Hello Wonderful Parents!!

 

As I type this, we are faced with only 28 school days left!  It’s hard to believe.  Really.  Actually, what makes it hard to believe is the fact that I feel I was just typing this letter to you as THIRD grade parents. 

 

We have many events approaching.  Here are some dates to remember:

 

April 27- TNT Fun Nite K-5 @ 2800 Main Avenue South from 7 to 9.

 

May 1- Band/Ambassadors Spring Concert at 7

 

May 9- Muffins for Moms!

 

May 15- Softball Tournament at Lindenwood.  More info on that soon.

 

May 18- 5^th Grade End-Year Field Trip to the newly remodeled Fort Abercrombie!  This will tie in the best way to our unit on the Civil War.  Exciting!  A sack lunch will be needed.  We will be spending the morning there and returning after lunch.  More info on that later as well.  For more information on this wonderful facility, visit http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/abercrombie/index.html

 

We will be doing activities from this website for social studies.

 

May 25^th- Last Day of School

 

Another special announcement:  Hanna Persoon was chosen out of all participating North Dakota fifth graders as the winner for the noxious weed poster creating contest!  This was a mini-unit that we did for science back in December.  Hanna’s creation will be printed on t-shirts and given to each student in our class!  The NDDOA will also be coming into our classroom to do a special presentation to us!  I haven’t told the class yet, but I will at the end of today!  They are DYING to know!  Stop the spread of noxious weeds and animals! 

 

Blessings,
Lisa

Parents,
We are at the start of National Lutheran Schools Week!  It was a crazy day today, that's for sure!  Schedules for this week's crazy events were handed out last week, in the pile of Friday papers.

We are also collecting  spare change and other donations to support Pennies for Patients.  This is a cancer education program and fundraiser benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  We will be raising money in honor of student Heroes from MN, ND, and SD who are survivors of these cancers.  Ask your child to explain to you the logistics of copper and silver coins in the competition.  It's great fun!

The geography fair is this week and our class has started in-class presentations today!  On Thursday night, the soup/bread supper begins at 5:45.  Students need to be at their tables by 6:30 at the latest for their presentations, and awards will follow. 

The sock hop is Friday from 7-9.  Hee-Haw! 

Blessings,
Mrs. Sande

Dear Families,
Just a couple of updates:

Another awesome performance will be happening tonight at 7!  Please have your lovely city kids here by 6:30.  Thanks to Kim and Denise D. for taking on make-up duties so I was able to attend my daughters' band concert at Fargo North last night!

Since we will have students gone on alternating days next week, we have decided to split up our Christmas celebration.  On Tuesday, we will have our white elephant gift exchange, and on Wednesday we will have a silent reading time and movie in the afternoon (with treats, or course!).  Students are welcome to bring treats of their choice.  It will be a great week next week!

For the white elephant gift, have fun with your child!  Choose things that are no longer used around the house, but yet can still serve some sort of purpose.  Does that make sense?  No used toothbrushes or toilet plungers, sorry!  I have worked with senior high youth a lot and I have seen some of these!!  Also, wrapping a white elephant gift can be a fun and silly time, too!  Have fun!  We will do that exchange on Tuesday. 

Also, since I love to cook and bake, I am sending home a super delicious and easy recipe to make with your child.  WARNING: they are highly addictive!!    Just be sure to supervise closely, since it calls for boiling butter and sugar and baking.  It can be a truly amazing and peaceful thing to cook with your child! 

Looking ahead:
Christmas vacation, Dec. 22-Jan. 3

5-8 Ski trip is Jan. 13th.  More information will come out on that after we return! 

AUCTION CLASS BASKET IS CHOCOLATE.  MMMMMM. 

Students will be finding out their countries for the geography fair in January.  If that changes, I'll be sure to let you know immediately!

Blessings,

Lisa

Hello Parents!!

 

I have A LOT of announcements/reminders!  Here they are:

 

Our school will begin the Lil’ Shopper’s Shoppe beginning December 7^th through the 9^th.  You are familiar with this from years past, I’m sure!  It is a gift store where students can purchase “little treasures” for family and friends.  Look for more information to come home on this next week!

 

Our fifth grade class will be working on sending a care package to Kim Persoon’s brother (Hanna’s uncle), Scott, who is in Afghanistan.  I will be sending off the package to him before we leave for our break.  Since food items usually do not work, we will be sending pictures and cards (if you think of anything else, let me know!!)

God’s blessings to him and his family as he works hard and makes a great sacrifice to serve our country! 

