Welcome to wacky Wednesday!

Madison Field Trip tomorrow. Some things to remember -

1. Wear your Trinity T-shirt
2. Pack a lunch in a bag you can throw away
3. Be here EARLY...I will let kids in if you need to drop them off early so that you can get to work.
4. Be prepared to have fun!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 11b on Jesus healing the paralyzed man
Catechism - Ws. 18 from Tuesday
English - Vocabulary sheets and Ws. 20/18
Science - Study Guide for Chapter 2 due Monday...Test on Tuesday

WoD: Field Trip!!!

Blessings,

Miss Lau

Science Games for Chapter 2

Looking for a fun way to review the Science terms for next week's tests? Check out the link below! We played these in class today and had a great time. Make sure that your student is actually reading the word and the definition...

Science Vocabulary site

What a windy Tuesday (should have been a Wednesday)!

A few notes for this week:

Madison Field Trip - As of this morning, the students will get to meet with the State Representative from Racine county on Thursday morning. Originally, he was not able to make it and plans have since changed. In my 7 years of taking students to Madison, this is the first year that the students will get to meet a Representative who is working in the Capitol...very cool! See the note from yesterday's post if you have any questions about the day.

Voters' Meeting - See you there tonight at 6:30 pm! Babysitting and snacks will be available.

Book Order - These are due on or before November 16 (Christmas gifts?). Ordering online is also available at scholastic.com. 

Notes coming home tonight - Graded papers, Boy Pioneer note, Pie sale reminder (orders due tomorrow!), pink slips, mission envelopes

Items to return - Pink Slip, Pie sale order forms, filled mission envelopes

TST - This was emailed to you today and included some good tips on family time. Please check it out! My favorite tip is playing games with your family. I have some great ideas for board games that are different than your typical Monopoly  Let me know if you'd like to borrow mine...they are fantastic and my family enjoys them whenever we get together.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 11a from Monday

Catechism - Ws. 18 on the cost of our redemption

Math - Test tomorrow!

English - Ws. 18/16 

Science - Pg. 130 #1-20 on a separate sheet of paper...complete sentences not needed

History - Test tomorrow!

Spelling - Pg, 66 & 67, Test tomorrow!

WoD: windy

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great break. I enjoyed time with college friends and my parents this weekend after teacher conference were over. While at conference, I picked up a handful of useful tips that I hope to use in our classroom. I went to sectionals on Math, History, and Athletics.

Madison Field Trip is on THURSDAY! Please see the note below as a reminder about the trip. Another paper reminder will be sent home on Wednesday.

Madison Trip PDF

Mrs. Proeber sent home some forms to be filled out and there are still quite a few that are out there. Please hand those in to the office!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 11a on Jesus calming the storm
Catechism - Ws. 17 from last Tuesday
Memory Work - #903 and 904 in blue Catechism book
Math - Lesson 35 ALL - TEST on WEDNESDAY
English - Ws. 18 / 16 we learned about homonyms and contractions today
Literature - We finished the movie of La Mancha today....dream the impossible dream!
Science - Ws. 44 & 45 as a review of Lesson 4 - TEST next TUESDAY
History - Pg. 108 #1-12 (6-12 in complete sentences) and Wb. 29 - TEST on WEDNESDAY

WoD: Sandy (pray for all those out east!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to Wednesday!

Mission Offering from today: We collected $19.75 today which brought us to a total of $188.90 for the 1st quarter...thank you!!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 10b on the parable of the wheat and the weeds

Catechism - Ws. 17 from Tuesday....with your family!

Math - Lesson 34 Evens

English - Ws. 17/15

WoD: Long Weekend 

Have a blessed weekend...relax...work on those Social Studies projects ;-) !

Miss Lau

Happy Thursday...er, I mean Tuesday!

Graded papers came home tonight but remember NO progress report. Report cards will go home next week. Those of you who have conferences on Monday will get them then, every one else will see them come home on Tuesday.

Conference schedules came home today, also. Please check it over for errors!

Send back the mission envelopes tomorrow! We are trying to reach our goal of $200 for the 1st quarter and we are $31 short.

I will see all of you basketball parents here at 6 pm for the Parent Meeting!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 10a from Monday
Catechism - Ws. 17 on Christ as our Redeemer
English - Vocabulary word box for Lesson 1
Math - Lesson 33 ALL
Science - Vocabulary Ws. 46 from Lesson 4
History - Wb. 28 on Nubia and Kush

WoD: Half Day! (Please pick up your children at 12:15 pm, buses are available.)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to a short week!

