Today absolutely flew by!  We went to the book fair this morning and the kids were able to shop till they dropped ;)

We had art in place of music today because Mrs. Trayer was not in.  We will still have our regularly scheduled art class tomorrow.

We did some challenging math practice today!  The kids had to complete some multiplication and division problems and then check their own work with a calculator.  After they reviewed their work with me they were given a worksheet with word problems.

Tonight's math homework:  Write a math sentence using the amount of candy received tonight.  For example; I have 120 pieces of candy.  60 of the contain chocolate.  What fraction of the candy is chocolate?  60/120.  OR I had 90 pieces of candy.  I already ate 30. How many do I have left? 60.

Tomorrow is mass at 8:15 in honor of All Saints Day.  The Bishop will be joining us, as well as some special donors to the school, so it should be a full house!

Remember, spelling test tomorrow!

We had a wonderful community prayer this morning to start our day.  Please note, that next month's community prayer will be on Wednesday, November 28th for our accreditation visit! 

We had a fun science lesson where the kids used spacers and washers to test how much force it takes to break magnetic force.  They recorded their findings and graphed the results.  

We worked on shades of meaning today in language arts.  This is a tricky skill because we are using synonyms, but not any synonym!  The word must make sense in the sentence.  For example, The dancers GLIDED across the stage.  Glided would be used instead of walked or stomped because dancers glide.  tonight's homework is to reread Jose, born to dance and complete workbook page 112. 

At the end of the day the kids worked on their chapter 4 social studies review.  We will go over the review tomorrow. 

As the snake reports are being finished the kids are choosing whether they want to display them with an e-book or a keynote presentation.  They are having fun learning about these programs!

Happy Monday!  Today absolutely flew by! A new spelling list is coming home, the test will be Thursday due to Grandparent's Day being on Friday.  We read Jose, Born to Dance today and completed a graphic organizer to help us understand author's purpose.

The kids still needed to finish their snake fact cards from last week, so we spend some time before lunch working on them.  I hope to have a chance for them to create either an e-book or a Keynote presentation to share with their grandparents on Friday.

In religion, we read about the Israelites exit from Egypt and how often they doubted Moses and Aaron.  We also compared the Manna that God provided for them to the Eucharist that he provides for us.  We are excited to read about the next part of their journey- receiving the Ten Commandments!

My favorite part of today was visiting the book fair!  We practiced using the calculators and finding tax before we went.  Then we made our wish lists and when we returned to class we found the tax for our own items and a grand total of the list!  This is a REALLY challenging task, so I cannot guarantee everyone got the tax 100% correct, so for your own knowledge, tax is 8.6%, so please be sure to send enough to cover tax if your child is purchasing books on Wednesday when we visit as a class again.

As the end of the quarter nears, I have some missing work that I need from some of the kiddos.  I gave it out today and advised that if there was a lot they should take some home to make sure everything is finished by week's end, so your child may bring some pages home for completion.

A few things about this week:
*Book Fair open 8-9 and 2-3:30
*Thursday mass with the Bishop at 8:15
*Friday mass and Grandparent's Day- Early Release
*Thursday spelling test

Hello 4th Grade!  I apologize, it's been a crazy week in the 4th grade and I've not updated you at all this week, so I'll give you a little recap of our week!

We practiced division all week this week, and wrapped up our chapter on Thursday.  Multiplication and division will be something that we review and revisit all year!

We read a funny story from our Journeys book this week, Dear Mr. Winston.  The story is written as a letter to Mr. Winston, and one of our center activities this week was to respond to Cara's letter as Mr. Winston.  Those letters are really funny to read, so I'm excited to grade them.  We also worked with compound and complex sentences this week.  This is such a great skill because using compound and complex sentences makes our writing much more fun to read!

We celebrated winning the BoxTop competition with our popcorn party yesterday!  The kids loved it!  Thank you Mrs. DiPasquale for bringing juice boxes to put our party over the top!

As you know, we have a few cases of lice at school, so please make sure to wash those sweatshirts this weekend, just in case :)

Happy Monday!  Just a reminder that Friday is early release! We had a great start to our week today! We are starting a new lesson in our Journeys book this week, so new spelling words are coming home for the test on Friday.

We continued to divide in math today.  We checked our quotient with multiplication today.  Tonight's homework is more division practice- practice 4.11- front only.

We read about the exploration of New Spain in social studies today.  Tonight's homework is to answer the memory master questions on page 139 from the book.  The kids have been instructed to take the social studies book home, as there is no online version.

We watched a video clip on magnets today to summarize what we've learned about magnets so far!

In religion we read about the plagues that God put upon Egypt.  We will continue to discuss Moses this week and end with our popcorn party, earned from the Box Top Competition, while watching a movie about Moses.

Happy Friday!

We were able to finish all sorts of typing today!  Our letter to our seminarian is completed, and most of the book reports have been typed, too!  The spelling test has been taken.

We worked on a fun STREAM activity with 5th grade his afternoon.

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It's already Wednesday! Our short week is flying by already ;)  Tonight's homework is IXL math E.14 and E.15.  Remember, work time is for 30 minutes total or until both skills are mastered, whichever comes first.

Speaking of math, it's been a while since we've had a formal lesson with the long weekend and all, so we reviewed both multiplication and division today.  The kids had a quiz in each.  We will be moving onto long division, so I want to make sure they have a good base to start from!

I have just about all of the saint comic strips.  They are AMAZING! The kids did such a fantastic job.  We will display these for All Saint's Day/Grandparent's Day!

Our book reports are written! They are also almost all typed onto the writing program in ThinkCentral.  This was our first time using WriteSmart on thinkcentral.com.  The kids will edit using the program as well as submit their work online this week.

The kids worked really hard on their Spanish alters today.  A few kids wanted to bring them home to work on them. They are due next Wednesday, but they will have time no Monday and Wednesday in Spanish class to work.

Thank you Mrs. DiPasquale and Mrs. Wallace for emailing about the class basket for our gala!  If you have any questions about the basket, please feel free to email me or reply to Mrs. DiPasquale!

REMINDER:
We have a few nut allergies in our class.  Due to this, I had previously asked that snacks be nut free.  Please remember that the snacks your child eats in the classroom need to be nut free!  There is still a Nut-Free Zone at lunch, so nuts are fine for lunch.  Starting Monday, any snack that contains nuts will be returned to backpacks to be eaten during lunch.  

What a fun morning with science!  The kids were really engaged and interested in our lesson about magnetism and temporary magnetism today!  Lots of great discoveries :)

We didn't even get to math today!  Our saint comic strip took a while, and we spent a great deal of time on our book reports and in science.  

We had Spanish today, to make up for last week!  

We do have a spelling test on Friday!

Trunk-or-Treat tickets go on sale tomorrow at 7:15 outside the K-3 building! 

Remember, there's no school Friday or Monday!

We had a super productive day today and the kids worked soooo hard!  We practiced a little more with verb tense, and then took our grammar assessment.  We didn't get more written for our book reports, but we'll have lots of time for that next week!

We divided with tens, hundreds, and thousands in math.  We will continue to divide next week!

We carved out some time this afternoon to work on our saint reports.  This year, the kids are creating comic strips of their saints life.  They worked on their rough drafts today and I checked about half of them.  We plan to be finished by next Friday!

Enjoy your long weekend!

I assigned saints to the kids for their saint projects, which will be displayed on All Saints Day!  They did not get to choose :) 

Our math lesson was quite challenging today!  We will keep working at it tomorrow.

Homework tonight is a language arts worksheet and to read page 13-18 in the science reader.

Identifying and defining idioms. 

Taking the comprehension test online!

Parallel v series circuits

Monday flew by this week!  There is no spelling test this week, however, there will be one next week, and we've already added the words into the planner.

We practiced using thinkcentral.com on the iPads today.  It's always good to practice accessing the website on different items so that the kids aren't confused if they have a different device at home!  They listened to our main story online and then completed an independent reading activity page.  Tonight's homework is a worksheet.

We divided with remainders today!  This is new for many of our students, but they are working really hard.  Tonight's homework is a worksheet to practice!

The kids completed a sort of characteristics of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca Empires in social studies.

We also finished the movie, Joseph the Prince of Egypt today.

Congrats 4th grade on winning the boxtops competition!!!!!!  We'll celebrate with a popcorn party soon :)

Tonight's homework is a language arts worksheet.

We continued to practice our multiplication today in math.  The kids are really doing a great job!

We had fun in science today. The kids had to light 2 light bulbs brightly.  They discovered that it matters how you place your d-cells (positive to negative) :)  Tomorrow we will explore parallel circuits to discover how we can light 2 lightbulbs with one d-cell, brightly!

We compared Joseph and Jesus today in religion. Both were beloved sons, were sold, and saved their people.  We will plan to begin watching Joseph: Prince of Egypt tomorrow and Friday.

We talked about Greek and Latin roots today and the kids sorted words that contained those roots.  We moved our chart to paper so we can add to it throughout the week!  Tonight's homework is to read Coming Distractions in the Journeys book. 

We finished reading about the Maya, Aztec, and Inca today.  The kids typed their memory master responses after the reading. 

We worked on word problems in math today!  I paired the kids up and they had to explain how they solved the problems.  They did great!  Tonight's homework is practice 3.7- both sides.

We started reading about Joseph in religion today.  I am planning on showing Joseph- Prince of Egypt Friday from Netflix.  

Tomorrow is picture day!  We are scheduled to takeout pictures at 8:15 AM! Blue polos please! 

Happy October!  As usual, our Monday was full!  The kids are writing about their dream car this week and the ideas they have are already cracking me up- velvet seats, wings, light up, and flying!  

We read Coming Distractions today in language arts and completed a fact and opinion chart together. The kids did a really great job.  We are trying to remember that just because we agree with something doesn't mean it's a fact!  New spelling words are also coming home today.  We will be working verb tense in grammar this week. 

We continued to practice multiplication in math today.  Originally, I thought we'd be ready for our test early this week, but I think more likely Thursday or Friday.  

We started reading about the Maya, Aztec, and Inca in social studies.  Before we read, the kids decided if they agreed or disagreed with statements about the empires.  As we read, we are filling in the correct information.  

Seventh grade led Rosary this afternoon, and it was a great way to end this cloudy, rainy day!