Tomorrow, Friday, we will have an out of uniform on our half day of school! This means jeans only- no jeggings, leggings, yoga pants, sweats, warm-up pants, etc. of any kind.
Thank you!! :)
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Christmas Program
It is Christmas Program day! We will have a preformance this afternoon starting at 12:00 and at night starting at 6:30. We are asking that all fourth and fifth graders are here starting at 5:55 and no later then 6:10. We will meet downstairs in the school hall so please come in the big doors on Highland across from the gym. For tonights preformance fourth and fifth graders will be right in the middle of the altar for our songs and then for the finale fourth grade will be on the right hand side if looking at the altar and the fifth grade will be on the left hand side if looking at the altar.
See you all tonight!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
See you all tonight!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Week of December 17th
Happy Tuesday!
Our last week before Christmas Break- can you believe it is already here? The students have been preparing and rehearsing very hard this week for their Christmas Program on Thursday night and we are also looking forward to it! Remember please bring in a candle ASAP if you haven't ordered one this year or haven't brought one in already! We are practicing with them this week!
We will not have spelling workbook at all this week but we will have a reading test on our story Firestorm on Thursday morning.
We also we be getting our classroom winners this week for the spelling bee and the geography bee- lots of bees this week :)
We also hope that you received the email from Mrs. Stasi concerning our school safety. We of course are very sadden by the events that took place last Friday and are holding special prayers in our hearts for the victims.
Please enjoy this holiday season with your family and friends and a VERY Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful fourth grade students and families!!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Our last week before Christmas Break- can you believe it is already here? The students have been preparing and rehearsing very hard this week for their Christmas Program on Thursday night and we are also looking forward to it! Remember please bring in a candle ASAP if you haven't ordered one this year or haven't brought one in already! We are practicing with them this week!
We will not have spelling workbook at all this week but we will have a reading test on our story Firestorm on Thursday morning.
We also we be getting our classroom winners this week for the spelling bee and the geography bee- lots of bees this week :)
We also hope that you received the email from Mrs. Stasi concerning our school safety. We of course are very sadden by the events that took place last Friday and are holding special prayers in our hearts for the victims.
Please enjoy this holiday season with your family and friends and a VERY Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful fourth grade students and families!!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Math Test!!
Tomorrow 4th graders will have a math test on multiplication and division facts 0-12. Please study them tonight- review sheets were given out and should make it home!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Candles
Good Afternoon!
Please remember to send your battery operated candle to school sometime this week! Please please please put your child's initials on it. We will hold them in the classrooms and make sure that they use them for dress rehearsals next week and we will keep them safe for the Christmas Program next Thursday evening. Some of you ordered a candle this year and we do have them. By Friday this week we will let students know who has one here and who doesn't.
Thank you!
Please remember to send your battery operated candle to school sometime this week! Please please please put your child's initials on it. We will hold them in the classrooms and make sure that they use them for dress rehearsals next week and we will keep them safe for the Christmas Program next Thursday evening. Some of you ordered a candle this year and we do have them. By Friday this week we will let students know who has one here and who doesn't.
Thank you!
Friday, December 7, 2012
Week of December 10th
Dear Parents,
Another busy week at SJS coming up! On Tuesday the students will be going to Confession, on Wednesday we will have all school mass to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe, and of course all of our learning that takes place each week.
Also if each student could spare one box of tissues that would be great! We are good on wipes and making sure that we are keeping our areas clean but our tissues run low especially during this cold and flu season. Thanks in advance!
This week in:
Reading: we will finish up our Seymour Simon research projects and begin reading our story Firestorm. Our skill is drawing conclusions. The reading test for this story will not be until next Wednesday!
Science: the students will have a science test sometime this week, possibly Wednesday, more info to follow!
Math: multiplication practice- review your facts!
Language Arts: the students reviewed alphabetizing and dictionary skills. Do you need them to organize anything or look up a word for you? They should be experts!
Social Studies: Chapter 5 begins. We will learn all about the people of the Northeast region.
Spelling: Lesson 16
Religion: We will review our facts about Our Lady of Guadalupe and Confession.
Character: We read a story entitled My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig. Such a great story- ask your 4th grader about it! We are going to continue this conversation and also talk about second chances with friends. Our character posters are ready to be laminated and will be up next week!
Thanks again for all of your support. If any questions arise please feel free to contact us!
Another busy week at SJS coming up! On Tuesday the students will be going to Confession, on Wednesday we will have all school mass to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe, and of course all of our learning that takes place each week.
