Last post for awhile!

Today was our last day of me assigning homework before break. We will review some items tomorrow, practice our musical, and work on a few loose ends before Easter vacation. Please enjoy this time with family and don't forget about all the opportunities you have to worship with your Trinity Family:

Tonight - Maundy Thursday - 6:30 pm

Good Friday - 1 pm and 6:30 pm

Easter Sunday - 6:30 am and 9 am with breakfast at 7 am

Musical Note - Please see the tan note about outfits for our musical. The students are already practicing and doing a fantastic job at learning their songs. They should work on their parts over break.

Academic Fair - If you received this note, please consider committing to this event. Send the slip back tomorrow or soon after break. Thank you!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5b from Wednesday
Catechism - Ws. 51 due the Tuesday we return
Memory Work - Student picks two stanzas from Hymn 139
English - Please check over your student's piece on Google Drive tonight!
Math - Test today
Science - Landform activity
Spelling - Test tomorrow!

WoD: communion

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Happy Wednesday!

We are completely out of paper towels. Do you have an extra one around that you wouldn't mind sending along? Thank You!

Don't forget: Maundy Thursday church at 6:30 pm tomorrow!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5b on how Jesus' enemies denied the resurrection
Catechism - With Your Family on Ws. 50 due tomorrow!
Memory Work - The whole 5th petition
Lit - None
English - We peer edited today. Students should have it typed on DRIVE by Friday WITH a parent's "signature" that they edited it once it was typed.
Math - Lesson 95, all
Science - Landform poster due Friday (work on at school)
History - None
Spelling - Assignment in workbooks, Test on Friday

WoD: shadow

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Good Tuesday afternoon to you!

We are having a student visitor tomorrow! Students, be sure to say hi and ask him to "hang out" with you :-)

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5a from Monday
Catechism - Ws. 50 on our daily blessings
No Memory Work
Lit - Epilogue to "Trombones and Colleges"
English - Rough draft of narrative with dialogue
Math - Lesson 94, all
Science - Lesson 1 Review sheet (ws. 101/102)
History - None
Spelling - Assignment from Monday

WoD: joust (Have you heard about our spring musical?! Look for a note to come home on Thursday!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to Holy Week

Beginning with yesterday's Palm Sunday services, this week is the holiest of our church year. We solemnly reflect on what our Savior went through to pay for our sins. Please join me in worship this week:

Maundy Thursday - 6:30 pm

Good Friday - 1 pm (Jr. Choir sings) or 6:30 pm

Easter Sunday - 6:30 am or 9 am

I look forward to worshiping at the foot of His cross with you.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5a on Jesus' Burial and Resurrection
Catechism - Ws. 49 from Thursday
Memory Work - #1609, 1615, and 1616 from blue Catechism book
Lit - Pg. 343 #1-7 in complete sentences
English - Story Elements outline
Math - Lesson 93, all
Science and History - None
Spelling - Ws. and Pg. from new unit

Forensics - DON'T FORGET YOUR SHEETS!

WoD: Tchaikovsky (can you guess what I'm listening to?)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to the Weekend!

I must say, most years, the students are practically climbing the walls at this point in the year - they are ready for break! This year, the students have really done a good job, for the most part, at remaining focused on their schoolwork. Keep up the good work!

Homework:

Catechism - Ws. 49 from Thursday
No Lit or English assignments
Math - Lesson 92, evens
No Science or History assignments

Have a great weekend!

See you on Sunday at 7:45 am in our classroom!

WoD: Palm Sunday

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Good Evening!

Graded papers made their way home today. Please look them over and sign the pink slip. There will be no progress report for the next couple of weeks as we are beginning the new quarter. I will let you know when I send them home.

Filled mission envelopes can be returned tomorrow as we continue to fund our 2nd Semester Mission: Friends of China. Thank you!

A HUGE thank you to all the parents who donated and served for our Lenten dinner last night...we served over 160 people. It was a great event. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 4b from Wednesday
Catechism - Ws. 49 on our daily "bread"
Memory Work - Hymn 132 st. 1, 2, and 5
No Lit assignment
English - Creative Writing assignmnet #21/22...full page challenge!
Math - Lesson 91, all
Science - Finish up landform activity in class tomorrow
History - Chapter 10 Test tomorrow
Spelling - Test tomorrow

WoD: cupcake

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

WI Badger day tomorrow...wear your Badger gear or just wear RED!

Welcome to Tuesday! (is it bad that I just almost wrote Wednesday?)

LENTEN SUPPER - Don't forget to bring in your items tonight or tomorrow. Thank You!

SLHS Taste of Shoreland Basket - We are the grilling room...please consider donating an item or two to the cause. Thank you!

Soccer started today for the girls...they were practically bouncing off of the walls. Next practice is this Friday.

SLHS Sacred Concert - This Friday at 7 pm at Shoreland. Please consider attending!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 4a from Monday
Catechism - Ws. 48 on the Third Petition due Thursday
No Memory Work
Lit - "The Pedestrian" - Pg. 329 #1-9 (special shout out to CU...she likes the word pedestrian apparently...)
English - We will test on Chapter 9 tomorrow. Do you know your vocabulary words?
No Math assignment
Science - Vocabulary activity on Lesson 1
History - Pg. 332 #1-12 and #6-12 in complete sentences and Wb. 69
Spelling - Assignment from Monday
Handwriting - Hectic writing activity and 20 spelling words

WoD: potatoes (we scrubbed a lot of them today!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to another snowy Monday!

Thank you again for all your help in donating towards the Lenten Supper. I am really looking forward to hosting this fellowship time for our congregation. What a great way for the students to serve!

