Angelville News, Week 20

Bon Dia

Feburary 3, 2010

Thank You to all the parents and students that helped to make our Open House such a success! It was great to see so many faces on Sunday! I am very proud of all the 4th graders and the work they have displayed in the hall.

This Friday is a Prayer Service in the auditorium at 8:45am. I also want to remind anyone interested in helping that we will be breaking ground on the GARDEN on Feb. 20th. Stop by to lend a hand, or just come by to check it out. We are Finally doing it! YAY!!

I apologize for the late newsletter, some how it got past me this week.

In math we continue with our measurement and geometry unit. This week we are looking at congruent and symmetrical figures. On Thursday we will move into perimeter and area of figures. Each Wednesday and Friday I am giving little Checkpoints, these are reviews of past units along with one problem pertaining to the current unit. In reading we continue to read about the long expedition of Lewis and Clark and then respond to comprehension questions in our journals.

In SS we continue with our Bridges Curriculum. The survey that went home was from the Bridges curriculum. This is to be aware of the consumption that is consumed by a very small percentage of the world. In 2008 there were about 6.5 billion people in the world, half of those people make less than $2 dollars a day, and another billion live on less than $1 a day. We were given information by the Conference of Catholic Bishops to recognize the campaign against global poverty, the concern of climate change and forced migration. We talked about forced migration in Religion on Monday and we will write letters to our diocese to find out whether or not we have a refugee resettlement program, and if so, ways in which we can help, acting as Faithful Stewards of God's Creation. This really hits home since just recently we have seen where forced migration and poverty is so real in a country just south of America, Haiti. Science, SS, and Religion have become cross-curricular this week. I will send a copy of the Migration information home for those of you that are interested in reading it.

This month is African American Heritage Month. Each student will choose an African American Author who has won an award for a book they wrote. The students will first research the award, and then the author. I will staple a copy of this assignment into their planners. This activity will go well into next week.

Have a great Day