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Newsletter 4/22/2026
- Brittany Clark
- 3 days ago
- 7 min read
Calendar
¨ April 22nd
Art/Chess Club 3-4:30
¨ April 27th
Art/Chess Club 3-4:30
¨ April 28th
6-8 Softball Practice
3:15-4:30
¨ April 30th
6-8 Softball Practice
3:15-4:30
K-8th BFG Play at MLC
¨ May 5th
6-8 Softball Practice
3:15-4:30
K-8 FIELD TRIPS
MLC SPRING PLAY – THE BFG
April 30th 9:30-2:00 K-8th grade will go to Martin Luther College. Please bring a cold/sack lunch and water bottle. We still need a couple parent chaperones/drivers which will be placed where they are needed.
COMO ZOO, May 15th 9:30-2:30 K-8th grade will go to Como Zoo. Please bring a cold/sack lunch and water bottle. We still need a couple parent chaperones which will be placed where they are needed.
K-8th MAP TESTING
MAP standardized testing will be May 4-7th for grades K through 8th. Please help your child to get a good night sleep and eat a good breakfast these days!
PRESCHOOL FIELD TRIPS:
Piepenburg Park, May 7th 9:30-11:30. Please wear good tennis shoes and bring a water bottle.
Baseball Day, May 12th 10:30-11:30. Baseball at the playground. Please bring running shoes, water bottle, baseball hat, and glove if you have one.
Memorial Park in Litchfield, May 22nd 9:30-11:30. Please wear tennis shoes and bring a water bottle.
EARLY RELEASE
Our next Early Release Day is Wednesday, May 6th.
School will be dismissed at 1:00.
Bussing will still be available as well as Latchkey. If Latchkey is needed (before or after school care) please contact the school at 320-587-4858 or immanuellutheranschool@hotmail.com
6-8th COED SOFTBALL
We will be participating in the Coed-Softball tournament our WELS schools do each year.
STARTING TUESDAY, APRIL 28th: Students will practice Tuesdays and Thursdays after school from 3:15-4:30 until the tournament.
They should bring a glove, water bottle, tennis shoes (or cleats if they own them), and clothing suitable for running.
Softball tournament is on Wednesday, May 13th in North Mankato, this is an all-day event.
We will need parent volunteer drivers/chaperones, if you are available, please let us know as soon as possible; this will be an all-day event.
6-8th COED TRACK MEET
We will be participating in the Redwood Falls track meet this year on Friday, May 8th. This is an all-day event. We will need parent volunteer drivers, if you’d like to chaperone, please let us know as soon as possible; this will be an all-day event. Concessions will be available, students should bring snacks, a cold/sack lunch, water bottle, and sunscreen.
CARD SHOWER
We have been so blessed to have Mrs. Horn as part of our IGLS family this year. This June, the Horn family is joyfully expecting the arrival of their baby boy! As they prepare for this exciting new chapter, they will also be moving to Wisconsin this summer so Mr. Horn can continue his studies to become a pastor.
To celebrate Baby Horn, we will be hosting a card shower. If you would like to share your well wishes, please place your card in the box in the school office during the week of May 4–8.
GERTENS PICKUP
Pick-up for Gerten orders is next Monday, April 27th. More info to come.
PRESCHOOL (3): Miss Lokensgard
This week we are focusing on bumble bees and butterflies. We are singing songs with rhythm sticks and scarves. Singing songs about bugs and spring weather. We are also learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. We read about the very hungry caterpillar and how a bee makes honey. The sensory table is filled with bee things and the science table has different bugs to explore. The playdough table has bugs to make bug houses. We are learning the letter Ww, The shape circle, The color grey, and the number eleven.
Monday- Writing Center: Letter Ww phonics page. Activity Center: Painted one side of a butterfly then folded it in half. It teaches symmetry in a hands-on way, encourages creativity with color, and creates a magical "reveal" moment.
Tuesday- Writing Center: Practicing writing in sand. Activity Center: Making crosses with tissue paper.
Wednesday-Writing Center: Practice spelling, finding and writing our name. Activity Center: Plant Grass
Thursday- Writing Center: Learn how to draw a butterfly for our scribble scrabble unit. Activity Center: Make a circle college.
Friday- Writing Center: Roll the dice game. Activity Center: Hi Ho Cherrio.
The bible story this week is Jesus dies on the Cross. Memory treasure. Forgive us our sins. Luke 11:4
PREKINDERGARTEN (4): Mrs. Dragt
Welcome to Bumble Bee Week!
Focus Wall
Letter- Ww
Number- Review
Color -Pink
Shape- Hexagon
Monday - We did a scary/hard-looking color-by-number worksheet!
