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.