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January 12, 2009

Week 18

I want to Thank all of our moms and dads who came out last Friday in support of the students and their wonderful Folk Tales. I will have them on display for Open House towards the end of the month. I will try my best to get the pics up on the blog this week. I am really looking forward to having my own computer in my room so I can post information on the blog more readily.

We had our mini-Christmas concert today and it was great! The kids were all wonderful!

Reminders:

Friday the 16, Bongo Night in the Cafeteria.

Monday the 19 is Martin Luther King Day, we will have no school!

Academics:

This week we continue reading in our book clubs. I will rotate working with different groups. In math we are still working with equations and long division. Please continue to work with your children and their multiplication facts. Very important! In Religion we are talking about Jesus Baptism and how we are all called to be God's children and follow in Jesus likeness. We continue our Physical Science Unit this week where we will be focusing on Molecules and Motion and Water Displacement. In English we will be spending some time working on Adjectives and Pronouns. We will also take our Chapter 2 Social Studies Test this week. It has been put off due to the weather last year and we need to complete that chapter so we can move on.

If you have any questions please e-mail me at mizschmutz@gmail.com

Enjoy your week!!

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Week 17

January 6, 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope all have adjusted to the new year and had a wonderful holiday season with your families. I also want to thank you for the script gifts, and the money that will go to the classroom fund. You all are very thoughtful!

Reminders:

Friday- Our post holiday party - all are welcome to join us at 11:30am in our class for the students Folk Tale story read. After the read we will enjoy Wendy's and the movie Kung Fu Panda in our room. At 2pm we will watch the Geography Bee where Ray and Hanna will be participating. GO TEAM!!

Today is Ray's birthday and we hope you have a very wonderful double digit year! Ray will also be our student of the week, this and next!

I will get that picture of Sammy up as well, I did not forget you Sammy!!

This week we have started a Physical Science Unit. The Unit will carry us through about 7 lessons over the next few weeks. In Religion we talked about the Epiphany and will be creating our own bumper stickers that encourages us to see the good in every person. In math we continue to work with equations/division/multiplication. Please oh Please work with your children on their multiplication facts if they do not have them down pat. Knowing their multiplication facts makes working with equations so much easier. This week in reading we have broken off into 3 different book clubs. We will work on specific strategies within the 6 Traits of Reading. I am very excited about the change!!

BREAKING NEWS.........our document cameras our in and will be up and ready in our classrooms with in the next few weeks. We are thrilled!! This new technology will not only enhance teaching but learning as well!! Thanks to all who supported us teachers in our dream!

Have a great rest of the week :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hope all are adjusting to the New Year!

I wanted to let you know that since we did not have the opportunity to have a party before break we have decided to move our party to this Friday, January 9th.

The students have written Folk Tales that we would like to share with you. You are invited to come to school on Friday at 11:30am to hear their Folk Tales. They have also voted this to be their free dress day, and a PJ day to boot, be it that they went way over their goal for the food drive. Goal was 210items and 276 were brought in. YAY!

Since they did beat their food drive goal by quite a bit I told them that we would have some kind of party. They voted, and we are going to have a Wendy's/Movie party the afternoon of the 9th. Wendy's and Kung Fu Panda beat out all others. They will not need lunch on Friday, just a snack if they choose for the movie. If you have any concerns with this, please let me know ASAP.

Thanks,
Miz Schmutz

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Friday, December 19th

4th Graders you are officially on Christmas Vacation!

How does it feel???

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Your only assignments over the break are to enjoy your family's and complete the "stretch my brain" purple packet!

I will be posting pictures on the blog in the next few days.

Miz Schmutz

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Week 16

Monday 15, 2008

Welcome to the week of Freezing Cold!!

Make sure that you are watching the weather channel as to the conditions and school closures through-out the week.

I want to CONGRATULATE 4th grade for exceeding their goal in the FOOD DRIVE! We had a goal of 210 cans of food and we brought in 276 cans of food!! A special thanks to Johnathan, Maggie and Brianna for bringing in over 3times their amount. This really took us up over the edge!

This week:

Wednesday at 10am - The Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Church

Thursday 1-3pm - All school practice for the Christmas concert

Thursday 7pm - Christmas Concert in the Family Center/ Students need to be in their classrooms at 6:40pm

Friday 12:45pm -All are invited to hear the 4th graders Folk Tales that they have been working on for the past few weeks! If you want to hear them come to our room.

Friday 1pm-ish - Christmas Party and a farewell to our good friend Lindsay.

Academics:

This week we may see some interruptions in our regular class schedule, but we continue to read and learn about the season of advent in religion. In Language Arts we have almost completed typing our Folk Tales on the computers, and are reading our very own selected, just right for me, chapter books and in math we are working on multiplication and division story problems.

Please make note of the events happening this week, and I hope that you all stay dry and warm this week. Please make sure your children are properly dressed for the weather. Thank You!!

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Week 15

Decmeber 8, 2008

I want to start this week with one huge CONGRATS and HATS OFF to the 4th graders for doing an outstanding job on their prayer service last Friday morning. WAY TO GO, and I will bring cookies to school tomorrow!!! I will do my best to blog some pictures this week. If anyone took pictures of the service would you please let me know. I would like to post them if possible.

THIS WEEK:

This week each student is reading a "Just Right for ME" book in reading. Each student has a different book chosen from the library that they will read for the next two weeks. They chose books at their individual reading levels. Once the new year comes we will break into reading groups.

In math we continue to work with division/multiplication/and algebraic expressions. Long division and multiplication can be a challenge at times for all of the students, but a challenge they seem to enjoy.

We took our Social Studies Chapter 2 test today. Each student was supposed to take their SS books home on Friday to re-read chapter 2 and study the regions in Washington. I could tell those that did study and those that did not. We will begin a unit on Energy this week.

In religion we continue to learn about advent. We are now in the 2nd week of Advent. We had a wonderful service at mass today for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The organ and singing was magnificent.

Reminders:

Holiday Hoopla -- This Friday from 9-12noon. Send change with your children so they can shop for family and friends at the Hoopla.

Happy Holidays!!!

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Week 14- 1st week in Advent

December 2, 2008

I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving. I know I did with most of my family on the East side of the mountains.

In the NEWS/Reminders:

This week we are working on our Prayer Service which will be on Friday, December 5th at 8:45 am in the auditorium. All of the students will be performing in the Prayer Service and all families are welcome to attend.

The food drive continues to go on and 4th grade has agreed to pledge 10 items of canned food per student. This is not a goal of mine, this was strictly a goal they came up with. I am very proud of them and I hope to reach our goal so that we can have a no school uniform day, and I have another little hidden plan as well. The FOOD DRIVE WILL END ON DECEMBER 10th!! BRING THOSE CANS IN.

Non-uniform day on Friday, December 5th

School Mass will be held on Monday, December 8th next week instead of the 9th for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Christmas Concert will be held on December 18th at 7pm in the Family Center. Please join us!

Schools out December 19 for Christmas vacation!

Complete homework packets and return on Friday. Make sure all of your children are reading each night.

Academics:

In reading we are all working on Folk Tales, we will begin using the computer lab to type out our stories. Some students have worked very diligently on their stories and I am very proud of them. In religion we are working on our prayer service and the meaning of Advent.

In Math we have groups working in long multiplication, division with remainders, and mean, medium and mode. In Social Studies we will finish up Unit 2 talking about the 5 different regions in Washington State, and have a chapter quiz on Friday.

ENJOY YOUR WEEK!!