Week 14: All About Waiting...

Dec 2, 2022

By Kipton + Darren

This week we had our advent service, one at 10:00 and one at 7:00. 

We had a great time doing it. We had two tests and one quiz: memory, 

english, and science. In gym we played basketball. We have been working

 on our Christmas art, it is coming together beautifully. We also had our

 photography art this week. Mrs. Donner left this week to have her baby. 

Lots of people want to see it and wonder what his name is going to be.

 Mrs. Arens is her sub, she is also Nick’s mom.

 

From Mrs. R   It's been a busy time!!! 

In Devotions we have been using the idea of a Jesse tree, where each ornament reminds us about God's work in our lives and the wait for God's perfect timing - both in the sending of his Son as our savior and the wait for his return to take us to our heavenly home.  Even these big kids are still thrilled to light the candle on our advent wreath each morning.    Plus we have an Advent Trivia calendar helping us count down the days!

In Religion we are beginning our walk through the New Testament with the Gospel of Matthew.  We are discovering how Jesus came at the "just right" time.  See the Religion tab above for more of our new unit. 

 
Other units: 
Soc. Studies:  Environmental issues

Science:  Cells

 G Math - Order of Operations with exponents and variables

T Math  - Beginning algebraic expressions and the Order of Operations

Note: all students benefit from math facts review.  I encourage the games on ReadyMath or Prodigy as they building in facts practice and conceptual reasoning in fun ways.  Playing board and card games involving counting/adding are great activities too.

Literature: novel study:

WHAT IF...

...the government could force you to sell land?

...we had laws on what you could grow on your farm? or that said NO PETS ALLOWED?

...your family was limited to one or two children?

Would you exist?

I hope talks about our Literature novel have popped up in your family conversations.  Students began the novel, Among the Hidden by Margaret Petersen Haddix, and I have to put a STOP sign in the novels to get them to put it down.  Through the novel we discuss literary elements like characterization and conflict, but also propaganda, morals, and faith.  It also coordinates with our next  S.S. unit on Urban Sprawl. 

CHRISTMAS PARTIES will be hosted on Dec 21 before a NOON DISMISSAL.   We will serve a pizza,  so the students will not need lunch that day.   Our party will be from 10:30-11:45 a.m..  Want to help with  the party??  Please email me!!

 -    Coming in 2 weeks   -  Christmas Dress Up Days!!!: