Happy 80th Birthday St. Francis Xavier!

Happy Monday Families!

We have such a fun week ahead of us as we celebrate St. Francis Xavier Catholic School being open for 80 years! Please join us on Wednesday, September 21st for Pledge and Prayer immediately followed by an all school Mass at 8:30 am. There is a reception to follow in the Parish Hall for guests. We will end our week with an all school Pep Rally! 

Looking ahead in the coming weeks.....

Friday, September 23rd - Progress Reports 
Wednesday, September 28th - 3-5 Mass at Brophy
Saturday, October 1st - School Auction 

English Language Arts 



Last Friday, all students were given directions and handouts on the new spelling policy. Spelling words will be provided to students on the Friday before the next week. Students will also receive the spelling menu board, which is their homework. They are to choose 3 different activities to complete and it is due on Wednesdays. Spelling tests will now take place on Thursdays, unless the students are advised otherwise.

Writing - Students are finishing up their state reports. Students will take their newly gained information and place it on an outline of the sate. We will then come together as a grade and "form" the United States on the white board in the Library.

• Students will be assessed in spelling on Thursday. 
• Students will have assessments and activities in the area of grammar throughout the next weeks. The skills we have been covering are the proper use of quotation marks and fragments/run-on sentences. 

Reminder that our first book project is due Friday, September 30th 

Social Studies

Students will be assessed on the Northeast Region stats on Tuesdays. We will begin working on the last region, the Southeast. Students will finish up their state reports.

Who is ready for some football??? From Farm to Football is a sponsored program being brought to schools by The Arizona Cardinals and Hickman's Family Farms. 

"In cooperation with Hickman's Family Farms, a proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, we are excited to offer classrooms across the state "From Farm to Football." Provide your students with the opportunity to hear from Arizona Cardinals' running back, David Johnson , and learn about the role agriculture plays in his life on and off the field! Students will also be able to pen pal with Arizona Farmers and Ranchers"

We are so excited to participate in this program since the big focus for 4th Grade Social Studies is the state of Arizona. 

Our class will participate in “From Farm to Football," which is the Harvest for All Penny Drive. 

Here is how it works.

• Have your students collect pennies October – December 16th.
• Pennies will be picked up from your school the week of December 19th to be counted.
• The grade level that collects the most pennies will receive a Cardinals Event in February (there will be only 1 winner in the state) 
• Pennies will be donated to your local food bank once all pennies have been collected and tabulated

Math

We will continue to use place value understanding to round multi-digit numbers to any place value using real world applications. They will also be taking the mid module assessment this week.

Science

The students will learn how cells are grouped. Cells make up tissues. Tissues make up organs. Organs make up organs systems.

Religion

We will be talking about school theme this week "Traditions." SFX is celebrating their 80th year and students will review what they know  about our patron saint and learn more about him.