May Flowers

Happy Monday to All!

May is just about here! We only have four weeks left of this school year!

The Homeroom Moms have already begun to work on the details for the end of the year party. Please follow the link below to signup. 

End of the Year Party

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, May 1st - All School Mass at 9:30 am - May Crowning - Fr. George has asked us to bring in items that will help the under served. Please consider bringing in diapers, gently used shoes, socks, travel sized toiletry items. These will be placed at the foot of the altar at Pledge and Prayer. 
• Wednesday, May 8th - Book Tasting Party at 2:15 - All parents are welcome. 
• Wednesday, May 22nd - End of the Year Mass and awards at 8:30
• Thursday, May 23rd - Last Day of School and 4th Grade Party 

English Language Arts



There will be a spelling test this Thursday, May 2nd. 

Grammar - We did not get a chance to look at comparative and superlative adjectives last week, so that will be our focus this week.

Reading - We will read a Biography this week and discuss the skill of cause and effect. The students will have an assessment on Friday, May 3rd. 

Make sure your child is continuing to work on their Book Tasting Project that is due Wednesday, May 8th. They need to pick up the template and place mat from me. 

Social Studies

This will be our last week using our Discovering Arizona textbook. We will work in groups to create game show questions based on the lessons we read.

The next few weeks, we will work as a "Family" (in groups) on a variety of projects that tie directly to our Junior Achievement lessons. We are collecting any unused coupons for the upcoming projects.

Math

We will add and subtract fractions using unlike denominators. The students will learn the strategies of number line and bar model to demonstrate this, but our focus will be solving them arithmetically (no pictures).

Science

We are continuing in our Nutrition module and focusing on studying food labels.

Religion 

Our focus this week will be on Mary and May Day.

The students will learn and pray Hail Holy Queen.

5 Weeks To Summer

Happy Tuesday! Welcome back from the Easter break! We hope you are rest and ready to finish the year strong. Only five weeks to go! The coming weeks will be busy, so be sure to stay connected by reading the weekly e-blast and our blog.

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, May 1st - All School Mass at 9:30
• Wednesday, May 8th - Book Tasting Party - All parents are welcome to join us at 2:15 to celebrate all the growth we have made this year. 
• Wednesday, May 22nd - End of the Year Mass at 8:30
• Thursday, May 23rd - 4th Grade End of the Year Party and dismissal at NOON 

English Language Arts



There will be a spelling test on FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH.

Reading -We will be discussing what Theme is and how to identify it in a story.

Grammar -We will begin to discuss comparative and superlative adjectives.

Writing - We will finish our Poetry Books this week, and publish one of our favorite ones by typing it.

Social Studies

We will read through Ch. 6, Arizona as Part of Mexico.

Math

We are continuing with adding and subtracting fractions, and changing the answer into  simplest form.

We will take a pretest on the x12s.

Science

We are starting a Nutrition module. There will be a vocabulary quiz this Friday, April 26th.

Religion

We will finish up our Totally Lent books this week. Alleluia!

Easter Blessings

Happy Monday to All!

5 days until Spring Break! May your family have a peaceful break and Easter! We will see you all on Tuesday, April 23rd. 

The Living Stations of the Cross is this Friday, April 12th at 9:30 am in the Church. Please make sure to arrive no later than 9:20 because we will be starting right on time and once we begin you will not be able to get in as Stations starts in the back  of the church. There is no side entrance into the Church at this time. There will be parent seating on both the Mary and Joseph sides of the Church. It is a beautiful prayer, and the students have been working hard to pray it with you. 

English Language Arts

The students have a modified spelling list this week consisting of 10 commonly misspelled words. They will have a spelling test on Thursday, April 11th. 

Our main focus this week is Poetry. We will be talking about the various types of poems, and then we will write our own and make a poem in our pocket keepsake book.

We will be looking at Easter reading comprehension passages as well.

We will resume our regular Journey's lessons after break.

Social Studies

We will finish up our journal entries for our Life on a Mission assignment.

Math

We are working on addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers. The students are using number lines and bonding strategies to help picture the answers.

The mixed x10s and x11s quiz is Wednesday, April 10th. 

Science

We will go back to the STEM lab and be investigating Energy and Motion.

We will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday, April 12th. 

Religion 

We will be finishing up Totally Lent and preparing to pray The Living Stations of the cross.

Happy April

Happy Monday to All!

This week, we begin our IOWA testing. We will be testing daily, so please make sure your child arrives to school on time, sleeps well the night before, and has a good breakfast. Please pack a morning snack for your student as we will have a break time incorporated into our testing schedule.

Looking Ahead...

• Tuesday, April 2nd to Friday, April 5th - IOWA Testing
• Friday, April 12th - Stations of the Cross at 9:30 am in the Church 
• Monday, April 15th to Monday, April 22nd - Spring Break - School resumes on Tuesday, April 23rd 

English Language Arts

There will not be any language arts assessments this week. There will not be any homework this week.

Social Studies

We will focus on finishing up Chapter 5, which is about the Spanish Explorers and Life on a Mission. Students will work in class on journal entries about their daily life on a mission.

Math

The rule for Dreambox this week is for any student who HAS MET the weekly goal for this trimester DOES NOT have Dreambox this week. Everybody else does, 40 min. 5 lessons.

We will continue with Fractions. We will begin adding and subtracting with like denominators.

Science 

We will be back in the STEM lab next week after testing is over since we finished our Geometry unit.

Religion 

We will continue to practice for Stations of the Cross and work in our Totally Lent book.