I was able to get everyone scheduled for conferences next week. I will send that home tomorrow along with graded papers, and a mission envelope - please look for those items! Let me know if the schedule is wrong.

A special thank you to Mrs. Proeber for the "Fall treat" today. We had apples and caramel sundaes and apple cider...yummmmmy!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 10a on the parable of the four soils
Catechism - Ws. 16 from last week...with your family!
Memory Work - #892, 893, 897 in blue Catechism book
Lit - We are watching, "The Man of La Mancha" this week...ask your student about it. We read a portion of it in Lit class last week.
English - No Assignment
Math - Lesson 32 all
Science - No Assignment; reviewed Lesson 3 today
History - Wb. 27 on Ancient Egyptian Culture

WoD: basketball

Basketball Parent's Meeting tomorrow, October 23 at 6 pm. See you there!

Blessings,

Miss Lau

Happy Weekend!

Thank you to all those that responded about meeting early for conferences. Having them spread out and only doing a few a day will help a lot and I thank you for that. If you haven't talked to me yet but would still like to meet Monday - Wednesday, October 29-31, please let me know.

Mission update: We collected $33.72 over the last two weeks which brings our classroom to a total of $169.15. We have one more week in the 1st Quarter. Can we make it to $200 in one quarter? Look for the last envelope to come home on Tuesday along with corrected papers and notes!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 9b from Wednesday
Catechism - Ws. 16 from Thursday
Lit - Pg. 95 #1-7 in complete sentences on the story of Don Quixote. Any parents ever see that movie/musical? One of my favorites!
English - Ws. 16/14 on writing and editing sentences. Use: SN V A Adj Adv P OP
Math - Lesson 31, ODDS
Science - Ws. 38/39 as a review of Lesson 3 on Cell Division. Ask your child about the difference between meiosis and mitosis!
History - We watched a video on the election process today. More projects to come as we are only 18 days away from Election Day!

WoD: soccer (God's Blessing's to the boys this weekend in their tournament!)

Blessings,

Miss Lau

Thank goodness it is Thursday!

We had an AWESOME time canvassing today. 6 drivers and 23 students delivered 789 flyers to 789 houses. WOW! Please join me in prayer that those flyers might lead some to our church which will lead them to their Savior. Depending on how many maps are finished after this weekend, we may do another round of deliveries in two weeks. I will keep you updated. Thank you to all of our drivers for braving the the windy and slightly rainy weather.

The final Progress Report for this quarter has come home this today. The next time that you see grades will be on the report card in about two weeks. Hard to believe the first quarter has come to an end.

A note regarding the Madison field trip has come home. Please look it over and let me know of any issues.

A plethora of other notes also came home today with your student. Please take some time to look those over and bring back to school those that need to be returned. Thank you!

Most of you got my e-mail about conferences, but just in case you didn't: If any of you would like to sign up to meet with me October 29-31, please let me know. I have some time slots still available. If you'd rather sign up on Thursday and Friday, send the note back that you received today.

Bring back mission money tomorrow! Children's Service at 8:50...see you there!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 9b from Wednesday

Catechism - Ws. 16 

Memory Work - Hymn 401 st. 1-3 and refrain

History: Political Ads worksheet

WoD: conferences

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Sorry for the late post tonight. I have no excuse other than, I forgot.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 9b
Catechism - Ws. 15
English - Share and edit buddy's paragraph

A pretty easy day!

WoD: forgetful

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Totally tubular Tuesday to you!

Thank you for all your responses about canvassing. We should be set to go! Students are reminded to wear their blue Trinity shirts on Thursday.

Look for a few items to come home on Thursday: a note for the Madison drivers, basketball worker plea letter, and a cheerleading note. Lots of things on my to-do list and I am hoping that since it is now being ready by you, I will for sure get it done!

A huge THANK YOU to Dr. and Mrs. Erbe for their Science presentations this week. The students learned alot about bacteria and cell growth. Ask you student what they grew on their plate!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 9a from Monday
Catechism - Ws. 15 on the offices of Christ...With Your Family!
Math - Lesson 30 ALL
English - 3 Point Paragraph on Google Docs
History - Political Ads activity from Monday

WoD: music (ask the students about what song was in my head today...gave me a headache)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to a new week!