Also if each student could spare one box of tissues that would be great! We are good on wipes and making sure that we are keeping our areas clean but our tissues run low especially during this cold and flu season. Thanks in advance!
This week in:
Reading: we will finish up our Seymour Simon research projects and begin reading our story Firestorm. Our skill is drawing conclusions. The reading test for this story will not be until next Wednesday!
Science: the students will have a science test sometime this week, possibly Wednesday, more info to follow!
Math: multiplication practice- review your facts!
Language Arts: the students reviewed alphabetizing and dictionary skills. Do you need them to organize anything or look up a word for you? They should be experts!
Social Studies: Chapter 5 begins. We will learn all about the people of the Northeast region.
Spelling: Lesson 16
Religion: We will review our facts about Our Lady of Guadalupe and Confession.
Character: We read a story entitled My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig. Such a great story- ask your 4th grader about it! We are going to continue this conversation and also talk about second chances with friends. Our character posters are ready to be laminated and will be up next week!
Thanks again for all of your support. If any questions arise please feel free to contact us!
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Week of November 26th
Good Evening 4th Grade Families,
We hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving break with your families! These next four weeks before Christmas Break are going to be jam packed!
This week in:
Reading: We will read the story Mountains by Seymour Simon. It is a nonfiction piece and has a lot of information to get through. Our test will be on Friday but will be open book- we normally do not have open book tests but this is a great strategy to be able to find the information that is needed n the text.
Next week we will be combining classrooms to have the students work on an in-class research project on another one of Seymour Simon's books. Each student will get paired with someone from the other class, work with that person to finish the project, and then will report back to their own homeroom class with their information. It will be a great way to collaborate and work with a friend from the other room. This also means that we will have no reading test next week.
Spelling: Lesson 14
Religion: We are finishing up the Ten Commandments and starting to learn about the Trinity. We also will have Advent activities this week and next.
We are also starting a mini-unit all about our character. We are trying to figure out real life examples for each of our character pillar words. Our new words are:
trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
We will be working on this throughout the year. We will have some in class projects and different books to read and discuss as a class. Please talk with your 4th grader at home about these words and to find out what we have discussed!
Social Studies: Our region tour is underway and our binders are getting full of materials! Last week we sampled some of our Northeast resources, saw a real life quarry explosion on video, and got a rock from that quarry! We will have our Chapter 4 test sometime next week- probably Tuesday or Wednesday.
Science: Students are continuing to work on Force and Motion
Math: The elapsed time projects were super great! We enjoyed looking at all of them. They were very creative and full of great pictures :)
Language Arts: Nouns, Nouns, Nouns!
We hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving break with your families! These next four weeks before Christmas Break are going to be jam packed!
This week in:
Reading: We will read the story Mountains by Seymour Simon. It is a nonfiction piece and has a lot of information to get through. Our test will be on Friday but will be open book- we normally do not have open book tests but this is a great strategy to be able to find the information that is needed n the text.
Next week we will be combining classrooms to have the students work on an in-class research project on another one of Seymour Simon's books. Each student will get paired with someone from the other class, work with that person to finish the project, and then will report back to their own homeroom class with their information. It will be a great way to collaborate and work with a friend from the other room. This also means that we will have no reading test next week.
Spelling: Lesson 14
Religion: We are finishing up the Ten Commandments and starting to learn about the Trinity. We also will have Advent activities this week and next.
We are also starting a mini-unit all about our character. We are trying to figure out real life examples for each of our character pillar words. Our new words are:
trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
We will be working on this throughout the year. We will have some in class projects and different books to read and discuss as a class. Please talk with your 4th grader at home about these words and to find out what we have discussed!
Social Studies: Our region tour is underway and our binders are getting full of materials! Last week we sampled some of our Northeast resources, saw a real life quarry explosion on video, and got a rock from that quarry! We will have our Chapter 4 test sometime next week- probably Tuesday or Wednesday.
Science: Students are continuing to work on Force and Motion
Math: The elapsed time projects were super great! We enjoyed looking at all of them. They were very creative and full of great pictures :)
Language Arts: Nouns, Nouns, Nouns!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Week of November 13th
Happy Wednesday!
We had quite a busy day today in 4th grade! Along with our busy normal morning, our gentlemen enjoyed a presentation from Father John all about seminaries. Our ladies went to the LRC during that time and had lots of fun as well- ask them about their Turkey dance.... :) They will enjoy a visit from some area Sisters later in the year.
