Good Afternoon!
Welcome to our very busy last week of school before break! We have some different schedules going on this week due to our Christmas Program.
We will have Lesson 18 (review lesson) due on Thursday. No spelling test on Friday and no extra credit rewrites this week.
In reading we will continue to work on our summaries
In Social Studies we have almost finished up our Southeast tour. Today we learned about Walt Disney and discussed his Disney Empire. Tomorrow we will look at his first cartoon and one of Miss Winter's favorite Christmas Disney Cartoon :) We will also discuss our requirements for our Southeast Letters and Scrapbook pages tomorrow! (remember due January 10th)
In LA they will have a quiz on Tuesday over verbs, verb tense, and commas.
4th graders will have Science one more time this week: Winter on Wednesday, Carbone on Thursday
4th graders will have Math one more time this week: Carbone on Wednesday, Winter on Thursday
We look forward to seeing all of you this week at one of the Christmas Programs!!
Mrs. Carbone and Miss Winter
Monday, December 16, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Social Studies- Monday
On Monday, December 16th we will be finishing our region tour of the Southeast. Our last stop is Orlando, Florida and we will be learning about Disney World! We will learn about Walt Disney, some early cartoons, and the amusement park. The students may bring in a small, nonbreakable Disney item of their choice so we can bring Disney to Downers Grove. The items will go home on Monday- none will be spending the night at school.
After Monday, the Southeast Letter and scrapbook pages will be assigned and will be due on Friday, January 10th. It is pretty much the same as the Northeast letter but they have 10 new places to talk about! We might have some time to work on it during the school day next week but most of this letter will be done at home.
Have a great weekend!
After Monday, the Southeast Letter and scrapbook pages will be assigned and will be due on Friday, January 10th. It is pretty much the same as the Northeast letter but they have 10 new places to talk about! We might have some time to work on it during the school day next week but most of this letter will be done at home.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Week of December 9th
Good Morning- sorry we are a little late this week!
This week in...
Reading: Mountains by Seymour Simon. We will NOT have a comprehension test on Friday over this story however we will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday over our vocab words. On Thursday we will start our in-class research project over another one of Simon's books. This will be completed next week as well.
Religion: Nativity and Christmas
Spelling: Lesson 17
4th LA: Verbs
5th LA: Verbs
4th SS: We will finish up our Southeast tour. Next week we will begin working on our Southeast Letters. Letters will be due after break, however if they get done by next Friday I would be happy to take them!
5th SS: Chapter 6- we will not finish this before break!
This week in...
Reading: Mountains by Seymour Simon. We will NOT have a comprehension test on Friday over this story however we will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday over our vocab words. On Thursday we will start our in-class research project over another one of Simon's books. This will be completed next week as well.
Religion: Nativity and Christmas
Spelling: Lesson 17
4th LA: Verbs
5th LA: Verbs
4th SS: We will finish up our Southeast tour. Next week we will begin working on our Southeast Letters. Letters will be due after break, however if they get done by next Friday I would be happy to take them!
5th SS: Chapter 6- we will not finish this before break!
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Week of December 2nd
Good Morning! We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving! And Happy December- we made it, can you believe it?!?
We will be sending home a December Scholastic Book Order today, Tuesday. It will be due in a week- December 10th. They have great prices on books in case Santa wants to know.... :) Remember you can also order online with our grade level code: 1FQVA
This week we have Reconciliation on Wednesday at 10:30. We went over our examination of conscience sheets and the students should be thinking about that.
We also have a band concert on Thursday. All school is at 1:15 and the evening concert is at 6:30
And on Friday we have our first Christmas Show performance! Some of the senior citizens will be coming to our school to hear our beautiful songs!
This week in....
Reading: Mimicry and Camouflage. Test on Friday
Religion: Chapter 4
Spelling: Lesson 16
4th LA: Starting verbs
5th LA: Finishing up another animal report and then will begin verbs
4th SS: Southeast region tour- Jamestown, a coal mine in Appalachia, and Memphis, Tennessee blues and jazz music!
5th SS: Test on Chapter 5 Thursday and Friday of this week- Vocabulary due Thursday!
We will be sending home a December Scholastic Book Order today, Tuesday. It will be due in a week- December 10th. They have great prices on books in case Santa wants to know.... :) Remember you can also order online with our grade level code: 1FQVA
This week we have Reconciliation on Wednesday at 10:30. We went over our examination of conscience sheets and the students should be thinking about that.
We also have a band concert on Thursday. All school is at 1:15 and the evening concert is at 6:30
And on Friday we have our first Christmas Show performance! Some of the senior citizens will be coming to our school to hear our beautiful songs!
This week in....