 

Our Christmas party will be December 21^st.  Students will be drawing out of a hat the item they are responsible to bring for our Christmas party!  You will be hearing about that soon!  A WHITE ELEPHANT (I had explain what a white elephant gift is) gift exchange will also be done, in lieu of purchasing new things.  You may have to help your child with finding a white elephant gift and wrap it.  Fun!

 

Our school will have a mitten/hat tree that is located in the entryway of the school.  These will be going to new Americans.  Let’s help them adjust to a North Dakota winter! 

 

Information on the musical:  Dec. 15, 16 – Christmas Musical 7:00 pm “It All Happened in the Country.” Fifth graders are “city people,” and church/nice attire will be their costume for this!  How exciting!

 

Please keep in mind that our class auction basket is CHOCOLATE.  Enough said.  Yummy.  Our class project is about halfway done!  It’s going to be absolutely wonderful! 

 

Blessings,

Mrs. Sande

Unit 13

firecracker

sweetheart

touchdown

post office

classmate

baby-sit

flashlight

grapefruit

holiday

welfare

warehouse

chalkboard

worthwhile

watermelon

throughout

furthermore

whereabouts

masterpiece

great-grandchild

part of speech

starry-eyed

high-spirited

awestruck

outspoken

halfhearted

 

Unit 14

jewel

sparkle

angle

shovel

single

normal

angel

legal

whistle

fossil

puzzle

bushel

local

gentle

level

label

pedal

ankle

needle

devil

mineral

artificial

vital

neutral

kernel

Unit 15

traffic

permit

witness

collect

tunnel

perhaps

pattern

object

million

arrive

barrel

furnish

shoulder

velvet

effort

sorrow

essay

empire

publish

subject

collide

exceed

trespass

option

sincere

Unit 16

district

address

complain

explain

improve

farther

simply

hundred

although

laughter

mischief

complex

partner

orphan

constant

dolphin

employ

sandwich

monster

orchard

congress

abstain

conscience

function

extreme

Unit 17

poem

idea

create

diary

area

giant

usual

radio

cruel

quiet

diet

liar

fuel

riot

dial

lion

ruin

trial

rodeo

science

appreciate

variety

enthusiastic

mosaic

eventually

 

Unit 18 - review

Unit 19

robot

behave

repeat

rapid

detail

equal

value

nation

evil

closet

camel

adore

tulip

credit

aware

vanish

shadow

prefer

record

novel

logic

laser

device

module

nuisance

Unit 20

directing

amusing

delivered

attending

offered

rising

deserved

supported

borrowed

freezing

awaiting

collapsed

providing

sheltered

resulting

arrested

damaged

seeking

squeezing

decided

rehearsing

portraying

dramatized

anticipated

entertaining

Unit 21

whipped

skimmed

dripped

covered

gathering

bragging

visiting

planned

winning

mixed

stunned

hitting

begged

shipped

ordered

slammed

swimming

suffering

wandered

spotted

catering

shredded

layered

scalloped

whirred

 

Unit 22

dreadful

enjoyment

safely

watchful

speechless

paleness

breathless

government

cheerful

actively

closeness

lately

goodness

retirement

forgetful

basement

softness

delightful

settlement

countless

suspenseful

suspiciously

defenseless

seriousness

contentment

Unit 23

mountain

treasure

culture

fountain

creature

captain

future

adventure

moisture

surgeon

lecture

curtain

pasture

measure

fixture

feature

furniture

pleasure

mixture

luncheon

departure

leisure

architecture

texture

villain

 

Unit 24 - Review

Unit 25

voyage

baggage

luggage

native

language

postage

notice

creative

practice

knowledge

captive

average

justice

bandage

message

service

shortage

passage

detective

relative

heritage

cooperative

apprentice

superlative

primitive

Unit 26

pilgrim

worship

forbid

distance

hidden

repair

dozen

destroy

carrot

entry

wisdom

crystal

respond

program

solid

salute

spinach

ashamed

blossom

neglect

refuge

charter

somber

exert

adapt

Unit 27

disaster

unknown

discover

unable

inform

increase

report

dispute

insist

remind

insult

regard

install

dismiss

relax

unaware

disagree

unskilled

revenge

display

inquiry

unfortunate

unnecessary

inflate

responsible

Unit 28

liberties

victories

countries

spied

enemies

armies

scariest

dirtier

happiness

abilities

pitied

ladies

busier

duties

lilies

worthiness

tiniest

emptiness

replies

dizziness

unified

levied

colonies

rivalries

strategies

Unit 29

televise

television

act

action

regulate

regulation

locate

location

elect

election

react

reaction

tense

tension

populate

population

convict

conviction

correct

correction

animate

animation

fascinate

fascination

 

