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 Dear 4th Grade Parents,

We have had a wonderful week!  It was great meeting with you on Monday, and I am looking forward to seeing the rest of you tomorrow!  It is nice getting a face-to-face visit where we can discuss your amazing kiddo.  Thank you for sharing them with me! 

 *Donations from our WALK-A-THON are due on Monday, October 2nd.  (Please send in your child’s form or donations can be made here: https://timothylutheranschool.com/walkathon/) After this, we will share which kiddo from each class walked the most laps, and which class raised the most money!  (I have heard that a donut party is being planned!)  ;)  We are so PROUD of our hard work and perseverance!  THANK YOU for all of your help!

 Please don’t forget:

*PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES are tomorrow!  Please check out the sign-up for a reminder of your time! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4DADAB2DA7F58-1stquarter1

 *Donations from our WALK-A-THON are due on Monday, October 2nd.  After this, we will share which kiddo from each class walked the most laps, and which class raised the most money!  (I have heard that a donut party is being planned!)  ;)  We are so PROUD of our hard work and perseverance!  THANK YOU for all of your help!

 *Myrna Mardis from the Blue Springs Optimist Club came and visited us this morning!  She talked about all the activities available in Blue Springs for the kids, including the  Spooky Springs on October 28^th at Wilbur Young Park from 6-8 and the fishing derby in the spring… She also distributed student dictionaries to all the 4th graders at TLS!  All 4th graders in the city of Blue Springs receive one!  4th grade parents, please see the handout you kiddo is bringing home today.  We are so thankful!

Here is what we have been up to this week:

RELIGION- We talked all about Joseph and his brothers, and Job and his amazing faith!  We discussed how when we have days that are like “a hard knock life” or a “no good, very bad day,” we need to remember that God is in charge, He loves us, and we are SO VERY blessed on SO many levels!  We had some great discussions about integrity and lifting one another up.

MEMORY for Next Week: (I was off a bit on the dates, so please note the changes.  Thank you!)

10/3-

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 & 2 Thessalonians

1 & 2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

 

10/6-

Hebrews

James

1 & 2 Peter

1 , 2, & 3 John

Jude

Revelation

 

LANGUAGE ARTS- This week, we read the story of Cendrillon, the Caribbean tale of Cinderella.  It was fun to compare this to the version we know so well.  We shared our Newbery book reports and projects today and they are FANTASTIC!  Students are bringing home information about their October book reports. 

Skills we reviewed this week:  first person, , genre, Venn diagrams, cause/effect, final /er/ and /el/ words

SPELLING WORDS for the Week of October 6^th:

from the story “Focus on Plays”

heard, herd, loan, lone, flea, flee, hall, haul, forth, fourth, heal, heel, steak, stake, pare, pear, berry, bury, groan, grown, Challenge Word:  integrity

MATH- This week, we been reviewing how to add and subtract 3 and 4 digit numbers with regrouping.  We have been solving word problems that involve these numbers.  We are also memorizing our 4’s and 5’s in multiplication!

SOCIAL STUDIES- We discussed our histories, and what ideas and items we would want the people in the future to “find,” to help them remember us and how we lived in 2023.  We reviewed our state flag and state seal, and what all the symbolism means.  We then designed our own class versions of this!  Next week, we will vote on our favorite and that student will make our class flag to fly high in the classroom!

SPECIAL CLASSES

ART- This week, we combined some Missouri History and Art!  We reviewed the state bird and the state tree, and then drew and water colored them.  We added colored pencil and oil pastels to add the details.  They are beautiful pictures of The Eastern Bluebird on a Flowering Dogwood! 

MUSIC-The students have been learning about solfege, how to use hand bells, and practicing songs for our Veterans Day Program.  

WRITING- We worked on our Instastories and the illustrations that went along with them. 

P.E.- This week, we learned the rules of pin dodgeball, and had some fun playing it!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Kim

 Sharing our book reports...

Group Work!