If you can help at all on that night or your child would like to stay without you, please let me know. The more, the merrier.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 4a on Jesus' Crucifixion
Memory Work - 3rd Petition (3rd Paragraph)
Catechism - Ws. 47
Lit - Pg. 323 #1-6 in complete sentences
English - Ws. 45/43...tomorrow we review...Wednesday we test!
Math - Lesson 90, all...test tomorrow
History - Read Lesson 4, Notes, Wb. 68
Science - VoBo for Lesson 1 (just make it...no words due)
Spelling - Assignment from Mrs. Naker

WoD: blessed

God's Blessings to you!

Miss Lau

Welcome to the Weekend!

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to donate for the Lenten Supper. It is going to be fantastic - I cannot wait! I will do some shopping on Sunday so if you'd still like to help, text/call/email before then or talk to me at church on Sunday morning.

Homework:

Catechism - Lesson 47 worksheet
English - Ws. 44/42...keep working on those quotations!
Math - Lesson 89, all
History - Lesson 3, designated empires

WoD: soccer balls (the girls' will break in 15 new Adidas soccer balls next week!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Thappy Thursday!

We had a great day as the "top dogs" of the school. We enjoyed recess to ourselves and afternoon movie in the gym with popcorn.

Look for the folders to come home tonight with graded papers in them. Pink slips and mission envelopes can be returned tomorrow.

Lenten Supper Note - please check it out to see what is needed yet. We could also use some more parent/student volunteers. THANK YOU!

Don't forget: HALF DAY tomorrow!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 3b from Wednesday
Catechism - Ws. 47 "With Your Family"
Memory Work - Palm Sunday Song
Lit - Pg. 316 #1-9 in complete sentences
English - None
Math - Lesson Review sheet
Science - None
History - Read Lesson 3: assigned empires

WoD: popcorn

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to Wednesday...now that it is almost gone...

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 3b on Jesus Before Pilate
Catechism - Ws. 45 from Tuesday
Memory Work - 1st two parts of 3rd Petition
Lit - Read "Midnight Snack" and complete #1-7 in complete sentences
English - Ws. 43/41
Math - Lesson 88, odds
History - Read Lesson 3 on your assigned empire

Have a great rest of the night!

WoD: phone

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Welcome to Forensics Festival Day!

The students are very excited (and maybe a little nervous...) to share their pieces tonight. They all did a fantastic job in our mini-Fest the last few days. Please remember to be here early and DRESS TO IMPRESS. We start at 6 pm sharp tonight!

Sorry about the no post last night. The internet went down at school and by the time I sat down on the couch last night...I forgot to post!

Homework: (while we did assign homework today, the students had ample time to complete it in class)

Christ Light - Ws. 3a from Monday
Catechism - Ws. 46: With your Family
No Memory Work
Lit - Pg. 272 #1-6 in complete sentences
English - Ws. 42/40...we did alot of this in class today...learning about punctuating quotes!
Math - Lesson 87: Exit Cards (4 problems) and 6 selected problems from the book
No Science assignment
History - Read Lesson 2, Notes, and Wb. 66
Current Events - Read and Activity

WoD: orange

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Totally Terrific Thursday to you!

A few notes: 

1. Lenten Supper - Please consider donating an item or two to help with our supper on March 20. There is also a place on the note for signing up to help. I need students especially for the clean-up at around 6:15 and for helping to wash tables throughout the dinner. I need moms/dads at 2 pm to help set-up and to help serve. Thank you in advance! The suppers are a great way to fellowship with our members and it was truly missed this past week.

2. SLHS Taste of Shoreland Basket - Please consider donating to our GRILLING basket. Anything that relates to grilling is acceptable, though please don't send along meat. Our basket will go to SLHS for their tution assistance fundraiser. Attendees will bid on the basket and funds will go directly to Shoreland students. Thank you in advance!

3. No Progress Reports today. Report cards will come home in 2 weeks!

4. PTA presentation on Peer Issues will be tonight at 6:30 pm. See you here!

5. Forensics pieces MUST be here tomorrow. We will have our mini-Forensics Fest in our classroom tomorrow afternoon.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 2b

Catechism - Ws. 44 (must be done for tomorrow...we are having Catechism class on Friday!)

Memory Work - Hymn 304 st. 1-3

Lit - Pg. 267 #1-7 (Great story today...ask you child about it) and paragraph on the ups & downs of being ____

English - Vocabulary word box for Chapter 9, Lesson 1

Math - Lesson 85, all...TEST tomorrow!

History - Write a letter to your friend telling them about your African Safari...pictures welcome! (due Monday)

Spelling - TEST tomorrow!

Handwriting - Special assignments, see student's book

WoD: friends

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Devil's Pool at Victoria Falls....future field trip?

Happy Wednesday!

There is no Lenten supper tonight but please join us for church at 6:30 pm.

Look for lots of notes to come home tomorrow including the latest on the Lenten Supper that we are set to host on March 20!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 2b on the Betrayal in Gethsemane
Catechism - Ws. 43 from last week
Memory Work - 2nd Petition
Lit - class activity
English - None
Math - MLC Meet Math today...no new assignment
Science - Planet Earth
History - Read Lesson 1, Notes, and Wb. 65

WoD: Cheetos

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Happy Snow Day!

Just a reminder that whatever homework was due today is due Wednesday including Memory Work!

Enjoy your day off,

Miss Lau

Good Evening!

Homework:

Christ Light - Lesson 2a Worksheet
Catechism - Ws. 43 from last Thursday
Memory Work - 1st Petition
Lit - Abraham Lincoln Character Ladder (in class)
English - None
Math - Lesson 84, all

Short day today to allow the faculty of Bethany to collaborate on a few items with our faculty.

WoD: keys

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau