We were so happy to share our Christmas message “Still, Still,Still,” with so many of you this past Thursday! We are so grateful that our classmates were healthy and back with us to share their Christmas joy that evening! Thank you, parents, for helping your child to purchase the special book for our classrom gift exchange. The students were so happy to give and receive these special gifts from their classmates! The students did a great job of keeping their identities a secret- until they tried to guess before opening them. Thank you to Mrs. Clancy and Mrs. Patch for organizing and running our classroom Christmas party! We are excited for the New Year and for all of the exciting events the second half of the school year will bring! We are especially looking forward to our upcoming Topeka Field Trip, which is on Thursday, January 29th. We will be leaving at 7:45 AM to be there in Topeka for our tour – the Capitol Dome at 9:15 AM. We still need seats to transport 6 fourth graders, so please consider coming along to drive and chaperone. We are also looking forward to touring the Capitol building during our state’s birthday party! Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state on January 29, 1861.
Mandatory Parent/Teacher Conference
Thank you for signing up for our 2nd Quarter Parent/Teacher Conferences, which have scheduledappointments for Thursday, January 15th in the afternoon and the morning of Friday, January 16th . There will be an EARLY DISMISSAL on Thursday and NO SCHOOL on Friday. I look forward to discussing your child’s progress and our goals for the second semester! Thank you!
Memory and Memorizing
We will be learning the Books of the Bible, Multiplication, States and Capitals, and much more as we begin our new semester. There will be a fair amount of memorizing in all areas of study. Please help your child to memorize the material as it is introduced and even work ahead, as you find time, so your child will be well-prepared and feel successful!
Spelling – January 20th – 23rd (Mixed Review)
abundant, animal, bonus, expose, family, fragment, identify, melody,
moment, native, octopus, reason, rescue, sequel, visible
*BONUS*
*New York *Pennsylvania *New Jersey *Delaware *Maryland
Memory – We will continue to work on the Books of the Bible, which will be cummulative. The students will be responsible for knowing all of the previous books and the new assigned books in order. Please have your child recite them to you frequently so that the books can be recalled quickly. We are working on being Bible scholars and want to know our way around the 66 books easily! Assignments: Tuesday, January 20th- Old Testament Books and Thursday, January 22nd- Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, !st & 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians,
Coming Up:
- January 15th & 16th -Parent Teacher Conferences – EARLY DISMISSAL on Thursday / NO SCHOOL on FRIDAY
- January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day NO SCHOOL
- January 29 – Field Trip to Topeka ( Capitol Tour / Dome Tour and Brown vs. Bd of Ed) Depart at 7:45 AM / Return by 4:30 PM
- February 13 – Valentine’s Day Party – 2:00 PM
