Final Blog Post of the Year

 

Hello Families, 

This week's blog post will serve as our final blog post for the 2020-21 school year. We appreciate all of you for sticking by us through this rollercoaster of a year. It has been a pleasure walking alongside you and your child during their academic and spiritual development. We wish you all a very restful, fun, and safe summer! 

Looking Ahead.....

• Thursday, May 27th - 4th Grade End of the Year Party in the afternoon 
• Friday, May 28th - End of the Year Mass - 4th grade will be attending in person. Mass begins at 9:00 AM. Dismissal is at 10:30 AM for ALL students in grades 4th to 7th. 

English Language Arts

Spelling - This week, to end our year, we have a list made up of our peers first or last names. Students are expected to write a story using each one of their friend's names. All homework must be in cursive. There will be one last spelling test on Thursday, May 20th. 

Grammar - We will finish commas and practice all ending punctuation. 

Reading - We are on our last story of the year, Lesson 25. Our skill is author's purpose. 

Writing - We are going to reflect on our best memories from the year and create a little booklet to remember them by. 

Social Studies 

We are so excited to welcome Mr. Barraza into our classroom, virtually, via Zoom as a guest speaker this week. He will be talking to the entire fourth grade about the job responsibilities of a lobbyist and an overview of how a bill becomes a law. We will use this as a way to wrap up our Government unit. 

Students will have a government vocabulary quiz on WEDNESDAY (this is being pushed back by one day) and will need to select one branch of government to describe in a short answer. We will review in class the expectations. 

Math

We will continue to power through our fraction module. This week, we will do addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers. We will do word problems that involve fractions and mixed numbers. We will also play games. 

Science

This is the chapter final activity. The students will write questions and answers as if they were the teacher. This will be a 50 point activity. 

Religion 

We are studying for a final vocabulary quiz. The students are having fun quizzing each other with memory games. 

3 Weeks to go!

 

Happy Monday to all!

Three more school weeks until summer vacation! We will be taking our final STAR tests for both Reading and Math this week. Shortly after, the reports will go home. 

Looking Ahead...

• Tuesday, May 11th - STAR Reading and Math Tests 
• Wednesday, May 12th - We will attend Mass virtually @ 9:30 AM. This Mass is being said for Colin Kennedy's Grandfather, Dr. Joseph Kennedy. Please keep them in your prayers. 
• Wednesday, May 12th - Book Tasting Book Project is due - We will have a mini celebration in class to wrap up our last project of the year. 
• Thursday, May 27th - 4th Grade End of the Year Party 
• Friday, May 28th - End of the Year Mass @ 9:00 AM and Last Day of School

Help us celebrate Ms. Nemeth 

In summary of the 1992 US Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Christian Stewardship, the question was asked:  “What identifies a steward?”  It is someone who is generous in their giving of time, treasure and talent.  “But being a Christian steward means more.  As Christian stewards we receive God’s gifts gratefully, cultivate them responsibly, share them lovingly in justice with others, and return them with increase to the Lord.”

As we end our 2020-2021 year at St. Francis Xavier, we also bid farewell to one of our most beloved teachers, Ms.Nancy Nemeth.  She, more than anyone we know at St. Francis, has generously given of her time, treasure and talent for many years.

 We would love for her to hear from as many of you as possible.  Below you will find a link for you to write a letter of affirmation and thanks to be shared with Ms. Nemeth.  Please include any fun memories you may have.  There is  a link for you to include a video message of yourself sharing your love and laughter. 

Mind-boggling facts:

• 33 years of teaching 

• Taught 1-8 grades for many years, then taught  Pre-K-5th

• Introduced countless students to the mathematical language that is music

• Prepared for 60+ concerts

• Adapted many songs for children’s choral performances

• Composed and wrote original songs, many of which have a Jesuit them ie Ad Majorem

• Played music for the annual living Stations of the Cross 

• Played for all the school masses for 20+ years

• Played background music for First Reconciliation, First Communions, and  Confirmations

• Played Pomp and Circumstance at Graduations

• Helped to write and earn  a grant for the school earning thousands of dollars

 Click here to submit a video clip and/or picture:

https://share.vidday.com/t-ma46cr

Fond memories to share? Click here to go to the Google form: 

https://forms.gle/tfTG2kXrxWoKinnv7

English Language Arts

Spelling - We will have a spelling test on Thursday, May 13th. 

Grammar - We will finish learning about the rules of commas this week. 

Reading - We will look at the skill of compare and contrast. The students will have a quiz on this skill on Friday, May 14th. 

Social Studies

We will continue to learn about the three Branches of Governments. 

Math 

We are comparing fractions and adding and subtracting fractions. We are also converting fractions from mixed fractions to improper fractions. The students are learning and playing games including fractions. 

Science

We are doing an open book packet for Lesson 4. We are also going to the STEM lab to continue practicing working with the microscope. 

Religion 

We will be doing a culminating activity with Religious vocabulary. 

Hello May

 

Hello Families, 

May is here! The countdown to the end of the school year is officially on! We have four more weeks until summer break begins! 

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, May 5th - May Crowning Mass - We will attend Mass virtually @ 9:30 AM
• Wednesday, May 12th - Book Tasting Project due 
• Thursday, May 27th - 4th Grade End of the Year Party 
• Friday, May 28th - End of the Year Mass @ 8:30 AM and Last Day of School 

English Language Arts

Spelling - Students will have a spelling test on Thursday, May 6th. Please remember that all spelling homework and tests will be in cursive for the remainder of the school year to prepare for fifth grade. 

Grammar - We will be talking about the rules to using commas correctly. 

Reading - Our focus this week is on Text and Graphic Features. We will be reading an Informational Text piece, and we will have a quiz on this skill on Friday, May 7th. 

Social Studies

We will begin to learn about the Three Branches of Governments: Judicial, Legislative, and Executive. 

Math 

We are continuing with converting mixed numbers to fractions greater than one and fractions greater than one into mixed numbers. The students are using many strategies to find the one that they find most helpful. 

Science

We are finishing the Living Things unit this week with Lesson 4: How Seed Plants Reproduce. 

Religion 

May Crowning Mass is Wednesday. We are going to make vocabulary cards and play a memory game with them. This will review Parts of the Mass and Sacraments.