Hello 4th Grade Families!
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It’s great having (almost) everyone back in class! It seems that health and energy are at an all time high in 4th grade — yay! 😀
The 1st Trimester is over, and we have 3 weeks together before Christmas break. We can do this!
Important Dates:
- Friday, December 2: 12pm Dismissal
- Please support Sacred Heart pantry with free dress – bring in $$$ the next two Fridays, December 2, 9
- Food drive! Please help support SH pantry with non-perishables starting Monday, December 5 -9.
- Friday, December 16: If your schedule permits, save the date and join us for Mass and special morning with your children (details on Mrs. Benner’s post) + FREE- Free Dress and 12pm Dismissal
Homework: DUE ON TUESDAYS
- IXL Math:
- S.11 — Convert fractions and mixed numbers to decimals – denominators of 10 and 100
- S.13 — Convert decimals to fractions and mixed numbers
- 20-30 minutes of reading, 5 times a week – 5 Reading Responses (Tuesday-Tuesday)
- Please have students read NONFICTION — they have checked out books from our library
Our Week:
- Math: We continue to study decimals and explore the thousandths place. Students will practice viewing decimals as fractions and how they connect!
- Reading: Nonfiction is everywhere! We’ll keep practicing how to read nonfiction well by making a connection to our texts, and by trying our best to look IN and AROUND unfamiliar words to figure out their meanings.
- Writing: We begin our focus on Opinion writing this week!
- Religion: Advent has arrived! This week, and the next weeks to come, we will study about Advent in religion. Our focus this week… HOPE!
- Social Studies: We continue learning about California’s Native People and their various cultures.
- Science: This week, we continue our study of rocks. We focus on Sedimentary rocks and ask the question: What did our town look like 100 million years ago?
Let’s make it a great week!
Ms. Schmaeling
