Week of August 24th

Field Trips
We have officially confirmed 2 of our field trips for the year.  You are welcome to join us on any of the trips we have planned.  Keep your calendars open and email me if you'd like to come with us.

• Friday September 4th - Fresh Pasture farms and Old Historic Trinity Lutheran Church in Soulard.  
• We will be exploring the differences between rural and urban communities and how they change over time.  
• We will arrive at Fresh Pasture Farms at 10am and stay for lunch.  We will then meet at Trinity Lutheran Church in Soulard at 1 pm.  
• Bring good walking shoes and a sack lunch. 
• Tuesday October 6th - St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park
• We will meet at the zoo at 9:30 and be back at school by 1:30.  Bring a sack lunch!

This Week

Religion: We are finishing our talks on prayer.  We are also beginning to learn about the 10 Commandments.  Memory work is the 1st Commandment and it's meaning.  

Math: We have set up Interactive Math Notebooks and previewed how to use a textbook.  This week we will review calendar, clock, and temperature concepts.  Your child should still be bringing home a math worksheet at this point.  Depending on how things progress, I am hoping to start having them work out of the book and transfer information after lesson 10.  

Language Arts: We will be analyzing story structures this week by picking out characters, settings and plots.  We will also work with "statements vs. questions" in grammar and apply this to our writing and reading responses.  

Social Studies:  Our first week of Social Studies is all about our community and it's position on the globe.  We are talking about words like hemispheres, equator, the Prime Meridian.  We will be having a short quiz on this information at the end of next week.  You can expect a review coming home on Monday or Tuesday next week.  

Important Dates:

• Thursday August 27th - Curriculum Night 
• This is an adult only night where the teachers share with the parents about our curriculum and expectations for the year. Come and enjoy some cookies at 6:45 pm and then we will begin at 7pm in the Friendship Hall with introductions and information.  Following that, the teachers will have two sessions to share with you about their classrooms.  The evening should conclude before 8:30.   
• Friday September 4th - Field Trip
• Fresh Pasture Farms and Old Historic Trinity Lutheran School - Bring a sack lunch!