Newsletter November 18th-22nd

Math: Students will complete Investigation 4B then review for a Test Wednesday, then work on lessons 41 and 42.

Reading: Our theme this week is The Great Plains Indians.  There will be a quiz on Friday reviewing Reading Skills and Vocabulary.

Art: This week students are finishing their own movement in art like artist Sonia Delaunay.

  

Library Days: Each Tuesday the 4th graders are able to select two reading books of their choice. Please note that books need to be turned in by 8:20 a.m. Tuesday morning.

To search books in our CCLS Library please use this link: CCLS Library 

Scholastic Book Club: You may place book orders online through Scholastic Book Club through Wednesday, December 11th.  These will be here in time for Christmas, if you plan on giving any of these book orders as Christmas gifts please let me know I can arrange to give them to you at a different time.  Check out the catalog online. Please use our parent code to log in and order your books.  There is also a scholastic link to the Book Club page on the right side of this blog.  Happy Reading!
Parent Code: J3XC6

Pizza Hut Book IT!  Read Your Heart Out!
Book IT! Parent Letter - Please Read
From October - March your child will have an opportunity to fill out their Book IT! reading calendar saying they read 20 minutes a day.  When they turn in their form, they will receive a certificate to Pizza Hut for a free, one-topping Personal Pizza for their reading achievement.
Find a good book and start reading!

Please continue to fill out your November calendar reading minutes!

See what students are learning in Music with Mrs. Killian.  Remember to have your child practice their recorder a little each night. :)  

Check out Mrs. Brannan's blog for updates on memory work, spelling lists, field trips, and much more!

Save those BOX TOPS!
Each class will compete to collect the most box tops for the school.  The box tops are collected and turned in for money used to support the school.

Important Dates

November 27th-29th - NO School Thanksgiving Break

December 4th or 5th - Santa's Workshop
December 16th - Advent Service at Concordia Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.
December 20th - Little Sisters of the Poor/Crown Candy Field Trip, Christmas Parties, Last Day of Second Quarter
December 23rd-January 3rd - NO School, Christmas Break

Newsletter November 11th-15th

CCLS Sunday: Please join us for worship at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Sunday, November 10th at the 9:00 a.m. service.  The middle school choir will be singing.  Please join us as we thank the congregation for supporting our school.

Student Teacher: Ms. Peacock is student teaching with Mrs. Brannan and I until Christmas.  She is completing her Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education through Concordia University - Seward, Nebraska.  She is teaching to the 4th graders while she is here.  Please give her a CCLS welcome when you see her. :)  

Math: Students will complete Lessons 37-40 and Investigation 4A. 

Reading: Our theme this week is Snakes. In my opinion-yuck!! Students will work through a few stories such as Dear Mr. Winston while practicing comprehension and drawing conclusion skills.

Art: This week students will begin learning about artists Sonia Delaunay and how she used different circles and colors to express herself through artwork. 

  

Library Days: Each Tuesday the 4th graders are able to select two reading books of their choice. Please note that books need to be turned in by 8:20 a.m. Tuesday morning.

To search books in our CCLS Library please use this link: CCLS Library 

Scholastic Book Club: You may place book orders online through Scholastic Book Club through Wednesday, December 11th.  These will be here in time for Christmas, if you plan on giving any of these book orders as Christmas gifts please let me know I can arrange to give them to you at a different time.  Check out the catalog online. Please use our parent code to log in and order your books.  There is also a scholastic link to the Book Club page on the right side of this blog.  Happy Reading!
Parent Code: J3XC6

Pizza Hut Book IT!  Read Your Heart Out!
Book IT! Parent Letter - Please Read
From October - March your child will have an opportunity to fill out their Book IT! reading calendar saying they read 20 minutes a day.  When they turn in their form, they will receive a certificate to Pizza Hut for a free, one-topping Personal Pizza for their reading achievement.
Find a good book and start reading!

Please continue to fill out your November calendar reading minutes!

See what students are learning in Music with Mrs. Killian.  Remember to have your child practice their recorder a little each night. :)  

Check out Mrs. Brannan's blog for updates on memory work, spelling lists, field trips, and much more!

