Happy Spring !

Good Morning Fourth Grade Families,

Spring is here! We have so much to be grateful for this time of year. There is much excitement in the air between Spring Break getting closer, preparing for Stations of the Cross, and March Madness Basketball!

Looking Ahead...

• Wednesday, March 29th - Adoration @ 10:30 AM in the Church
• Friday, March 31st - 8th Grade Performance of Hairspay
• Friday, April 7th - The Living Stations of the Cross @ 9:30 AM Please make plans to attend. This is one of the most beautiful experiences of the Fourth grade. 

Let's cheer on the Gonzaga Bulldogs! Mrs. Grucky is so excited about her team making it to the FINAL FOUR! 

English Language Arts



Students will have a spelling and grammar test on Thursday, March 30th. 

We will work on lesson 20 through next week. Plan for a reading comprehension assessment on Thursday, April 6th. 

Social Studies 

The students are ready to present their Google Slides Presentations. We will also begin to look at Chapter 5: Spanish Explorers in the Discovering Arizona textbook. 

Math 

We will continue with division, but forge ahead and multiply two-digit multiples of ten by two-digit numbers using a place value chart. Ex. 20 X 34

Science

We are finishing Chapter 12 and going to culminate by creating an electricity activity. 

Religion 

We are still preparing for The Stations of the Cross. This week, the students will also have a test on the last 4 Commandments. 

Awareness

Good Evening Families, 

**Please excuse the delay in getting our blog out to you today. **

Warmer weather has arrived, which means Spring fever is in the air! As the weather is warming up, please encourage your child to bring a water bottle to school to stay hydrated.

This week our school theme is awareness. Tomorrow, March 21st, is World Down Syndrome Awareness Day. Down Syndrome occurs when a person is born with an extra chromosome. The 21st chromosome has 3 copies (that's why 3/21 is Down Syndrome Day). Students are asked to honor this day by wearing 3 socks tomorrow. The fourth graders also watched a short video on Down Syndrome. We encourage you to have conversation at home about what they learned from the video. Here is the link to the video should you wish to view it with your child again. Video Link 

English Language Arts

There are NO spelling words this week. 

The students will continue learning about Caesar Chavez and his contributions to our country. Students will have a reading comprehension and vocabulary assessment on Wednesday, March 22nd. 

Students will also begin reviewing when and how we use abbreviations correctly. There will be a grammar assessment on this skill next week on Thursday, March 30th. 

Students will begin a new writing project on a desert animal. 

Social Studies

Students will work on Arizona Studies Weekly Newspaper Week 11 and 12 in class. 

This will be the last week students will have to work on their Early Civilizations Google Slides Presentation. All projects are due next week and formal presentations will begin. 

Math

DIVISION, DIVISION, DIVISION! We are working on mastery of larger division problems (3 and 4-digit dividends) using the standard algorithm. 

Science

We are continuing with Electricity and will add Magnetism. Please reference Chapter 12: Lesson 5. 

Religion 

We are focusing on Stations of the Cross and delving deeper into our Lenten Journey. We will also memorize the last 4 Commandments. 

March Madness has arrived!

 

Top of the Mornin' to Ya!

Happy early St. Patrick's Day! This week marks the beginning of March Madness for 68 NCAA Men's Basketball Teams. To say we are a little excited is an understatement. Each fourth graders will be given a bracket to fill out should they wish to do so, and we will hang them in our rooms to track the progress of our teams. We will be a 'class divided' these next few weeks as Mrs. Grucky cheers on her Gonzaga team and Mrs. Ezell cheers on her Wildcats! 

On Friday, March 17th, the Arupe Marketplace will take place. Please send in small bills with your students for some shopping. 

Our classrooms are in need of a few supplies - pencil topper erasers and pencils. Please check with your child to see if they are in need of any other supplies. 

English Language Arts



There will be modified spelling homework this week, but the test will still be on Thursday. 

There will be a reading comprehension and vocabulary test on Friday, March 17th. 

Social Studies

The students began to work on their Google Slides presentation lat week. For the next two weeks, on Thursdays, which is our computer lab time, students will continue to work on their presentations. We will wrap up our AZ Studies Weekly Newspaper 8-10, and work on our study guide for Chapter 3. The Chapter 3 test will be Thursday, March 16th.

Math

We will continue with division and extend to 3 and 4-digit dividends. Students will use the place value model and the standard algorithm.

Science

Our focus in the Energy unit is lesson 4: Electricity.

Religion

We are reviewing our Lenten promises and preparing for the Stations of the Cross.

Hello March

Good Morning 4th Grade Families!

Hello to March and Happy 4-day school week! We do not have school on Friday, March 10th as the teachers are at a Diocesan in-service. 

FIELD DAY is WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH! This year Field Day is only in the morning. Students will have lunch at their regular time. 4A students are to wear RED, and 4B students is to wear GREEN. 

English Language Arts and Social Studies 

This week, we will place our focus on Social Studies. We will be reading our AZ Studies Weekly Newspapers and finish our our last lesson in Chapter 3. Students will begin working on their Early People of Arizona group project.

There are NO tests this week! 

Math 

The students are going to understand the difference between factors and multiples. We will focus on finding multiples of numbers. Please practice the x9s at home because the timed test will be next week.

Science

We will finish lesson 3: Light. The focus this week will be on the human eye. The students will also complete an open-book, graded packet.

Religion

We will discuss and memorize the Commandments 4, 5, and 6.  The quiz will be Thursday, March 9th.