3 - Mrs. Van Dellen

Please encourage your child, as I do, to keep reading!  The reading has declined since we have moved to recording AR points instead of # of pages read! Instead of having team pennants, we have individual pennants and are keeping track of individual AR points during the month of October.  Students are allowed to take AR tests anytime throughout the day!

On Tuesday, March 3, Chris Jenkins and Paul Gorzlancyk from The Dream Tree, Inc. will present a highly interactive storytelling and environmental education program for the 3K through 4^th grade students in the gym.  This assembly is one of the special events for National Lutheran Schools Week.  We are collecting $2.00 from each child by Friday, February 27^th.  Guests and visitors are welcome.

On Friday, February 27th, we will be having Fun Friday Festivities!  Would you like to help?  You can help by donating snack items to be "bought" by the students.  If you haven't heard already, each student has been given $100 to spend during the Fun Friday Festivities!  In additiion, the class has been given $1000 to spend on group activities that day!

 

So, how does this work?  Read on...

 

A "repeat" question or statement will cost each student one dollar from their wallet AND one dollar from the class fund.  At the end of the month, each student will be able to spend the money they have left in their "wallet" on their food and drink items.  This is where YOU can help!  Would you be willing to donate anything like soda, juice boxes, granola bars, fruit snacks, candy bars, cookies, fruit...any single item that a student could buy to eat or drink during the Fun Friday Festivities?!  I would really appreciate the help!

 

The class will decide together what they want to buy with the money left in the class fund.  The prices of some suggestions from the students are:

* Movie (Alvin & The Chipmunks), $250

*5 Divergent Thinking Rounds, $50

*Arts and Crafts afternoon, $250

*Extra Recess, $150

*An hour of playing Board Games, $125

*Musical Chairs, $50/round

*Homework Pass, $200

 

After the first week of February, we currently have $972 left in the class fund!!

 

 

Our Valentine’s Day Party will be Friday, February 13^th at 2:15 PM.  Mrs. Nargis will be calling to remind you if you are “on duty”!  Anyone who would like to join the party is welcome!  If you need a list of classmates, please refer to the back of your Parent's Handbook that you received at the beginning of the school year.  We will be decorating bags in school prior to the party!

there           thing            whole

 

since            young           knew

 

picture         little            across

 

through        sun               would

 

hear             however      said

 

don’t            important     about

 

believes       eternal         purpose

there           knew            little

 

still              today           sure

 

once            told              it’s

 

often            school          its     

 

however      different      began

 

try               then             know

 

eternal         perish          petition

 

 

      I am a football.   I get thrown back and forth.  It hurts when people catch me.  I was in the Superbowl.  People fumbled me.  It hurts when I fall.  I am a big football.

 

 

         I am a pencil.  I am sharp and pointy.  I love to move all over the paper and form letters.  Most of all, I love to erase things.

 

 

 

            My dream for America is that everyone will work together as a team.  They will not fight or make any problems.  People will not be judged by the outside, but what is inside. 

know            world           however

 

never           during          something

 

said              best             there

 

very             could            air

 

then             would           across

 

why             don’t            today

 

burrows        venture        instinct

 You've Been Challenged!

Wednesday, February 11^th is our 100^th day of school.  The first grade is leading chapel that day and is issuing a challenge to each and every student to fill his or her chapel envelope with 100 cents.  Are you up to the challenge?  No matter how you look at it, the winner is Jesus!

 

 

 

by Gabrielle

 

 

by Maggie

 

 

 

 

 by Daniel

Mrs. Voigt's Class 

 

 

 

      Over Christmas vacation my family and I watched Christmas movies and played games.  My sister, Amelia and I played in the snow.  I found an icicle.  It was very big.  I acted like it was a guitar.  I played a lot of soccer games and opened many presents.  My family watched the ball drop.  It was very fun!

study            picture         night

 

house           being           almost

 

around          light             new

 

earth            off               first

 

don’t            second         there

 

world           people         without

 

Bethlehem    Savior          Messiah

 

   

       Christmas is the day of Jesus' birth!  I like Christmas because we decorate the tree, bake cookies, watch movies, and go skiing.  Also, I wrap presents.  Sometimes, we go driving to see the lights.  My favorite time is skiing with the Willer family.  I enjoy baking cookies and eating the dough.  It tastes good!  I like Christmas! 

