Week 13: Cup Stacking

 

From the Class Bloggers: November 17, 2022

By Kiera + Kipton

This week we practiced more advent practice. The advent actors 

rehearsed the play with no script for the first time. We are doing a 

Christmas art project and photography. In the gym we are doing cup

 stacking. International cup stacking is this week.We are still learning 

about cells and we take post quizzes almost everyday. We are using

 Genially for science and we are using an online notebook to take notes

 so it is faster. It is fun and there are many activities to do. We had 4

 tests this week, it was literature, spelling, religion, and memory.

 

 

From Mrs R - Illness started to hit our classroom the last week.  We are doing extra disinfecting and reminders to wash hands!!  It's no fun being sick and especially no fun trying to do school from home. 

 Please note the Daily Assignment Sheet (link on the right and in Google Classsroom - homeroom) has tabs at the bottom for the correct week and has links to lesson slides, etc.  I encourage students to work one day at a time (vertically) down the assignment doc to stay organized and complete one day's work at a time.  Not all assignments are digital, so not all are not posted on an individual student's Google Classroom homepage.  Remind your child to email teachers questions.

 Praying for a speedy recovery!

5th and 6th Grade Advent Services

ADVENT WORSHIP:  WEDNESDAY, November 30   

Times:  10:00 A.M. (chapel with Zion students) and 7:00 P.M.     

Arrival for the evening services: Students are to meet in our classrooms in the JH building 

 no later than 6:45.  (Pre-service musicians should check in with their teacher by 6:30 and 

then proceed to the church)

Dress:  Students should dress nicely for both the morning service and the evening service. 

Morning – standardized school dress (or costume)

Evening – standardized school dress or “Sunday best” -  avoid jeans and clothing

  with writing (unless its your costume)

After the evening service:  Parents may pick up students from the Welcome Center in church.

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 God's blessings to you and your families this Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for each one of your children in my class this year. What a blessing they are to me!  Thank you, parents, as well, for the support you give to your children and to me. Enjoy the holiday week with family and friends!  

Trivia for students:  Name the artist of this famous Thanksgiving painting: 

 

Our Week in Pictures
 

T-Math doing Around the Room review

Cup stackiing

Timing mats for doing the cycle

Painting canvases for Christmas art

What other fun things we can do with cups!!

                                                        Cup stacking relay races!!

 

Week 12: Learning about GIS

A big thank you to Izzy's dad for sharing about his job with Stauder Technologies.  He talked to us about Global Information Systems and how maps are used in all aspects of life, from our phone giving us directions to watching lake levels and areas of drought around the country and even military surveillance.  

Did you know...

      whenever you hit record on TikTok, your latitude and longitude are recorded?

      St. Louis is one of 2 cities that have the largest GIS surveillance capabilities?  (not sure if I said that right)

      your video games depend on maps? 

      during COVID, maps have been used to see where sick people were located?

Thanks so much, Mr. L, for sharing some cool information with our classes!!

November 11, 2022

By Ellie + Kiera

This week we did advent practice and practiced all out songs.

 We also are doing photography art and we searched around Zion 

for ideas for our art pictures. Mrs Donner wanted our help with her

 homework and so we used a digital notebook for science and used 

a website to learn about cells. The week went by fast but we still had

 many fun things we did. We took a science test and a social studies

 test.

NEWS AND REMINDERS-

I will place a book order on Monday, Nov. 21.   This will be the only order before Christmas break.  If you would like to purchase gifts, email me and I will set books aside in the office for you to pick up.

**Thanksgiving offering Wednesday Nov. 16  $618.97 was brought in for TURKEYS!! Praise God!

**TJ order pick up Thursday, Nov. 17

No school Thanksgiving week!

 We lead Advent Nov. 30 at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

World Sport Stacking Days

 

 

Zion’s Kindergarten through Eighth grade students will be participating in World Sport Stacking Days on Wednesday, Nov. 16 and Thursday, Nov. 17. If you have a flexible schedule and would like to help please email Mrs. Steinbacher at msteinbacher@zionharvester.org.

 

 

Wednesday     Nov. 16

8:05-835am                Mrs. Reed’s Kindergarten Class         

8:35-9:05am               Mrs. Aslin’s Kindergarten Class         

9:10-10:10am             5C and 5E

10:25-11:05                6D                                           

12:05-1:00pm             2F and 2L       

1:20-2:05pm               7W                                                                                                      

2:05-2:50pm               7C       

 

Thursday         Nov. 17

8:10-9:10am               3G and 3W     

9:10-10:00am             4J and 4M

10:25-11:05                6R                                           

12:05-1:00pm             1B and 1K       

1:20-2:05pm               8CS                                                                                                     

2:05-2:50pm               8JS      

 

 

Sport Stacking Equipment for Sale

 Great Christmas idea!! 

 

Mrs. Steinbacher has a limited selection of Standard Cups and StackMats available for purchase. The Standard Cups may be purchased for $20.00. The StackMats are $25.00. You may purchase a set of Standard Cups and a StackMat for the discounted price of $40.00. There is no tax or shipping charges on your items.  You may pay by check made out to “Zion Lutheran School”, or you may pay by cash. Please contact Mrs. Steinbacher with any questions or to keep your purchase a surprise.

 

Sport Stacking (also known as Speed Stacking or Cup Stacking) is a sport in which specially designed cups are stacked in specific patterns as quickly as possible. It has been called a “track meet for your hands” and not only improves eye-hand coordination, but also academic learning. “Students that sport stack on a regular basis have shown increases in test scores and levels of concentration. When students sport stack they are crossing the "midline" of their bodies and developing new connections in their brains. These new connections help to spur brain growth which in turn promotes greater academic achievement.” Not only that---SPORT STACKING is FUN! To find out more about Sport Stacking please go to www.speedstacks.com.

 

Thanking Veterans for their service

Veterans day message

Wednesday chapel - all things point to Christ!

Week 11: Surprise!

 

November 4 2022

By Nicole & Ellie

 This week we got Monday off. strings had a field trip to Powell Hall. This week we also

 finished a science lesson. We don’t have art this week but we will have art two times 

next week.  And this week there are advent auditions for our advent service. We also 

watched the rocket launch and they all were decorated nicely. We also watched fourth

 grade have a readers theater.  SURPRISE!! We really held a baby shower for Mrs.

 Donner!!

 

Notes and Reminders:  

 **THURSDAY 11/10  Advent instrumentalists - bring your music/instrument to audition.  

 Prayers for Zion's Mission team and Mrs. Streuter that leave Nov. 5 for Guatemala

Wednesday, Nov. 16  Thanksgiving Food Drive for the Seminary

        6th grade brings Mac and Cheese

Thursday, Nov. 17 TJ's Order Pickup  

 

Some Current Units:

Religion - Continue our Reformation Studies

Lit: Characterization, Inferences, Character's motives

T-Math: Surface Area

G-Math - Algebraic expressions

S.S. - Created ThingLink maps of Canada (website with links to data).  Ask your child to show you theirs.  Up next: Environmental study of the Great Lakes Region.  

 

Enjoying a baby drawing game at Mrs. Donner's surprise shower

Thank you so much for helping make this day special for Mrs. Donner!!

G Math explorint algebraic expressions

Matching word problems to expressions with variables

Solving for a variable

We voted for "best dressed", "most scientific" and "least likely to fly"