Week of September 9th

Good Afternoon!

We have made it to week 4 already!  We have updated some of our pages to the blog so please check them out!

This week in....

Reading: We are completing our first nonfiction passage, "Good Enough to Eat" The students should keep the passage in their binders.  Also we will work on finding the main idea and summarizing the article.  The final summary will be due on Friday.  We will complete most of it in class however they may have a little bit to finish up on Thursday night.  No test or definitions this week!  Next week we will read Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain

Religion:  We will learn about Adam and Eve and Abraham and Sarah.  We will also continue to discuss God's plan.

Spelling: Lesson 4- hard and soft g and c.  Workbook due Thursday and Test and Extra credit due Friday

4th Grade Social Studies:  Chapter 1 test Tuesday!  On Wednesday we will begin Chapter 4 (northeast geography)

4th Grade Language Arts: Subject and Predicate- hard concept for some 4th graders so please review with your child!

5th Grade Social Studies: Chapter 1 test- Tuesday and Wednesday.  On Thursday we will begin Chapter 2 which is an overview our our important Native American groups that lived in North America.

5th Grade Language Arts: Subject and predicate and will continue to work on their personal narratives

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Cub Scout Pack 80

Just a reminder that anyone interested in joining cub scouts- there will be an informational meeting tonight at their pack meeting here at St. Joe's at 7:00

Week of September 2nd

Good Afternoon 4th grade families!

This week in.....

Reading: Mighty Jackie; lesson test on Friday.  We will be looking at character traits and motivations again but also adding in setting

Religion- Open book test Chapter 1 on Friday

Spelling- Lesson 3 Workbook due Thursday, Test Friday

4th Grade Language Arts: Quiz Thursday on types of sentence. They will review on Wednesday

5th Grade Language Arts: Quiz Wednesday and begin personal narratives

4th Grade Social studies: We will finish chapter 1 this week.  Chapter 1 test will be on Tuesday next week with a review on Monday.
Chapter 1 Vocabulary will be due on Tuesday

5th Grade Social Studies: We will finish chapter 1 this week. Chapter 1 test will be on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week with a review on Monday
Chapter 1 Vocabulary will be due on Tuesday

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Week of August 26th

Welcome to the 4th grade blog!

We will update this weekly, normally sometime on Mondays.  We will not post homework on the blog but we will let you know about what is happening in each subject.  Please continue to check your child's assignment notebook for homework. 

Also for Science or Math info please check out the 5th grade blog- Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Stillo update there.

This week in....

Reading: We will be reading The Hot and Cold Summer in the textbook.  Comprehension and Vocab test on Friday.

Spelling: Lesson 2- workbook due Thursday, Test Friday

Religion: The story of Creation

4th Grade Language Arts: 4 types of sentences and how to tell if a sentence is a fragment or compound

5th Grade Language Arts: Review of- 4 types of sentences and how to tell if a sentence is a fragment or compound

4th Grade Social Studies: Chapter 1- Regions and Landform overview.  The students were given definitions to complete on a sheet of notebook paper.  These definitions will be due on the day we take the Chapter 1 test.  The test will probably not be until the week of September 9th so they have plenty of time to complete.

5th Grade Social Studies: Chapter - bering strait, early inhabitants of North and South America

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We will see everyone at Curriculum Night- looking forward to it!

Happy Summer and Welcome!

Happy summer everyone!  We hope that everyone is relaxing, enjoying time with family and friends, making fun summer memories, AND continuing to independently read- can't wait to hear about ALL the books you ALL have read! :)

We would like to say WELCOME to our new fourth grade students and families!  Even though it is still summer and school seems so far away, it is still exciting when class lists go up.

Also to our 'old' fourth graders- ahem new 5th graders- we didn't forget about you and we will see you in language arts and social studies and don't forget we know all of your tricks! 

We are looking forward to seeing and meeting everyone on the first day of school- until then enjoy the rest of summer and pick up a book ok?!?

Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter

Last Day....

Tomorrow morning at 8:30 we will have a rosary for Peter.  All are invited- some of our 4th and 5th grade students will lead the rosary as well- could you please remind your student (if they have a part) to come into the building right away tomorrow and meet in Mrs. Stillo's room to practice one more time.

Please wear school uniforms tomorrow.

We will dismiss at 10:00.

Thank you to all who helped with field day today- it was a success!  Coach Josh was way fun!!  Our 4th grade cheer tied with first grade for first place!!  Yay!!  We even had to have a cheer-off- very intense competition :)

We will see everyone tomorrow!

Field Day

It's here!!! Tomorrow is field day! No uniforms- but please make sure you child has on great shoes for running/walking/jumping and some sunscreen on! Also if they would like to bring a hat or sunglasses to wear they may but they are responsible for them.


Also don't forget to bring a FUN prop for our cheer. The props will be collected and brought back up to the classroom before we leave for field day.


Please have them still bring their backpacks and their yearbooks tomorrow- we still have a few papers to go home.


Thanks!!!