Hello November!

Happy Halloween! Happy "almost" November! Where is the cooler weather we are all so badly wanting? We hope you have a fun and safe Halloween! Please join us on Tuesday, November 1st at 10:30 AM in he Church as we celebrate All Saint's Day.

Looking Ahead....

• Tuesday, November 8th - Field trip to the Grandview Dairy Farm 
• Tuesday, November 16th - Jesuit Strong Presentation at 8:30: Finding God in All Things 
• Friday, November 18th - Grandparent's and Grandfriend's Day 
• Tuesday, November 22nd - Field Trip to St. Vincent de Paul and Thanksgiving Food Mass 

English Language Arts 

Students will be working more in a differentiated model of learning, which is designed to meet the child where he or she is at. The students will be working in lesson 9 of Journey's, but not everyone will be reading the same story. 

We will continue working on verb tenses and introduce compound and complex sentences. 

GOOGLE CLASSROOM homework: students will be expected to read 30 minutes each night and log onto Google classroom to complete their journal entry each night summarizing what they read. The journal will be due on Friday, November 4th. Students will be given examples and directions in class. This will be the weekly assignment for the months of November and December as there is no monthly book projects. 

• Students will have a spelling test on Thursday, November 3rd.
• Students will have a vocabulary test on Friday, November 4th.

We will be beginning our next writing project, which focuses on persuasive writing. Students will be given instruction on persuasive language and practice this skill prior to beginning the writing project. 

Social Studies 

Last week, we read through week 1 of our AZ Studies Weekly Newspaper in groups. Each group brought forth a main idea, which we then used in writing a  class paragraph summarizing the newspaper article. We will continue to work with week 1's newspaper and begin learning about the 5 C's in preparation for our field trip.

Math

Students will model and solve addition and subtraction word problems involving the metric system.

My Halloween treat is that there is NO Dreambox this week. However, if a student had a previous poor score in Dreambox, he or she can complete 40 minutes and 5 lessons this week and I will replace the low grade. 

Science

Students will learn about Eli Whitney and his revolutionary cotton gin and how it transformed the cotton industry. Then the students will brainstorm  ideas on an invention that would dramatically change their life.

Religion

Students will continue to talk about serving others and keeping in mind that we can find God in all people and all things. We will also continue  learning about the Beatitudes.


There is no Bible verse/handwriting this week. If a student wishes to enter the handwriting contest, I will pass out the entry form. 

The end of October is near

Happy Monday morning 4th grade families!

Can you believe we are in the last week of October already? Where is the time going? We have two weeks left of the first trimester....YAY!! The trimester ends on November 4th. We have a very busy next few weeks, so please be sure to save the below dates. 

• Friday, October 28th - Book Project #2 is due
• Monday, October 31st - Halloween Party 
• Tuesday, November 1st @ 10:30 - All School Mass - All Saints Day 
• Tuesday, November 8th - Field Trip to Grandview Diary Farm
• Wednesday, November 9th - 3-5 Mass @ 10:30
• Monday, November 14th - Book Fair is here! 
• Friday, November 18th - Special Person''s Day and Food Drive Mass @ 9:00 AM
• Monday, November 21st - 4th graders are baking and preparing for trip to St. Vincent de Paul 
• Tuesday, November 22nd - Field Trip to St. Vincent de Paul
• Wednesday, November 23rd - No School 

English Language Arts

The students have been preparing to take a summative assessment in grammar on Wednesday, October 26th. A summative assessment refers to assessing students at the end of a unit taught to see if mastery of a skill has been met. Over the last month and half, students have focused greatly on common and proper nouns, proper use of quotation marks, writing complete sentences, identifying fragments vs. run-on sentences vs. complete sentences, and verbs. Throughout the last several weeks, students have received whole group instruction, small group instruction, practice pages, homework, and informal or formative assessments. Informal and formative assessments are used as quick check-ins to see how the students are progressing. 

There will be a spelling test on Thursday, October 27th. 

On Friday, October 28th students will have an open book assessment in the form of two short answers questions that relate to our skill and story for the week. 

Social Studies

We have finished our geography unit by finishing strong in knowing our states and capitals! Thank you so much to everyone for putting up with the silly yet fun songs, games, and practice on these skills. The students worked so hard! 

As we prepare for our field trip to the Grandview Diary Farm, we will begin our big unit on Arizona. We will be learning all about the 5 C's and more! 

Math

The students will be beginning Module 2, which covers unit conversions and problem solving with metric measurement. 

Science

We will be working on a mini Cotton Unit in preparation for our upcoming field trip. 

Religion 

We will be learning about the Beatitudes. We will be continuing to pray the Act of Love, and the test is Wednesday. 

Please do not forget that if you have not brought in your fleece yet, please do so by Friday, October 28th. It was listed on the school supply list; however, it was not provided in the First Day of School Supplies Box. 

A 4 Day Week

Happy Wednesday Morning Families,

We hope you enjoyed the long weekend! We are only here at school this week for four days. Last week, each fourth grader received an invitation to the Blue Family's Annual Open House. Please check with your child if you did not get it yet. Also, please kindly RSVP to Ann or Dan. Thank you for opening up your home to all of of us!