Miss Winter's class is in charge of the Mary bulletin board in the hallway downstairs. Our feast day that we have is the Presentation of Our Lady. We briefly discussed that today and learned that one way to honor the day is by doing acts of service. We realized that it is very simple to do and one thing we do as a school is our annual donations to the food pantry at Thanksgiving. So please remember that fourth grade is in change of paper products if you can donate!
Mrs. Carbone's class will be in charge of the bulletin board after Thanksgiving break.
Please check out the tabs on the top of our blog. We have one for spelling that gives a link to a website called spelling city- it is free and no need to enter an email. They have TONS of resources for students to use to practice their spelling words from each lesson! Our one for reading has a link to our textbook site with games and resources. We also have a link to have the stories read to you out loud or you can read them by yourself on the computer! We also put up a few great math practice websites and math games. Cool math is a great website that students seem to enjoy. More tabs will be coming soon!
Also thank you for attending conferences last Friday, we truly enjoyed meeting with all of you!
This week in:
Spelling: Lesson 13
Reading: We are reading the nonfiction story Mimicry and Camouflage Our story skill is a tricky one- cause and effect.
Math: They are still working on time. The projects that some students took advantage of look awesome by the way!
Science: They are continuing their study of Force and Motion
Social Studies: Our region tour has begun! If you haven't brought a 1 1/2 inch binder into school and a set of 5 dividers please do so ASAP.
Language Arts: The students learned about Veteran's day and are continuing learning all about grammar!
We had quite a busy day today in 4th grade! Along with our busy normal morning, our gentlemen enjoyed a presentation from Father John all about seminaries. Our ladies went to the LRC during that time and had lots of fun as well- ask them about their Turkey dance.... :) They will enjoy a visit from some area Sisters later in the year.
Miss Winter's class is in charge of the Mary bulletin board in the hallway downstairs. Our feast day that we have is the Presentation of Our Lady. We briefly discussed that today and learned that one way to honor the day is by doing acts of service. We realized that it is very simple to do and one thing we do as a school is our annual donations to the food pantry at Thanksgiving. So please remember that fourth grade is in change of paper products if you can donate!
Mrs. Carbone's class will be in charge of the bulletin board after Thanksgiving break.
Please check out the tabs on the top of our blog. We have one for spelling that gives a link to a website called spelling city- it is free and no need to enter an email. They have TONS of resources for students to use to practice their spelling words from each lesson! Our one for reading has a link to our textbook site with games and resources. We also have a link to have the stories read to you out loud or you can read them by yourself on the computer! We also put up a few great math practice websites and math games. Cool math is a great website that students seem to enjoy. More tabs will be coming soon!
Also thank you for attending conferences last Friday, we truly enjoyed meeting with all of you!
This week in:
Spelling: Lesson 13
Reading: We are reading the nonfiction story Mimicry and Camouflage Our story skill is a tricky one- cause and effect.
Math: They are still working on time. The projects that some students took advantage of look awesome by the way!
Science: They are continuing their study of Force and Motion
Social Studies: Our region tour has begun! If you haven't brought a 1 1/2 inch binder into school and a set of 5 dividers please do so ASAP.
Language Arts: The students learned about Veteran's day and are continuing learning all about grammar!
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Election Day Wrap-Up
Well the election is over and however our fouth and fifth graders feel about the results I think we can all agree that we had a fantastic time learning all about the process! The Electoral College Monopoly game was probably the best part and we learned a lot about the Electoral College that way. We did a nice job listening to each other's viewpoints and looking at each candidate closely no matter how we felt about them. We kept an open mind!
Our class and school vote had a different outcome then our national vote, but we still had a great time voting! Here is a picture of our official voting booth:
Our class and school vote had a different outcome then our national vote, but we still had a great time voting! Here is a picture of our official voting booth:
Monday, November 5, 2012
Good Afternoon!
This week is a short week due to conferences on Friday. Your conference time was given to you again on the purple sheet inside the report card envelope. We look forward to meeting with each of you!
Also if you haven't signed the report card envelope yet please do so and return ASAP. Thank you.
This week in.....
Reading: We will read a nonfiction expository piece of Natuve American Basket Weaving. There will be no reading test this week.
Spelling: Lesson 12 will be due- it is a review lesson
Religion: We will be finishing up Unit 1 at some point. Also we have our 8th graders coming in to talk about the Devotion to Mary Project.
Math: The students are continuing to work on time- more importantly elasped time- this can be tricky, you may want to quiz your student at home!
Science: The students will have a quiz on Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 on Tuesday (tomorrow). They will continue to study force and motion.
Langauge Arts: It's all about NOUNS! Plural, possessive, you name it!
