Grateful

Happy Monday to All!

Please note that this week's blog post will serve as our post for the next two weeks; since next week is only a 2 day school week. 

We are grateful to each of you for love, support, and partnership this Thanksgiving season. Travel safe, enjoy time with family and friends, and most of all make lasting memories! Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! 

Looking Ahead....

• Tuesday, November 13th to Friday, November 16th - Scholastic Book Fair is open from 7:30 to 3:30. ***The fourth grade will go and shop on Wednesday.***
• Thursday, November 15th - Field Trip to Grandview Dairy - students may wear jeans and their school uniform shirt. Please pack a sack lunch. MUST be in a brown bag or grocery bag for us to easily dispose of after lunch. 
• Friday, November 16th - Grandparent's Day Mass with Mass at 9:00 in the Church and dismissal at 11:30 am. Please send in a bag of canned food, which will benefit our SFX Angel Families and St. Vincent de Paul. 
• Monday, November 19th - Pie Baking Day at school 
• Tuesday, November 20th - St. Vincent de Paul field trip in the morning 

English Language Arts

Spelling - There will not be any spelling homework, words, or tests these next two weeks.

Grammar - We will look at the skill of Pronouns.

Reading - We will read a story from Reading A to Z called, Two Kettles. We do some comparing and contrasting to the first Thanksgiving and present day Thanksgiving.

Writing - We will continue journaling daily our Thankful Thoughts in preparing for our Thankful Texts project.

Social Studies

We will finish our virtual field trip of Arizona's 5 Cs. The students will then go on a webquest and learn all things Arizona!

Math

We are continuing with multiplication. We will be using the following strategies; place value chart, the area model, partial product, and the standard algorithm.

We will also be measuring our the ingredients in preparation for pie baking next week.

Beginning this week, we will have a weekly timed test on the basic multiplication facts. This week is 3xs: 3x0 to 3x12. This is a graded assessment. The students will do 20 problems in one minute.

Science

We are measuring matter using the triple beam balance. We may even have the opportunity to measure cotton lint and cotton seeds after our field trip.

Religion 

We are continuing to prepare for our service project next week.We will be tested on the Suscipe prayer tomorrow.