Cooler Weather

Happy Tuesday to All!

We hope you enjoyed the extra long weekend and this beautiful, cool fall weather! While this is a short week, it is a busy one! Please continue to practice the states with your children. The final assessment is this FRIDAY! 

Looking Ahead....

• Wednesday, October 17th - All School Mass at 9:30 in the Church
• Friday, October 19th - Pizza Friday and 8th Grade Play at 2 PM or 7 PM
• Saturday, October 20th - 8th Grade Play at 7 PM
• Wednesday, October 31st - Simple Halloween Party for 4th Grade from 2:15 to 2:45 PM 

English Language Arts

Reading - Since our main focus this week is on Grammar and Social Studies, we are taking a mini break from our next Journey's lesson. We will resume next week with Lesson 9.

Spelling - We will resume regular spelling tests NEXT WEEK since this is our last week focusing on the 50 states.

Grammar - The students have been working hard on mastering thee skills of action verbs vs. helping verbs, verb tenses, subjects and predicates, common and proper nouns, complete sentences vs. run-on vs. fragment, and quotations. We will review these skills today and tomorrow and have our unit assessment on Thursday, October 18th.  I will have a study session this Thursday morning at 7:30 for anyone who needs some extra last minute help. 

Writing - Our postcards are complete and have been mailed out! Woohoo! Now, we just wait for our postcards to arrive. Stay tuned! Our next writing project will start in early November.

Social Studies

The 50 states test is this FRIDAY, October 19th!! Students will be expected to correctly locate and spell each state's name correctly! This test is worth 100 points! 



Math

We will add and subtract with metric measurements. The students need to be able to convert between meters, kilometers, and centimeters.

Science

We are still learning about the microscope. The students will have a vocabulary test on Friday on Investigation 3.

Religion

We will be discussing our upcoming Service Project with St. Vincent de Paul. During the month of October we study the Rosary. We will be illustrating the Joyful Mysteries to use as part of our decorations at St. Vincent de Paul.