UPCOMING EVENTS

February 8 -PTL 7:00 p.m.

February 10—Preschool sings at Resthaven

February 16—Set up for Science Fair

February 17—City Spelling Bee

February 18—Trinity Science Fair

From the Principal...

Things are beginning to move very quickly here at school. It is apparent that, even though there is still snow on the ground, spring will be here before you know it.
Next week on Feb 17, the City Spelling Bee will be held at Winfield High School at 3:45. If you can make it, please come and support our spellers. The Science Fair judging will take place on February 17 as well. The Science Fair Open House will be on Thursday evening February 18.

Also on February 17, we begin the season of Lent. For Christians, this is a time of reflection, confession, and repentance as we follow our Lord to the cross. During the season of Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 17), Trinity Lutheran Church will hold Wednesday evening worship services beginning at 7:00. Prior to each service a meal will be served in the basement beginning at 5:30. Make plans now to join us for this time of worship.

Thanks once again to the students of the Rejoice Choir who sang at Mr. Somer’s funeral last Monday. It was a beautiful act of worship and tribute to God for His mercy in the life of His servant. I heard many positive comments about our selections.
The Life Skills sessions that were scheduled for Friday, January 29, and then cancelled due to the snow day, will be rescheduled for later this month.

“Following the Shepherd,”

Mr. Schotte


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SCHOOL SPELLING BEE

Congratulations to our spelling bee winners. They will represent Trinity in the City Spelling Bee on February 17.

1st place—Olivia McClung
2nd—Anna Gentry
3rd—Chelo Curtis
4th—Morgan Wilson

Alternates are Madison Sisson and Kara Eastman.

Good Luck Spellers!

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“Valentine’s Day” is our theme this week and our party is this Thursday, Feb. 11th from 9:30-11:00. We’re decorating shoeboxes for valentine mailboxes and will have a valentine exchange during the party.

A list of preschoolers was sent home last week. Please bring valentines for every child.

This Wednesday, Feb. 10th the 4 year olds will go by bus to Rest Haven during the morning with the kindergartners. We’ll sing some of our favorite songs and say “hi” to the residents.

Our Letter-of-the-Week is Rr. Next week for Ss some snack ideas are strawberries, sandwiches, sticks with fruit, cheese and sausage (shish-kabobs), saltine crackers with cheese, star-shaped snacks, and six or seven of something.

Mrs. Glasgow

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Wow! What an awesome class I have since I have returned to Trinity. They have learned many of their lessons so very well. This week will be so very busy with special activities. David Grimm celebrates his 6th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 10. That day will also be our one hundredth day of school. Kindergarteners, do not forget to bring your special collection of 100 things on Wednesday.

On Friday we will have our Valentine’s Day party – two days early because the holiday comes on Sunday this year. Sabrina Wilson’s family will help us celebrate at our party. I will provide the boxes to decorate for Valentine’s Day. Also, on Wednesday, the Preschool class and Kindergarteners will sing at 9:30A.M. for the Rest Haven residents. It’s such a good way for us to share our love of Jesus by singing for those who can not move around as easily and freely, as we can. When he was alive, Mr. Somer appreciated company and singers so very much.

We are still practicing our counting to one hundred by tens and by fives. We know our numbers so very well.

Mrs. Somer

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Welcome to Valentine’s Day week!!!! We have a lot of activities for this week. On Wednesday, we have our 100th day of school. We are going to make a trail mix made from 100 snack items. Please don’t feel like you have to buy something, use what you have at home. Ideas include: marshmallows, cereal, crackers, candy, and fruit snacks.

On Friday we will then have our Valentine’s Day party at 2:00. The parents helping are Amanda Lauffer, Jennifer Foust, and Anna McClung. I know we are going to have a blast. We will also be passing out valentines on Friday. Please make sure you bring one for everyone if you choose to bring them. A note listing all of the kid’s names went home last week. Let me know if you need another note. You can bring your valentines any day this week and we will put them in a special place until Friday.

We will have a box contest for the Valentine’s. Be creative with what you have at home. Please don’t go and buy a lot of stuff. Last year we had a robot and a stuffed animal that was converted to a Valentine’s carrier. The boxes can be brought anytime this week, I will find a safe place to store them till Friday.

Last Friday we made our Kansas Day Sunflower Cake. It was yummy and very cute. We had a chocolate cake in the center with chocolate chips for the seeds. Twinkies were used for the petals of the cake. Even though we were a week late because of our snow day, the kids still enjoyed it.

Keep reading for AR. Our school is doing well in the competition!! First grade is in 9th place out of 60ish schools, keep up the hard reading. I believe 2nd grade is in 19th place and 3rd grade is in the top 30. All of you are doing great you all have a chance to place very high.

If you every have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. I try to check it at least once a day. kmoore@trinitylutheranwinfield.com

1st Grade

The 1st grade will read “Mama’s Present”. We will be working on the long “a” spelled “ai” and “ay” and possessives. We will be taking our test on Friday. Make sure you are reading your story at home throughout week.

In Math, we are starting with chapter 13 today, which is about counting on, doubles, doubles plus one, and adding 3 numbers.

2nd Grade

The 2nd grade will be reading “I Like Where I Am”. We will be working on the dipthongs “oi” and “oy”. We will be taking our test on Friday. Make sure you are reading your story at home throughout week.