Social Studies: We will wrap up our election coverage. Tomorrow (Election Day) we will vote for our favorite candidate based on what we learned this week. In case you are home and watching the election tomorrow night I will send the students home with a map to color the states based on if they turn blue or red. We know all about the electoral college thanks to our electoral college monopoly game!
See you all on Friday!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
This week is a short week due to conferences on Friday. Your conference time was given to you again on the purple sheet inside the report card envelope. We look forward to meeting with each of you!
Also if you haven't signed the report card envelope yet please do so and return ASAP. Thank you.
This week in.....
Reading: We will read a nonfiction expository piece of Natuve American Basket Weaving. There will be no reading test this week.
Spelling: Lesson 12 will be due- it is a review lesson
Religion: We will be finishing up Unit 1 at some point. Also we have our 8th graders coming in to talk about the Devotion to Mary Project.
Math: The students are continuing to work on time- more importantly elasped time- this can be tricky, you may want to quiz your student at home!
Science: The students will have a quiz on Unit B Chapter 2 Lesson 1 on Tuesday (tomorrow). They will continue to study force and motion.
Langauge Arts: It's all about NOUNS! Plural, possessive, you name it!
Social Studies: We will wrap up our election coverage. Tomorrow (Election Day) we will vote for our favorite candidate based on what we learned this week. In case you are home and watching the election tomorrow night I will send the students home with a map to color the states based on if they turn blue or red. We know all about the electoral college thanks to our electoral college monopoly game!
See you all on Friday!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Monday, October 29, 2012
Week of October 29, 2012
Happy Monday!
This week is our last week of October and then hello November! We can't believe that November is already here!
On Wednesday (HALLOWEEN!!) the students may have an out of uniform day (no costumes for 4th grade)!! However you must have jeans on- no swishy pants, sweats, leggings, jeggings, or yogas. Or, of course, you may always wear your uniform. We also think that a skirt/dress wouldn't be a great idea because of our AWESOME Halloween party and games that we have in the afternoon! You may wear any school appropriate shirt you would like :)
We will attend mass on Thursday this week instead of Tuesday (All Saints Day)
Also a congratulations is in order for the WONDERFUL timelines that were presented in social studies today! Wow! Impressive!!
This week in…..
Reading: We will read Emerald’s Eggs (we skipped ahead because of timing). This is a reader’s theater all about sea turtles. We will watch a great short video all about these cute little guys.
Spelling: Lesson 11
Religion: This week we watched an animated film on The Ten Commandments. We will finish it up tomorrow- it seems like everyone is enjoying it!
Social Studies: Election week is upon us! The students will be learning about how the election works. We should be able to have great conversations at home about it and be prepared to pick our candidate after we learn about where each candidate stands on the big issues. The students are also getting ready to play Electoral College Monopoly on Monday!
Science: In science the students started their unit on Force and Motion
Math: The students are learning about elapsed time, calendar, mean, median, mode, and some different ways to graph. Tentatively there is a quiz scheduled for Friday.
Language Arts: The students are finishing up the writing pieces on Road Runners!
Have a great week! Happy Halloween!!
This week is our last week of October and then hello November! We can't believe that November is already here!
On Wednesday (HALLOWEEN!!) the students may have an out of uniform day (no costumes for 4th grade)!! However you must have jeans on- no swishy pants, sweats, leggings, jeggings, or yogas. Or, of course, you may always wear your uniform. We also think that a skirt/dress wouldn't be a great idea because of our AWESOME Halloween party and games that we have in the afternoon! You may wear any school appropriate shirt you would like :)
We will attend mass on Thursday this week instead of Tuesday (All Saints Day)
Also a congratulations is in order for the WONDERFUL timelines that were presented in social studies today! Wow! Impressive!!
This week in…..
Reading: We will read Emerald’s Eggs (we skipped ahead because of timing). This is a reader’s theater all about sea turtles. We will watch a great short video all about these cute little guys.
Spelling: Lesson 11
Religion: This week we watched an animated film on The Ten Commandments. We will finish it up tomorrow- it seems like everyone is enjoying it!
Social Studies: Election week is upon us! The students will be learning about how the election works. We should be able to have great conversations at home about it and be prepared to pick our candidate after we learn about where each candidate stands on the big issues. The students are also getting ready to play Electoral College Monopoly on Monday!
Science: In science the students started their unit on Force and Motion
Math: The students are learning about elapsed time, calendar, mean, median, mode, and some different ways to graph. Tentatively there is a quiz scheduled for Friday.
Language Arts: The students are finishing up the writing pieces on Road Runners!
