Angelville News, March 18-22, 2013

BON DIA
WEEK 27




Dear Families,

Hope everyone had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!!  There is no School on Friday.  It is a Teacher work day!

HOMEWORK:

1). Read each night and log your reading on the reading log sheet.  Make sure you are getting your parents signature.  Many students are not filling in their reading logs!  STILL!!

2). Work on your Biography Books and Boards Due April 12.

3). Spelling Unit 28 this week, all 4 pages! (Not MSL students)

Work is due on Friday, March 22!

This week in School we will continue to work with Poetry.  This week we will learn about Sensory Poetry, Free Verse and students choice.

The students will be given the last chapter in Lewis and Clark to complete and then I will check all journals.  They will also be given a review sheet of Lewis and Clark.  We will have our final Lewis and Clark Test on Tuesday, March 26.

The students will be given a Studies Weekly today to begin reading.  I will give them their Studies Weekly worksheet tomorrow, Tuesday, to work on in class.

4th grade math class continues to work with decimals.  We will have a decimal test next week on Thursday, March 28.

4th grade Religion did really well on their Stations of the Cross quiz last week.  They will have another quiz on the Lent unit this Thursday, March 21.

Have a great week.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Angelville News, March 11-15, 2013

BON DIA
Week 26


Dear Families,
I had a wonderful weekend again in Spokane.  We had a big SURPRISE birthday party for my mother, and boy was she SURPRISED!!  It was so fun to be with family and great friends of our past and present.  Life is short, and those are the moments we treasure.

Friday is GREEN DAY!!  Wear your green.  We also have another author visit.  With just a few weeks before Spring Break we are all getting a bit antsy.  We have had some issues lately with teasing and fighting over games at recess.  Please take a minute at dinner or in the car to open the conversation up about teasing and appropriate sport play, especially in this time of LENT!  We will be taking more time in Religion class this week touching upon these topics.

The second trimester ends this Friday!!!  If worried about inc work please see me!

*The 4th grade Religion class will have a test on the Stations of the Cross on Thursday.  In 4th grade math we will begin our Decimals chapter, we finished up Fractions last week, will go home this week.  Once we finish decimals we will have a decimal/fraction test to end the unit.

*We continue to read our Lewis and Clark book.  We are getting close to the end and will have a test at the end of next week.  Today, the students needed to read Chapter 10 and complete the questions in their reading journals.

*In Writers Workshop we started a unit in Poetry.  We are getting ready for our LITERACY/ARTS Festival to be held on Wednesday, April 17 in the school from 6-8pm.  There will be live performances as well as Art, student literature, and poetry throughout the building.  Please come and support your students on that night.  A student project will be going home on Tuesday.  Each student has chosen an American Hero, they need to read a book on their hero and then create a book board.  ALL INFO WILL COME HOME FOR YOU TO READ ABOUT!!

Homework is listed below: 

Week 26

March 11-15, 2013

HOMEWORK:

1). Read each night and log your reading on the reading log sheet.  Make sure you are getting your parents signature.  Many students are not filling in their reading logs!  STILL!!

2). Lewis and Clark News Article to be three paragraphs.

3). Spelling Unit 26 this week, all 4 pages! (Not MSL students)

Work is due on Friday, March 15!

Have a great week!!

3/4 Science

3/4 Science

Did you know that Venus spins in the opposite direction of most planets? That Mercury’s temperature drops to -290 degrees at night, even though it is the closest planet to the sun? Or that Saturn has 53 moons? These are just a few of the interesting facts that the 3^rd and 4^th grade students discovered while doing research on the solar system. Each student was assigned one of the eight planets to research and then reported their findings back to the class. Students used this knowledge to help them create their own solar system art project. This project was led by Mrs. Wisen, mother of Mason in 3/4 West. Students used tissue paper collage to represent the surface of the planets.  Thank you Mrs. Wisen!

Angelville News, March 4-8, 2012

BON DIA
WEEK 25

Dear Parents,

My 4th grade math students have a math test on Friday, March 8th.  I have tried to copy and paste my math notes on here for you, but I am having great difficulty.  The students all took CORNELL NOTES, a note taking system designed by a professor at the University of Cornell for his college students.  I find it to be a wonderful way to take notes and then study them.  I will continue to try and post my notes on the blog.

Friday is the Spelling Bee, we have representatives, Gracie for 4th grade and Cole for 3rd grade.

Angelville News, February 19-22, 2013

BON DIA
WEEK 23

Dear Families,
Hoping everyone had a nice relaxing mini break.  I see that some students have been kissed by the sun!  Very fun!!

