Newsletter 4/24/2025

Calendar

• April 25th

5-8 Grade Play

6:30

• April 30th

6-8th Grade Softball

Practice: 3:15-4:30

• May 1st

MLC Play – K-8th grade

• May 5th

6-8th Grade Softball

Practice: 3:15-4:30

• May 7th

Early Release – 1:00

• May 9th

6-8th Grade Softball

Practice: 3:15-4:30

5-8th Grade: SPRING PLAY

5-8th grade play “Twice Upon a Time” is at 6:30 on Friday, April 25th.

Dress rehearsal will be Friday, April 25th at 10:00am if you can’t make it to the show.

5-8th grade students should be the church by 6:00.

We will also have books for sale in the narthex of church!

Every purchase benefits our school, helping earn books for our classrooms and library. Card purchases only.

K-8th Grade: MLC PLAY

On Thursday, May 1st the K-8th grade will attend the MLC Children’s Theatre production of Once Upon a Crime: The Trial of Goldilocks.

K-8 Students must bring a cold lunch. Preschool is having pizza.

EARLY RELEASE DAY

Our next Early Release Day is Wednesday, May 7th.

School will be dismissed at 1:00.

Bussing will still be available as well as Latchkey - If you aren’t already signed up to attend latchkey and will need after school care, please contact the school at 320-587-4858 or immanuellutheranschool@hotmail.com

5-8th Grade: TRACK MEET

We still need volunteer drivers / chaperones for our upcoming Track Meet in Sleepy Eye on Friday, May 9th. This is an all-day meet; parents will be required to help with events. Typically, we leave before school starts and may return after school ends as some of the last events can be done around 1-2:00.

Please let us know if you'd be interested in driving and how many students you can fit in your vehicle.

6-8TH Grade: COED SOFTBALL

We still need volunteer drivers / chaperones for our upcoming softball tournament in North Mankato on Tuesday, May 13th. This is an all-day event.

Please let us know if you'd be interested in driving and how many students you can fit in your vehicle.

STARTING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th: Students will practice most Mondays and Wednesdays each week 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.

K-5th Grade: SCIENCE MUSEUM

On Tuesday, May 13th the Kindergarten through 5th grade will be taking a field trip to the Science Museum. Students should pack a cold lunch for the day.

GRADUATIONS & CLOSING SERVICE

PRESCHOOL: Friday, May 16th pictures from 5-5:15 with graduation starting at 5:15 in Immanuel Lutheran Church.

K, 8TH GRADUATION & CLOSING SERVICE: Thursday, May 22nd at 6:30 will be our closing service for the school year as well as graduation and any awards or certificates will be handed out at Immanuel Lutheran Church.

All are encouraged to attend!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Is Friday, May 23rd!

This will be a full day of school.

Our annual end of the year dance will be held at school from 6:00 – 8:00 on Friday, May 23rd.

Please bring a snack or beverage to share. There will be games/prizes and dancing for all ages!

This is not a teacher supervised event; there must be adults present responsible for their child/ren.

PRESCHOOL (3): Miss Lokensgard

Bug week is here! The science center is full of bugs-find bugs in dirt bottles, bug fossils, and the sensory table is full of rice and bugs. We are focusing on the life cycle of butterflies. I also got real caterpillar bugs that we get to watch them make a cocoon and turn into butterflies. We are going to name each one. The playdough table has bugs to make their own fossils and the writing center has connected the dots bugs and bug stickers. At the activity center we are making shapes with popsicle sticks, matching the letter with the correct close pin, water drop counting with an eye dropper, and building the letter Ww and the number 10 with paint and Q-Tip.

Tuesday- Writing center: Phonic page. Large Group: Show-N-Share.

Wednesday- Writing center: April name portraits. Large Group: Jesus died for me; project.

Thursday- Writing Center: Scribble Scrabble lesson on how to draw a caterpillar. Large Group: Bug movement

Friday- STEM: We are making a bug hotel.

This week we have a bible lesson where Jesus died on the Cross. Memory treasure: Forgive us our sins. Luke 11:4

PRESCHOOL (4): Mrs. Dragt

Welcome to butterfly and bee week!

