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.