Memory & Spelling: Jan. 28-Feb. 1

Memory- The Second Article
The Second Article
Redemption

What does this mean? I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, that I may be His own, and live under Him in His kingdom and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, just as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true.
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Spelling Words-3rd Grade
Week 19: Across the Wide Dark Sea

1. tooth
2. chew
3. grew
4. cook
5. shoe
6. blue
7. boot
8. flew
9. shook
10. balloon
11. drew
12. spoon

Challenge Words:

1. loose
2. brook

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Spelling Words- 4th Grade
Week 19: Sing to the Stars

1. bottom
2. picture
3. other
4. attend
5. capture
6. common
7. danger
8. afraid
9. borrow
10. office
11. arrow
12. suppose
13. escape
14. whether
15. pillow
16. dinner
17. thirty
18. degree
19. allow
20. corner

Challenge Words:

1. method
2. concert
3. narrate
4. abrupt
5. challenge

Memory and Spelling: Jan. 22-25

Memory: 2nd Article, Part I
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
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Spelling Words-3rd Grade
Week 18:  Two Days in May

1. helper
2. unfair
3. friendly
4. unhappy
5. remake
6. careful
7. hopeful
8. unlike
9. retell
10. sadly
11. farmer
12. unhurt

Challenge Words:

1. unimportant
2. silently

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Spelling Words- 4th Grade
Week 18: The Last Dragon

1. village
2. cottage
3. bridge
4. fence
5. strange
6. chance
7. twice
8. cage
9. change
10. carriage
11. glance
12. ridge
13. manage
14. damage
15. since
16. marriage
17. edge
18. lodge
19. cabbage
20. dodge

Challenge Words:

1. fleece
2. fragrance
3. homage
4. fringe
5. excellence

Reminders, Memory & Spelling: Jan. 7-11

Reminders:

• Tue. 1/08: Book Report due
• Thu. 1/10: Report cards go home. Sign and return the envelope. Report card is yours to keep.
• Fri. 1/11: Current Events start up again every Friday

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Memory:

The Close of the Commandments

What does God say about all these commandments? He says: “I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep my commandments.” [Exodus 20:5-6]

What does this mean? God threatens to punish all who break these commandments. Therefore, we should fear His wrath and not do anything against them. But He promises grace and every blessing to all who keep these commandments. Therefore, we should also love and trust in Him and gladly do what He commands.

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Spelling Words-3rd Grade
Week 16:  Animal Habitats Reading-Writing Workshop

1. girl
2. they
3. want
4. was
5. intro
6. who
7. our
8. new
9. would
10. could
11. a lot
12. buy

Challenge Words:

1. wouldn’t
2. world
3. through
4. while

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Spelling Words- 4th Grade
Week 16: Problem Solvers: Reading-Writing Workshop

1. sure
2. here
3. knew
4. might
5. pretty
6. really
7. very
8. where
9. little
10. until
11. into
12. off
13. said
14. our
15. letter

Challenge Words:

1. finally
2. different
3. excite
4. truly
5. suppose

Tomorrow's Christmas Party

Tomorrow, December 21, will be our last day of school before Christmas break. It's also Dress Down Day and our class Christmas party! We will play games, make a gingerbread house, watch a movie, eat snacks, and exchange our home-made Secret Angel gifts. Then the children will have the chance to guess and discover who their Secret Angel was during the month of December.

Remember, you do not need to buy any gifts for a classroom gift exchange. In lieu of students exchanging gifts and teacher/staff gifts, each child may donate toward the clean water project.  For $500 a well can be installed in a village in a foreign country where there is nothing to drink but contaminated water, resulting in much illness and often death. Our goal is to gather enough Christmas gift donations to purchase at least one well—two would be even greater! Think about how much you would have spent on gifts and donate that amount to the clean water project.  A green envelope is being sent home with your child today. Please put your anonymous donation in the envelope and have your child bring it next week. Please do not put any identifying marks on the envelope.  The children will be hanging their envelopes on our Christmas tree and we will open them during our class party time and count up our donations. Thanks for helping to make it easier for children in a remote village to stay healthy and alive.