Tuesday- Show and share this week was bring in your favorite book! We also played write the room and worked on writing our letters.

Wednesday—In science, we learned about the life cycle of a butterfly. We also made butterflies, putting paperclips in the middle and making them fly!

Thursday- In our large motor activity, we crawled, wiggled, and ran like insects. In our small group activity, we worked on making the number 9.

Friday- In art, we made butterflies with pipe cleaners and coffee filters and then painted them. In centers, we worked on measuring, rhyming, and opposites. Our Jesus story this week is Jesus Is Alive! We learned that Jesus had risen from the tomb and wanted his disciples to meet him in Galilee. ...he has risen, just as he said. Matthew 28:6

K-1st: Mrs. Eckstrand

This week our Bible lesson focuses on Doubting Thomas. We learned that Thomas would not believe unless he saw Jesus risen. We too can have doubts in our life, and we have to trust in God without seeing him. Our faith is what helps us remember and do this. We found ourselves in the Bible too! John 20:29b Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. Did you find yourself in that verse? God really is amazing!

In Math, Kindergarten is finishing up Subtraction. It was only a little trickier than addition, but still "too easy" they tell me. 1st grade will be reaching high as they break down place values for numbers up to 100... 2-digit math is coming soon to a 1st grader near you.

In Reading, Kindergarten is enjoying Cass as the Super noodle, doing all sorts of Mmmmm activities. We're also enjoying taking "spelling tests" like the 1st graders... are you catching a theme? 😊 1st grade finished their first Word work book and is moving on from vowel pairs to contractions, get those apostrophes ready cause we aren't going to be owning things with these ones. Our contractions spelling test is on April 29.

In Science, they will finish their space adventures with Mr. Holz this week by flying to the last 4 planets... or 5 for those who just know. Our decent back to Earth might be rough, but it was worth the 3-week journey.

The class earned their final puzzle piece Tuesday, that sets them up for the movie "UP" on Friday afternoon. Thank you for making this possible for them, they are only a little teensy bit excited. "See, cumulonimbus!"

In writing, 1st graders wrote their opinions on outdoor activities that they like and don't like. Kindergarten is working on writing more than just a few words by tracing and reading paragraphs.

HE IS RISEN!

2-4th: Mr. Loersch

Hello Parents and Students!

In God's Word this week we continue to study Jesus's victory over sin, death, and the devil as he dies on the cross and rises from the grave. We know that His sacrifice was payment once and for all. There is no more condemnation for our sins!

In Language Arts, 2nd graders are learning about past, present, and future tenses. 3rd and 4th graders begin their literature circles. Groups are divided into 4 or 5 people and each student has a job to do as we read the book. We will do these circles twice through, so everyone will have a chance to do each job twice.

In Math, 2nd graders continue to work with money. 3rd graders are working with simplifying and comparing fractions. 4th graders are learning about various U.S. customary units such as weight, capacity, and time.

In Social Studies we continue to work with maps and orienteering. We are designing our own map of school with a key, compass rose, and map scale. This Friday we have a special presentation from Southpoint Financial for our class. Each student will get a tree to take home and plant.

Book reports are due NEXT WEEK FRIDAY! Please make sure your student is making progress on that long term project. God bless your week!

5-8th: Mr. Holz

Hello Parents, Family and Friends

In Math, 5th Graders are working with dividing fractions. 6th Graders will be moving into calculating the area of different geometric figures. 7th Graders are working with area and volume. 8th Graders are moving into radicals and the Pythagorean Theorem.

In Science, we are wrapping up with weather patterns and will be moving into a study on the oceans. This will include currents, ocean layers, and ocean biodiversity.

In History, we will be finishing Japanese history.

In Music, we are moving into reading music and how to count songs that you have not seen before.

In Grammar, 5th-6th are working on punctuation. 7th-8th are working through hyphens, underlining, and apostrophes.

In Reading, we are working through how to read poems and identify key poetic elements such as tone, diction, rhyme, and meter.

In Spelling, we are working on the 27th lesson. The spelling tests are every Friday.