Merry Christmas!

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We went Christmas Bowling this morning!

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Our 6/7/8 Grade Girls took 4th place at their tournament last weekend!

Dear Parents,

 I hope all of you are having a wonderful Advent Season as we prepare to celebrate Christmas.  We’ve had several practices this week for our Christmas program, “The Christmas Gift”.  The students are doing a nice job and I’m so excited for Sunday night. There are quite of few students in our class with speaking parts, so it would be great if you would make sure your student practices his or her lines and is ready to go for the program  (I’m sure many of you have already been doing that.)

Lunch Menu Changes

The lunch menus for Wednesday and Friday will be switched next week.  This means students who signed up for grilled cheese for Friday, will have that on Wednesday.  If they were planning on bringing lunch on Friday, they need to bring a lunch on Wednesday.  We will have pizza on Friday. Since we are having our class Christmas dinner on Friday, (see note below)  I will have Mrs. Gorrow cancel the pizza lunches for the 7th/8th graders for that day.  

Christmas Program Details

·         The students should be at school by 6:00 p.m.Sunday evening. 

·          They should report to our classroom.   (Band students need to be at school earlier.)  

·         The students should wear nice clothes.  No jeans, please.

Bowling Party and Christmas Caroling

The All School Bowling Party and Christmas caroling isTuesday,  December 17. Mrs. Gorrow sent out a Google Docs for you to sign up for driving if you are able to do so.  We will have our Bowling party from 9:00 to 11:00 and then come back to school for lunch. Around 12:45,  the 5th through 8th graders will leave to go Christmas caroling at The Parkway.  

Classroom Christmas Party - Friday, December 20 -  9:00 to 12:30

We will have the 7th and 8th grade classroom Christmas party next Friday.  The students have drawn names for Secret Santas. They should bring a small gift each day next week.  These should be inexpensive.  Gifts such as: candy, cookies, pens/pencils, note pads,  or even just a note saying have a good day. On Friday, we will exchange a bigger gift, and then reveal who everyone’s Secret Santa’s were.  I have stressed to the students to only spend about $10 for this gift.  They’ve also chosen to have a white elephant gift exchange, but this is optional.  The students who bring a white elephant gift will play the gift stealing game.

Around 11:00, we will have a ham dinner. The students have signed up to bring food, drinks, or  tableware. I told the students to check with their parents before they sign up to bring a dish or snack.  If your son or daughter has signed up to bring a dish or snack, and something comes up and you are unable to make the dish, no big deal.  We will have plenty of food!

The students are really excited about their party.  It should be a great way to celebrate Christmas together as a class.

Important Dates Coming Up:

·         Sunday, December 15 - 6:30 - Timothy Christmas Program  in the school gym. Students should arrive at 6:00.

·         Tuesday, December 17 - All School Bowling Party at Lunar Bowl - 9:00 to 11:00. Christmas Caroling at The Parkway at 1:00. 

·         Friday, December 20 - 1:00 Dismissal - Christmas break begins!.

Here’s what’s happening in our classroom:

·         7th / 8th Grade Religion -   We are finishing up the unit - “God’s People Under the Kings”. We will have the unit test on Thursday.     Memory for next week:  Tuesday - No memory;          Friday - Books of the Old Testament - (1st half)

·         7th Grade Math - We took a test over fraction operations today.  Next week we will work on adding and subtracting positive and negative fractions. 

·         Algebra - We are finishing up our linear equation unit and will have the chapter test next Wednesday. 

·         7th/8th Grade Science - We finishing up our chapter over heredity and genetics.  Today we reviewed and Monday we will have the chapter test .  

News from Mrs. Otte’s classroom:

This week, we will finish reading The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.  We have been watching the movie while we read the book to visualize and understand what we have been reading.  We are working on indirect objects and predicate nominatives today. Next week, there will be a Spelling Unit (17) but the final test will be on Thursday, instead of Friday.

