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Week 23
February 23, 2009

Reminders:
This week Mrs. Reid will be traveling to New York.
We have our field trip on Thursday so please pack your child a sack lunch and make sure that your permission slip is in, and $10 paid. We will not have mass on Tuesday, our regular time, but instead we will celebrate mass this week on Ash Wednesday at 9am for those that would like to join us. There is a staff retreat on Monday, March 2, so there will be no school.

Academics;
This week in Math we will focus on long division with remainders and double digit multiplication - seem to still have some difficulty in these areas.

In reading we continue with our book clubs. The Mr. Henshaw book club will take a book test tomorrow, Tuesday the 24th. (It was brought to my attention that some students have completed books at home and would like to take AR tests. The problem we are having is scheduling issues, no computers in the classroom, students being unattended in lab by themselves, and teachers not wanting to take entire class to lab so that just a few students can take their AR test. I have spoken with Mrs. Reid about this issue and it will be discussed at a future staff meeting.)

In religion we will begin our unit on Lent. Religion tests will go home this week. Students will take another Beatitudes quiz on Wednesday. This is in their planners. It is important that when there is going to be a test that the students bring home their text books and go over material with a parent, and a parent quiz them. I know this was in their planners last week.

In LA we are writing Heritage stories. We are going to have a Heritage day next month. The students have checked out books from the different regions/countries they have come from. They are gathering information and writing a children's story based on their heritage. If you have any information you can share with them please do so. It is wonderful to hear stories about where have come from.

In science we will begin to talk about the Scientific Method as we approach the science fair. The 4th grade will have a few science stations at the fair. We are not doing individual projects this year. We will be presenting information as teams.

(I wanted to clarify why the science test was postponed till last week. Often times we plan for weeks in advance and through out the week plans change and there are interruptions and certain projects/activities take longer than you expect, and then there is a day off. I wanted to make sure that the students had adequate time to study and plan and go over the review sheet. On any given day I may be thinking about a few dozen different things I need to do. There are times when I do forget to hand out something, pass something back, or go over something with the class. I always get to it, and use my best judgement to make the best decision I feel fit for the class. I appreciate your understanding and patients. As teachers we have learned to become quite flexible.)

If in the future you have any questions or concerns about your child or a decision made, please e-mail me and I can further clarify it for you. Thanks!! mizschmutz@gmail.com

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BON DIA

Week 23

February 17, 2009

Good Week All - Updates
This week will be short and busy at the same time. I will have a sub this Thursday and Friday! I will be traveling to Spokane to visit my family. Cayce and Christopher Johns will spend their last day with us on Friday. We are sad to see them go in the middle of the year, but we wish them well ,and know that they will be very successful in their new school in Houston, Texas. We will have a little party for them tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon. There will be a Parent meeting for all parents who are re-enrolling their kids in the school - this is mandatory for all!!! Friday night is BONGO night!

Academics:
Math - continue to work on long division, multiplication, averages and divisibilities.
Reading - Book Clubs continue to read their chapter books and work together in Lit. Circles at times.
Religion - Preparing to take a chapter test on Baptism and look into lent. Chapter test on Friday.
Social Studies - finish up Chapter 4 on Coastal Indians, Chapter test on Friday.
Science - We reviewed Physical Science Unit 2.1-2.7, Unit test will be on Thursday. All students have in their planners to study for this test each night until Thursday.
L.A. - Poems

Have a Great Week!!!

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BON DIA

Week 22 - VALENTINES week

February 9, 2009

Reminders:

This week we will have a Valentines party on Thursday afternoon to exchange Valentines. On Wednesday the kids will be making Valentine bags. If you can remember, please send the Valentines on Wednesday since a handful of kids will be away on Thursday, this way they can take their bags with them - Thanks!

NO SCHOOL - Friday 13 and Monday 16th!

Academics;

This week in Math we continue to work with division, multiplication, averages, prime and composite numbers. Continue to practice your division facts at home. Super important at this point in the year to know your division quick -quick-quick!!

A few reading groups have begun new stories and will be taking the AR quiz's for comprehension once their books are completed. I sent home a letter today about the AR books and a list of them.

On Tuesday the 17, the students will take their Physical Science test. I will send home a review sheet this week. Since Monday is a holiday, it is important that the kids study and are ready for the test on Tuesday. We will begin Chapter 4 in Social Studies this week.

In religion the kids wrote prayers, typed them out and are now going up on our "Soaring Toward Peace on Earth" board. Today the 4th graders lead the school in prayer, "I ARISE TODAY." Ask your child about our prayerful song. If anyone would like the lyrics, let me know.

We continue to work with Adjectives. Today we took our names and found adjectives that describe us, beginning with each letter of our name. They are on our Valentine board outside our classroom.

HAPPY WEEK!

POI BALLS

Poi Balls are part of the Hula Dance. During Hawaiian Day Jessica showed off her talents with her balls to great Hawaiian music. Such fun!

HAWAIIAN DAY

During Catholic Schools Week we had spirit and dressed each day in a different theme. One day was Hawaiian Day. Who would have known that we had so many Hula dancers in one class. They put on a show for us and it was grand! Thank you girls for sharing your wonderful sport with us.

INAUGURATION

Last week as a school we were lucky to watch President Obama being signed in as the next President of this great country.

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GROUND HOG DAY

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Week 21

February 2, 2009

Reminders:

Today we celebrated SPIRIT DAY in the Family Center! The teachers took on the 8th grade and WON!! YAY TEACHERS, You still have it in you!!

Tomorrow the 3rd is early out 2:00pm

Non-Uniform day on Friday the 6th.

Thursday, Feb. 5th Shrinking Big Foot Assembly in the Auditorium at 9am

Friday there is also a Prayer Assembly at 8:45am and the Spelling Bee at 2pm

Academics:

Tomorrow 2 book clubs will be wrapping up their book tests! The next two books introduced will be The Bridge to Terabithia, and Polar Bears Past Bedtime. In reading we continue to work on vocabulary of new words introduced in each story, comprehension, making connections and synthesizing.

In Language Arts we have started some research on various famous African Americans since this is African American month. Those that have computers at home, your children may need to do some research, if they were not able to locate what they needed during computer time.

In math we continue to work on story problems/long multiplication and division.

Science we will complete our physical science unit this week and take our science test on Friday.

In Social Studies we will begin chapter 4, learning about Coastal People.

In Religion we continue to talk about living in God's image and living a holy life, treating all of our Brother's and Sisters with respect and kindness.

I will be sending home a Field Trip form. We will be going to the Seattle Science Center for the Polar Science Weekend that will coincide with the end of the International Polar Year. The cost will be around $10 dollars for entrance and bus fee. I plan to organize a few bake sales to cut some of that cost. More info. coming.

Have a great week, feels like Spring today, not sure why that ground hog says 6 more weeks. Lets hope not!