In math, we are working with money still. This is a great chance for you to get out some coins at home and help them with counting money!!

3rd Grade

The 3rd grade will be reading “Gertrude Ederle”. We will be working on multiple meaning words. We will also be taking a practice reading test that was put out by the state. This will help me know what the kids are struggling with still. We will be taking our test on Friday. Make sure you are reading your story at home throughout week. .

In math, we will be working on Time. We will be looking at analog and digital time. We will also be looking at different ways to say the same time using the words “half past”, “quarter past”, and “half past”.

Mrs. Moore

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During the spelling time last week, our students began taking the formative “practice” assessments on computers to begin preparations for the State Assessments. These are very helpful as they provide instant feedback on the results, and have a mandatory review feature built in. We will continue these practice and review sessions until we take the State Assessments during the week of March 29.

Though we are reviewing for assessments, we are continuing in our regular math curriculum as well. The 6th graders continue working with algebraic expressions and equations. We will move quickly through the next couple of chapters, and then jump around to cover all of the standards tested on the State Assessments.

Fifth graders are also working with algebraic and numeric expressions. They are learning the importance of following the correct order of operations in order to come up with the proper solution to multi-operational problems.

The fourth graders are doing very well with multiplication of 3- and 4-digit numbers. This week we will begin to look at division by 1-digit divisors.

Memory Work for this week: Grades 3-4 - “God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us. Ephesians 3:20, AND ALSO, “He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God . . . is faithful. 1 Corinthians 1:8-9.

Grades 5-8 – “It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect … He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. Psalm 18: 32, 34. They should also learn, “I can do everything through [Christ] who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13.

Our 5th and 6th graders have begun looking at the method and outline for writing 3-point expository essays in English. After we completed a sample essay together is class, one of the students said, “I think we did a pretty good job on that!” I completely agree and am anxious to see how the students perform on their individual writing.

Have a great week!

Mr. Schotte

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The Science Fair is fast approaching! Set up day for the Science Fair is Tuesday, February 16. Judging will be the 17th. Open House for the fair is February 18.


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SPELLING LISTS –Tests will be on THURSDAY this week. Workbook lessons are due on THURSDAY. Challenge words are extra credit. Spelling questions can be directed to Mrs. Waldorf

1st Mama’s Birthday Present

train way tail play day
may rain gray mail afraid
about teacher

2nd Grade – I Like Where I Am

joy noise royal moist broil
cowboy spoil joint foil enjoy
destroy loyal employee
Challenge: turquoise

3rd Grade- Gertrude Ederle

dentist editor artist hostess actress
swimmer seller tutor tourist organist
lioness shipper chemist investor conductor

4th Grade- The King in the Kitchen

brother together dinner popular center
calendar similar regular summer clever
supper pitcher filter hangar never
shelter cellar caterpillar theater deliver
Challenge: character, spectacular

5th Grade – Exploding Ants

cent sent scent threw through
weather whether their there they’re
chili chilly tide tied pale
pail aloud allowed course coarse
Challenge: bizarre, bazaar

6th Grade – Black Frontiers

precious commercial especially ancient gracious
position question suggestion friction lotion
potion digestion artificial glacier cautious
efficient sensational vicious official ration
Challenge: vaccination, beneficial

ACCELERATED READING

The race is on! The results for the AR Challenge with approximately 50 other Lutheran schools as of Feb. 4th:

1st grade- 9th place
2nd grade- 19th place
3rd grade – 21st place
4th grade – 27th place
5th grade – 14th place
6th grade – 29th place

Keep up the hard work!

OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS

DUE JANUARY 27

Taite—Do Tarantulas Have Teeth?
Room for a Little One
Don’t Eat the Teacher!

DUE FEBRUARY 3

Abby—My Life as Crocodile Junk Food
Alex—Nate the Great and the Case of the Fleeing Fang
Marley—Zeely Zebra; Fish
Mason—Fur, Feathers and Flippers
Travel by Water

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If you see blurry eyed kids in the hall, chances are they are the 7th and 8th graders.

We are learning to write a research paper in the APA style. This should prepare the students for high school papers and college too. The next two weeks will be very intensive with research, writing, and re-writing. Of course, we still have our other classes and studying for the State Assessments. Parents, please try to encourage early bed times. Not only are their brains still growing, we are really stretching them in class.

We look forward each week to learning more about each student (and the cupcakes are fun). This week we will be celebrating Abby Miller and Eric.

Mrs. Lawrence

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After School is held each day from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Cost is $5.00/day.

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BOXTOPS CONTEST

Set in the hallway are the boxes for the new contest. Items that count in the contest include, Box Tops, Campbell soup labels, Tyson labels and Apple Market receipts.

Please use the sheets to tape your box tops and Campbell soup labels. This really helps in counting. Tyson labels and Apple Market receipts can be but in box individually.

Our New Contest is going to be by classes, but some will be teamed together. Here are the groups competing against each other!! GOOD LUCK TEAMS. Last week, I arranged the teams and forgot 2nd grade. Here are the new teams. Each team consists of 14-15 kids. The winner will get a donut party!!!

1,2,3,5,7 grades

Kindergarten and 4th

Pre-K 3 and 8th grade

Pre-K 4 and 6th

CONTEST WILL END ON FRI., FEBRUARY 26

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