In Geography, we took a test today over Aztecs, Inca, Maya, and Toltec tribes.  Next Wednesday will be a test over Latin America including a map test for the Caribbean Islands (just the major ones).  

In Art, we have been creating Christmas ornaments.  We also drew and painted beautiful Nativity angels.

We are working on our hour of code this week playing CodeCombat.  Students have access to it at home.

Reminder:  Book Talks are due January 10 - 250 pages

Have a great week-end!

Mrs. Barnett

5th/6th grade art!

Newsletter

Friday, December 6, 2019

Dear Parents,

The Christmas Season is here!  Our room looks so festive! The students had a fun time decorating,  The students are working really hard preparing for the Christmas program, A Christmas Gift.  Please invite family and friends. It should be a wonderful celebration of Christmas and celebrating Jesus’ birth.

Date Change for Bowling Party and Christmas Caroling

Our all School Bowling Party and Christmas caroling has been moved to Tuesday,  December 17.  We will have our Bowling party from 9:00 to 11:00;  then we will come back to school for lunch. In the afternoon, the 5th through 8th graders will go Christmas caroling at The Parkway.  This is such a fun day of celebrating Christmas with our school and then caroling to spread the wonderful message of Jesus’ birth to the elderly.  We will need drivers for that day, so let me know if you can help out. You can drive in the morning, afternoon, or both.

Important Dates Coming Up:

·         Sunday, December 15 - 6:30 - Timothy Christmas Program  in the school gym.

·         Tuesday, December 17 - All School Bowling Party at Lunar Bowl in the morning, Caroling in the afternoon. 

·         Friday, December 20 - 1:00 Dismissal - Christmas break begins!.

Here’s what’s happening in our classroom:

·         7th / 8th Grade Religion -   We are in a unit entitled - God’s People Under the Kings.    Memory for next week:  Tuesday - 1 Chronicles 16: 25-26; Friday - Psalm 43:3 & Romans 3:23-24.

·         7th Grade Math - We are working on addition and subtraction of fractions.  

·         Algebra -  We are graphing equations using slope and intercept.

·         7th/8th Grade Science - We are studying heredity and genetics.  This week we found the probability of traits occurring using Punnett squares.

News from Mrs. Otte’s class:

Hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving and got your fill of delicious food.  We are blessed!

In English this week, we reviewed direct objects as the who or what of the verb.  We are completing a writing choice board for the week. We started learning about Charles Dickens's England and how hard life was back then with diseases, child labor and debtor's prison.  We started reading a Christmas Carol.

There will be a Geography map test over all the countries in South America on Wednesday.  We have been studying the Maya, Inca, Toltec and Aztec populations in Geography - what makes them special and how they were defeated.  There will be a quiz over those 4 populations next week Friday.

In Art, we started creating an angel picture with the nativity story drawn in her dress.  This project will take us a few weeks.

We are continuing spreadsheets in computer.  This week we learned how the computer can calculate the mean, median, mode and range.

Have a great week-end!

Mrs. Barnett

Newsletter and Chapel!

Dear Parents,

Happy Thanksgiving - next week. I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.  I feel so thankful to God for giving us our wonderful school. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to teach your children each day.  (Since we only have a two day next week, I will not be sending out a newsletter.)

Our Operation Christmas Child packing party was a great time!  It is so fun to see our older students help the younger children in their chapel families pack the boxes.  We were able to put together 130 boxes! Thanks to everyone who donated items. 

MId-Term Report Changes

Mrs. Otte and I are going to change the procedure for Mid-Term Reports.  Since most of you are on IGradePlus and can regularly monitor your student’s grades, we are not going to send home mid-term reports.  But, if a student is making below a 70% in any of the subjects, we will send a report home for that student. If you are not on I Grade Plus and would like to be, let me know and I'll send you a new “invitation” to log on to your student’s account.  

