Grade 4

Hello,          Welcome to the last week of school for the 2024-2025 school year!!  Thank you for the privilege of teaching your child, especially the truths of God’s Word.            Here are some tidbits for this week:   NO SCHOOL: Enjoy Memorial Day with your child. See the kiddos on Tuesday. OWW: Thank you to our parent chaperones. Without you, the trip could not have happened. MISSION:  We reached our goal!  Thank you for blessing MLC from out of yours. WEDNESDAY: If the weather allows on Wednesday, our room will eat lunch outside. Then we’ll go for a walk to Swan [...]

Hello,            Highlights of the week: *We enjoyed our second round of second-graders shadowing us this past week.   *A few more kids finished their narrative stories.  The editing process is a long one. *The butterflies were released on Wednesday,  and the mealworms found a home as well.  *Fourth graders shadowed upstairs. Here are some tidbits for this week:   SUB: Thank you to Mrs. Reichert, who subbed for me on Thursday and Friday.     OWW: The field trip to Old World Wisconsin is Thursday, May 22, from 8 to 3.  Thank you to those who have signed up to drive [...]

Hello,   Thank you for all the treats, gifts, notes, cards, lunch, and kind words this past week.  I truly felt appreciated!! My bucket was filled. (The kids know what that means.)   Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms.  Thank you most especially for raising your children in the Lord. Excitement continues with the live plants and animals in our classroom.  The seed pods are getting larger and longer on our Fast Plants.  We now have 4 Painted Lady butterflies in the net “house”. Mealworms continue to morph into darkling beetles.  Soon, the seeds will be harvested and the [...]

Hello,   Welcome to the last month of the school year!  Wow, time has flown by.    This week a little bee came and pollinated the Fast Plants so that reproduction may occur. Now we look forward to watching seed pods develop.   Here are some tidbits for this week:   MEMORY WORK: Please check in with your child about memory work.  Some kiddos are simply trying to do a quick look before saying it in the morning, and that is not going well.   OWW: The field trip to Old World Wisconsin is Thursday, May 22 from 8 to [...]

The caterpillars have formed their chrysalises.  We await their beautiful metamorphosis into a Painted Lady Butterfly.  Many of the Fast Plants have already formed buds. Soon we will “bee” acting as pollinators so reproduction may occur and seed pods may form to complete the life cycle.   Here are some tidbits for this week:   MAP TESTING: This coming week Map Testing will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.    OWW: The field trip to Old World Wisconsin is Thursday, May 22 from 8 to 3.  Thank you to those who have signed up to drive and chaperone.   [...]

Hello, Our Fast Plants are speedily on-the-grow—-hence the name.  We started measuring their progress this week. The caterpillars are now in their pop-up tent. Many more mealworm larvae are going through the pupa stage and turning into Darkling Beetles.  If you move the container and listen, you can hear them moving about. Lent art adorns the halls with a transition to Easter and spring coming this week.  Feel free to walk through and notice. Here are some tidbits for this week:   MEMORY WORK: This quarter contains some memory work days on Mondays, as well as, the regular Tuesdays and [...]

Hello,   Life was a theme for our classroom this week in a few different ways.  First of all, we celebrated the life we have through Christ during all our Christ Light lessons and our Lenten devotions.  We planted Wisconsin Fast Plant seeds on Tuesday, and some are already germinating.  Some of our mealworms are going through metamorphosis as God designed them to do. (See Class Dojo photos if you wish.) The Painted Lady caterpillars are getting ready to form their chrysalises.  Here are some tidbits for this week:   MEMORY WORK: This quarter contains some memory work days on [...]

Hello,   This week the Oregon Trail groups constructed their covered wagons. A shout-out goes to the manager at Marshall’s for gifting me 4 foldable cardboard boxes.  We also have lima bean seeds and radish seeds germinating or getting close to it.  Classroom “pets” were introduced on Wednesday–mealworms with some darkling beetles and caterpillar larvae.  Bucket drumming and cardio desk drumming once again rounded out our week. Here are some tidbits for this week:   MEMORY WORK: This quarter contains some memory work days on Mondays, as well as, the regular Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Please note this change   OWW: [...]

Hello, We experienced some fun events again this week.  We began our Oregon Trail Reading unit, helped to glorify worship with All-Sufficient Merit, enjoyed the gender reveal of Baby Barnett, rocked it to Cardio Desk Drumming for Gym class, enjoyed a Spelling Bee, and celebrated all our baptisms.  School is certainly never boring. Here are some tidbits for this week:   MEMORY WORK: This quarter contains some memory work days on Mondays, as well as, the regular Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Please note this change   OWW: The field trip to Old World Wisconsin is Thursday, May 22 from 8 to [...]

Hello, I hope you have been enjoying your vacation with your child(ren).    Remember, Midweek Lenten service 4 is this week.  We have 3:45 and 6:30 pm services here and a 7:00 pm service at Good Shepherd. Here are some tidbits for this week:   OWW: The field trip to Old World Wisconsin is Thursday, May 22 from 8 to 3.  If you are able to drive and chaperone that would be awesome.  Please let me know, and I will add you to the list. Thanks.   READING PROJECT: We will continue enjoying games this week.  The games will come [...]