Save those BOX TOPS!
Each class will compete to collect the most box tops for the school.  The box tops are collected and turned in for money used to support the school.

Important Dates

November 10th - 9 a.m. Church Service CCLS Sunday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

November 27th-29th - NO School Thanksgiving Break

December 4th or 5th - Santa's Workshop
December 16th - Advent Service at Concordia Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.
December 20th - Little Sisters of the Poor/Crown Candy Field Trip, Christmas Parties, Last Day of Second Quarter
December 23rd-January 3rd - NO School, Christmas Break

Team Building-Acting Out Machines

Today we worked on team building skills.  

Groups worked together to act out different machines in class.

Newsletter November 4th-8th

Student Teacher: Ms. Peacock is student teaching with Mrs. Brannan and I until Christmas.  She is completing her Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education through Concordia University - Seward, Nebraska.  She will begin teaching to the 4th graders while she is here.  Please give her a CCLS welcome when you see her. :)  

Math: Students will complete Lessons 34 and 35.  They will review Wednesday for a Test Thursday.  Then complete lesson 36 Friday.

Reading: Our theme this week is Bright Ideas.  Students will read about Thomas Edison and Ben Franklin.  They are working on the skill of identifying problems and solutions.  There vocabulary words this week are: hilarious, convinced, mischief, independence, (come in) handy, dizzy, whirlwind, nowadays.

Art: This week students will begin learning about artists Sonia Delaunay and how she used different circles and colors to express herself through artwork. 

  

 

Library Days: Each Tuesday the 4th graders are able to select two reading books of their choice. Please note that books need to be turned in by 8:20 a.m. Tuesday morning.

To search books in our CCLS Library please use this link: CCLS Library 

Scholastic Book Club: The Scholastic Book Fair is at our school from November 4th-7th.  The next online book order I will place is before Christmas.  You may place book orders online through Scholastic Book Club through Wednesday, December 11th.  Check out the catalog online. Please use our parent code to log in and order your books.  There is also a scholastic link to the Book Club page on the ride side of this blog.  Happy Reading!
Parent Code: J3XC6

Pizza Hut Book IT!  Read Your Heart Out!
Book IT! Parent Letter - Please Read
From October - March your child will have an opportunity to fill out their Book IT! reading calendar saying they read 20 minutes a day.  When they turn in their form, they will receive a certificate to Pizza Hut for a free, one-topping Personal Pizza for their reading achievement.
Find a good book and start reading!

Please turn in any completed October Book IT! Calendars this week to receive a free pizza.

See what students are learning in Music with Mrs. Killian.  Remember to have your child practice their recorder a little each night. :)  

Check out Mrs. Brannan's blog for updates on memory work, spelling lists, field trips, and much more!

Save those BOX TOPS!
Each class will compete to collect the most box tops for the school.  The box tops are collected and turned in for money used to support the school.

Important Dates

November 4th-7th - Scholastic Book Fair

Novemeber 5th - National Autism Awareness Tour - 7-9 p.m. Mr. Likens will speak about Autism at Concorida Lutheran Church

November 7th - PATT Family Dinner and Education Night - Webster Gardens

November 10th - CCLS Sunday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
November 27th-29th - NO School Thanksgiving Break

December 4th or 5th - Santa's Workshop
December 16th - Advent Service at Concordia Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.
December 20th - Little Sisters of the Poor/Crown Candy Field Trip, Christmas Parties, Last Day of Second Quarter
December 23rd-January 3rd - NO School, Christmas Break

Newsletter October 28th - November 1st

Student Teacher: The new face around 4th grade is Ms. Peacock.  She is student teaching with Mrs. Brannan and I until Christmas.  She is completing her Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education through Concordia University - Seward, Nebraska.  Please give her a CCLS welcome when you see her. :)  

Math: Students will review Monday and test Tuesday over lessons 1-25.  Then they will work on lessons 31-33 this week.

Reading: Our theme this week is traveling.  Students will work on finding clues to make inferences about characters in our story My Diary from Here to There.  We will have a test on Friday over vocabulary words from this story and we will review vocabulary words from Mighty Jackie. 

