Northwest Boys Chior Performer

One of our very own students will be performing at St. Al's church in his holiday choir recital, Leo. Please come out and support Leo if at all possible next weekend. Leo would be more than happy to see some of his peeps! Good Luck Leo!

NW Boy Choir and they have their holiday recital this year in the St Als parish church. It's on Dec 18 at 3:30.http://www.northwestchoirs.org/events.php

Angelville News, December 5-9, 2011

Bon Dia

Week 14

2nd week in Advent.

In Religion we are celebrating Advent and the Jesse Tree, Jesus' tree of ancestors from thousands of years before. Each day in Advent we color a new symbol to add to our Jesse Tree followed by a reading in the bible. We will continue to celebrate Advent for the next two weeks. On Thursday we will celebrate at Mass the Celebration of the Immaculate Conception, when Angel Gabriel came to Mary telling her she would bare God's son.

In reading we will finish up the book Stone Fox. There are 10 chapters in Stone Fox and today we are working on Chapter 6 with vocab and comprehension questions. Next Thursday we will have the Stone Fox Book final. On Friday we will watch the movie.

In Writers workshop we celebrated our 3rd Published Party. Each student got up and read their final Personal Narrative where we have been working on paragraph structure; Topic Sentence, detailed sentences that support the Topic sentences, and a closing sentence. I will assess these stories with a rubric and I will be looking for all components of a good paragraph. This month we are moving on to "Prompt" writing. We will try and publish one more piece at the end of next week, time permitting.

In SS we will begin another newspaper in Studies Weekly. Our class has been chosen to work with a teacher from Korea for two weeks in January. We will team teach and work on lessons in collaboration that our students learn more about Korea, Korean culture, and traditions. Should be very FUN!!

In Math our 4th graders continue to work on fractions, and will until the end of the year.

In 3rd grade math they continue to work on multiplication. It is most important that all students coming into 4th grade know their multiplication facts.

Happy Holidays

Nutcracker Performance SOLD OUT

I am sorry to announce that the performance to see the Nutcracker on Friday, featuring our very own Genevieve has been SOLD OUT!! I will send the money/checks back with your student today. Guess we can try again next year. If you would still like to go and see the Nutcracker during a matinee there are two next week, on Tuesday and Thursday, however Genevieve will not be performing in either one of these.

The Mayflower Journey

For the past few weeks the students here in 3/4 West traveled on the Mayflower to the new world. During the weeks we took virtual tours of the ship, and Plimith Plantation. We learned how the Pilgrims made their homes, what the Wampanoag Indians taught the Pilgrims and how they got along and shared their customs with one another. Ending in their first shared harvest and Thanksgiving Feast. Just as we did as a school community last week. The students became Pilgrims themselves, keeping journals as though they were individuals on the Mayflower, journeying to the new world and creating a new life. I have had the opportunity to read each students journal, they are GREAT!! Please spend time reading your students Mayflower Journal, my guess is that you will learn something you did not know prior.

State Fair Projects

WOW! Were these State Fair Projects good or what??? Thank you to all the parents who came and supported our wonderful students. We have moved the projects to the Library on display for other students and families to enjoy.

Angelville News, November 28-December 2, 2011

BON DIA WEEK 13!
November 28-2, 2011

Bon Dia, Good Day!

Hope Everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving. Many of you may have eaten yourselves into a food coma!

GREAT JOB ON THE STATE PROJECTS! THEY WERE ALL AWESOME!! There have been many staff members and parents who have commented on how well each and every one of you did on your states’ projects. WAY TO GO!!!


READERS/WRITERS WORKSHOP – This week we will publish our 3rd piece of writing. We are working on writing good solid paragraphs. Paragraphs are like the grids that hold a story and ideas together. When we look down on a page in a book from high above we see black lines divided by white lines. The black lines are our paragraphs; the white lines are the ones that separate one paragraph/thought from the next. It makes me think of flying in a plane, and as we fly over the earth we can see the grid of the land, separated by roads, and farms, and boundaries.

This week we will continue with our Stone Fox book. The students will show comprehension skills, vocabulary, character relations and connections. Many of the students were held in from break today since they had not completed a character grid from last Monday. We just finished our 1st Trimester in school. It is always important to show our best work, and work to our fullest potential.

MATH – We are all currently all in the fraction/decimal unit. The triangles are working on fractional parts of a number this week. The hexagons are looking at comparing fractions.
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RELIGION – This week we begin the season of Advent. We also began the beginning of our Liturgical year. During mass the students will carry with them little mass booklets since many of the prayers and responses in mass have changed. During Advent we are preparing for the coming of Jesus. We will work through many activities during advent.

SPELLING – There will be spelling this week.

SOCIAL STUDIES – Now that our State Fair is over, we will go back to our Studies Weekly. We will begin Studies Weekly 7 on Tuesday.

SCIENCE – Continuation of our Metric Unit.

ROCK STAR EMILY

Emily was our Rock Star this past week. Emily is one of our new favorite, best friends in 3/4 West. Emily's friends say over and over again that, "Emily is NICE!" We feel so blessed to have Emily in our St. Al's community.

Emily's Thanksgiving Poem

"Something is on my table, I don't know. What is it? I think it's a cornucopia. That's what it is. Cornucopias have pumpkins, apples, corn, grapes, and squash inside of them. I like Thanksgiving, it's my favorite Holiday!"