John Thomas has been on the All About Me board for a while. Here are some things about him:

Family: Dad, Mom, Ivy

Friends: Caroline, Jefferson, Mrs. Burton

Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite book: Day of the Dragon King

Favorite sport: ping pong

Favorite animals: kittens & cats

Birthday: July 29

Favorite tv show: Sponge Bob

Places I love to go: skating rink & Gatlinburg

Favorite subject: English

Favorite color: Blue

3 wishes: More wishes, to be rich, have a personal car

Things I love to do: ride rides at the fair with my mom

Favorite holiday: Halloween

When I grow up: a teacher

Reminders

Remember that tomorrow night will be our Christmas Program at 6:00. Please have your child here by 5:45. He/she should wear khaki bottoms and a white top. There will be a chili supper immediately following the program. $5/person $15/family. Please join us for food, fellowship, and fun.
Friday will be our last day for the nine weeks and the semester!! We will begin with a breakfast buffet in the "big room" at 8am. Floowing breakfast we will go to our classroom for gift exchange. We will be finished by 10 am.
We hope that every one will have a safe, happy Christmas and a joyous New Year. Remember that Christ's love is the true meaning of this season.

Busy schedule

I hope that everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday. We are looking forward to a wonderful season of celebrating Jesus. There are many activities scheduled. Please keep your green newsletter handy for reminders on these dates.
Don't forget:
Wednesday is picture day. Wear a navy shirt.
Friday Kindergarten and 1st grade wills ing at 1st National Bank from 3-3:30
Also Friday we will be working on the Christmas Parade float at 5:30 at Kidd Ford
Saturday, December 1- Christmas Parade 2:30
Tuesday December 4- Christmas in the Park 6:00
Tuesday December 11- grades 2-4 will sing at the Noon Exchange Club
Thursday December 13- Christmas Program and Dinner 6:00. Be in your classroom at 5:45
Friday December 14- Last day 8-10 am. Christmas Breakfast Party. More information coming soon.

Reminders

Remember that items for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes are due tomorrow. Thanksgiving Lunch with be Friday, November 16.
There will be no school next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Dawn Winton will be here to take pictures for the yearbook on Wednesday, November 28. Wear a navy shirt. Girls may wear a navy jumper and white shirt.
Be on the lookout for a list of events for the month of December. There are lots of exicting holiday activities coming.

Thank you

A big thank you to my students and their parents for taking me out to a surprise birthday lunch on Friday! What a sweet group of people! Thank you for the gifts and the great fellowship during lunch. I also want to say a special thank you to Mrs. Bridget's Kindergarten class for having a surprise birthday party for me after lunch with cupcakes and balloons. You all are the best bunch of smarties I have ever known. I feel so blessed to work in such a joyful place full of friends and loved ones. I don't deserve such niceness. Thank you again.

Mrs. Burton

Thank you

A big thank you to all of our parents for helping to make our party so much fun yesterday. Thanks to Mrs. Jodi for buying pizza for us and reading to us. Thanks to the Wintons for having great games and fun planned. Thanks to Mrs. Jamie for the terrific caramel apples. Everyone looked so great in costume and had a super time. The weather was awesome too. I left my digital camera cord at home todya, but pictures will be posted soon.

Halloween Reminders

Tomorrow is Halloween in case anyone has their head in the sand. Since it is a regular chapel day, they students will wear chapel attire in the morning. They will be allowed to change into their costumes before lunch. Oral book reports are to be given tomorrow. If your child dresses up, it should be a costume of his/her book character. Costumes are not mandatory. Mrs. Jodi has volunteered to buy pizza for us for lunch, and we will begin party festivities after lunch. Thank you in advance to the Wintons for organizing the party.
Today we will read "The Pumpkin Patch Parable" by Liz Curtis Higgs, and we will carve a pumpkin. I hope that everyone has a safe and happy Halloween. Remember to "shine with
the light of Jesus"!

