End of January

 Happy Monday Families, 

It is hard to believe we are in the last full week of January! Time is flying by and we are in a great rhythm. 

National Catholic Schools Week is NEXT WEEK so be on the lookout for more information this week on  all of the fun things that will be happening! 

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, January 27th - We will attend Mass virtually from the classroom. 

English Language Arts 

Grammar - We will continue to talk about Possessive Nouns and have a quiz on this skill on Friday, January 29th. 

Reading - We will be reading another Informational Text piece. This week, we will focus on the main idea and details of a text. 

Writing - We will finish our research and begin to look at the rough draft process of our state reports. 

Social Studies

The students will have the Southwest Region quiz on Tuesday, January 26th. 

We will move to the West Region next. The quiz on these states will be next Tuesday, February 2nd. Students will need to correctly locate each state and spell each state's name. 

Math 

We are doing more division....ahhh! But now, we have a three-digit dividend. The students are modeling with the place value strategy and using the standard algorithm. 

Science

This week's topic is Electricity. We will read Ch. 12: Lesson 4 and complete the open book, graded packet. 

Religion 

We are finishing our Sacrament foldable and are making a Sacrament game. 

50 States

 

Happy Tuesday Families!

We hope you had a lovely three-day weekend!

This week we kick-off our big 50 states unit! The students will be taking a weekly quiz by region to learn the proper location and spelling of each state's name. Please help them study! We will be sending home flashcards soon, using IXL to help learn them, and there are many free apps out there as well to use! 

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, January 20th - We will "attend" Mass from our classroom via live stream. 
• Wednesday, January 20th - The fourth graders will be taking the mid-year benchmarks tests for STAR Reading and Math. 

English Language Arts

Reading - We will be  looking at an informational text piece and reviewing the importance of text and graphic features.  Students will have a quiz on this skill on Friday, January 22nd. 

Grammar - We will begin a new skill: Possessive Nouns. 

Writing - We will focus heavily on our state research this week. 

Social Studies

We will talk about Martin Luther King Jr. and the impact he had on our country. 

We will be learning about how our country is divided up into the five regions. We will look at our first region, The Southwest Region. The students will have a quiz on this region next Tuesday, January 26th. Students will be expected to properly locate and spell each state's name. 

Math

We are reviewing factors, prime numbers, and composite numbers. The key vocabulary word  this week is multiples. Then, we will continue dividing but with a three-digit dividend. 

Science

We are continuing in our unit of Energy. This week is Lesson 3: Light. The students will read the text, and answer the OPEN BOOK packet. 

Religion 

We are continuing reviewing Sacraments. This week the focus is Sacraments of Service: Matrimony and Holy Orders. 

2021

 Hello to Our 2021 Blog!

We will resume using our weekly blog post as our weekly communication out to you all. The purpose of the blog is to address important announcements as well as an overview of concepts being covered in each subject area. 

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, January 13th - Grades 3rd to 5th Mass in the Church 
• Monday, January 18th - No School in honor of MLK 

English Language Arts

We will not have our weekly regular spelling homework and words as our spelling will focus on the 7 continents, 5 oceans, and then the 50 states. This will be the process for the next 6 weeks of school. 

Grammar - We will have a quiz on Adjectives on Thursday. 

Reading - We are going to be moving onto Lesson 13 in our reading textbook and looking at the skill of Sequence of Events. We will have a test on this skill on Friday, January 15th. We have been talking about this skill for over a month now. 

Writing - We will begin to review state report research expectations and find out what state each student will be researching. 

Social Studies

We will continue to talk about the 7 continents and 5 oceans. All students will have a quiz on them on Friday, January 15th. 

Students will be expected to properly spell each continent and ocean name as well as locate them on a map. 

Math

We are continuing working with division.  This week we will spend time using the strategy of the Area Model with division.  Later in the week we will discuss factors and whether a number is prime or composite.

Science

We are continuing our chapter on Energy.  This week we will learn about Sound.  Chapter 12 Lesson 2 

Religion 

We will be reviewing the Seven Sacraments.  This week the focus is Eucharist.

We will be using our Finding God book and reading Session 17.