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!!

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!

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

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

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

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