Angelville News, Week 19

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January 26, 2010

Good Afternoon families,

Reminders;

*This week we are busy at school getting ready for our Open House on Sunday, January 31 from 11:30-1pm. Please join us at mass prior to the Open House at 10am.

* Make sure that you continue to check your children's planners each afternoon to see that they are completing all of their work and then putting it back into their backpacks to be returned to school the next day.

* We have a Green Team meeting on Thursday right after school for a few minutes. We will be discussing the date of the Garden Ground Breaking party. All will be welcome to come out and dig in the dirt. Many hands make light work!!

* Progress Reports go home Tuesday, Today!

Academics:

* This week in Math we are learning about angels, rays, polygons, quadrilaterals and congruent figures. Last week I started a new math review check. They will be called CHECK POINTS. I plan to do these each Wednesday and Friday. These will review problems from Units past and check for understanding and mastering of new material. If you have questions about these check points please e-mail me at mizschmutz@gmail.com.

* In reading we continue to read through the Lewis and Clark Expedition out West. This week we will cover Chapters 6-8 and follow the study guide, writing our comprehension questions in our journals and plotting the trip on our US maps.

*In Religion we are finishing up our Beatitudes. We follow the Beatitudes to live a more happy, full life. You can view these outside the classroom during our Open House.

* In LA we are working on BOX IT stories! You can also view these during our Open House. We will have a Verb Quiz on Friday going over Being Verbs, Present, past and future verbs, irregular verbs, action verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, Voyages book pages 410-430.

* In Social Studies we continue to work through the Bridges curriculum, you can see what the kids have been working on during Open House.

* Our salmon Eggs have begun to hatch, we are mapping them on a chart to see how long they will be in each stage before returning them to Carkeek park.

Enjoy the Sun!

Angelville News, Week 18

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January 19, 2010

I hope that you all had a nice MLK off. I know that I really was happy to see that sun yesterday!

This week is short. In Religion we will continue to work on the Beatitudes and talk about ways in which we might be of good Stewards to those who suffered the terrible tragedy last week in Haiti.

In Math we are starting a new Unit, Geometry and Measurement. This week we begin with shapes, and lines. I was real proud of the students and their Fraction/Decimal final. It is important that when your student is preparing for a test at the end of the week that they are spending time each night going over the review guides, they really help.

In Reading we continue to read Lewis and Clark and work in our Journals. This week we will read chapters 3-5 and answer the questions in our journals. If you would like to see the kind of work that your student is doing in his/her Lewis and Clark Journal ask that they bring it home to see.

Bridges to Understanding - Today we took our first Portrait photo shoots of each other. We are going to create cultural pages of ourselves this week. If you are interested in helping out on any photo shoots in the future please let me know.

Enjoy the short week!

Angelville News, Week 17

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January 11, 2010

This is a picture I took at the Living Zoo in Palm Desert! How beautiful is this creature?

RAVES: To the Fourth Grade class and their outstanding work this past week on their student interviews of each other, and their Recipe's of Me! I look forward to sharing them with your parents.





Reminders:


* Martin Luther King Assemble on Friday in the Auditorium





ACADEMICS:


* In Religion we will continue to work on the Beatitudes.


* In math we are going to wrap up our Fractions Unit this week. We will have a Fraction/Decimal Math test on Friday, Jan. 15th, I will send that review sheet home tomorrow, Tuesday.


* In Reading we will begin the journey of Lewis and Clark. We will read this book as a class with comprehension activities along the way. I will try and have a study guide sheet made up by mid week.


* In English we continue to learn about the different kinds of Verbs.


* We will take a break from Science for the next few weeks as we begin a unit on Bridges 2 Understanding, however we will receive our Salmon eggs tomorrow and will follow the first few stages of the salmon's life cycle prior to returning them to Carkeek part where they will go into am impression pond for a few weeks before being released into the creek where they will slowly make their way out to sea.


* Social Students, Bridges to Understanding Unit. We will cover many lessons getting ready for our Digit Story. I may be calling some parents for some assistance as we wonder about taking pictures of various things on and around campus.





Have a great week and we look forward to a long weekend as well!

Angelville News, Week 16

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January 4, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A warm Thank You to all who gave me gifts and script at Christmas. I hope you all had a wonderful vacation with your families :)

Reminders:

* Tuesday, January 5th is early out at 2pm

* Friday, January 8th is a non-uniform day.

* Friday, January 8th is the Geography Bee in the auditorium. 4th graders participate in the Geography Bee. This year I am pleased to announce our Geography Bee participants, Moira, and Isabelle, our alternate is Jeremy. They were the finalists of 8 rounds of geography questions in our classroom. Great Job Students!