We had a great discussion this morning during Christ Light class about being, "fishers of men." We studied Luke 5:1-11 where Jesus called his disciples to no longer catch fish, but "catch" people for him. In a sense, we are called to be fishers of men, as well. One of those opportunities presents itself as we assemble to canvass the neighborhoods on Thursday afternoon as a class. The students seem very excited to help their church in this small way. If you are unable to help us on Thursday but would still like to help in the flyer delivery effort, there is a canvassing day set for this Saturday starting at 10 am and running until 3 pm with a potluck at noon. All are welcome!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 9a on being fishers of men
Catechism - Ws. 14 from Thursday..."With Your Family"
Memory Work - #838, 844, 856 in blue Catechism book
Math - Lesson 29 All
Science - We began reading about cell division today and it correlated with what Mrs. Erbe talked about to us this morning during her presentation...tomorrow we look forward to Mr. Erbe coming in and showing us all the cool bacteria that we grew today!
History - We started a politics unit today. The students are living through history this year and I want to take advantage of that. The 8th graders in my American History class are running a mock election in which they have taken on the roles of made-up candidates, campaign managers, reports, etc. We look forward to learning from them, as well as taking a day or two off of "normal" history class to learn about the election process ourselves.  This week, students are to take a look at one or two political ads and fill out the sheet given to them today. This is due on Friday.

PE - We started our football game today. We will play this week and next and then finish up our unit with assessments during the first few weeks of November.

WoD: Canvassing

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Brewers Racing Sausage visited us at school today!

Welcome to the end of another week!

We still need 5 parents to help us drive for the canvassing trip next Thursday. If you are willing and able, please send the slip in on Monday...thank you!

The soccer tournament for this weekend has been cancelled due to the poor weather forecast for this weekend. Mr. Schultz is sending home a note today.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 8b on Jesus healing the possessed man and preaching the Gospel
Catechism - Ws. 14 from Thursday
English - Creative Writing...ask your student about the topic that they chose!
Math - Lesson 28 EVENS

WoD: quiet (students are at Art class right now...very quiet in here!)

Have a superb weekend...God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Good afternoon!

Items going home: Basketball Camp at WLC, Hot lunch menus, Progress Reports, graded papers, pink slip, mission envelope

Items to return: Menus, signed portion of progress report, pink slip, filled mission envelope

MLC Meet Math: Congrats to the following for getting the top 5 scores in this month's Martin Luther College math challenge: JK, TJW, LS, CU, and LA! Our school is ranked #1 in our division as of this afternoon!

Flyer Delivery: Please see note sent home today and return tomorrow! Thank you!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 8a
Catechism - Ws. 14
Memory Work - Hymn 503 st. 1
Lit - Read, "The First Shlemiel" and Pgs. 86 and 87 #1-7 and #1-3 in complete sentences
Math - Lesson 27 ALL
Science - Ws. 40 on vocabulary from Lesson 3
History - Wb. 26 on the empire of Egypt

WoD: bananas

God's Blessings!

Miss Lau

A warm welcome to Wednesday!

The weather outside is quickly changing which means our choice of clothing should, too! I will not keep a child in for recess because of some article of clothing (coat, hat, mittens, etc.) are not on. The students are old enough to remember these things for themselves. Please encourage them to dress appropriately. This goes especially for Mondays and Wednesdays, PE days. We will be outside with our football unit for at least a few more weeks and we are outside for 45 minutes on each of those days.

Progress reports will come home tomorrow!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 8a on Jesus being rejected in Nazareth
Catechism - Ws. 13 from Tuesday...with your family!
Memory Work - #814, 815 in blue Catechism book
Literature - "Tuesday of the Other June" Pgs. 80 & 81 #1-8 in complete sentences
English - Chapter 3 Test tomorrow!
Math - We competed in the MLC Meet Math contest today...No Assignment
Science - Ws. 34 & 35...Lesson 2 Review...students: use your book and the headings in the book and on the worksheet to help you!
History - Lesson 1 Ws. 24 on the Nile River
Spelling - Pgs. 54 & 55 (double check your notes...I don't remember what Mrs. Naker assigned)

WoD: tournaments (Go Crusaders!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome back!

I hope that everyone had a nice, relaxing weekend. I enjoyed time spent with family, even though it was a very cold Saturday of sitting and watching softball and football!