Vocabulary Words: muttered, gaped, legendary, fluke, insult, flinched, snickering, overheard, unions, opportunities, strikes, boycotts, border, and citizen.
Art: This week students will begin learning about artists Sonia Delaunay and how she used different circles and colors to express herself through artwork.   

 

Library Days: Each Tuesday the 4th graders are able to select two reading books of their choice. Please note that books need to be turned in by 8:20 a.m. Tuesday morning.

To search books in our CCLS Library please use this link: CCLS Library 

Scholastic Book Club: You may place book orders online through Scholastic Book Club through Thursday, October 31st.  Check out the catalog online.  Please use our parent code to log in and order your books.  There is also a scholastic link to the Book Club page on the ride side of this blog.  Happy Reading!
Parent Code: J3XC6

Pizza Hut Book IT!  Read Your Heart Out!
Book IT! Parent Letter - Please Read
From October - March your child will have an opportunity to fill out their Book IT! reading calendar saying they read 20 minutes a day.  When they turn in their form, they will receive a certificate to Pizza Hut for a free, one-topping Personal Pizza for their reading achievement.
Find a good book and start reading!

See what students are learning in Music with Mrs. Killian.  Remember to have your child practice their recorder a little each night. :)  

Check out Mrs. Brannan's blog for updates on memory work, spelling lists, field trips, and much more!

Save those BOX TOPS!
Each class will compete to collect the most box tops for the school.  The box tops are collected and turned in for money used to support the school.

Important Dates

October 30th - Picture Retakes at Webster

November 4th-7th - Scholastic Book Fair

Novemeber 5th - National Autism Awareness Tour - 7-9 p.m. Mr. Likens will speak about Autism at Concorida Lutheran Church

November 7th - PATT Family Dinner and Education Night - Webster Gardens

November 10th - CCLS Sunday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
November 27th-29th - NO School Thanksgiving Break

December 4th or 5th - Santa's Workshop
December 16th - Advent Service at Concordia Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.
December 20th - Little Sisters of the Poor/Crown Candy Field Trip, Christmas Parties, Last Day of Second Quarter
December 23rd-January 3rd - NO School, Christmas Break

Newsletter October 21st and 22nd

Reminder: This week our schedule is different.
Botanical Gardens Field Trip - Monday, October 21st
Tuesday is an early dismissal day at 12:00, lunch will NOT be served.
Student-Led Conferences Tuesday afternoon/evening and Wednesday morning
Wednesday-Friday NO School

Please give a friendly CCLS welcome to our student teacher - Amber Peacock.
This quarter, Amber Peacock will be student teaching with Mrs. Brannan and myself.  Amber is a a student at Concordia University-Seward, Nebraska.  

Math: Students will work on Investigation 3 about Area as well as a project on area and perimeter.

Reading: Tuesday we will be reading a trade book Perimeter, Area, and Volume A Monster Book of Dimensions by David A. Adler.  This coincides with our math Investigations 2 and 3.

Book Reports are hanging in the hallway and look wonderful!  Make sure to check these out after your child's student-led conference.

Art: Louise Nevelson Sculptures are also hanging in the hallway, be sure to take a look at your child's beautiful masterpieces!

Library Days: We will have library again on Tuesday, October 29th.

To search books in our CCLS Library please use this link: CCLS Library 

Please pray for Dr. Killian (Chad's Dad) and John and Beth Basler (CCLS parents) as they are in Uganda helping the children and families at CCLS-Uganda.  

Scholastic Book Club: You may place book orders online through Scholastic Book Club through Thursday, October 31st.  Check out the catalog online.  Please use our parent code to log in and order your books.  There is also a scholastic link to the Book Club page on the ride side of this blog.  Happy Reading!

Parent Code: J3XC6

Pizza Hut Book IT!  Read Your Heart Out!

Book IT! Parent Letter - Please Read

From October - March your child will have an opportunity to fill out their Book IT! reading calendar saying they read 20 minutes a day.  When they turn in their form, they will receive a certificate to Pizza Hut for a free, one-topping Personal Pizza for their reading achievement.

Find a good book and start reading!

October Calendar to mark reading minutes - due the first week in November 

See what students are learning in Music with Mrs. Killian.  Remember to have your child practice their recorder a little each night. :)  

Check out Mrs. Brannan's blog for updates on memory work, spelling lists, field trips, and much more!

