Merry Christmas !

Happy Monday! Please note that this post will serve as our last blog post for 2017. we will resume our weekly posts upon our return from Christmas break. 

We wish all of your families a very Merry Christmas! May your holiday be filled with love, joy, and laughter. Those of you are traveling, be safe. We will see you all in 2018! 

Looking Ahead....

• Wednesday, December 13th - School Performance of the Christmas Concert at 10 AM
• Wednesday, December 13th - Reconciliation for ALL 4th graders at 1:00 PM
• Thursday, December 14th - Viewing (teaser) of the 8th Grade Play at 10 AM
• Wednesday, December 20th - All School Gift Mass @ 10:30 AM in the Church
• Thursday, December 21st - Christmas Party Pancake Breakfast Bar - 8:30 am  

English Language Arts

There will not be any spelling homework or a spelling test this week. 

Reading - We will continue to look at lesson 11 and focus on the skill of text and graphic features. There will be a reading assessment on Friday, December 15th. 

Writing - The students are in the home stretch of finishing up their Persuasive paragraphs. We will print them this week and a copy will go home with them to share with you. We will also work on a mini persuasive project titled, Elf for Hire.

Social Studies 

This week and next we will spend some time learning about Christmas traditions in other countries.

Math 

The students are continuing to multiply using arrays and the area model.

Science

We are working in Chapter 5: Lesson 3. We will be discussing erosion and weathering.

Religion

We are in the Second Week of Advent. We are preparing for Christmas by discussing ways we can slow down and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

First Week of Advent

Good Morning All! 

As we enter into the season of Advent, let us remember to take time daily to pause and reflect for prayer. The students will be praying the Examine daily. 

Looking ahead...

• Friday, December 8th - All School Mass at 10:30 in the Church. This is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. 
• Wednesday, December 13 - Reconciliation at 1:00 pm for all 4th graders
• Friday, December 15th - High School Musical - viewing of the 8th Grade Play 
• Thursday, December 21st - 4th Grade Christmas Party at 8:30 AM 

English Language Arts




Our Grammar test from last week has been moved to this week on Wednesday, December 6th. The skill is Pronouns. 

There will be a spelling test on Thursday, December 7th. 

Reading - We are going to spend the next 2 weeks on this lesson as it is full of great opportunities for learning. The reading test will be sometime next week (December 11-December 15th). The students will be given plenty of notice as to when the actual test will take place.

Writing - We are continuing to work on our Persuasive Christmas Gift Writing.

Social Studies

All of the students did a fantastic job on their 3D Relief Maps of Arizona! Check our our Instagram page to see the finished products.

We will wrap up our lessons on the land of Arizona and move into discussing a little bit about Holidays Around the World as we get closer to Christmas break.

Math

The students will solve multi-step word problems using the formulas for area and perimeter. We will also multiply by 10, 100, and 1,000.

Science

We are working on Chapter 5 - Lesson 2: The Moving Crust. The students will explore how Earth's crust can change. (volcanoes and earthquakes)

Religion

We will be discussing the season of Advent and the Immaculate Conception.