- There will not be school on Monday, October 3, so that all are able to attend the funeral of Kevin Witte.
- Reading Minutes due Tuesday. The expectation is 125 minutes per week with at least 4 days of reading.
- New word work lists will be given on Tuesday with a test on Friday
- Grandparent's Day is Thursday, October 13. We will begin in the gym at 12:45.
- Advanced Notice: Conferences will be held November 7-9 from 3:40-5:40 and November 10 from 5-7p.m. Sign-ups will be coming out soon for this. However, please don't wait until conferences if you have a question or concern. I am happy to meet with you anytime!
- Thank you to Amy Alderink for helping us in Library this week.
- We will begin our new Bible memory, Psalm 23, on Tuesday.
Curriculum Highlights
- Devotions- Our time in devotions this week centered on prayers for the Witte family, the HS staff and students, our community, and learning what it means to BE the body of Christ. The students really wanted to DO something, so on Wednesday we wrote out Bible verses for the High School students which were then placed on their lockers. I love how this group wanted to show their love in a tangible way and I was so touched by their idea.
- Pizza Party- Thank you to the parent team for our awesome pizza party! We really enjoyed it!
- Math- Our first unit test was today! Our week was spent reviewing the 2's, 3's 4's, 5's, 9's, and 10's in both multiplication and division, practicing story problems, and learning about the associative property (6x3)x4= 6x(3x4).
- Reading: We are wrapping up our first reading unit and the students have really taken off with their love of books! Everyone is leveled and should be reading texts at an appropriate level. This week we worked a lot with jotting down our thoughts and observations on sticky notes as we read. We then use these sticky notes to retell what our story was about to a friend.
- Writing: We have written our rough draft of a personal narrative this week. We have 4-5 paragraphs to our story and are working at composing a solid lead. Next week we will work on our conclusions and editing our work.
- Bible: We have begun learning about the book of Genesis. Each day the students are reading from their Bibles, having a discussion about what we have read, and diving deeper into the text with our footnotes. This is a favorite time for many kids. We focused this week on the story of creation.
- Science: This week we learned more about farmland, runoffs, and oil spills. We discussed our job of being Christian caretakers of God's earth. Next week each child will begin a research project on a natural disasters that change the earth's surface.
Blessings!
Lynae
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