Parents are invited to attend our party from 2:00 – 3:00pm to play games with the children. Here is a list of what the children volunteered to bring to build their gingerbread houses. If they wish to bring another snack to share, they may but please do not feel obligated. I will be bringing chocolate chip cookies and hot cocoa for the party and popcorn for the movie.

Gingerbread House Items

Logan: 2 boxes of graham crackers

Jack: 2 boxes of graham crackers

Claire: 2 cans of frosting

Cayla: 2 cans of frosting

Emily: 2 kinds of candy to decorate houses (gumdrops, chocolate kisses, red licorice, hard candies, etc.)

Jayden: 2 kinds of candy to decorate houses (gumdrops, chocolate kisses, red licorice, hard candies, etc.)

Brayden: 2 kinds of candy to decorate houses (gumdrops, chocolate kisses, red licorice, hard candies, etc.)

I WILL BRING THE REST! THANKS!

Getting into the Holiday Spirit!

What a whirlwind of activity we’ve experienced in the 3^rd and 4^th grade classroom these last few weeks! In November we said good-bye to Miss Amber Moore, our Junior Achievement volunteer. We so enjoyed having her in class each week and learning from her about what it means to be a member of a community. In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11th, our students welcomed two members of the armed forces, and also Saint Paul’s alum, into our classroom to speak to us about what they do.  First was Lt. Carolyn Koval recently back from Afghanistan and currently stationed in Germany with the U.S. Air Force. She told us about her travels across Europe, answered our many questions about her job and the various climates, landscapes, and cultures she has experienced in her travels, and read to us from H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet. This children’s book describes the different branches of the military, the special abbreviations used, being an army brat, and other interesting facts related to our country’s armed forces. Two days later, HN Rebekah Schlemer, also visited. She, too, talked to us about her job as a hospital corpsman in the Navy and even brought an MRE (meal ready to eat) for the students to try! We've excitedly awaited the chance to meet both of these young women since we first wrote to them in August, and we are extremely thankful for their dedication in serving our country. Watch for the Troy Lutheran to come out- we have photographs to share with you showing what we have been up to this month!

Now that we are into December, we've studied the accounts of Christ’s birth according to the Gospels. We’ve worked hard practicing our skit entitled Generous which we will perform during chapel tomorrow, Dec. 19. Our skit goes along with the spirit of giving—giving of our time, talents, and treasure—which Christ calls us to share with all of those around us. We so enjoyed serving the congregation through our Children’s Christmas program this past weekend. As a class we've festively decorated our classroom for Christmas and enjoy singing along to our favorite Christmas carols every day. We begin each morning with an Advent devotion and light our Advent wreath. We are learning that during the Advent season, our hearts are waiting and preparing for the celebration of Christ’s coming. We are also sneakily crafting home-made gifts, kind messages, and mysterious clues for one specific classmate throughout the month of December. We are so excited to discover who our own Secret Angel is and to tell who we have been a Secret Angel to! In Social Studies class, we are researching how Christmas is celebrated around the world. This is our favorite project every year and we are excited to learn more about how people celebrate the holiday season in different ways. At our Christmas party this Friday, we will create gingerbread houses, eat cultural foods as part of our Christmas Around the World project, watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, sing Christmas carols, and eat cookies that we made as part of our math lesson. In place of a gift exchange, we will open our Christmas donations toward the Clean Water Project and count up how much money our class is donating toward the mission. It feels good to do the Lord’s work!

Thank you for the prayers and continued support you give us. Each of us feels truly blessed to be at Saint Paul’s. Most of all, we are thankful for the birth, death, and resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ!

A very blessed Christmas and New Year to you and yours,

Mrs. McLaughlin’s 3^rd & 4^th Graders

Third & Fourth Grade Christmas Notes

Children’s Christmas Program: Tomorrow, December 15, is our last Christmas Program practice from 9:30 – 11:00am in the church sanctuary. Please have your child in attendance so he/she knows when to walk forward, when to speak, etc. Students should meet in the school lobby between 5:30 – 5:45pm on Sunday, December 16, which is the evening of our program. After the program, students can be picked up in the church basement.