Important Dates Coming Up:

• Wednesday, November 27th through Friday, November 29th - No School  Thanksgiving Holiday
• Wednesday, December 3 - 5:30 - PTL Kick-off meeting / pizza party
• Wednesday, December 4 - 6:30 service - Timothy students grade K-8 sing and lead Advent service at R.D.Mize campus.  
• Sunday, December 15 - 6:30 - Timothy Christmas Program  in the school gym.
• Thursday, December 19 - All School Bowling Party at Lunar Bowl in the morning, Caroling in the afternoon. 
• Friday, December 20 - 1:00 Dismissal - Christmas break begins!.

Here’s what’s happening in our classroom:

• 7th / 8th Grade Religion -   We started Unit 4 entitled - God’s People Under the Kings.    There will not be memory this coming week.   Students should see me to make up any memory work.
• 7th Grade Math - We have been changing fractions to decimals, decimals to fractions. and  comparing them. Today we reviewed multiplication of fractions. 
• Algebra -  We learned about the slope of line in our  linear functions chapter.
• 7th/8th Grade Science - We are studying heredity and genetics.  Today we learned about Dominant and Recessive traits and we will learn how to make a Punnett Square next week.

Here's what's going on in Mrs. Otte's classes:

ELA - We are close to finishing our book the Westing Game.  Some students have already finished it.  It is an exciting mystery with a giant puzzle at the end.  I am hoping to show the movie after Thanksgiving and we will be playing Clue in class.  Our next book will be Charles Dickens The Christmas Carol. We are going to be writing 3 paragraph assignments next week.  They will be due after Thanksgiving.  I am hoping to start student proofreading as a skill.  In English, we talked about complements that will turn into direct and indirect objects.

Geography - We just began our study of Central and South America.  The students have a take home quiz to complete for Monday.  They also have a country test on Monday.  We will dive into Native American groups:  Incas, Mayans and Aztecs.

Art - We are working on a variety of Christmas pictures, including painting a snowman scene.

Computer - Our new lessons include spreadsheets and writing spreadsheet formulas.  There will be a big project in December using spreadsheets

Have a great week-end!

Mrs. Barnett

7th and 8th graders led Chapel this week.  We talked about giving thanks in all circumstances. They did a fantastic job!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. 

~Psalm 136:1

Newsletter

Friday, November 15, 2019

Dear Parents,

Our school auction is this Saturday night .  Our Origami picture project is finished and turned it.  It looks great! Hope to see you at the auction!

Our Veteran’s Day Program was such a great patriotic event.  The kids sounded so wonderful! Mrs. Maclean did a great job choosing the songs and preparing the students.  Many of those who attended were brought to tears seeing the children sing their hearts out for our country.

Second Quarter Mission Project - Operation Christmas Child

If you haven’t sent items for the shoe boxes for Operation Christmas child yet, you can still send in items on Monday.  On Wednesday we will have a packing party, which is where all the students put together the boxes to send to children all over the world!  

7th and 8th graders lead chapel this coming Wednesday, November 20

Today in religion, our class started working on the chapel they will lead this coming Wednesday, November 20.   The students are working in groups and are actually writing the message. If you can, please try to come to chapel next week to see them lead.

Important dates coming up:

·         Saturday, November 16 - 6:00  - TLS Auction at the Adams Dairy Conference Center

·         Sunday, November 14 - 4:00 .- Band recital

·         Wednesday, November 20 - 9:00 a.m. - 7th and 8th grade students present chapel

·         Wednesday, November 20 - Operation Christmas Child packing party in school gym.

·         Wednesday, November 27th through Friday, November 29th - No School  Thanksgiving Holiday

Here’s what’s happening in our classroom:

·         7th / 8th Grade Religion -   We finished the unit “LIfe in the Promised Land”.  Instead of a test, the students are writing an essay about one of the biblical figures we studied in this unit.  Next week we will work on chapel preparation on Monday and Tuesday, then begin Unit 4 on Thursday..   Memory for this coming week:  Tuesday -  Isaiah 41:10;  Friday - Romans 5:8 & 1 Peter 2:21

·         7th Grade Math - We are working on  fraction operations.  

