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SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS
Should be in late this week or early next week, if you have items that you ordered that shouldn’t be sent home with your child, please let the secretary know as soon as possible.
CLASSROOM CHRISTMAS PARTIES
Teachers will be sending out information for their individual classrooms regarding Christmas parties.
NURSING HOME CAROLING
K-4th grade will be visiting Harmony River next Tuesday, December 17th to do some caroling for their residents.
K-1st grade will spend some time at Prince of Peace on Wednesday, December 18th caroling and doing activities with their residents.
NO SCHOOL
Before you know it, Christmas break is going to be here! Don’t forget there is no school December 20th – January 1st with classes resuming on Thursday, January 2nd.
CHURCH SINGING: PREK-8TH
Our next service is this Sunday, January 5th at Grace Lutheran Church of Hutchinson, service begins at 9:00, please arrive by 8:45 and meet in the church basement.
We know there are many churches that feed into our school family, we understand if you are able to sing but need to leave after. All are welcome to stay for the entire service.
IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, PLEASE LET A TEACHER KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SCRIP ORDERS
The Holidays are here! Don't forget to purchase your gift cards through us!
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It’s time to put your shopping dollars to work!
Ordering forms are in the office at school or also located at Immanual and Grace churches. Electronic versions can be emailed upon request.
TEACHER CHRISTMAS GIFTS
The teachers and staff have created an Amazon Gift List for items they'd like for their classrooms or personal use. Instead of getting those teacher coffee mugs again this year for a Christmas gift 😉 think about purchasing an item off their list OR purchasing an Amazon gift card that they can use.
PRESCHOOL (3): Miss Lokensgard
This week we are learning all about Winter. We are learning there are 4 seasons in a year and winter comes after fall. In the winter it is cold and it snows. We are also talking about what clothes we have to wear outside in the winter time. At the activity center this week we have snowflake alphabet matching game, Christmas geo boards, and gingerbread cookie counting game. We are focusing on the letter Oo, shape star, color green, and the number 2.
Monday- We worked on our phonics page. For art we ripped white paper and glued it on blue paper to make a snowflake.
Tuesday- We practiced writing in shaving cream. We also made fake snow from baking soda and white conditioner.
Wednesday- We practiced building our name to make a snowman, then we practiced writing our name.
Thursday- Scribble scrabbled a snowman. We build a stable and a manger out of popsicle sticks.
Friday- We glued snowflakes on our tree to make our winter tree. We also will play Christmas bingo.
Our bible focus this week is baby Jesus is born. Memory verse is- “Today a savior has been born” Luke 2:11.
PRESCHOOL (4): Mrs. Dragt
Christmas tree week!!!
Our focus wall this week is the letter Pp, number 13, our shape is a rectangle, and our color is blue.
Our Jesus craft this week we are making Christmas trees with our memory treasure on it. Then we will work on controlling our bodies during movement while we play red light green light with Ms. Lokensgards class.
I’m also looking forward to see all the pictures of the kiddos Christmas trees in show and share this week! In science we are going to make snowmen out of baking soda and water and then watch them melt away when we pour vinegar on them.
Our bible lesson is Mary’s Big New. We learned that an angel came and told Mary she was going to have a baby and that she was to call him Jesus. Memory Treasure: “You are to call him Jesus.” Luke 1:31
K-1st: Mrs. Eckstrand
This week our Bible lesson is Three men in the fiery furnace. We meet Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego while they are in captivity in Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar told them they had to worship his statue or be thrown into the fiery furnace. The 3 men refused to worship any god except the one true God. When the King threw them into the furnace, God sent an angel to protect the men. They trusted God to be with them in life and in death. Matthew 4:10b "Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only." is our memory treasure this week
In Reading, 1st grade is working with -le words. They are learning to look for double consonants to add the -le. They will be pretending with the Superkids in their stories. In Writing, they will be writing an opinion paragraph. Kindergarten finished fixing with Doc and took Test 2. They will meet a new Superkid. He loves sports and the /s/ sound. They are also spelling and reading more and more. They found their sight words in their math books even! They will finish up their Christmas song book that they are writing and illustrating.
In Math, 1st grade is subtracting with bonds, then switching between adding and subtracting, and finally making word problems. They will finish Ch 4 by Friday. Kindergarten keeps working with shapes, we will also do some patterns and graphing. They will also finish Ch 4 by Friday.
4-H came last week and did Geology with us. This week they came and made snowstorms and snowflakes with STEM projects. Alka Seltzer or Mentos will make the snowstorms work again 😊
We will start Geography Map work this week. Our first lesson will be learning about what a map is.
In Social Studies, we will begin Unit 6 all about the marketplace.
In Science, we will review natural resources, then learn how to work in our notebooks some more.
2-4th: Mr. Loersch
Hello Parents and Students!
In God's Word this week we're studying the faith of the Canaanite woman and how Jesus tested that faith. We're also seeing how as Christians we need to hear both the Law and the Gospel in the account of John the Baptist's death at the hands of King Herod Antipas.
In Science class, we're learning about density and buoyancy.
2nd grade Math is reviewing content from chapter 3, then taking a test before beginning chapter 4 which focuses on length and measurement. 3rd grade Math also nears the end of a chapter. They'll take a test and start their unit expanding on addition and subtraction. 4th graders are preparing for a chapter test before moving on to the multiplication chapter.
In Language Arts, 2nd graders are learning about the long a sound, as well as using "aw" and "au" in words. 3-4th graders are reviewing for their preposition test and learning comprehension skills through short story study.
We are doing a classroom "Secret Santa" this year to exchange gifts during our Christmas party on the 19th. The price range is $10-15. We'll draw names this week. If you have any questions please send me an email.
5-8th: Mr. Holz
Hello Parents, Family and Friends
In Math, 5th Graders are working on tricks for multiplying decimals. 6th Graders are working with multiples and factors. 7th Graders are working with ratios, proportions, and unit conversions. 8th Graders are working on slope and direct variation.
In Science, we have started our unit on the Solar System. We will be making a project to demonstrate the distances between the planets.
In Social Studies we are studying the countries of Europe. The students are divided into groups of 3-4 and assigned a country. They are working to make a presentation to share what they have learned to the class. They are presenting them this week.
In Music we have finished with the songs that we will sing for church. We are now working on the basics of Music Theory such as types of notes, how to draw a staff, and basic counting.
In Grammar the 5th-6th Graders are working on linking verbs and predicate nominatives. The 7th-8th Graders are working on verbs.
In Reading, we have started our novels. 7th-8th Graders are reading The Call of the Wild. 5th-6th are reading A Wrinkle in Time. We have finished The Call of the Wild and we will be finishing A Wrinkle in Time by next Monday.
In Spelling, we are working on the 13th lesson. The spelling tests are every Friday.
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