Month: March 2024

Dear Families, March 22, 2024

We are moving from fractions into decimals this week in math. The students are making connections from one to another, as you have seen in their homework this week. They are seeing the patterns! They also did some problem solving in pairs then evaluating each other’s work to see how they can explain their thinking more clearly. Parent helpers are invaluable for these kinds of lessons!

We also had fun on Pi Day with our scientists and mathematicians!

Blessings,

Paula A. Martin-Zender

Academics

Religion – Fourth Grade Theologians solidified the Ten Commandments and worked on an artistic version of them!
Language – Fourth grade readers are reading Shiloh, a book about a family living in West Virginia. We are finishing up with writing summaries and moving to five paragraph essays. This week we finished planning it to work next week with writing it. For spelling, we focused on homophones.
Math – Mathematicians finished the chapter about multiplying fractions and took a test on them. They are beginning a unit on decimals.
Social Studies – We are diving into Native American in Washington asking the essential question: “How did God’s Creation affect Native peoples of Washington?”

Thursday, March 28 – Holy Thursday

Friday, March 29 – Good Friday Retreat Day – early release

April 1-5 – Spring Break

Specialists

Spanish – Una nota de Señora Anna- This week in Spanish, students chose a Spanish-speaking country and researched its geography and weather. Students also created a “passport” and designed a stamp for their country.

Dear Families, March 15, 2024

We had fun with our St. Patrick’s Day or Green Day. We were the mischievous leprechauns for our Pre-K buddies! We LOVED playing the big kids’ part! We also had another reader’s theater this week as well as lots of writing!

We also had fun on Pi Day with our scientists and mathematicians!

There is just one more opening for Pebbles Weekend Fun!

Blessings,

Paula A. Martin-Zender

Academics

Religion – Fourth Grade Theologians learned about the Prophet Moses and how God made a covenant with him to bring the Israelites to the Promised Land. We had fun memorizing the Ten Commandments!
Language – Fourth grade readers are reading Shiloh, a book about a family living in West Virginia. For spelling, we focused on words ending with comparatives (-er) and superlatives (-est). We also are honing in on our summarizing non-fiction by finding “Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How” and then using those to write a good solid paragraph. Finally, we worked hard on writing our book reports on Seesaw!
Math – Mathematicians are learning how multiply fractions. There are many steps to remember!
Social Studies – We are diving into Native American in Washington asking the essential question: “How did God’s Creation affect Native peoples of Washington?”

Friday, March 22 – Mass – dress uniform!

Specialists

Spanish – Una nota de Señora Anna- This week in Spanish, students watched videos from each Spanish speaking country and took notes on what they’d learned. Using this information, students will choose one country to research more in depth next week.

Dear Families, March 8, 2024

Fractions, Fractions, Fractions! We had a lot of fun working with fractions this week, especially on Thursday! Mrs. Gage came in and helped us make refrigerator cookies that we used a lot of measuring with fractions. We enjoyed those cookies for lunch on Thursday. Thank you, Mrs. Gage!

Book reports are going to be written this time. We will write it in class. However, students need to be done with their books as they walk in the door on Thursday, March 14th.

Helping during Math times are here! I have added dates through the end of the year.

There is just one more opening for Pebbles Weekend Fun!

Blessings,

Paula A. Martin-Zender

Academics

Religion – Fourth Grade Theologians learned and discussed God, the Father.
Language – Fourth grade readers are reading Shiloh, a book about a family living in West Virginia. For spelling, we focused on words ending with-er or -or. We also are honing in on our summarizing non-fiction by finding “Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How” and then using those to write a good solid paragraph.
Math – Mathematicians are learning about the concepts of adding and subtracting with like denominators as well as converting fractions from improper fractions to mixed numbers and back. Lots of number fun!
Social Studies – We are beginning a unit diving into Native American in Washington asking the essential question: “How did God’s Creation affect Native peoples of Washington?”

Sunday, March 10 – Daylight Savings Time!

Thursday, March 14 – Written book reports to be written in class. All students MUST have their books finished reading by that morning!

Friday, March 15 – Mass – dress uniform!

Specialists

Spanish – Una nota de Señora Anna- This week in Spanish, students discussed clothing for different types of weather. We also played a game of “guess who” by using clothing and color vocabulary to ask questions.

Art – We are studying a “Picture of the Day” which is: Lady with an Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani), by Leonardo da Vinci. The students have a small talk about art appreciation and how to observe and describe artworks using their senses.

Dear Families, March 1, 2024

We had a lot of fun the last few days! First, students presented their biome posters this week. They learned a lot about each of their biomes. If you’re in the school, the posters are hanging up outside our classroom. They worked hard on them, which is evident! Second, they performed the reader’s theater of chapter 5 of our literature book: Shiloh. They loved it, and it was fun to watch. If interested, I posted them on the class’s Facebook account. Third, we had a celebration day today for the reward. Students got to read in tents at the end of the day today!

Next Friday, February 8th is a Teacher Work Day. However, the first half of the day is set aside for parents who would like to have an optional conference with me. I have only six slots available. If you would like to sign up, please hit this link to let me know. I maybe sending out the link to you if you are someone I would like to talk with as well.

Book reports are going to be written this time. We will write it in class. However, students need to be done with their books as they walk in the door on Thursday, March 7th.

The yellow permission slip is in the Friday Folder today for the Mt. Baker Theater in April. Please return by Monday. Please let me know if you can chaperone too!

Helping during Math times are here!

There is just one more opening for Pebbles Weekend Fun!

Blessings,

Paula A. Martin-Zender

Academics

Religion – Fourth Grade Theologians created our own Stations of the Cross. We also went to reconciliation with Fr. Moore and Fr. Dave.
Language – Fourth grade readers are reading Shiloh, a book about a family living in West Virginia. For spelling, we focused on words ending with -le and -en.
Math – Mathematicians are learning about the concepts of adding and subtracting with like denominators as well as converting fractions from improper fractions to mixed numbers and back. Lots of number fun!
Science – Scientists finished their biome poster and presented.

Saturday, March 3 – School Auction! I hope to see you there!

Thursday, March 7 – Written book reports to be written in class. All students MUST have their books finished reading by that morning!

Friday, March 8 – Teacher work day – No school – Optional conferences for me in the morning. Six slots are available. Please hit this link to let me know if you would like one.

Specialists

Spanish – Una nota de Señora Anna- This week in Spanish, students read and matched short clothing descriptions to pictures of people. Then, students wrote their own clothing descriptions including colors and numbers.

Art – We are studying a “Picture of the Day” which is: Lady with an Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani), by Leonardo da Vinci. The students have a small talk about art appreciation and how to observe and describe artworks using their senses.