Kartchner Caverns

Good Morning Families,

This week, we prepare for our all day field trip on Friday, January 17th to Kartchner Caverns and San Xavier del Bac Mission. We are so so grateful for the opportunity to go on this trip for the third year and looking forward to an amazing experience!

Looking Ahead....

• Tuesday, January 14th - The Wizard of Oz Auditions after school from 3:00 to 4:30 for grades 3 to 5 in the junior high commons 
• Tuesday, January 14th - STAR Reading test for 4A and STAR Math test for 4B 
• Wednesday, January 15th - STAR Reading test for 4B  and STAR Math test for 4A 
• Friday, January 17th - Field Trip from 6:15 AM to 6:00 PM - Please reference Mrs. Ezell's email from last week for any additional email. 
• Monday, January 20th - No School in honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

English Language Arts



The students will have a spelling test on Thursday, January 16th. 

Grammar - We will continue to talk about words that are commonly confused such as two, too, and to. This week, we will move to their, there, and they're, it's and its, and more! Students will have a formative assessment on Wednesday, January 15th.

Reading - We will work on this story for the next two weeks. There will be a reading test on Friday, January 24th. The skill is sequence of events.

Vocabulary - Since we will be looking at this story for 2 weeks, we will also be  discussing the skill of synonyms with our vocabulary words from the story. Students will need to find a synonym for the word and then use it in a sentence as part of their homework.

Social Studies and Religion 

We are excited to welcome a guest from the Parish who will be visiting us to share information about San Xavier del Bac Mission and Fr. Kino

Math

We are continuing to work on Division using the standard algorithm. The students will be tested regularly on division and multiplication problems for mastery. They will also be working on word problems using multiplication and division.

Please begin to practice the x8 in preparation for the graded test next week.

Science

We are learning Speleothems (names of cave formations). The students are preparing for our field trip by learning the names of some of the formations we will see.