Reading: Mimicry and Camouflage. Test on Friday
Religion: Chapter 4
Spelling: Lesson 16
4th LA: Starting verbs
5th LA: Finishing up another animal report and then will begin verbs
4th SS: Southeast region tour- Jamestown, a coal mine in Appalachia, and Memphis, Tennessee blues and jazz music!
5th SS: Test on Chapter 5 Thursday and Friday of this week- Vocabulary due Thursday!
Friday, November 29, 2013
For 5th Grade Stock Market Activity
Sorry this is late 5th grade!
For your patience all 6 stocks have double profits on November 29th!
For your patience all 6 stocks have double profits on November 29th!
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to our 4th grade students and families!
Thank you to everyone who donated items and money to the Philippines, the tornado victims, and to our food drive for Thanksgiving. The students were very generous!
Also we completed out first Reader's Response on Sea Turtles. The students did a nice job on it. The responded to an article and a video and wrote some great things.
After Thanksgiving we will get back to a semi-"normal" week. Some upcoming items would be:
Tuesday- Gym quiz on Floor Hockey: Study guides went home last week for Mrs. Carbone's class and Today for Miss Winter's Class
Wednesday: Reconciliation in the morning
Thursday: Band Concert in the afternoon for students and in the evening for families
Friday: Music show in the church basement for our senior citizens
After break we will do our normal This week in... to update about subject news and assignments.
Have a Great Break!
Thank you to everyone who donated items and money to the Philippines, the tornado victims, and to our food drive for Thanksgiving. The students were very generous!
Also we completed out first Reader's Response on Sea Turtles. The students did a nice job on it. The responded to an article and a video and wrote some great things.
After Thanksgiving we will get back to a semi-"normal" week. Some upcoming items would be:
Tuesday- Gym quiz on Floor Hockey: Study guides went home last week for Mrs. Carbone's class and Today for Miss Winter's Class
Wednesday: Reconciliation in the morning
Thursday: Band Concert in the afternoon for students and in the evening for families
Friday: Music show in the church basement for our senior citizens
After break we will do our normal This week in... to update about subject news and assignments.
Have a Great Break!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Week of November 18th
Good Morning 4th grade families!
First of all we will be sending extra prayers to the families who were affected by the tornadoes on Sunday during class. Also on Tuesday during mass, Father John has asked that we have collection baskets for each of the grade levels to help the Philippines. Hopefully your student earned/can earn some extra allowance money to donate. We will have one student as our fourth grade representative to bring the basket up to the altar during mass. Also Mrs. Carbone's class will be leading mass this week.
This week in...
Reading: We will be writing our extended responses on sea turtles. The students did a great job closely reading their articles from National Geographic and learned a lot of information. Writing about sea turtles should be a piece of cake! They will be due on Wednesday and we will also start reading Emerald's Eggs as well. The test on Emerald's Eggs will be on Tuesday the 26th.
Religion: We will begin Chapter 4
Spelling: Lesson 15
4th LA: Sequencing the events and history of Thanksgiving and this will turn into an essay.
5th LA: Finishing up ugly endangered animal reports and will be completing an extended response on the Gettysburg Address
4th SS: We will be starting our tour of the Southeast. We will be visiting 10 places. Feel free to take a look at our maps in our binders as we travel along!
5th SS: Chapter 5- probably not going to finish this chapter before Thanksgiving break. We have also started our stock market activity where the students have bought "stocks" in different companies that the English Colonists have set up. They should be checking their running totals each night to make sure their math is correct. Excited to see who wins the Golden Corn in each class!!
First of all we will be sending extra prayers to the families who were affected by the tornadoes on Sunday during class. Also on Tuesday during mass, Father John has asked that we have collection baskets for each of the grade levels to help the Philippines. Hopefully your student earned/can earn some extra allowance money to donate. We will have one student as our fourth grade representative to bring the basket up to the altar during mass. Also Mrs. Carbone's class will be leading mass this week.
This week in...
Reading: We will be writing our extended responses on sea turtles. The students did a great job closely reading their articles from National Geographic and learned a lot of information. Writing about sea turtles should be a piece of cake! They will be due on Wednesday and we will also start reading Emerald's Eggs as well. The test on Emerald's Eggs will be on Tuesday the 26th.
Religion: We will begin Chapter 4
Spelling: Lesson 15
4th LA: Sequencing the events and history of Thanksgiving and this will turn into an essay.
5th LA: Finishing up ugly endangered animal reports and will be completing an extended response on the Gettysburg Address
4th SS: We will be starting our tour of the Southeast. We will be visiting 10 places. Feel free to take a look at our maps in our binders as we travel along!
5th SS: Chapter 5- probably not going to finish this chapter before Thanksgiving break. We have also started our stock market activity where the students have bought "stocks" in different companies that the English Colonists have set up. They should be checking their running totals each night to make sure their math is correct. Excited to see who wins the Golden Corn in each class!!
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