I would ask that you all keep Tricia (2n grade teacher) in your prayers. She lost her father to cancer yesterday.

Academics:

*We continue with fractions and decimals in math this week.

*We will begin Lewis and Clark in Reading and Social Studies this week. Please make sure your child has the Lewis and Clark book, by George Sullivan.

* In Religion we will talk about the Gospel reading for Tuesday and begin to learn the Beatitudes.

* In Science we will finish up our Physical Science Unit and have a test on Friday. I will send home the review sheet by Wednesday.

* In Language Arts we will write Recipe's of Me (all students), and my English and Spelling students will begin to learn about the different types of verbs.

Have a wonderful week!

Angelville News, Week 15

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December 14, 2009

Raves:

* 4th graders and their super duper Advent Reflection Books they put together last week. I hope all of the families have had the opportunity to look through the book and possibly read these at night when you are all together as a family. Fr. Dan was really impressed and sent me a message wanting to let you all know how much he is enjoying his book.

* Holiday Hoopla Helpers, you all ROCK! Thank you so much for making Holiday Hoopla such a success for our kids, something they look forward to each year. The treasures are endless.

Reminders:

* Thursday, December 17, Christmas concert in the Family Center at 7pm. Make sure your kids come dressed in their Sunday best.

* Maniac Magee book final on Thursday, December 17th. study guide will go home today.

* Native American Social Studies test, Chapters 4 and 5 of text book, Thursday, December 17th.

* Last day of school on December 18th. We will have a Christmas party after lunch on Friday, movie and treats. Thank you Maureen Endres for your help with this.

Academics:

In Religion we completed our Advent Reflection book and will read from our book this week and prepare for the coming of Jesus.

In Math we continue to work with fractions (equivalent fractions, fraction strips).

In reading we will review for our Maniac Magee final.

In Social Studies we will complete our Totem Poles and review for our Native American test.

In Science we will continue in our Physical Science unit.

We will have a Spelling test and review nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives, all parts of speech we have worked with this first part of the year.

May you all have a Blessed Holiday, and be a light for others!

Happy Holidays, see you on Jan. 4th

Angelville News, Week 14

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December 7, 2009

* For all you skiers out there, this is one of the best places to ski in my opinion, Schweitzer, in Sandpoint, Washington, just about 45 minutes north of Cour 'd Alene.

Reminders:

* Report Cards will go home on Tuesday

* Tuesday after mass the students will be going to confession.

* Holiday Hoopla is on Friday from 9-12.

* Strategic Planning Meeting 5:15-6:15 on Wednesday

* Parents Club meeting from 6:30-8:30pm on Wednesday

Academics:

In Religion we have been working on our own Advent Book reflections. Those will go home this week, giving the families time to enjoy them before Christmas.

In Math we will continue to work with fractions and decimals, making fraction strips and solving story problems. We will have a fraction mini quiz on Friday.

In reading we will complete Maniac Magee and have our final book test next week - YIPPEE!

In Social Studies and writing we will be creating our own Totem Poles, and then writing about how each symbol applies to our life. We will continue to talk about Native Americans in Washington.

In English we will continue our unit on Adjectives.

Enjoy the clear, yet very cold days! I'll still take clear and cold over gray and rainy.

10 more days of school!!!

Angelville Newsletter, Week 13

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December 1, 2009

*I apologize for the late newsletter. I have not had an Internet connection for the past 2 days so I had to wait till I had time to go to the lab to write one.

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Celebrations with your families and friends.
The sun on Friday was a great surprise and one that I know I needed.

Raves:
*To all of the family members who helped with our killer Thanksgiving feast.
*To the Green Team for help sort all of our recycling and composting in the cafeteria during the Thanksgiving Feast.

This week in the news:
*Early out today, Tuesday, 2pm
*Non-uniform dress on Friday
*Holiday Hoopla, December 11th from 9-12
*Christmas Concert in the Family center on December 17th at 7pm

Academics:

We have begun Advent and will celebrate Advent until Christmas.
In math we have begun our fractions and decimal unit. We finished up with our Multiplication last week and was very impressed with the unit tests.
In reading we will try and finish up Maniac Magee next week with a book final towards the end of the week, next week.
In English we have started to talk about Adjectives and will have a mini adjective quiz on Friday.
In writing we will work this week in the lab typing in our Legend Stories that we wrote the past 2 weeks as we started our Native American unit.
We are now talking about Coastal and Plateau Indians and each student will create their own Totem Poles that represent happenings and stories in their own lives.

Have a great week!