Have a great week! Happy Halloween!!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Out of Uniform Top Day!!
Good Morning!
This Friday, October 26 students may participate in Dollar Day brought to them by the student council! There was a form in the e-messenger but the students willl be bringing a form home tonight as well. They can earn a dollar from their parents for family service and then bring that dollar along with their form ASAP to us and enjoy an out of uniform college or sports top day! The form explains everything so look for it tonight!
All proceeds benefit The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation- what a great cause!
Enjoy your Tuesday!
This Friday, October 26 students may participate in Dollar Day brought to them by the student council! There was a form in the e-messenger but the students willl be bringing a form home tonight as well. They can earn a dollar from their parents for family service and then bring that dollar along with their form ASAP to us and enjoy an out of uniform college or sports top day! The form explains everything so look for it tonight!
All proceeds benefit The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation- what a great cause!
Enjoy your Tuesday!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Week of October 22
Happy Monday Grade 4 Followers!
This week in fourth grade we have the following:
Reading- This week we will be reading the play The Three Little Cyperpigs. The play is followed up by another variation on the classic story The Three Little Pigs. We will also discuss author's purpose and perspective this week. Our lesson test will be on Friday
Religion- We will continue our conversations on the life of Mary and the Ten Commandments.
Spelling- Lesson 10 workbook will be due this week along with a lesson test on Friday.
Social Studies- In social studies this week we will have a test on Chapter 3 on Friday. Study guides will go home prior to the test!
We had a great week last week and would like to continue it this week. Let’s make sure we are getting in assignments and focusing in class!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
This week in fourth grade we have the following:
Reading- This week we will be reading the play The Three Little Cyperpigs. The play is followed up by another variation on the classic story The Three Little Pigs. We will also discuss author's purpose and perspective this week. Our lesson test will be on Friday
Religion- We will continue our conversations on the life of Mary and the Ten Commandments.
Spelling- Lesson 10 workbook will be due this week along with a lesson test on Friday.
Social Studies- In social studies this week we will have a test on Chapter 3 on Friday. Study guides will go home prior to the test!
We had a great week last week and would like to continue it this week. Let’s make sure we are getting in assignments and focusing in class!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
How It's Made!
Today fourth graders learned more about the Industrial Revolution in Social Studies. We watched a few How It's Made videos to show assembly lines and how technology has shaped our world.
How It's Made is a show on the Discovery Channel and they have a great website with video clips from the show that are free to watch. Some students were asking for the link because they would like to watch more videos!
Click here for How It's Made
How It's Made is a show on the Discovery Channel and they have a great website with video clips from the show that are free to watch. Some students were asking for the link because they would like to watch more videos!
Click here for How It's Made
Monday, October 15, 2012
Week of October 15th
This week in....
Reading: We will read the story Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. We have 8 exciting vocabulary words and our skill of the week is Plot, Conflict, and Resolution. Weekly lesson test will be on Thursday.
Spelling: We will complete lesson 9 workbook pages and have our weekly test on Friday
Religion: We will read a picture book all about the life of Mary to get us started for our Devotion to Mary project that is diocesan wide. We will also continue to review and learn about The Ten Commandments.
*We also will have picture day on Thursday. Remember to dress nicely and bring your best smile!
*We will also have our preview day for the book fair on Tuesday and our shopping day on Wednesday. Mrs. Carbone and I went down to view it today and there were lots of great books and cool things!
Thanks for stopping by!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Reading: We will read the story Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. We have 8 exciting vocabulary words and our skill of the week is Plot, Conflict, and Resolution. Weekly lesson test will be on Thursday.
Spelling: We will complete lesson 9 workbook pages and have our weekly test on Friday
Religion: We will read a picture book all about the life of Mary to get us started for our Devotion to Mary project that is diocesan wide. We will also continue to review and learn about The Ten Commandments.
*We also will have picture day on Thursday. Remember to dress nicely and bring your best smile!
*We will also have our preview day for the book fair on Tuesday and our shopping day on Wednesday. Mrs. Carbone and I went down to view it today and there were lots of great books and cool things!
Thanks for stopping by!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Welcome to the 4th Grade BLOG!!!!
Hello!!
Welcome to the 4th Grade blog for the 2012-2013 school year! We will post exciting news as well as any important information for fourth grade right here. Please make sure to follow the blog and you will receive email updates if a post has been added.
Happy reading!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Welcome to the 4th Grade blog for the 2012-2013 school year! We will post exciting news as well as any important information for fourth grade right here. Please make sure to follow the blog and you will receive email updates if a post has been added.
Happy reading!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
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