I will not be in school this Thursday or next Monday and Tuesday.  I have to go to Spokane.  Mrs. Weber will be here of me on Thursday and her mother, Mrs. Kopf will be here for me next Monday and Tuesday.  Some of you may know Mrs. Kofp, and those who don't she worked at St. Alphonsus for many years and is FABULOUS!!  The students will enjoy her!

 

HOMEWORK:

1). Read each night and log your reading on the reading log sheet.  Make sure you are getting your parents signature.  Many students are not filling in their reading logs!  STILL!!

2). Studies Weekly #11 Lewis and Clark. Wkst and crossword

3). Spelling Unit 23 this week, all 4 pages! (Not MSL students)

Work is due on Friday the 22^nd!

*There will be an SLE quiz on all of the Religion SLE's this Thursday.  Miss Julie will also teach a lent lesson to the 4th graders.

*Fourth grade math continues to work with fractions.  This week we will be adding Fractions with like denominators.

*In Social Studies we are reading about Lewis and Clark and their expedition from St. Lewis out west in 1804.  You will see the students bringing home or working on comprehension questions in their Journals.  I am copying all of the pages of the book a few chapters at a time so that you all don't have to hunt down the book.  Those students who were on vacation longer than the two days will need to catch up.  We are now on Chapter 5.  The nice thing is that they are short chapters.  Our next writing assignment will be to write front page news articles about their exploration.  I will introduce this to the students in the next week of so.

Have a great week, its wonderful to see the sun!  Miz Schmutz

Angelville News, February 11-14

Week 22

February 11-14, 2013

Dear Parents,

Valentines Day is on Thursday.  We will have a little party in the afternoon.  A movie and cupcakes.  I sent home tonight a copy of all the students names in both 3/4 Classes.  I told the students that they do not have to make Valentines for the 3/4 East class.  But if they do decide to make Valentines for our class I ask that they make one for every student.

We will be having mass on Wednesday instead for Tuesday for Ash Wednesday at 9am.

The students did a great job on their Native American projects!  WAY TO GO!!!

Many students are going on Vacation.  Please let me know again if you will need work.  I've done my best to plan for the next two weeks.  

No School on Friday the 15th and Monday the 18th.

*SLE quiz on Tuesday for 4th graders.  All 4 SLE's quiz on Thursday.

HOMEWORK:

1). Read each night and log your reading on the reading log sheet.  Make sure you are getting your parents signature.  Many students are not filling in their reading logs!  STILL!!

2). TFK –More for Lunch

3). Spelling Unit 22 this week, all 4 pages! (Not MSL students)

*No SCHOOL on FRIDAY the 15 and MONDAY the 18^th.

*All work is due on Thursday, Feb. 14^th.

have a nice few days off,  Miz Schmutz

Angelville News February 4-8, 2013

BON DIA 

Week 21

February 4-8, 2013

Dear Parents,

I want to apologize for no Newsletter last week.  I was sick and when I came back, frankly I had forgotten.  This week we finished all of the Native American Projects, and they were fabulous.  We have them on display now in the school.  Fill free to stop in to the Commons or up on the 2nd floor hall.

*Friday the 15th and Monday the 18th are NO SCHOOL DAYS!  Many of you have notified me that your student will be gone.  It is stated in the school hand book that the teachers are responsible for getting all work your student has missed upon their return.  I usually do my best to get the work ahead of time, but it does require extra planning on the teachers part, and from my 10 years of experience in doing so, the work usually does not come back after the vacation completed.  For those of you who are going on vacation I will do my best to to get your student the basics.  Anything I am not able to print or plan ahead for the next two weeks they can make up upon their return.

4th grade Religion students have an SLE #3 quiz today.  This has been something we have been working on and talking about for a week.  They all knew this was coming. 

-we will begin to learn about the last SLE next week and the quiz for that one will be on Thursday the 14th V-Day!!

4th grade Math, we have started the Fractions Unit.  This week we are working on Equivalent Fractions, it can be a difficult concept to grasp, so we will be working on it all week.

We will finish up with Native Americans this week in SS and move on to the Oregon Trail.

In Science the students will be researching Planets with Mrs. Weber in class.

HOMEWORK:

1). Read each night and log your reading on the reading log sheet.  Make sure you are getting your parents signature.  Many students are not filling in their reading logs!  STILL!!

2). TFK – The Race to Save the Cheetahs

3). Spelling Unit 21 this week, all 4 pages! (Not MSL students)

*All work is due on Friday, Feb. 8^th.

Have a great week :)