Tiger Tales 4/18/2012
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Immanuel Lutheran School
TIGER TALES
MAY 10, 2012
CALENDAR
May 11 – Field Day – Students K-7 should arrive at the Community Track between 8:40 and 9:00 am. Check with your child's teacher about when to pick him up. Pre-K will come to school as usual for a fun day with Mrs. Krumland. Classes will be held as usual in case of rain. The rain date is May 18th.
May 16 – Kindergarten field trip to Purina Farms
May 17, 6:30 pm – Graduation and Awards Ceremony. All students should be in the Church basement by 6:15 pm.
May 22 – Pre-K and K field trip to Bray's Conservation Area
May 23 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL – early dismissal at 11:00 am
– PICNIC and PTL MEETING, 4:30-6:30 pm
– End of 4th Quarter – 45 days
May 28-31 – Report card pick-up
May 29 – Summer Care begins
ILS News….
FIELD DAY is this Friday, May 11th at the Rolla Middle School track on Soest Road. All students in grades K-7 should report to the track on that day between 8:40 and 9:00. There will be no after school care on Friday. The Pre-K class will still be here at ILS with Mrs. Krumland for a day filled with fun!
GRADUATION for the Kindergarteners and the 7th Grade class will be on Thursday, May 17th . All students are expected to be present at our graduation/awards ceremony. Many students will be presented with attendance awards for both church and school. Other awards will be given as well. The children in Pre-K through Grade 7 will be singing a few songs. Please be here by 6:15 pm, as it starts at 6:30.
Our LAST DAY of school is on Wednesday, May 23. We will dismiss at 11:00 am.
Closing Chapel will be led by Pastor Kamprath at 8:30 am., and all are invited to attend.
At 4:30 pm, the END OF THE YEAR PICNIC and PTL MEETING will be held. Everyone is to bring a dish or two for the potluck supper that evening. Dinner will begin by 5:00, along with PTL elections and lots of games for the children. (If you would be interested in running for a PTL office, please contact Kathy Volz or Sammye Elliott.)
SUMMER CARE begins on Tuesday, May 29th. If you are still interested, please sign up ASAP, along with your registration fee.
REGISTRATION FEES AND BOOK FEES are also due ASAP for next school year. If you have not signed up yet, please do so!!
TUITION ASSISTANCE letters will be mailed shortly. You should hear about awards soon if you signed up by the April 15th deadline. If you signed up later than that, your amount of assistance has not been determined yet. We made over $8000 on the Dinner Auction, which will help all of the families who qualified and who filled out the facts tuition aid online.
Our theme for the year has been…”Therefore, encourage one another, and build each other up, just as you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 We all need to follow the example of Christ and serve one another in love. Remember to do everything out of humbleness and love for Christ, knowing that what we do for others, we are also doing for our Lord. May God bless each of you richly.
Mrs. Elliott
Read to Succeed
Children who earned a ticket to Six Flags by participating in the Read to Succeed
Program received their ticket on Wednesday. Please keep track of your tickets as no
replacement tickets are issued.
Kindergarten
We had such a wonderful time on our field trips this week! Thank you to Lori and Jamie Martin for the fantastic tour of their animal camp. The children loved ALL the animals and enjoyed being outdoors exploring God's world. Thank you also to Miss Elizabeth of the Newburg Children's Museum. She had wonderful stories to tell us about her adventures around the world. Many of our science topics we have studied throughout the year were exhibited in the Museum. The Children's Museum is having its Spring Festival this Saturday, May 12th, from 10:00 am. To 4:00 pm. Everyone is welcome and admission is free. There will be live music, museum tours, East Indian Henna tattoos, Japanese origami and much more. Call (573) 762-3077 for more information. We would also like to thank Cooking From Scratch for letting us come and eat lunch. It was a special treat! Thank you, Parents, for transporting and chaperoning the Kindergarteners. The extra help was greatly appreciated.
Field Day is this Friday. Please frop your child off at the Community Track between 8:30 and 8:45 am. If you are unable to stay, please check them in with me so I know who I need to be responsible for. There will be a Concession Stand available for lunch or you may send a lunch with your child. We should be finished around 2:00 pm. Don't forget tennis shoes, sunscreen and water!
Next Wednesday is our Field Trip to Purina Farms. We will leave immediately following Chapel. Please send your child's booster, sack lunch and a drink. We will be walking, so please send your child in sturdy shoes. I have 3 drivers so far and could use 1 more. Please let me know if you are available to go. Note: We should return around 4:00 pm.
Thursday will be Kindergarten/Seventh Grade Graduation. Please have your child in the Church basement by 6:15 pm.
