God's Most Amazing Creatures...: Happy Friday! ;)

Hello, 4^th grade families! I hope this note finds you well! Goodness, it has been busy up here! We have had a great week, full of fun!

Here are some important notes:

*TLS Families Pray Together – Wednesday Mornings Between Drop-Off and Chapel

What do you do after you drop you children off for school on Wednesdays when you stay for chapel? Do you make a coffee run? Well, we may not be Starbucks, but…we will have coffee and a brief time of gathering to pray for our students, families, and community with a focus on gratitude in the 4G’s area of our school lobby. Join us beginning Wednesday, October 19th!

*Timothy’s 6^th Annual Walk-a-Thon was a huge success! THANK YOU for praying for us, for contributing to our school, and for cheering us on! We collected $6829! To GOD Be ALL the Glory!

The classroom winners were:

3rd Place - Kindergarten with $1157.50

2nd Place - 7/8 Grade with $1167.50

and our Top Classroom was — Mrs. Otte's 5th and 6th grade with $1298.50!!!

As a whole, our students (Preschool-8^th grade) walked 4, 485 indoor laps! We are so very proud!

Congratulations and THANK YOU, Timothy family!

*Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Please come and cheer on our 5^th/6^th grade girls’ volleyball team here at Timothy on Saturday morning! We are hosting the KCLAL League Tournament at our campus and would love to see you! Our girls have pool play games at 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, and 11:00. Our 4^th-8^th grade boys’ soccer team is also playing this Saturday, at Calvary Lutheran School, in the league tournament. Their first game is at 9 am. GO RAMS!

*It was fun to see so many of you at Donuts with Dad (and other special people)! Thank you for coming and spending some time with us! We had SUCH a great turn-out…It made my heart swell to see so many loved ones here! Thank you for coming and having a treat and playing some games with us! I tried to get a picture of everyone, but I missed some of you…I am so sorry! Please make sure you look on our blog to see the photos I did take!

*For those of you who missed picture day, RE-TAKE DAY is Friday morning, October 21st!

Here is what we have been up to this week:

RELIGION- This week in Religion, we discussed the life of Moses, the 10 Plagues, Passover, and the Exodus. We talked about God’s plan for each of us, and how we can use ANY of our talents to praise Him now and in the future. We talked about how the commandments apply to our daily lives. We also watched the movie, “The Prince of Egypt,” today for our Star party, and then talked about similarities and differences to the true story.

MEMORY for Next Week:

10/18- A mighty fortress is our God,

A trusty shield and weapon;

He helps us free from ev'ry need

That has us now o'ertaken.

10/21-The old evil foe

Now means deadly woe;

Deep guile and great might

Are his dread arms in fight;

On earth is not his equal.

LANGUAGE ARTS-This week we read the story “Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies.” We learned lot of new “movie-making” vocabulary terms, and how we should often analyze the movies we see to check for content and how truthful the images are. We had some great discussions about many of the movies that we have seen, and how music and lighting make you feel a certain way, and how often the fight or chase scenes don’t show what is happening all around them. It was interesting! This week, we also practiced writing a summary, and finding facts and opinions.

SPELLING Words for Friday, October 21^st:

Story: “Me and Uncle Romie”

aloud, bald, hawk, south, faucet, proud, claw, tower, stalk, couple, howl, false, dawn, allow, drown, pause, fault, cause, amount, cloudier, applaud, foul

Challenge Word: mesmerize

MATH- This week, we began Chapter 3, which is multiplication! We have been learning how multiplying relates to addition and subtraction, as well as reviewing fact families. The class claimed this was “easy-peasy!” ;) Next week, it will get a bit tougher as we work with word problems, properties and rules, and factors and multiples. Please keep practicing those math facts! We are onto the 6’s in class! They CAN do this!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES-This week we dove into the Midwest states a discussed their climate, history, and population.

SPECIAL CLASSES

ART-We finished up our eastern bluebird/flowering dogwood paintings! These are beautiful! I cannot wait to show them off!

MUSIC- Students practiced the song, “We Are the Church,” and songs for the upcoming Veteran’s Day Program.

COMPUTER LAB- We worked on typing.com and published on Google Docs.

P.E.- We learned how to play pin dodgeball.

Important Dates:

October

15-5th/6th VB Tournament at Timothy—first game 8:30 am; Soccer Tournament –first game 9am

21-End of 1st quarter; 1:00 dismissal; Re-take Day for school pictures; School Harvest Party 6:00 pm

21/22-7th/8th grade VB Tournament at Calvary-more details to come!

28-Classroom Harvest Party-more details to come!