Fall is here!

Good Morning 4th grade families, 

Fall is upon us! Can you feel the cooler weather creeping in? YAY! As September comes to a close, we look ahead to our annual school auction on October 7th, Parent-Teacher conferences beginning the week of October 2nd, and a four-day weekend, October 13th to 16th. ! 

Looking ahead...

• Wednesday, September 27th - All School Mass at the Church led by us, the fourth graders
• Monday, October 2nd - 4th grade parent-teacher conferences begin 
• Saturday, October 7th - Run for the roses - school auction 
• Wednesday, October 11th - Half Day (parent-teacher conferences)
• Thursday, October 12th - Half Day 
• Friday, October 13th and Monday, October 16th - NO SCHOOL 

English Language Arts

Spelling Test on Homophones- Thursday, September 27th 

Grammar - Fragments, run-on sentences, and proper nouns 

Reading - This week's story is a Tall Tale, and students will come to learn and understand what makes a story a tall tale by creating a Tall Tale wheel and watching the video, Paul Bunyan.  The Reading test will be Friday, September 28th 

Writing - Students will make revisions to their state reports, add a picture of their state flag, and print it. We will also work on getting our postcards out to the schools in other states.

Social Studies

Students will be assessed on BOTH the states and capitals from the West region. on Tuesday, September 26th. We will then move to learning about the Midwest region states. 

Math 

The students will use place value understanding to round multi-digit numbers to any place value.  They will use the vertical number line and the standard algorithm. 

The x4 test will be coming up soon, so please practice those facts! 

Science

Students will be working on the open book packet for lesson 2: Classifying Living Things. The purpose of this activity to help students get into the habit of going back into the text to find their answers. 

Religion 

This week we will learn more about Our Lady Fatima. We will draw posters for the Diocesan Rosary Poster Contest.