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