Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day!!  Students may accessorize their regular P. E. clothes with green add-ons, such as socks, hair ribbons, earrings, etc.  Then the following day, Wednesday, we will have a free dress, for $1.

The Speech contest will be at the end of April.  As preparation for this, before we go on Easter break, I would like the fourth graders to select a published poem to memorize.  Everyone must select a different poem, from 15-20 lines, so it is first come, first serve.  Once selected, a copy of the poem should be brought to school for me to record.

This week we will be completing Reading logs, due next Monday. You may click here to access the form.  Weekly_Reading_Log Fourth graders have a Read Across America recording sheet, which needs to be signed by a parent each time a book has been completed.  Tickets are issued for completed books, and there will be a raffle at the end of the month. You may click here to access the Read Across America form.  Read across America

We will not be doing ixL Math this week; instead, there will be a homework sheet each evening, which is due the following day.

In Writer’s Workshop we continue writing opinion essays.

In Social Studies we continue reading chapter 5, learning about the gold rush and California statehood. 

We have started Unit 22 in Spelling; there will be a test on Friday.

We will begin spend this week doing review units in Vocabulary.  Next week we will begin Unit 13.

In Grammar we will begin our study of adjectives and adverbs.

In Math we continue our study of multiplication in Unit 5 and should be ready for a test next week.

We will begin a new unit in Science, chapter 5, Earth Science.  Our focus will be on Rocks and Minerals.

We are discussing the sixth and ninth commandments.  We will be receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation next Monday morning (originally scheduled for today). As we continue our Lenten journey, we will be attending Stations of the Cross on Wednesday at 2 p.m.  Please join us if you can.

In Reading groups we continue reading our literature selections, as well as reading nonfiction selections in the Scholastic News magazines.

Thanking you for your continued support,

Mrs. Dwyer