All Ablout Me

Jefferson is on the All About Me board this week. It took him a while to gather all of his things, but once he did, his board looks great. Here are some things that are all about Jefferson:

Family: Dad, Mom, Morgan, Adam

Friends: Cameron, John

Some of his favorites:

Food: Corn dog

Subject: Math

Sport: Tennis, football

Plces to go: Mexico, Disney World

Book: Harry Potter

Holiday: Christmas

Animal: Dogs

Color: Red

TV Show: The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

Things I Love to do: Climb, hike

When I Grow Up: doctor

Birthday: July 11

If I Had 3 Wishes: to be rich, to have a go cart, to have a snake

Halloween party

We have been invited to have a joint Halloween party with 3rd grade. Mr. and Mrs. Winton will be oraganizing the party and activities for us. Thanks to 3rd grade for iniviting us.
We would like to invite all friends and family to join us at Covenant for Friends and Family Sunday this week. We will have food, games, friends and great fellowship after 10:30 service.
We will also have a Harvest Carnival Wednesday, Ocotober 31 at 6pm. Come join us for these fun activities.

Thanks!

We want to say a big thank you to all parents for attending Parent Teacher Conferences. I am so proud of these students. They did a super job with student lead conferences. I thought they were all well prepared, and very pleased to show work samples to parents. Way to go parents and students!

Reminders

Just a reminder that report cards will go out on Monday, October 22. Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, October 23 from 3-6 pm. A letter will come home so that you can schedule a time with me. You will need to bring your 4th grader with you because our conferences are student lead. Your student will show you a portfolio of some of his/her work and share with you what he/she has learned this nine weeks. You will also have the opportunity to set goals for this quarter with your student. This is a very exciting activity that helps your child become more responsible for his/her learning.
Also don't forget Family Talent Night and trpohiy presentations tonight at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be served by the PAT following the program.
School pictures will be made on Thursday. You will be able to view your proofs that afternoon.

Picture Day

Smile!!!! School pictures will be made on Thursday, October 18. School uniforms must be worn for these pictures. They will be in the yearbook.

Family Talent Night

Don't forget Family Talent Night Tuesday, October 16 at 6:30 pm.

John Thomas's multiplacation sundae

This is my sundae. You have to learn your 1's,2's,3's,4's,5's,6's,7's,8's,9's,10's,11's,12's. It took me a long time to learn them. I am so proud of myself.

Multiplication Sundaes

In class, when everybody got all their multipication we were going to have a sundae party! We had to get to 12 before we could have a party. October 5 is when we had the party. Our parents got to come. It was a great party. Thank you Mrs. Burton!!!!!

What's the scoop on multiplication?

The scoop is that everyone was able to say all multiplication tables. What a great job they did! Everyone worked really hard to learn these. They were rewarded with a banana split party. Parents came to join us, and we had a nice time together. Pictures of the party are coming soon!

See You at the Pole

We had a great time at "See You at the Pole". What an honor it was to be able to pray together with our families an friends. As you can see, even the babies participated. Aren't they cute. Thanks to John Thomas and Jefferson for holding the flags. Great job guys.

Jefferson's plant & animal cell

This is my plant and animal cell. Animal cells and plant cells are different because a plant cell has a cell wall and chloroplast. they are alike because they both have a cell membrane, a nucleus, and cytoplasm, vacuole, chromosomes, and mitochondrion.

John Thomas's plant and animal cell

There are a lot of things that make up a plant and animal cell. Like a nucleous; vacuole and other things. I hope that you like it.

Caroline's Science Project

These are my plant and animal cells. I made them out of fishing line, yarn, play-doh, buttons, and sticks. At the bottom of the paper I made a key to tell what the objects were.
Caroline

Construction!!!

YEAH !! We finally have construction crews on site to start working on our new building. This is a very welcome sight. How exciting for all of us at CA! Check back often to see the building as it progresses.

