Happy Halloween !

Good Morning Everyone!

The end of October is near as well is the first trimester. The trimester closes Friday, November 1st, and you will have access to student report cards next week.

Happy Halloween! Have fun and be safe this Thursday! Be sure save any leftover candy and donate them to our class for our St. Vincent de Paul service project. We will be making candy bags with heartfelt messages insides. 

If you have not yet turned in your 2 yards of fleece, please do so ASAP.. We will need to prepare the fabric for the blanket activity. 

Looking Ahead....

• Thursday, October 31st - 4th Grade Halloween Party @ 1:45 to 2:45
• Friday, November 1st - All Saint's Day Mass @ 8:30 in the Church 
• Friday, November 8th - Pizza Friday - see the weekly enews for the order form
• Friday, November 8th - 8th Grade Play of Willy Wonka Jr. showings at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm 

English Language Arts



ALL students received their list of spelling words last Friday and their spelling homework. Their spelling homework is due THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST. They will have a test on the words on Thursday as well. 

Grammar - We will continue to review Common and Proper Nouns and begin to work with Verbs.

Reading - We will be looking at Lesson 7 and the skill of informational text. We will spend 2 weeks on this story and skill since it is our first time being exposed to informational text this school year. The students will be assessed on this story and skill on Friday, November 8th. 

Social Studies

Students will have the opportunity to present a 1 to 2 minute presentation on their state project.

Math

The students will continue using the Area Model to represent multiplication facts. They will also use perimeter and area to solve word problems.

In fourth grade, we do timed multiplication tests. This week, the students will be assessed on the x2s and x3s. These are super easy and will give them confidence with this type of test and math facts. We have to have MASTERY!!! 

Science

Investigation 4 is Exploring Using the Microscope. The students will view two different slides and gain an understanding different magnifications of the objectives.

There will be a science vocabulary quiz this Friday.

Religion 

We will be creating our Joyful Mystery groups. The students will create posters to be used at St. Vincent de Paul.

There will be an Act of Love quiz this Friday.