Week of 2/26

This Week in Fourth Grade... 

We are celebrating Read Across America Week! We have a week filled with many fun reading activities! 

Math: This week we will be reviewing our strategies for multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit numbers. Our Topic 8 test will be this Thursday.

Religion: We continue to discuss the season of Lent, and how this season should be a season of simple living and a time to "go into the desert" with Jesus. 

Reading and Language Arts: We will have a Dr. Seuss themed week, leading up to his birthday on Friday! Each day we will read a different Dr. Seuss book, and take a deeper look into the theme and lessons Dr. Seuss is trying to teach us through the books. 

On Friday we will have a Book Tasting! Students will get a chance to "taste" different genres of books, and make a lists of some new books they are interested in reading! 

In Writer's Workshop we are beginning our Poetry Unit! Students will explore different poems this week, and build our background knowledge of the different types of poems. 

Science: We are continuing our Animal Adaptations weekly five topic this week! 

Social Studies: We are wrapping up our Regions of the US unit! This week students will take their final regions test on the West Region. Students should use their "West Booklets" to prepare for their test on Wednesday. 

Students will also get an introduction to our upcoming Economy Day project! We will go over our project, and next week begin our lessons about the Economy. Be on the lookout for instructions coming home with your child. Economy Day will be Friday, March 16th! 

Announcements:

• Field Trip Update! We received a call from the Baltimore Aquarium, and were able to reschedule our trip. Our trip will now be Monday, March 5th. I know this is right around the corner! Please be on the lookout for a new permission slip coming home with your child. We will need these permission slips back THIS week! 

Week of 2/19

This Week in Fourth Grade...

Math: This week in math we will be continuing to build on our knowledge of multiplying 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. We will make connections from the expanded algorithm and begin practicing the standard algorithm for multiplying. Our Topic 8 math test will be next week. 

Religion: We will dive deeper into the season of Lent this week! We will discuss and recognize the importance of this season as preparation for the Church's greatest celebration: Easter. 

Reading and Language Arts: Our essential question in RELA this week is an interesting one: In what ways can advances in science be helpful or harmful? To explore this question, we will read different nonfiction persuasive articles. As we read we will be able to recognize the author's point of view, and also make conclusions for ourselves. 

In Writer's Workshop we are beginning a new unit: Poetry! I am so excited for start this fun and creative unit with the students! They will have an opportunity to explore all different types of poetry, and write many of their own poems as well! 

Science: This week in science we will begin our new unit: Life Sciences! Our first topic of study will be animal adaptations! 

Social Studies: We continue our travels through the Western Region of the United States this week in SS! We will begin to summarize what we have explored, and review important features of the West. Our West Test will be next week. 

Announcements:

• Read Across America Week is next week! We have so many great activities planned for this fun week! Friday, March 2nd we celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, and we have Dr. Seuss themed activities planned for the whole week leading up to it! One of our activities involves planting seeds. If you have any plastic egg cartons, or plastic strawberry containers at home- if you could please donate those to our planting project that would be great! We will doing our planting on Friday! 

Week of 2/12

This Week in Fourth Grade...

Math: This week in Math we will be moving into Topic 8: developing dluency with multi digit multiplication. Last topic we focused on building a strong foundation and understanding of multi digit multiplication. This week we will focus on building up to learning and practicing the expanded and standard algorithms. 

Religion: This week we wrap up Chapter 10: All About the Second Commandment. And we move into the season of Lent! We will gather as a school community on Ash Wednesday to celebrate Mass and recognize all the beauty this Church season has to offer. We will discuss the significance and meaning of Ash Wednesday, and take time to prayerfully consider how we can deepen our faith lives this Lent. 

Reading and Language Arts: With our shortened week last week, this week in RELA we will continue to explore our essential question of: How can words lead to change? 

In Writer's Workshop we are wrapping up our persuasive writing unit. We can't wait for you read our persuasive essays!

Science: In Science we are wrapping up our Energy Unit! Our Energy unit consisted of students exploring electricity, natural resources, and properties of matter! To conclude our unit, we will be start a culminating project this week. Students will develop their own "Energy Robots" that must use different forms of energy to operate. 

Social Studies: We have almost traveled through the whole United States! This week we enter our last region: The West! Students will explore the geography, climate, and tourism of the West region! 

In addition, we have our big Mystery Skype Challenge scheduled for Monday morning! Stay tuned for pictures and video clips of this awesome opportunity we get to take part in! 

Announcements:

• No school Friday, 2/16 or Monday, 2/19. Spelling Homework will start again this week, but students will have two weeks with these words. This homework will be due Friday, 2/23.

Week of 2/5

This Week in Fourth Grade...

Math: This week in math we will be reviewing our Topic 7 concepts involving multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit numbers. Our Topic 7 test will be Thursday 2/8.

Religion: This week in Religion we start Chapter 10: The Second Commandment. In this chapter we will focus on ways we can honor and respect the name of God. 

Reading and Language Arts: Our essential question in RELA this week is: How can words lead to change? We will read biographies that introduce us to people who answered this essential question. 

In Writer's Workshop, students are beginning to start their final drafts of their persuasive essays! We can't wait for you to read them! 

Social Studies: This week we have a lot going on in Social Studies! We are wrapping up our Midwest Region Unit, and students will take their test on Friday. We will complete review activities during school, but students should also use their Midwest booklets as study guides to study at home. 

We will also be using this week to prepare for an exciting event we have next week! On Monday, 2/12, 4th graders will be participating in a Mystery Skype Challenge! We will be skyping with another fourth grade class somewhere in the United States. The challenge is to ask yes or no questions back and forth and figure out where in the country they are! Students will have different roles during the challenge to ensure we are able to keep up with questions we are asked, as well as ask the best questions. Stay tuned! 

Announcements:

• Our field trip to the Baltimore Aquarium is Monday, 2/5! Students may still wear their PE uniforms and shoes on the trip, as well as the appropriate outerwear. Please remember to pack your child a disposable snack and lunch. 

Catholic Schools Week 2018 Recap!

What a fun and faith filled Catholic Schools Week we had! Check out some of the highlights! 

Making blankets during our day of service! 

Our creative and sweet kindness rocks to place around the school grounds! 

Photo booth at the school dance !

Our AMAZING Saints Projects! I am so proud of the students for all the effort, creativity, and hard work that went into creating their presentations! We had several classes come and visit our "Saint Museum"  :)