On Monday, our faculty spent the day at Shoreland Lutheran High School with other teachers from the area learning about forms of assessments.  There are many ways that teachers can assess students and it is not just through a test or a written assignment. I will be working on implementing a few of the ideas that I learned yesterday including one that I already used with the students today. They are called "exit cards" and I will mainly use them for Math. They are mini-assignments that the students do before we are done with math class. They tell me if the concept taught was grasped. I correct them and then talk over the ones marked wrong with the individual student. Today went very well! I did promise to make the writing space easier to write on...I'm still learning :-)

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 7b from last Wednesday
Catechism - Ws. 13
Memory Work - #792, 793 in blue Catechism book
Math - Lesson 26, all
English - Ws. 15/13...review of the chapter. Chapter TEST on Thursday!
Literature - We are reading a short story that deals with the tough topic of bullying. Discuss with your children the importance of being open and honest with you and with me if this issue ever arises.
Science - Simple diagram of a cell in their Science notebook
History - We watched a video (slightly cheesy...) on the Nile River. If anyone has any books at home on Egypt that they'd like to bring in to share, that would be greatly appreciated!
Spelling - Pg. 53 and Ws.
Handwriting - Assignment from Thursday

WoD: windy (hold on to your hats out there!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Happy Friday!

Mission update: Today we collected $10.06 which is about $20 under our goal. To date, our class has collected $135.43 for the Mission to the Children. Thank you!

Progress Reports: Just a friendly reminder that these will go home next Thursday.

Thank you: Thank you to Mrs. Burnett for spending a week and a half proctoring our Terra Nova tests! The tests are packaged up and heading to be corrected. We will see the results in a few months.

No school on Monday...see you on Tuesday!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 7b from Wednesday
Catechism - Ws. 12 from Thursday...due on TUESDAY!
English - Ws. 14/12

WoD: fall colors (Have you taken a drive yet to enjoy the beauty of God's creation during the fall season?)

A light day today with two tests...enjoy the weekend...God's Blessings!

Miss Lau

Happy Thursday!

A few notes...

Progress Report: There is NO report coming home this week. I will send an update home next Thursday.

Substitute Teacher: I will be leaving at 12:15 pm tomorrow and heading to my hometown of Onalaska, WI. The students will have Mrs. Naker for the afternoon.

M & M Jar: Ask your student about our "Behavior Jar" and it's reward when it is full!

Items to return tomorrow: Basketball approval forms, concussion forms, pink slip (some volleyball girls didn't get one), filled mission envelope

Keep at home: Graded papers, Basketball information and schedules

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 7b
Catechism - Ws. 12
Memory Work - Hymn 532 st. 1
Literature - Plot questions on Pg. 71 #1-3
English - Classify two sentences, noun chart for one of them, Vocabulary Word
Math - Lesson 25...Test tomorrow!
Science - Vocabulary Ws. 36 on Lesson 2
History - Chapter 2 Test tomorrow!

WoD: busy (It was a busy one today!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Happy Wednesday!

We are starting to drop like flies in our classroom...stay healthy! Drink lots of OJ and take some vitamins. Get lots of sleep and maybe most importantly...wash your hands!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 7b on Jesus and the woman from Samaria
Catechism - Ws. 11 due tomorrow...With Your Family!
Memory Work - 2nd Article "What does this mean?"
Literature - Plot details on a movie or book (conflict, pattern of events, climax/turning point, solution)
English - Ws. 13/11..we learned subject/verb agreement today
Math - Lesson 24 all (Test on FRIDAY!)
Science - None...ask your student about the great potato experiment!
History - No Assignment...test has been moved to FRIDAY since we didn't get a chance to play a review game today

WoD: potato

God's Blessings!

Miss Lau

Top of the Tuesday to ya!

Have checked the Social Studies blog lately: http://trinityssfair.blogspot.com/

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 7a from Monday
Catechism - Ws. 11...With Your Family
Math - Lesson 23 all
Literature - Read "Michael Egerton" and complete sentences for Pg. 65 #1-7
English - Ws. 12 / 10 students are encouraged to work on this AT school so that I can help them if problems arise!
Science - Assignment from yesterday
History - Assignment from yesterday

WoD: seating arrangement (We got a new one today! We change desks each month. Ask your student where they are sitting now. Thank you to CU for the new arrangement.)

Have a blessed evening,

Miss Lau

Welcome to a new week and a new month!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 7a on Jesus and Nicodemus
Catechism - Ws. 10...with your family!
Memory Work - 1st Paragraph of 2nd Article
Literature - Great play performed by the 5th graders today!
English - Vocabulary Word Box
Math - Lesson 22 all
Science - Ws. 30/31 review of Lesson 1 on Cells
History - Study Guide for Chapter 2 due on Wednesday

WoD: Brewer Game! I'm going tonight..my last one for the season :-(

Have a blessed evening!

Miss Lau