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Mrs. Hoops
Grade 4November 20, 2009
November 20, 2009
Dear Parents and Students,
Thanksgiving week is upon us. We are filled with anticipation of another Thanksgiving with loved ones, the excitement of Christmas on its way, and remembrance of baby Jesus being born in a manger. This is a truly magical time of year. As the hustle and bustle of the season get under way let us all remember to keep Jesus at the forefront of all we do. He truly is the reason for the season.
Our Thanksgiving feast turned out great. The students prepared the fixings for our Vegetable Soup by cutting up the
Potatoes, celery, and carrots. They put their muscles to work by shaking up the heavy whipping cream until it turned into butter. We prepared lettuce for a salad and mixed and stirred the pumpkin spice muffins. Thank you Shirley, Ryan’s Mom, Doris, Justin’s Mom, April, Sebastian’s Mom, and Kim, Dominic’s Mom for helping in the classroom. And a big giant thank you to all the parents for sending in the ingredients. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Next weeks schedule...
Monday, November 23rd NO SCHOOL –non student day
I will be attending the spiritual retreat being held on our campus. Over 300 teachers will be attending from our school and other Christian schools.
Tuesday, November 24th Regular school day!
Wednesday November 25th is MINIMUM DAY! School is dismissed at 12:00 NOON on the playground as usual!!! No daycare available.
I am returning your Mission Report rough drafts. I met with each student to discuss the changes or additions that need to be made for the final copy. Please see the notes I wrote on the rough drafts. Some students need to add additional information and details. I gave each of these students some information about their mission to use. The bibliography must have three types of sources. For example, you can use a book, an internet site, and an encyclopedia. That counts as three different sources. If you use three internet sites that counts as only one type of source. The “classroom handout” may be used as one source. Please be sure the report is in your child’s own words. Please be sure they do not plagiarize or use a parents words. Please help them write so that their report reflects their own voice. Please place your final copy in a “report cover” with a see through front cover. Final copies must be typed. Parents may help with the typing but please don’t fix it for them. The final drafts are due on Friday, December 11th. That gives you three weeks to complete the report. Please let me know if you have any questions.
We will be having a language test on Tuesday, November 24th covering Unit 5 Punctuation and Capitalization. Please study with your child. They are bringing their workbooks home over the weekend. The test covers apostrophes, punctuation (commas, quotation marks, underlining), possessives, capitalization, end marks, and direct quotations.
Monday, November 30th, we will be having our next books of the Bible test. It will be on the New Testament books from 1 Timothy-Revelation. Please study over the holiday weekend. The last books of the Bible test will be on Monday, December 7th. on all 66 books of the Bible from Genesis through Revelation. Keep singing the Bible song and practice writing them down. If your child has already written all 66 books then they are done. They have already passed this Bible test.
The Glory of Christmas children’s day is Tuesday, December 1st. We will walk over to see Glory of Christmas at 10:00am. Please don’t be late. This performance is for the students only. Sorry parents! Please make sure your child is wearing their full Friday uniform including sweater for girls and vest for boys.
Progress reports will be mailed on Thursday, December 10th for this grading period. Only students receiving a C or below will receive a progress report. Please make sure all class work or make up work is turned in by Friday, December 4th.
Wishing you a peace filled Thanksgiving weekend!
God bless,
Mrs. Hoops