Our Class Christmas Party: Next Friday, December 21, will be our last day of school before Christmas break. It will also be the day of our class Christmas party! We will play games, make a gingerbread house, watch a movie, eat snacks, and exchange our home-made Secret Angel gifts. Then the children will have the chance to guess and discover who their Secret Angel was during the month of December.

Remember, you do not need to buy any gifts for a classroom gift exchange. In lieu of students exchanging gifts and teacher/staff gifts, each child may donate toward the clean water project.  For $500 a well can be installed in a village in a foreign country where there is nothing to drink but contaminated water, resulting in much illness and often death. Our goal is to gather enough Christmas gift donations to purchase at least one well—two would be even greater! Think about how much you would have spent on gifts and donate that amount to the clean water project.  A green envelope is being sent home with your child today. Please put your anonymous donation in the envelope and have your child bring it next week. Please do not put any identifying marks on the envelope.  The children will be hanging their envelopes on our Christmas tree and we will open them during our class party time and count up our donations. Thanks for helping to make it easier for children in a remote village to stay healthy and alive.

Parents are invited to attend our party from 2:00 – 3:00pm to play games with the children. Here is a list of what the children volunteered to bring to build their gingerbread houses. If they wish to bring another snack to share, they may but please do not feel obligated. I will be bringing chocolate chip cookies and hot cocoa for the party and popcorn for the movie.

Gingerbread House Items

Logan: 2 boxes of graham crackers

Jack: 2 boxes of graham crackers

Claire: 2 cans of frosting

Cayla: 2 cans of frosting

Emily: 2 kinds of candy to decorate houses (gumdrops, chocolate kisses, red licorice, hard candies, etc.)

Jayden: 2 kinds of candy to decorate houses (gumdrops, chocolate kisses, red licorice, hard candies, etc.)

Brayden: 2 kinds of candy to decorate houses (gumdrops, chocolate kisses, red licorice, hard candies, etc.)

I WILL BRING THE REST! THANKS!

Reminders, Memory & Spelling: Dec. 10-14

Reminders:

• Tonight, 12/07: Kids' Night Out in the gym from 5-9:00pm
• Tomorrow, 12/08: Christmas Program practice 9:30-11:00am in the church sanctuary. I told my students to know their parts by memory for tomorrow. 
• Wed. 12/12: PTL hosts the Advent Dinner in the church basement at 5:30pm. I hope to see my students there helping out! Advent Service follows at 7:00pm upstairs in the church sanctuary.
• Thu. 12/13: Social Studies Chapter 4 test
• Fri. 12/14: Science Ch. 6 test
• Sat. 12/15: Last practice for the Children's Christmas program 9:30-11:00am.
• Sun. 12/16: Children's Christmas program at 6:00pm.
• Thu. 12/20: "Christmas Around the World" research project including written report and poster display are due. Students received the assignment today and began working on it. I will give them some class time. Some may also want to work at home. The assignment can also be found two posts below.

Memory: 

9th Commandment

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.

What Does This Mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor’s inheritance or house, or get it in a way which only appears right, but help and be of service to him in keeping it.

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Spelling Words-3rd Grade
Week 15:  Nights of the Pufflings

1. hair
2. care
3. chair
4. pair
5. bear
6. where
7. scare
8. air
9. pear
10. bare
11. fair
12. share

Challenge Words:

1. flair
2. farewell

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Spelling Words- 4th Grade
Week 15: My Name Is Maria Isabel

1. shark
2. attack
3. risk
4. public
5. sink
6. question
7. electric
8. jacket
9. blank
10. ache
11. crooked
12. drink
13. torpic
14. track
15. blanket
16. struck
17. mistake
18. junk
19. squirrel
20. stomach

Challenge Words:

1. aquatic
2. comic
3. tropical
4. speckled
5. peculiar