 

      If I met a dragon, we will fly all night.  We will play games before I go to school.    My dragon can get me to school on time.  I will feed him.  He will be strong and healthy.

Please join us in Uncovering the True Meaning of Christmas as we present "The First Leon" this coming Wednesday, December 10^th, at 6:30 PM.  All 3rd - 5th grade students are asked to meet in their classrooms at 6:15.  We hope you will enjoy this Children's Christmas Musical that we have prepared in order to worship HIM during this Advent season.  We have spent a great deal of time working on this service – we hope you all will be able to come!

Instead of exchanging gifts in the classroom, we are collecting baby items for A Place of Refuge.  This Lutheran ministry is for unwed mothers who are expecting babies and don’t have anyone to help them.  Any baby item, big or small, is greatly appreciated!

once          there                 country

mother      father        their         

too            light          together

let            know         next

while         there         food

something  write         place

anxious      petition     requests

 

 

 

 

     I am an astronaut going to the moon.  I need to bring a helmet, spaceship, sun visor, food, water, spacesuit, and a shovel.  There is no gravity and no water on the moon.  The first two astronauts who landed on the moon were Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.  It is hard work to be an astronaut because you need a lot of gear.  There are 9 planets in space.

often         use           just

kind          head         also 

four           show                 been

around       began        above

long          took          air    

were          large         might

quilt          traditions   gathering

 

 

      If I ran for president, I would help our country be a better place.  I would write the new laws for our country.  There would be lower taxes.  I would make speeches.  I could help the hungry people and the earth.  My home is the White House.

 

 

 

     Turtles use their shells to keep them safe.  The snapping turtle can get bigger than one foot.  Amazing!  Every turtle has a shell on it.  Most baby turtles don't survive.  The leatherback turtle is the biggest.  Turtles are cold-blooded animals.

Your Vote Counts!

 

The 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th graders of Our Redeemer welcomed two area Lutheran Schools to join them in hearing a presentation given by Milwaukee Alderman, Jim Bohl.  On Tuesday, October 21^st, Immanuel, Brookfield and St. Peter-Immanuel gathered with us to hear about “The Election Process:  How Your Vote Counts.”  A few of the questions that Alderman Bohl answered were the following:

 

ü   How old do you need to be to vote?

ü   Which group of citizens is most likely to vote?

ü   Who can vote?

ü   How do you effectively run for office?

ü   How is the Federal Government organized?

 

Did you know…We actually have 51 separate elections for the President!? 

life            little          left

without      once          back

thought     another      house

took          animal       enough

know         something  these

find           poetry       limerick

writing       genre

 

     I like my grandparents because they take me to movies almost every time we go to their house.  My other grandpa likes football just like me.  My grandma makes the best spaghetti.  My other grandma died.  All my grandparents wear glasses.

 

 

 

 

You are really great,

You are the best grandparents,

I thank God for you!

 

I love you so much,

Grandpa and Grandma love me,

We love each other!

 

By: Katherine

 

 

 

 

 

I love my grandma!

I cannot wait to see her!

She lives right next door!

 

She is so, so nice!

My grandma loves me so much!

She is too, too nice!!!!!!

By: Maddy

 

Grandparents

You’re so great to me,

You help me when I’m sad,

You’re the best Granny EVER,

 

Loving grandparents,

You love me all of the time,

And I love you, too!

By: Brianna 

                  

You are cool and great

I love the farm very much

I love you so much!

 

I love to see you

You are there when I need you

And you are funny

 

 

Grandparents

You are fun really fun

Thank you, for my hugs and kisses

Thank you, for good food

 

Thank you, for your love

You help me when I need it

Movies, popcorn, fun!

 

By: Izzi

 

 

 

 

Grandparents are cool,

Grandparents love us so much,

You are creative!

