God's Most Amazing Creatures...: Happy first Friday of 2023!

Hello, all! I missed all of these kiddos so very much and am so happy to be back! I hope you all had a very merry and relaxing Christmas and some quality fun with your families!

Quick reminders:

*EPIPHANY PARTY – Tonight, January 6, 2023 at 6:00 in the school gym:

Join Timothy Lutheran School and the Children’s Ministry of Timothy Lutheran Church in the joint celebration of Epiphany. Epiphany is the day we celebrate how the star led the Wise Men to Jesus; the first appearance of Jesus to the Gentiles. He is a Savior for ALL people of ALL nations!

This fellowship and fun evening for our students will include pizza and fun activities!

*NATIONAL LUTHERAN SCHOOLS WEEK – January 22 – 29, 2023 – ‘Making Disciples for Life’

This is the week we look forward to each year as the opportunity to celebrate with over 1,850 Lutheran schools nationwide and more than 180,000 students and families as well as the communities we serve. Our churches and schools rejoice in the partnership of a shared vision for proclaiming God’s grace and mercy to equip the next generation of faithful Christian servants.

*Sunday, 1/22/23 – Grades K-8 Sing at Timothy Lutheran’s R.D. Mize Road - 9:00 Worship Service

*All School Devotions in the Gym Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:45 – 9:00 a.m. – Families are INVITED to join us!

*Scholastic Book Fair – All Week

Monday- 1/23/23-Crazy Sock Day; meeting in the afternoon to make cards for TLS Homebound Members
Tuesday-1/24/23-Christian Shirt/Hat Day; Zoomobile coming in the afternoon
Wednesday-1/25/23-Chapel Family Dress Day- 9:00 normal Chapel—families are always invited to attend!
Thursday-1/26/23 –Decades Day (dress like your favorite time era) 1:00 pm—The Bible Bee (Student participants will be chosen from each classroom. Parents are welcome to attend!)
Friday-1/27/23 - Grandparent’s/Special Guest’s Day and Talent Show – Talent Show at 10:30 a.m., Early Dismissal at 12:30 p.m. (more details coming about this!)

*Sunday-1/29/23 – Grades K – 8 Sing at Timothy Lutheran’s Wyatt Road – 10:00 a.m. Worship Service

*Third Quarter Mission Project – Lutheran Urban Mission Agency (LUMA) – We will be collecting nonperishable items for their Food Pantry

Here is what we have been up to this week:

RELIGION- We discussed Elijah and the Prophets of Baal and Elijah going to heaven. We learned what the inside of Solomon’s temple was like, and why different parts of it were there. We studied the Ark of The Covenant. We also learned that many promises about Jesus were made through Elijah, and how he helped pave the way for the Lord!

MEMORY for next week: (meaning of the 10^th commandment)

1/10- What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not entice or force away our neighbor’s wife, workers, or animals, or turn them against him, but urge them to stay and do their duty.

1/13- We will have a short matching test over the commandments.

LANGUAGE ARTS- This week, we read A LOT! We had our noses in our Science books, our Scholastic News, and we read a ton from “Indian in the Cupboard!” In English, we also talked about irregular verbs. Next week, we will be learning all about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

SPELLING WORDS for next Friday, January 13th: (from “My Brother Martin”) west, steep, member, gleam, fresh, freedom, speed, steam, beast, believe, speck, kept, cheap, pretend, greed, shelf, least, eager, reason, chief, echo, menu, *segregation

MATH- We have been practicing long division with 2 and 3 digit numbers, and with zeroes. We continue to learn how to interpret the remainders.

SOCIAL STUDIES-In Current Events, we discussed 2022, A Year in Review. This led to some great discussions—from the Olympics, to Queen Elizabeth, to the stormy weather! We also took a look at the past and talked about Ernest Shackleton and his escape from Antarctica.

SCIENCE- We are studying the world of plants! We formed Science groups on Wednesday and researched two different types of leaves. We observed, asked questions, inferred, and made some educated guesses. Each 4th grade scientist had a special job when working with his or her group: They were either a Director, ad Facilitator, a Materials Manager, a Technician, or a Participant. I was able to witness some great teamwork! We learned more about the plant kingdom, including the job of seeds, the role of roots and stems, and why leaves are so important.