Happy Reformation Day!
The weather is changing! Even though we have some warm sunny days mixed in, the overall temperatures are dropping this time of year. Please be sure that your child has a warm coat for recess.
Outdoor Recess Policy
On most days, students will be expected to go outside for recess. If the following conditions exist, the students will not be taken out except to get a few minutes of fresh air.
- The temperature is 15 degrees F. (-13 C) or below. The wind chill index is 0 (-18 C) or below. There is significant falling moisture.
- Teachers may take their classes out briefly for fresh air at their discretion.
Operation Christmas Child – Hope is again collecting Operation Christmas Child boxes this year. We will bring them to chapel on November 13, to pray for the children who will receive them. This is a great opportunity for us to reach out to share the Good News of Christ with others! So I am challenging our classroom to fill 12 boxes. If we make or surpass our goal, the class will earn 30 min. game/activity time in the classroom. If you have more items than you can fit in a shoebox, but not enough to fill another, (this often happens in my family) send them into our classroom and we will put them all together to fill additional boxes.
Christmas Families – This will mark our 31st year of offering the love of Christ through the outpouring of food and clothing to those less fortunate during the Christmas season. With your generosity, we have successfully given for many years to those in need. We are asking you to consider joining us in making it another successful season for four families that we at Hope Lutheran School have adopted for this Christmas. Watch for more information about how you can help with this mission in the Thursday envelope. Next week will begin to collect grocery items. Our class is asked to bring 1 item: a can of green beans or baked beans on Tuesday. On Thursday, please send in a box of pancake mix, syrup, or breakfast bars.
2nd Quarter Book Reports – I am encouraging students to choose the book they would like to read for their book reports and submit their choice to me by next Friday, November 8th. They may use a book from home, the library, or our classroom. (They may want to have several in mind in case their first choice has already been taken or it is not the correct reading level for them.) The genre is fiction.
Spelling words for next week: Review of Unit 2 words
| total | defend | morning | alarm | popcorn |
| eyesight | include | mistake | aren’t | doesn’t |
| finish | talent | explore | darkness | outside |
| football | compete | translate | I’ve | couldn’t |
Sentence: We have learned to spell a lot of words.
Memory work for November 6:
The Ninth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor’s inheritance or house, or get it in a way which only appears right, but help and be of service to him in keeping it.
Next Week:
- Friday, 11/1
- All Saints Day
- All Pro Dads Breakfast
- Sunday, 11/3
- Attend Worship with your family!
- Monday, 11/4
- Chapter 2 Science Test
- Wednesday, 11/6
- Memory
- Early Dismissal
- Thursday:
- Chapter 4 Math test
- Friday, 11/8
- Spelling Test
- Book choice due for their book report
- Saturday, 11/9
- PAHS Auction
Important Upcoming Dates:
- 11/11 – Veterans Day
- 11/15 – Mid-term
- 11/20 – Spelling Bee
- 11/27-29 – Thanksgiving Break
- 12/6-12/8 – Milt Brueggemann Classic
- 12/13 – Book reports due
- 12/19 – 1-8 Grade Christmas Program
- 12/20 – Classroom Christmas Party
- 12/21 – Christmas Break Begins