          

You are amazing,

We love each other so much,

You are really great!

 

                        By: Zechariah Miller

 

 

 

 

 

I love my grandma.

I can see her every day.

I like my grandma.

 

My grandma loves me.

Grandparent’s Day is awesome.

I love you so much!

 

By: Anthony

 

 

You’re oh, so sweet Grammy,

Like cinnamon and sugar,

I love you Grammy!

 

Hey gramps, I love you!

You are oh so good with tools,

Hope I can see you!

 

By: Ben

 

They are so, so cool.

They help me with sailing school.

I love them so much.

 

They buy me everything.

They drive me everywhere.

They buy me clothes. 

 

By: Maggie

 

 

 

I Love my Grandma!

Her house on Thursday I go.

She feeds me fruit snacks.

 

She watches Wheel of Fortune.

WE love to eat McDonalds.

Grandpa likes Nascar.

 

 

By:Brent

 

 

 

 

 

Grandpa and Grandma love me,

We love each other! 

Grandparent’s Day

Grandparent’s Day is next Friday – we are all so excited!  Students have made “You are the Apple of My Eye” cards and have written a haiku poem for their grandparent on the inside.  During class with the grandparents, I will teach the lesson again on how to write a haiku poem.  Then, grandparents will be given stationery to write a haiku for their grandchild!

          We will also be making bookmarks with our favorite Bible verse on it to exchange with our grandparents that day! Oh, the excitement never ends!

large         form          from

land          side          its

feet          without      home

different    boys          their

around       too            could

been         rhythm       rhyme

stanza       pattern      beats

which        children     form

important   keep          food

their          want         great

until          went         again

more         always       because

first           worried      unusual

shocker      lectured

 

 

 

PTL OPEN HOUSE

Please come to our Open House sponsored by our PTL on October 6, 2008.  After a brief introductory program in the sanctuary, parents are invited to browse their student’s classroom and “Meet the Teacher” if you haven’t already!!  Please join us!  Also, the teachers are serving dinner before the meeting to all new families at our school!  If you are new to OR, please be sure to RSVP for this dinner so that we can make connections with you!

 

we will begin a Reading Unit on Charlotte’s Web on October 6th.  We will be reading the book, doing reading activities, constructing a paper mache pig, and ending our unit with a trip to Wisconsin Lutheran College to see a play of Charlotte’s Web.  We will need everyone to bring in a one gallon milk jug for our pig.  Please save your jug and send it to school so we can begin the pig on October 7^th.

what         asked        always

want         world         help

school       each          going

show         right          important

around       there         write

another      furious       visible

plunged     dismay      rumpled

 

 

Hooray to FIVE of our Reading Teams!  Five teams have now successfully read over 1000 pages!  Congratulations to Gabrielle, Zech, Katherine, Hannah, Timmy, Nick, Logan, Maggie, Christian, Brianna, Madison, Luke, Malcolm, Brent, Ben!  The last team is so close…keep reading!

 

Thank you for sending in a brown paper grocery bag!  Our Chinese writing stories are done will be displayed in our classroom.

 

Our library day is THURSDAY, please help your child to remember their library books on Thursdays!!!  Many students forgot their books this week!

STILL NEEDED!

I need one more volunteer to help with the Fire Safety House program that the Wauwatosa Fire Department will bring to our school on Thursday, October 9^th.  Help is needed in the afternoon beginning at 12:30 PM and ending at about 3:00PM.

 

PLEASE be sure to sign your child’s assignment notebook each day!  Don’t forget to record and initial the number of pages read each night by your child!

 

We will be starting a leaf rubbing project in the next week or two that will enhance our hallway display case.  Each student is asked to bring in a few BIG leaves that have BIG veins in order to make this project successful.  Thank you (in advance) to Mrs. Mahn who is currently working on a mural to be the centerpiece of our hallway display case!

 

Grandparent’s Day is Friday, October 17^th.  Invitations have been made and are on their way home! What an awesome day that will be! 

always       know         large

show         few           very

because     too            there

those        their          read

out           about         might

found        rainbow     salvation