Mrs. Riemenschneider's Classroom: Week 4 (9/9) Field Trip News

From the class bloggers:

This week at zion we had an intruder drill.We also had an English test.We also had a vocab test. Art was fun, because we did it in the outdoor classroom. Confirmation started this week. It was a very fun week.

-Jake, Elliot

From Mrs. R - Other highlights of the week:

**learning about dialect in Literature

**Mr. Braddy from LHS led chapel on Jesus washing away our sin

**math facts practice has begun! T-math brought home an enrollment code for xtramath.org and G-math brings theirs home on Wednesday. I encourage 1-2x a week at home to build facts fluency. We uses xtramath and other facts fluency activities in class, too.

**learning Flipgrid in S.S. to teach each other about thematic maps

Save the Date: Weldon Spring Field Trip ~ Oct. 6

On Friday, Oct. 6 the sixth grade will take our first field trip. We leave campus at 8:30 a.m. to go to the Weldon Spring Interpretive Center to learn about environmental cleanup. After a picnic lunch, we head to Harvest Lanes for an afternoon of bowling. We return by 2:45 p.m. We are looking for parent drivers. Please email your homeroom teacher if interested. Chaperones will need an up to date background check. More detailed information will come home with a permission slip next week.

Scholastic Book Club

Flyers came home for the book club. Scholastic does a great job of showing you new titles and offering good prices on books. HOWEVER - use discretion. Not all books promoted by Scholastic may be appropriate for your child. Mature content is often found in young adult reads now that your child is getting older. For reviews of content on books, movies, video games, etc - go to:

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ (3 free reviews allowed each month)

https://www.pluggedin.com/ (reviews from the Christian group: Focus on the Family)

If you choose to place an order, with an order of $25 or more, you can pick a FREE $5 book (use code READS at checkout).

Family Order Due Date: 09/27/23

SHOP OUR CLASS PAGE: https://orders.scholastic.com/GV2FP

SHOP FLYERS: https://clubs.scholastic.com/ms

Please let me know if you DON'T want email reminders from Scholastic and I will not add your email to the Scholastic's reminder list.

I set aside books for gifts, too. Just let me know!

Walkathon Reminder

Friday, September 22, 2023

Has your child started to ask for donations? Have you seen the packet that came home last week? The walkathon will be here before you know it!

This school year, Zion’s Junior High Students and Teachers annual Walk-a-thon will support Christian Friends of New Americans (CFNA). This faith-based organization’s mission, “Showing God’s Love to Refugees and Immigrants” provides housing, furniture, employment, English language instruction, education, various programs, and spiritual and religious needs by sharing the Story of Jesus. (https://www.cfna-stl.org/).

Your support and partnership would be greatly appreciated.

How can you help?

Please pray for the people in these difficult situations and for our junior high students to feel the call to serve. In addition, your help in raising funds for CFNA would be greatly appreciated. Any amount of donation will go directly to this worthwhile cause.

The following options for a donation are available from September 4 through October 8, 2023.