Dear Families, September 5, 2025
What a fabulous beginning of the new year! I have fallen in love with the all of your children! Daily they amaze me with their enthusiasm for learning, their ah-ha moments and their care for each other! If these last two weeks are an indication of this year, then we are going to have an amazing year!
Today is the first day I am sending home the Friday Folders. Please go over all of the work in the folders with your children. They will be creating a new goal for next week that they created today. They also put it on next week’s agenda goal at the top. Please check in with them next week on how they are doing. If your child is missing any work, there will be a report stapled to the goals sheet. Please help your child locate any missing work in their backpack or home and have them turn it in on Monday.
Thank you SO much for the class gifts you bought for our classroom! I’m so happy with my labeler, label ribbon, stickers, pens, etc! You are amazing!
I look forward to discussing more in detail the year on Curriculum night that starts at 6:00 pm on September 10th. I always enjoy meeting parents!
Below are a few pictures of all the fun activities we did this week. Read below for more details!
Blessings,
Paula A. Martin-Zender
Academics
Religion – Fourth Grade Theologians are learning how we want to treat each other with safety, respectfulness, and with responsibility. We learned about our “Bubblegum Brains” as well as put together a puzzle showing our gifts that is made into the initials of Jesus. We discussed in detail 1 Corinthians 12: “We are many parts but one body.”
Language – We took an assessment and picked out our book report books. A book report schedule will be handed out at Curriculum Night. We wrote a Bio-Poem about ourselves. In spelling, we began with Unit 1 which was themed on short vowel sounds.
Math – Fourth grade mathematicians are learning about place value for six or more digits.
Science – Our scientists learned how we work collaboratively by stacking cups in a group of four.
Social Studies – Fourth grade historians took a bookwalk through our Social Studies book today.
Specialists
Art –Collaborative Octopus Project
Students are creating shaded “suction cups” to help build a giant Pacific Northwest octopus. Each class adds one color, and together the tentacles will form a colorful octopus inspired by the color wheel.
Spanish – ¡Bienvenidos! We remembered some basic vocabulary and instructions like: De pie (stand up); sentados (sit down); silencio (be quiet). Also, we review important classroom rules like: Decir por favor y gracias (say please and thank you); seguir instrucciones (follow directions); escuchar (listen).
Music – This week in music class we are… Moving to a rhythm stick dance to the music of September by Earth Wind and Fire. We are practicing and reviewing music class rules and procedures. Finally, we are singing Jubilate Deo.
Physical Education – We talked about PE expectations and procedures and played team building games called Pass the Frog and The Crazy Card Challenge.
Saturday and Sunday September 6-7 – Spirit Saturday/Sunday – Go to Mass in your uniform at a Catholic church somewhere in the county and receive a Free Dress coupon from the priest after Mass!
Wednesday, September 10 – Curriculum Night – 6 pm
Saturday, September 20 – Harvest Festival – Put it on the calendar! It will be a blast for the whole family!