Bits and Pieces of Info to Make Life on the Ranch Easier to Manage

October 14, 2011

Whats Happening Around Town We completed our last full, five-day week together for a couple of weeks, and we sure enjoyed all we learned! The next couple of weeks will be packed with different activities, which include days off from school next Thursday and Friday for students as well as the Friday of the following week off for students due to parent-teacher conferences! The shortened weeks will still be packed with much to learn and accomplish, but I trust the time off from school will be a blessing to you and your family! I also wanted to let you know that this newsletter will include information for the next two weeks for a couple of different reasons. The weeks are short and busy with conferences, which is one reason why I am attempting to get all the information out now. The second reason is my upcoming absence the 25th and 26th. I wanted you to be aware that I will be at Mayo Clinic on those two days for some tests on my heart, but I plan on returning to school on Thursday and will be here for parent-teacher conferences. Mrs. Buell will be filling in for me while I am gone, and I am confident things will go well for her! If you have questions or concerns those two days, please let her know. I will do my best to address any matters that may arise when I return. I want to thank you for your patience with and prayers for me at this time! You all have been so gracious and kind! In closing, I want to encourage you to check out the Buckaroo Bits section of the newsletter as well as the Q and A section under Circle the Wagons. There is some important information you will want to know and keep track of in the coming weeks. Thank you, in advance, for your support at home! Miss Hult

Answers to Questions on the Ranch

A: If you have not signed up for a conference time already, please do so on the schedule outside our classroom door. If you need to make changes to your time slot, please let me know. Ive included the conference schedule below. Please remember that students do not have school on Friday, Oct. 28th due to conferences! I look forward to meeting with you for our short, twenty minute meeting! Thursday, Oct. 27th -Johnson - 4:40 - 5:00 -Vanlaningham - 5:00 - 5:20 -McDermott - 5:40 - 6:00 -Erickson - 6:00 - 6:20 -Bennett - 6:20 - 6:40 -Lee - 6:40 - 7:00 -Davenport - 7:00 - 7:20 -Hugen - 7:20 - 7:40 -Charlton - 7:40 - 8:00 Friday, Oct. 28th -Osborn - 8:00 - 8:20 -Mahoney - 10:00 - 10:20 -Herbel - 11:00 - 11:20 -Kline - 11:20 - 11:40 -Swope - 11:40 - 12:00 A: The conference questionnaire that is included in todays HORSE folder is a tool I use to help us better manage our time and accomplish as much as possible during conferences. It includes questions you might want to ask and room to ask any other you may have as well. I will share the answers with you during our conference! Please return your questionnaire by this Wednesday! Thank you!

Upcoming Lessons and Skills - Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, and Ishmael; Letter D Bible verse (tested on Thursday, Oct. 27) - Letters D, G, R, and F - Community helpers - Police officers and mailmen - Teens family numbers; identifying the face, hour-hand, and minute hand on the clock; telling time to the hour - Letters D, G, R, and F - Scientific Investigations

A Bible Course Map for the Upcoming Week - Abrahams Guests Destroy Sodom (Gen. 18:1 - 19:30) Angels visit Abraham and Sarah, and it is later revealed that one of the visitors was the Lord Himself. The two angels journeyed to the town of Sodom, but Abraham pleads with the Lord to save the city even if only a few men are righteous. The Lord must destroy the wicked city, but He allows Lot and his family to get out. Lots wife longingly looks back at the city and is turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his family were friends of the world, but Abraham was the friend of God. - Review of previous lessons. - Chapel review and extension. - Isaac and Ishmael (Gen. 21:1-21) Sarah gives birth to a little boy, Isaac, but throughout his childhood, he was teased by his half brother, Ishmael. Sarah asks Abraham to send Ishmael and his mother Hagar away in the desert. God protects them and saves them after Hagar cries out to Him in prayer. God hears and answers our prayers too!

****Please note that the Future Frontier column includes what we will be doing the next couple of weeks instead of information about only the upcoming week due to shortened weeks, my absence, and conferences. Thank you, again, for bearing with me at this busy time!

Quick Glimpse Calendar Monday, Oct. 17 - Items due for Fun-sized class basket Wednesday, Oct. 19 - Primary Chapel - Theme: Respect; Show and Tell Thursday and Friday, Oct. 20 - 21 Thursday, Oct. 27 - Evening parent-teacher conferences Friday, Oct. 28 due to parent-teacher conferences Saturday, Oct. 29 - ACA Auction (5 p.m.)