I assured them I would give them anything that I knew they couldn't handle, and they rocked it!
Come to find out, it wasn't as hard as it looked! LOL
Tuesday - Show and share: bring in something green. We are continuing to work on writing our
numbers 1-20 and figuring out that we need to put spaces between our numbers. They are
starting to get the hang of it!
Wednesday - In our STEM activity, we made little bees and transferred “pollen” from one flower
to the next. In our centers, we are matching uppercase and lowercase letters and counting,
Thursday - We will work on making the letter Ww. In movement, Ms. Lokensgard has a fun bug
movement game for us all to play.
Friday - In our Jesus story, we learned how Jesus ascended to heaven. So, for our art project,
we are making a craft with cups, string, and a picture of Jesus that represents Jesus’ ascending
into heaven!
In our classroom, we have been working on saying the words “I am still learning, I will keep trying!” instead of “I can’t.” Please encourage them to say these words at home!
Our Jesus story is Jesus Returns to Heaven. Memory Treasure “I am with you always.” Matthew 28:20
KINDERGARTEN: Mrs. Eckstrand
This week our Bible lessons are "Jesus' Ascension" and "God sends the Holy Spirit". We learned that Jesus ascended back into heaven and gave the disciples 1 special gift and 1 job. His gift is the Holy Spirit who helps strengthen our faith and give us courage to share the gospel to all creation. Then we learned how the Holy Spirit came to the disciples in Jerusalem in the form of fire, and 3000 were baptized on Pentecost. Mark 16:15 He said to them 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation’ is our memory treasure.
In Reading we have found and cleaned the Big Bus for the superkids club. We learned about the contraction Let's=Let us, and we are really enjoying our "spelling tests."
In Math we are putting together and breaking apart all the number bonds for 5-10. These are the foundation for all the adding and subtracting they will continue to do.
In Science we are breaking the animals into their kinds. We also are drawing the inside of our duckling eggs... We've all been able to see a duckling so far 😊
On Friday, we will have 2 guest teachers in our room. They will be learning and observing how pur school and kids use and do Superkids reading successfully.
1-2nd: Mrs. Markgraf
Hello IGLS families!
In math this week first graders are wrapping up their long chapter about addition and subtraction. Boy, have they learned a lot! Second grade is almost done with their short time telling chapter. Some students love watching the clock and practicing telling the time.
It just so happens that both groups are practicing words with open syllables in reading this week. Open syllables are a word part where the vowel is at the end and makes the long sound. This helps us decode new, longer words.
Our Bible stories are Elijah Goes to Heaven, A Boy Comes Back to Life and Naaman Is Brought to Faith. Our Memory Treasure is 1 Timothy 2:3-4, God our Savior . . . wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Our class works together to fill up a jar of marbles that we earn with awesome behavior. They filled up the jar this week, and enjoyed a day of getting to keep a stuffed animal at their desks and had a little treat.
3-5th: Mrs. Horn
Happy Wednesday Parents, Students, and Families!
This week is a fairly normal week in the classroom with a few added bonuses! We certainly don't have many weeks left of school so we are getting as much as we can done!
In Christ Light, we are learning about how God used the prophet Elisha to help others and Jonah to preach to others. We are going to discuss WELS missions and missionaries as a part of these lessons.
In Math, we had a fun day on Monday working together to complete a math activity that involved solving problems about running, time, paces, and races. It was Boston Marathon day and Mrs. Horn's brother ran it, so we were able to watch him finish on the live results! As we get back to our normal lessons, 3rd grade is learning about area and perimeter. 4th grade is multiplying and dividing decimals. 5th grade is learning how to multiply fractions.
In Reading, we are continuing our novel "The War that Saved My Life." As we near the end of the book in the next few weeks, we'll be concluding the novel study with some new mini projects and activities.
In Language Arts, 3rd grade is working on adverbs. 4th grade and 5th grade is working on different types of adjectives.
In Science, we are continuing our exploration of the seasons and the solar system.
In PE, we will be starting some new activities, lessons, and games, including some track and field activities. Please remind your child to have proper shoes and attire for the weather as we'll likely be outside a little more in the next month.
Blessings on your week!
6-8th: Mr. Holz
Hello Parents, Family and Friends,
This week:
Grammar we are reviewing different sections that we have covered throughout the year.
Reading, we will be reading Robinson Crusoe. This is a more challenging book. We will be taking it slowly and focusing on understanding harder to read sections. We will be working with different strategies to find the meaning of sections that contain unfamiliar words. We are on Chapter 5.
6th Grade math is working with different units of measurement.
7th Grade math is working on geometric figures.
8th Grade math is working with polynomials.
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