Dear Families, October 25, 2024
We are well on our way of “diving” into our salmon unit! We have created our own watersheds collaboratively We have researched about the five types of salmon and their life cycle. Next week we will talk about what threatens salmon as well as having our first field trip on Wednesday, October 30th!
Speaking of the field trip, if you have received a second permission slip in your child’s Friday Folder then I have not received your child’s back from you. Please fill it out and send it back. If it isn’t signed and returned by Wednesday, your child may not participate! So, please get it in!
Students may wear their casual dress uniform. The weather looks like rain and cold. We will be outside the entire time. So, students must dress accordingly!
If you signed up for chaperoning the field trip, you will receive the information on the field trip in your child’s Friday Folder too. You also MUST have taken the “Protecting God’s Children” course from the Archdiocese. Please do this if you are volunteering on this field trip before Wednesday. Here is the link to get started. Thank you for volunteering!
Our class is responsible for the Veterans’ Day prayer service on November 7th. Please invite anyone who is a veteran to it so we can honor them. Also, if your children are scouts, please have them wear their uniform! Your children will be picking parts on Monday. I will send home what they should practice and then we will practice two times in the church on November 4th and 5th.
The Lane family generously obtained four full salmon for us to dissect on November 14th at 1:15. We will also be creating salmon prints. We need volunteers to do this! So, please go here to sign up for helping out at that time!
Mrs. Scarlett, our new student teacher, started with us this week. She mostly observed and helped in small groups or individuals. She will begin to teach math shortly.
Book reports will be due on October 29th. Students will be writing a report in school. No need to do anything at home, except for making sure your child is keeping up on the reading!
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Blessings,
Paula A. Martin-Zender
Academics
Religion – Fourth Grade Theologians are finishing up on their Power Points of their saint for All Saints Day, November 1st.
Language – Fourth grade readers are reading our book: My Father’s Dragon. We found the vocabulary words, and we are learning how to write responses to the literature questions. In Spelling, students studied the long u sounds Finally in writing, fourth graders edited a friendly letter and their Power Point presentation for the saint report.
Math – Mathematicians are learning how to multiplying one digit by up to 4 digits! Keep practicing facts!
Science – Scientists were “testing” their watershed with “rain” then they learned about the different types of salmon and their life cycles.
Social Studies – Students will learn about how salmon are important to the Native Americans of Washington.
Every Wednesday – 2:00 dismissal and casual dress uniform
Tuesday, October 29 – Books are to be done being read to write book reports!
Wednesday, October 30 – Field trip to Cornwall Park
Thursday, October 31 – Halloween Party 2:00
Friday, November 1 – All Saints Day – Holy day of obligation Mass. Dress uniform
Thursday, November 7 – Veteran’s Day Prayer Service (The Fourth Graders are responsible for this!) Dress uniform
Specialists
Art – The students created buildings using shapes and designed windows that reveal actions happening inside. They applied elements of art such as lines, shapes, and patterns.
Music – This week in music class we are singing Old Joe Clark, a song in two harmonic parts and learning a new rhythm notation.
Library –We read The Runaway Pumpkin together in class. We worked on our typing and talked about what kind of information we should share with others in terms of personal and private information.