Happy 2018!!!

Happy New Year! We hope you and your families had a restful and peaceful Christmas break! As we enter into the second half of the school year, please check in with your child to see if they are in need of supplies such as new scissors, markers, erasers, etc. Many of our students have lost their belongings and we want them to feel prepared and ready to start the second half of the year. In addition, please log onto GradeLink to see if your child has any missing work that needs to be turned in ASAP. Anything not turned this week will result in a zero in the grade book.

This is a reminder that ALL the Fourth graders will be attending an ALL day field trip this Friday, January 12th. The buses will leave SFX at 6:30 AM and return to SFX around 6:30 PM. Pleas arrive no later than 6:20 AM. Plan to meet in the front of the school by the gate. Your child MUST come with a SACK LUNCH and ONE SNACK. The bags must have their first and last name on it. We will provide two additional snacks and water throughout the day. Permission slips are going home today, Monday, and must be returned by Wednesday in order to prepare for the trip. We feel so blessed to be able to take our kids on such a spectacular field trip. Many of our students do not eat breakfast until snack time, so please ensure that they eat prior to arriving to school that morning. 

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, January 10th - All School Mass in the Church @ 10:30
• Friday, January 12th - Field Trip to Kartchner Caverns and San Xavier del Bac Mission 
• Monday, January 15th - No School in honor of MLK
• Wednesday, January 17th - Talent Show auditions in homerooms - this is in preparation for the all school Talent show during Catholic School's Week. 

English Language Arts



We will work with Lesson 12 for the next 2 weeks. There will not be any assessments this week.

Students will receive information for their January book project. Please discuss with them the details. It is due Wednesday, January 31st.

Social Studies

We will begin reading about the Early People of Arizona from our Discovering Arizona textbook.

Math

We will working on multiplication of up to four-digits by a single-digit numbers. They will use the place value disks and the area model.

This week they will be tested on the doubles facts. It will be timed. (from 2x2 to 12x12)

Science

We will be preparing for our field trip on Friday. The students will learn how Kartchner Caverns was discovered. They will learn about the formation of caves and all the spectacular speleothems (How do you like that word? Mrs. Grucky been doing her research over the holidays.)  they will be exposed to in the cave.

Religion

The students will learn about the history of San Xavier del Bac. It is called The Dove in the Desert. Father Kino was the missionary that started it.