Needed project items

We have several hands on activities/projects that we will be working on in the coming days. There are items that we need help collecting. It would be so helpful to us if you could start gathering these items and sending them in ASAP. Some of the items are:
more magazines, pictures of dogs (magazine or newspaper), small, empty, clear plastic bottles (water bottles), empty orange juice cylinders, a small potted tree, yarn, a small amount of sand, votive candles, small, bite sized candies (Hershey's kisses, Starbursts, etc. ), a nutcracker, a few walnuts, stationary including envelopes.
Thank you tremendously for your time and effort in being involved in your child's education. As always, you are welcome to visit us during the school day at any time to observe or even participate in any of these activities with your 4th grader. Let me know if you are interested and I will provide you with approproate times.

A social studies mural

This is a social studies mural the students did on Ancient Indians from chapter one. They had a great time drawing each part and discussing how each group of indians obtained food and other necessary items. We took a picture of it before we cut it apart for each student to take their section home. Nice work!

Caught Being Good!

Caroline was "Caught Being Good" this week. During an activity with index cards, she loaned some to another student before I could get some out of my desk to loan to him. She has a very generous spirit and a helpful nature. Thank you, Caroline. What a great asset you are to our classrrom.

Fourth Grade Fun at the Fair

What a great time we all had at the fair! All of the students were so well behaved and had a great time. Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to drive and chaperone us on the trip. We couldn't have gone without you. A big shout of thanks to the Covenant Academy food booth, Mrs. Earline, and Mr. Geoff for feeding and watering us. It was awesome.

News for the week

School shirt order forms are going out today. Last day to order will be Wednesday, September 26.
Midterm Progress Reports are also going home today. Please sign these and return on Tuesday.
We will have a quiz tomorrow on chapters 1-5 in Because of Winn Dixie. We reviewed the chapter today.
We will have chapter 4 math test Thursday, chapter 1 science test Friday, and spelling test and memory verse quiz on Friday. Memory verse is the same as last week: Deuteronomy 13:4.
Pictures from the field trip to the fair and more information about upcoming classroom activities and needed materials are coming soon!!

Caught Being Good!

John Thomas was "Caught Being Good" for helping with trash and cleaning. He was the only student left one day last week , and he helped clean the whole room for me. Thanks JT! What a good example.

Caroline's Palace

I was so excited when I heard we were going to make palaces. I made it out of a shoebox, sticks, rocks, and spraypaint. My mom helped me make it.

Fair Week

Come join us for a field trip to the Fair on Thursday, September 13. We will visit the exhibits and eat lunch at the food booth. We need volunteers to drive. A permission note with all the details will be sent home today (Monday). Please return the note Tuesday.

Also remember there is no school on Friday, September 14 for Fair Day. Students will be participating in Fair Day event on the back field at 9:00 am. All students entered in the events need to be there no later than 8:45. Please wear a Covenant Academy t-shirt if you are participating. Those of you who aren't participating can come to cheer for your classmates, and let that school spirit shine. Hope to see you there.

John Thomas's palace

This is my palace. I made it all by myself. It took me about 1 hour and thirty minuites to make it. I love my palace. I hope you like it. It is the best craft that I've made this summer....

Jefferson's palace

This is my Solomon's palace. I learned he used the wisdom that God gave him.

posted by Jefferson

Needed items

Next week we will need old magazines that we can cut pictures out of for 2 different projects.
Each student needs an index card box and a pack of index cards.
We also need treats for our Goody Box.

Thanks for your help with these items.

Fair Reminders

Please bring 1 EACH of McCormick Original and Mild Chili Seasoning to school by Monday, September 10. This will go a long way toward helping with the Fair Booth. Also please double check the hours that you or your family members signed up to work. Thanks to everyone who has volunteered your time already.

PS- A fair field trip for Thursday is in the works. shhhhh! All the details will come on Monday.

Caught Being Good!

