February 13, 2026
Dear Families,
Happy Valentine’s Day! We enjoyed a wonderful party today! Thank you to the room moms once again: Tori and Elodie! You are amazing! We also spent a half hour with our Pre-K buddies today to celebrate Valentine’s Day with them! Enjoy the pictures below!
I would love to have someone come into my classroom and do some filling and a few other things weekly on Friday morning or just before school gets out on Thursday. Please let me know if you are interested.
WHATCOM MATH COMPETITION – Assumption has been invited to participate in a math competition hosted by Franklin Academy. We hope to form a team of students in grades 3–5 to compete on Saturday, March 21st. At this time, we are looking for one or two parent volunteers to help lead and support this enthusiastic group of young mathematicians. Assumption will provide you with a room, materials, and ideally the group will meet at least once a week after school until March 21st. If you are interested in leading this, please reach out to Bev Williams at bwilliams@assumption.school by Wednesday, February 18th. More information will come home for participants once we figure out if we have a team leader.
We wrapped up our book reports this week and picked new books! We also are wrapping up our Salmon Stories! We worked hard on them!
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Blessings,
Paula A. Martin-Zender
Academics
Religion – Fourth Grade Theologians dove into Moses and the Ten Commandments. We discussed the name God gave for himself to Moses: I Am Who I Am.
Language – We continued working in small groups for reading having each group focus on a different book. They are practicing staying focused and getting the work during class done or it becomes homework. The four books are: The Battle of the Castle, The War with Grandpa, Frindle and Sarah, Plain and Tall. For writing, they are finishing their Salmon stories! Spelling focused on Unit 19 which was on the -le and -en endings. Everything in spelling will be in cursive for the rest of the year! I am picky, yet your children are meeting the high expectations! Thank you for your support on this!
Math – Fourth grade mathematicians began exploring factors. We had fun learning all the rules for divisibility and making Venn diagrams and Factor trees!
Science – These scientists are finishing up their stories about the salmon life cycle as a narrative.
Social Studies – We reviewed about Lewis and Clark. Then we discussed the settlers of Washington. It began its way to statehood by being the Oregon Territory and then the Washington Territory.
Specialists
Art – Students finished their bottle compositions by adding details to show texture and movement. They also explored the difference between 2D and 3D forms in their artwork.
Spanish – Continuing with family members vocabulary, they learned how to respond when someone asks them, ¿Cómo se llama MI mamá? -What is MY mom’s name?, the answer is: TU mamá se llama______ -YOUR mom’s name is______-.
Physical Education – This week we reviewed basic jump rope skills and learned four intermediate jump rope skills. Participated in the Endurance Challenge and Thunder Stick.
Music -This week in music we are…learning how to read TAB notation on the ukulele, an alternative note-reading system used for string instruments. We are practicing playing together on one unified beat and reviewing the open string names of the ukulele. We are also playing the rhythm game King of the Mountain to build quick rhythmic thinking and accuracy.
Library – We read about We Are Definitely Human together in class. February is kindness month, this book and all the others we read during our group times will discuss how we treat others. We also helped contribute to our “kindness board” in the hallway by sharing different kind things that others have done for us by writing them down.
Monday, February 16 – President’s Day – No school
Wednesday, February 18 – Ash Wednesday – Holy Day of Obligation – Dress uniform
Thursday, March 12 – Next book report is due – written book report – written at school
Friday, March 20 – Our Mass 8:15
Monday-Wednesday March 23-25 – Accreditation Team is visiting our school!
Tuesday, March 31 – All-day field trip to Museum of Flight – get those permission slips in!