Angelville News November 7-11, 2011

BON DIA WEEK 10!
November 7, 2011

Bon Dia, Good Day!

Our ONE SATURDAY went well. We had many volunteers from St. Alphonsus, and one Super Start student from our class, Brynne. Brynne came to share the gifts she herself has received as a gift. Thank You Brynne, it was great to see you up there.

HUGE, HUGE, thanks to all of the students who brought in SOAP for our One Saturday Drive, there was so much soap, and it was GREAT!!!!

This week will also be a short week. Friday is Veterans Day and a Holiday. Make sure you thank any Veterans in your life who have served in the armed forces. Because of them, we continue to life a life of freedom. Thank You!!!


Notices
*Please join us for our Veterans Day Assembly in the Auditorium on Thursday, November 10 at 8:45am



READERS/WRITERS WORKSHOP – Starting this month we will be working on ‘Slice of Life’ stories. These stories are still personal narratives, but with a kick, hoping to raise the quality of narrative writing. I love to hear the students say, “I love Writers Workshop!” I know they do, because it really shows in their writing. This week we will work on another strategy. When we need help getting started writing we can think of a strong feeling to write about. This week we will be writing about strong feelings.


In Readers Workshop we finished our Judy Moody book. We will demonstrate that fluent reading involves pausing after an independent and meaningful flow of words, rather than after every word. This week we will begin the Stone Fox book.

MATH – I have decided to divide my 4th grade students up into 2 different math groups. I will send out a review sheet to those who will be taking the Math Unit Final on Thursday. For those who do not receive a math review sheet, I will be working with them further in the multiplication unit. 3rd graders coming into 4th grade need to have their multiplication facts mastered. For those who do not have their multiplication facts mastered, they will receive extra support until they have them mastered.
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RELIGION – This week we will be reading in our Religion books, Chapter 4 on Prayer. We will also continue with our Steps to Respect and Anti-Bully Plan.

SPELLING – (NOT FOR MSL STUDENTS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WORK) each week a new list of spelling words is given. Monday is a pre-test and spelling assignment. Tuesday and Wednesday they are writing spelling sentences. Thursday is an additional spelling worksheet. Fridays we have our spelling test, turn in all of our spelling from the week, and then are able to play word games. Each day an assignment is assigned to work on in class. If they are unable to complete the assignment, they need to complete it at home. At the end of the week all of the spelling work is neatly put together, stapled and turned in.

SOCIAL STUDIES – Please read through the Homework packet with your student. The students will be researching their ‘state’ from home and at school. All of the information they need for this project they have in their binders.

SCIENCE – Last week we started a science
Experiment, “What happens to a pumpkin after Halloween?” We are watching pumpkins with different variables (air, water, cold, and heat, dirt…) to see what happens to them over time. We will also continue with the Metric System Foss Kit.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!