Looking ahead....

• Friday, October 28th - 2nd Book Project is due 
• Monday, October 31st - Halloween Party @ 1:45
• Tuesday, November 8th - Field Trip to the Grandview Diary Farm 

English Language Arts

There is NO SPELLING TEST this week. Students are preparing to take their capitals test on Friday, October 21st. 

Students are still working on the following grammar skills:

• complete sentences vs. fragments
• verbs: helping, linking, and action 
• quotations
• common vs. proper nouns 
• verb tenses 

There will be a grammar test on all of the skills we have been covering for the last month and half next week, Wednesday, October 26th. 

There is no comprehension test this week, but in-class work will be completed that goes with the story. 

Social Studies

Students will be assessed this Friday, October 21st on the capitals. SPELLING DOES NOT COUNT FOR THE CAPITALS! Students will be given the state's name and will need to write the capital next to it. 

We will begin to look at our Arizona Studies Weekly Newspapers. 

Math

We will be reviewing and practicing the concepts from Module 1. 

• Place Value
• Ronding
• Adding and Subtracting larger numbers
• Problem Solving using tape diagrams 

Science

We are continuing to learn about plants. We are learning how seed plants reproduce and placing a special focus on cotton. 

Religion 

The students are learning and praying the Act of Love. The test will be next week. 

The theme for this week is being a Kid for Others. We are beginning to prepare for our service project with st. Vincent de Paul. If you have not done so yet, please send in your fleece, so that the room Mothers have time to prepare our blanket project. 

A long weekend is a head

Good Morning Families,

We hope you each had a restful weekend! We truly have enjoyed the conversations thus far during Parent-Teacher Conferences. We continue conferences this week and look forward to seeing the rest of you. We are beyond grateful for your time, support, and partnership as we walk this journey together in educating your children.

Since it is conference week, we have two half days with dismissal being at 1:15 pm on Wednesday, October 12th and Thursday, October 13th. No lunch will be provided these two days, so please make sure to make your child a hearty snack. There is no school Friday, October 14th as teachers will be attending Educator Day and no school Monday, October 17th. Enjoy the extra long weekend and cooler weather!

English Language Arts

We will continue working on the following grammar skills:
- verbs
-quotation marks
-complete sentences vs. fragments
-common and proper nouns

We will continue with our story from lesson 6. THE TEST HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH 

Students will finish their tall tale.

Social Studies 

For the next two weeks, students need to reviewing the states and capitals. The test is Friday, October 21st.

Students will receive their 50 states quiz score this week, and those who did not pass with a 80% or better will need to stay after school to retake it until they pass it. Their original score will stand as is though.

We will begin reading from our Arizona Studies Weekly Newspaper that talks all about Arizona's History.

Math

The students will solve 2 step word problems using the subtraction algorithm with tape diagrams. They will also use rounding to assess reasonableness of the answer.

Science

We are learning about the Plant Kingdom.
- How do we classify plants?
- What is photosynthesis?
- How do we use plants?

Religion 

We will be learning about the liturgical calendar and discussing ordinary time. With the theme of our week being temptation,, we will discuss forming a good conscience. We will also be tested on the Act of Hope on Wednesday, October 12th. 

Hello October!

Good Morning Fourth Grade Families,

We hope you all had a lovely weekend and were able to enjoy the rain and cooler weather. It was wonderful seeing so many of you at the Auction on Saturday night. What a fun and beautiful event it was for all!

As we enter into October, we will begin Parent-Teacher Conferences this week. Please review the date and time you signed up for. We look forward to seeing you and discussing your amazing children!

English Language Arts

Please note that this week there is no spelling words as the students are preparing for their 50 States Quiz, which is Friday, October 7th. Also, since next week has two half days, we will keep our focus on lesson 6 for the next two weeks. With that said, students will have the spelling words on the below focus wall for next week, test on Thursday, October 13th. More details to come later in the week.



We will continue to practice identifying complete sentences vs. fragments, proper nouns vs. common nouns, proper use of quotation marks, and verbs.

Students will be working on writing a Tall Tale using quotations (dialogue) correctly over the next two weeks.

Students will have a reading comprehension test and grammar test next Tuesday, October 11th.

The students did an outstanding job on their first book projects. Please remember they have a second book project to complete by October 28th. The genre they should be reading is mystery. If you child is in need an extra packet that describes the book projects please have them see me for an additional copy.

Social Studies

We will be preparing for our 50 States Quiz on Friday by playing mystery state game, Jeopardy, memory game, and a variety of songs. Students will need to correctly locate and spell the state's name for Friday's quiz.

We will also begin working on learning the abbreviations for each state.

In two weeks. students will be tested on the states and capitals together. The test date is Friday, October 21st. Last Friday, each student received a packet of flash cards that has the state name and capital.

Math

Students will be able to use place value understandingto decompose smaller units once using the standard subtraction algorithm, and apply the algorithm to solve word problems using tape diagrams. In other words, please practice subtrraction.

Please practice math x5 facts.

Science

We will be reviewing classifying things. We will be beginning the plant kingdom.

Religion

We will continue the Act of Hope. We will be discussing how to pray the Rosary.