags of Five Things…
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