·         Algebra -  We are learning about linear functions.

·         7th/8th Grade Science - We took a test today over Cell Reproduction.  Next week we will begin a unit on Genetics.

Have a great week-end!

Mrs. Barnett

We helped the preschool celebrate their Harvest Hoe Down a few weeks ago!  Here are some pictures!

Newsletter

Friday, November 8, 2019
Dear Parents,

Our annual school auction is coming up soon.  Mrs. Aimee Gorrow is the chairman of the auction committee this year and has been working so hard to make if a fun event.   Please try to come if you can.

SCHOOL AUCTION- “Lights, Camera, Auction!”  November 16.  Join us for a night of fabulous fun!  There will be a delicious meal, drinks, games, and bidding.  You will not want to miss the chance to bid on our one-of-a-kind class project!     Use this link to purchase tickets: Auction Tickets.  Our students have done a great job folding many Samurai hats for our Origami project.  I will be framing it this week-end. It should look great!

Veteran’s Day Program 
Please invite any Veteran or Military person you know to come to our program on Veteran’s Day, this Monday, November 11th.   We want to honor anyone who has or is serving in our military to thank them for helping to protect our country and freedoms!  We practiced the program on Thursday and it is great! The songs the children are singing are beautiful. Coffee and donuts begin at 8:30, the program begins at 9:00.  Hope to see you there!

Second Quarter Mission Project - Operation Christmas Child
Yesterday we sent you an email regarding this.  This is such a wonderful program and our students love collecting the items and packing them, to send to children all over the world.  The students were given their bags today and a list of items to donate. (The volleyball team will bring their bags home Monday.)    

St. Paul Lutheran High School  Visit Day
St. Paul Lutheran High School in Concordia, Missouri has invited us to their Campus Visit Day on Thursday, November 14, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
If you are interested in having your child attend Campus Visit Day at St. Paul, please email me.    We will not be going as an entire class, but Mrs. Anderson will be bringing a group of students who are interested in visiting the school.

Important dates coming up:
·         Monday, November 11 - Timothy’s Veteran’s Day program- 9:00 a.m.

·         Monday, November 14- St. Paul Lutheran High visit day.  Mrs. Anderson taking students that are interested.

·         Saturday, November 16 - TLS Auction at the Adams Dairy Conference Center

·         Wednesday, November 20 - 9:00 - 7th and 8th grade students present chapel

·         Wednesday, November 20 - Operation Christmas Child packing party in school gym.

·         Wednesday, November 27th through Friday, November 29th - NO School  Thanksgiving Holiday

Here’s what’s happening in our classroom:

·         7th / 8th Grade Religion -   We just finished the unit “LIfe in the Promised Land”.  We will review this on Monday and have Unit 3 test on Tuesday.  Memory for this coming week:  Tuesday - 1 Peter 2:5;   Friday - Joshua 24:15 & Hebrews 13:6.

·         7th Grade Math - We are beginning a unit over fraction operations.  

·         Algebra -  We are learning about linear functions.

·         7th/8th Grade Science We are learning about meiosis and DNA.

News from Mrs. Otte’s class:
In English, we are continuing to learn about prepositional phrases.  We made a photo collage using them to describe pictures. We are reading the book called the Westing Game.  In it a millionaire creates a game in which the winner will inherit all his money. We will be working on creating a classroom newspaper.

In Geography, we are finishing up our US and Canadian unit.  Today, students were to make a crossword puzzle using the text.

In Art, we explored snowmen pictures and made our own.

We started coding in computer.  We are using the CS First program.  We animated a person and a name this week.  Next week, we will create a Google Doodle.

Have a great week-end!
Mrs. Barnett

So very proud of our volleyball girls this weekend and their 2nd place finish!  To God be the Glory!