Caroline was "Caught Being Good" this week for helping Jefferson clean the board. Caroline is always so helpful and polite. She is a true young lady. We hope that Caroline is having a great time on her trip and that she returns safely.
Stay tuned for next week's "Caught Being Good"

P.A.T. Meeting

There will be an organizational meeting for the P.A.T. on Thursday, Spetember 6 at 5:30 p.m. Officers will be elected at this meeting. Please attend if you are able.

New literature unit

Next week we will begin a literature unit on Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. We have begun to read this book some in class, but will get further into our study next week. Having a copy of the book is not a requirement, but if you alerady have one at home, or would like to pick one up, that would be great. Your child will construct a portfolio of their work on this unit for you to see when it is finished. This is a heartwarming tale that is full of life lessons for children and adults. It is my FAVORITE children's book. I look forward to sharing it with these students.

All About Me

Caroline has been on the "All About Me" board this week. Here are some things that are All About Caroline:

Family-Phillip, Tonya, Andrew

Birthday- July 6

Favorite sport-tennis

Favorite animals-cats, koalas, & pandas

Friends- Mileah, Abby, Kaylee

Places she loves to go- Disneyworld & Mexico

Favorite TV show- Hannah Montana

Favorite book- Mercy Watson

Favorite color- pink

Favorite food- pizza

Favorite subject- math

Things she likes to do- sing, dance, play tennis

When she grows up she wants to be a teacher

Holiday she enjoys most- Christmas

If she had 3 wishes: a little sister, meet Miley, and to be famous

*** Stay Tuned: Jefferson will be our next All About Me feature!

Reminders

There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, September 3. See you Tuesday.
Your child's shoebox replica of Solomon's palace should be completed and returned on Tuesday.
PLEASE, PLEASE work on addition and subtraction facts with your child. We will have Chapter 3 Math test on Wednesday. They are having trouble with knowing their facts.
Also there will be no school on Friday, September 14 for Fair Day. See you there!
Have a wonderful, restful 3 day weekend. You all deserve it. I will be packing so that I can move next week! Yeah!!!

Bible craft

Today we worked on making replicas of Solomon's palace. When everything dries the students will bring them home to be spray painted. The models should be returned to school on Tuesday, September 4 for us to use in next week's Bible lessons.

Fair Food Booth

Thanks to all of you who have already signed up to work the Food Booth. This endeavor would be impossible without your support. Don't forget we will have a Food Booth Clean up day again this Saturday, September 1 from 9am-12pm.

Goody Box

We need bags of individually wrapped treats/candies for our classroom "Goody Box". Students get something from the "Goody Box" occasionally for extra good behavior, class participation, showing effort and enthusiasm for learning, and just about anything else that I want to reward them for. Cap erasers are also great for the goody box. Everyone loves a nice, clean eraser. Thanks for helping us out with this.

Tests, tests, tests!

Just a reminder that we will have Chapter 1 Social Studies test tomorrow. It will be open book. The students have completed a review in class today.
We will also have a reading test on the story Yingtao's New Friend on Thursday. All reading tests are also open book. It is great TCAP practice for the students to "look up" the answers. Friday will also be the spelling test on lesson 10 and memory verse quiz.

See You at the Pole

Join us on Wednesday, September 26 at 8:00 am in the front parking lot for See You at the Pole! We will gather with students, teachers, parents, family, and friends to pray together. You can order "See You at the Pole" shirts to wear that day. The last day for orders is Friday, August 31. See you there!

Thank you SOOO much!

I want to give a BIG thanks to Tonya Scott for coming in to help me set up our classroom blog. What a great help she is! All of my parents at Covenant Academy are so cooperative and helpful. Serving the Lord here at CA is an absolute dream for me and my family.

Tuesday's Bible Lesson

Today we made "bumper stickers" with this week's memory verse on them. The children worked really hard and are excited about finding a place to stick their "bumper stickers".

Don't forget!

Don't forget shoeboxes for our Bible project this week! Bring them in by Wednesday.