MOMS: Monday, May 14th is our Mother's Day Tea. We hope to see you at 2:00 pm for a short program and refreshments.
Have a great weekend! Enjoy your child – they grow up so quickly! Remember to attend Church and Sunday school.
Mrs. Fish
cindy.fish@ilsrolla.org
First and Second Grades
Our Bible stories this week were about Tabitha, who made clothes for the poor, and
Jesus telling us not to worry that he will care for us. Jesus teaches us about God's
love and care. God provides for our basic needs and makes us rich because of our
treasure in Heaven
Memory Work
5/10 "Jesus said, "I am the bread of life." John 6:35
5/17 "For by grace you have been saved through faith....It is the gift from God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
The first graders are learning subtraction facts with a difference of two. They are
also identifying and counting quarters, subtracting two digit numbers, reading a
thermometer, and subtracting half of a double.
The second graders are learning the x4 multiplication facts. They are also locating
and graphing points on a coordinate graph, showing change for a dollar, dividing by
two, and finding the area of a rectangle.
First grade spelling words:
5/10 go, going, sleep, sleeping, hold, holding, know, once
5/17her, I, their, his, him, our, you, very
Second grade spelling words:
5/10 all, small, fall, thought, saw, draw, ball, hall, bought, brought, awful, crawl
Challenge Words walnut, fought, yawn
5/17 over, after, under, other, people, little, ever, flower, another, apple, purple, table
Challenge Words: number, trouble, gentle
Both classes worked on writing skills in English this week. Sentences were reviewed
and paragraphs introduced.
Out new Science Units is on the three types of matter; solids, liquids, and gasses.
Tomorrow is field day. Students should be dropped off and picked up from the track.
In case of bad weather we will have class as usual.
Our final field trip will be on Tuesday, May22nd. We will go enjoy a game of bowling
at the Coachlite lanes in Rolla. We will then enjoy a picnic lunch at Lion's Club
Park. Drivers are needed for this trip. Please let me know as soon as possible if
you can drive. We will leave school at 10:15 and will return by the end of the day.
Families are welcome to join us!
Ms. Burgdorf
sue.burgdorf@ilsrolla.org
Grades 3 and 4
We are looking forward to Field Day on Friday!! Parents, we would love to have you come and join us.
Next week, our class will be walking to the Pottery Den on Monday afternoon to put the glaze on our pottery pieces. Then on Tuesday, May 15th, we will be taking a field trip to the Sayersbrook Bison Ranch in Potosi, MO. It will be an all day field trip, and drivers are still needed. An itinerary has been sent home detailing the trip.
Our last full week will have three more Memory verses.
*I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. Philippians 4:11
*Be content with what you have, for He has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5
And the verse we started our year with…*Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
We will be working with Poetry our last full week, reviewing our basic Math facts, going over the 50 states and capitals, and practicing our cursive handwriting.
In this last week and a half, we are also recording the weather daily…air pressure, temperature, cloud types, wind direction, wind speed, etc.
The fourth graders are on their final Social Studies Chapter (13).
Don’t forget to worship the Lord this weekend in church and Sunday School!!
In Christ’s service,
Mrs. Elliott
sammye.elliott@ilsrolla.org
Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Grades
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus who is the Christ, from the 5th-7th grade classroom.
Memory – for the week of May 14
The Conclusion to the Lord's Prayer
The students have until Thursday to say their memory assignment to me. If it is not said by 3:15 pm on Thursday, he/she will have a fill-in-the-blank on Friday.
Religion – We continue our study of Unit 6 – “Worship: In Liturgy and in Life.” We have bee talking about why we worship. We should finish our unit by the end of next week.
English – 5th grade has finished the unit on prepositions and will have a test next week. 6th and 7th are at the end of their unit and should have their test towards the end of the week.
Math – 5th grade will be working with decimals. The 6th grade will be working with mass and weight and percents. 7th grade is working with different concepts in geometry.
Reading – 5th continues their study of Book 7. 6th grade began reading in Book 6. Book 6 deals with literature taken from various folktales. 7th grade has begun their study of “prince Caspian” by C.S. Lewis.
Science – 5th and 6th continue their study of matter and energy. 5th and 6th will have a test towards the end of next week. 7th grade completed their study of plant processes. They have begun their study of plant reproduction.
Social Studies – 5th grade completed their study of the Revolutionary War and the events leading up to it. They will begin Chapter 9 on Thursday. 6th and 7th is studying the ancient Roman civilization.
Kent R. Golchert
kent.golchert@ilsrolla.org