Save those BOX TOPS!
Each class will compete to collect the most box tops for the school.  The box tops are collected and turned in for money used to support the school.

Important Dates

October 21st - Field Trip to Missouri Botanical Gardens

October 22nd - 12:00 p.m. Dismissal; Student-Led Conferences

October 23rd-25th - No School; Lutheran Education Conference

October 30th - Picture Retakes at Webster

November 4th-7th - Scholastic Book Fair

November 7th - PATT Family Dinner and Education Night - Webster Gardens

Novemeber 5th - National Autism Awareness Tour - 7-9 p.m. Mr. Likens will speak about Autism at Concorida Lutheran Church

November 10th - CCLS Sunday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
November 27th-29th - NO School Thanksgiving Break

December 4th or 5th - Santa's Workshop
December 16th - Advent Service at Concordia Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.
December 20th - Little Sisters of the Poor/Crown Candy Field Trip, Christmas Parties, Last Day of Second Quarter
December 23rd-January 3rd - NO School, Christmas Break

Newsletter October 14th-18th

Math: Students will work through lessons 27-30 and begin a project on area.

Reading: We will continue to work with our Baseball theme this week and read the main story Mighty Jackie: The Strike-out Queen.  Students will be working on making inferences and analyzing the author's purpose for writing a story.  They will have a short quiz over Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen with vocabulary and a check point about author's purpose on Friday.

Book Report:  Mystery
Due: Thursday, October 17th
When reading their book, students should take notes on these items: main character, setting, conflict, supporting characters, rising action, connections, climax and resolution, and finally their personal review.  To find the notes page click here: Notes for Mystery Story
The final report will be typed in their Google Drive using a document I have created and shared with them. We will print them in class or you may print them at home.

Art: Please view your child's Animation Project: How Failure Leads to Success with them.  They look great!  Also, look for their completed sculptures hanging in the hallway.

Library Days: Each Tuesday the 4th graders are able to select two reading books of their choice. Please note that books need to be turned in by 8:20 a.m. Tuesday morning.

To search books in our CCLS Library please use this link: CCLS Library 

Please pray for Dr. Killian (Chad's Dad) and John and Beth Basler (CCLS parents) as they prepare for their medical mission trip to CCLS-Uganda.  

Scholastic Book Club: You may place book orders online through Scholastic Book Club through Thursday, October 31st.  Check out the catalog online.  Please use our parent code to log in and order your books.  There is also a scholastic link to the Book Club page on the ride side of this blog.  Happy Reading!
Parent Code: J3XC6

Pizza Hut Book IT!  Read Your Heart Out!
Book IT! Parent Letter - Please Read
From October - March your child will have an opportunity to fill out their Book IT! reading calendar saying they read 20 minutes a day.  When they turn in their form, they will receive a certificate to Pizza Hut for a free, one-topping Personal Pizza for their reading achievement.
Find a good book and start reading!

See what students are learning in Music with Mrs. Killian.  Remember to have your child practice their recorder a little each night. :)  

Check out Mrs. Brannan's blog for updates on memory work, spelling lists, field trips, and much more!

Save those BOX TOPS!
Each class will compete to collect the most box tops for the school.  The box tops are collected and turned in for money used to support the school.

Important Dates

October 18th - Report Card Released; Fall Parties
October 21st - Field Trip to Missouri Botanical Gardens
October 22nd - 12:00 p.m. Dismissal; Student-Led Conferences
October 23rd-25th - No School; Lutheran Education Conference

October 30th - Picture Retakes at Webster

November 4th-7th - Scholastic Book Fair

November 7th - PATT Family Dinner and Education Night - Webster Gardens

Novemeber 5th - National Autism Awareness Tour - 7-9 p.m. Mr. Likens will speak about Autism at Concorida Lutheran Church

November 10th - CCLS Sunday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
November 27th-29th - NO School Thanksgiving Break

December 4th or 5th - Santa's Workshop
December 16th - Advent Service at Concordia Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.
December 20th - Little Sisters of the Poor/Crown Candy Field Trip, Christmas Parties, Last Day of Second Quarter
December 23rd-January 3rd - NO School, Christmas Break