End of April

 

Hello Families, 

The end of April is here! Crazy how fast time is flying by! Let's us continue to encourage our students to put forth their best effort in all they do and finish out the year on a strong note. 

Looking Ahead....

• Wednesday, April 28th - All School Mass - We will attend Mass virtually at 9:30 AM. 
• Wednesday, May 12th - Book Tasting Project due for students - **See notes below on this project.**

English Language Arts

Spelling - The students will have a spelling test on Thursday, April 29th. This week and moving forward all spelling homework and tests will need to be completed in cursive to prepare for fifth grades. The students were given these directions on Friday and they are also noted on the front of the spelling homework. 

Reading - We will be look at Lesson 22's story, which is a Biography. The skill this week focuses on cause and effect. 

Writing - We will finish our poetry book this week. Then, students will choose four of their favorite types they learned about and publish those for a "Poetry in a Pocket." 

Book Tasting Project  - This book project will be the final one of the school year. It will be due on Wednesday, May 12th. Two weeks ago, students were asked to select a Fiction book to read. This past week, after IOWA testing, students had that book to read and then had to write a 3 to 5 sentence summary about what they had read so far. Today, directions for the Book Tasting Project were presented in class. Students will be coming home with the black construction paper and templates to use to create their placemat. Students will be "tasting" a variety of books as they prepare for summer and hopefully walk away with several new titles they are eager to read. 

Social Studies

We will pause on Social Studies this week as we try to wrap our Poetry Unit. We will begin our final S.S. unit next week, Government. 

Math 

Fractions....still! We are doing addition and subtraction of Mixed Numbers. We are also converting fractions to mixed numbers and mixed numbers to fractions greater than one. We will also be comparing mixed numbers. 

Science

We are moving along in Unit A: Living Things. This week, Lesson 3's focus is The Plant Kingdom. We also will be going to the STEM Lab this week. We will learn the parts of a microscope and use it appropriately. 

Religion 

Tuesday we will be having our quiz covering the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Last week, the students made a foldable that will be graded and used as a study guide.