Unit 30 - Review

 

Unit 31

pollute

pollution

protect

protection

inspect

inspection

impress

impression

migrate

migration

promote

promotion

imitate

imitation

decorate

decoration

confess

confession

express

expression

contaminate

contamination

irritate

irritation

Unit 32

propose

convince

concern

enforce

compare

excuse

conduct

preserve

contain

excite

extend

prefix

engage

pronoun

consist

enclose

consent

proverb

compound

exchange

enactment

procedure

convene

preamble

concise

 

Unit 33

fashionable

comfortable

different

suitable

merchant

profitable

student

possible

resident

terrible

absent

vacant

servant

valuable

accident

horrible

honorable

reasonable

remarkable

laughable

elegant

prominent

extravagant

durable

reversible

Unit 34

wilderness

vacation

president

popular

memory

monument

educate

general

regular

avenue

canary

potato

energy

deposit

period

industry

uniform

condition

romantic

attention

majestic

reverence

astonish

stimulate

obvious

Unit 35

champion

stadium

history

dangerous

slippery

favorite

personal

continue

division

apartment

violet

emotion

typical

imagine

grocery

consider

property

festival

companion

sensitive

olympics

muscular

amateur

spectator

ovation

 

Unit 36 - Review

 

 

 

Catechism & Memory Schedule

5^th & 6^th Grades ~ Mrs. Sande

2011-2012

 

Date      Memory #    Assignment

September

6        1      Galatians 5:22-23

9       2      1^st Sacrament of Baptism

13      3      John 20:31

16      4      2^nd Sacrament of Baptism

20      5      I Corinthians 1:30

23      6      3^rd Sacrament of Baptism

27      7      Psalm 23:1-3

30      8      4^th Sacrament of Baptism

 

October

4        9      Romans 1:16-17

7       10      Sacrament of the Altar I (1/2)

11      11      Revelation 2:10

14      12      Sacrament of the Altar I (all)

18      13      II Timothy 3:16-17

19      14      Sacrament of the Altar II

25      15      John 12:44-45

28      16      II Corinthians 5:17

 

November

1        17      Sacrament of the Altar III

4       18      Acts 2:38-39

8        19      1^st Commandment w/meaning

15      20      2^nd Commandment w/meaning

18      21      John 3:5

22      22      3^rd Commandment w/meaning

29      23      4^th Commandment w/meaning

 

December

2       24      Galatians 5:24

6        25      5^th Commandment w/meaning

9       26      I Corinthians 11:23-25

13      27      6^th Commandment w/meaning

20      28      I John 1:7

 

January 2011

4        29      7^th Commandment w/meaning

6        30      II Peter 1:3

10      31      8^th Commandment w/meaning

13      32      Ephesians 2:17-18

17      33      9^th Commandment w/meaning

20      34      10^th Commandment w/meaning

24      35      Close of the Commandments

27      36      Matthew 4:16

 

February   

3        37      Apostles’ Creed – 1^st Article

w/meaning (1/2)

7        38      Matthew 5:14 & 16

10      39      Apostles’ Creed – 1^st Article

              w/meaning 1 (all)

14      40      James 2:10

17      41      Apostles’ Creed – 2^nd Art. & Mng.

21      42      I Corinthians 13:6-7

24      43      Apostles’ Creed – 3^rd Article

w/meaning (1/2)

28      44      I Corinthians 6:19-20

 

March

2        45      Apostles’ Creed – 3^rd Art. & Mng.

6        46      Mathew 5:37

9        47      Books of the Old Testament

13      48      II Corinthians 9:8

16      49      Books of the New Testament

20      50      Matthew 6:6

23      51      Intro to the Lord’s Prayer

27      52      1^st Petition & Mng. of the L.P.

 

April

3        53      Matthew 6:33

10      54      2^nd Petition & Mng of the L.P.

13      55      Matthew 7:1 & 5

17      56      3^rd Petition & Mng. of the L.P.

20      57      Romans 12:11-12

24      58      4^th Petition & Mng of the L.P.

27      59      5^th Petition & Mng. of the L.P.

 

May

1        61      6^th Petition & Mng. of the L.P.

4        62      I John 3:8 & 4:4

8           63      7^th Petition & Mng of the L.P.

11      64      I Corinthians 15:21-22

15      65      The Concl. of the Lord’s Prayer

18      66      Matthew 9:37-38

22      67      Isaiah 49:6