October Happenings

I cannot believe that we are already into the month of October!  We have gotten off to a wonderful start in the 4th Grade!  We have been learning about matter and the different properties that matter has such as buoyancy, density, and solubility.  We will now be moving onto heat transfer!  We are getting ready to write our first narrative piece in writing, learning about democracy in Social Studies, and stepping in to large digit addition and subtraction in math.  This month we will be participating in the annual Jog-A-Thon.  This is such a fun event and a huge fundraiser for our school!  We will be wrapping up the 1st quarter (unbelievable!) in a couple of weeks!  The new fourth graders have done a fantastic job getting settling into 4th grade and taking on all of their new challenges!  We will wrap up the month with our Halloween parade & Minute to Win It party!!

Welcome to a New School Year!!

I can't believe we are already into the 2014-2015 school year!!  The year got off to a great start!  We are all getting to know each other and how the 4th grade classroom works. The 4th graders are excited to be able to take part in Student Council, the Spelling Bee, the Geography Bee, Honor Roll, and Altar Service this year!!  We will partake in field trips such as the Imagination Station, the Henry Ford, and the MJR Theater.  We also do special activities in the classroom such as The Thanksgiving Fowlies and Tiger Day.

I look forward to meeting all of you at Parent Night.  I am sure that, together, we will have a Fabulous Fourth Grade year!!

Is it the fourth quarter already???

I cannot believe that we are already entering the 4th quarter of the school year!  So many exciting things have been happening in the Fourth Grade classroom that time has just flown by!  Speaking of flying by....our Painted-Lady Butterfly larvae have arrived!  The larvae have begun forming their chrysalises and should emerge just in time for Easter!  What a wonderful way to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus!  We also have lady bug larvae this year.  We are so excited to see the metamorphosis of both of these insects!  In this last quarter we will be venturing to the MJR Theater to view the Disney Earth Day movie, Bears.  This will be a wonderful outing for the children!  We will also be having a Tiger Day in which we play baseball, eat hot dogs, and have cotton candy!!

Happy New Year!

I hope you are all trying to stay warm on this blustery January day!  As we ring in the new year, please take a few moments to thank God for all of the wonderful blessings He has bestowed upon each one of us.  I am especially thankful today, for the warm surroundings that I have.  I am also thankful that I am able to teach at a school that does such wonderful service projects such as the coat drive and the canned food drive that we did this Advent season and am reflecting on the importance of these two projects, especially in these sub-zero temperatures.

There is so much to look forward to this second half of the year!  We will be working diligently on division, fractions, and geometry in math.  In science we will be learning about our Solar System, plant and animal adaptations, and food chains.  In Religion we will be learning about the Beatitudes, the Seven Sacraments, and taking a closer look at the seasons of Lent and Easter.  We also have Catholic Schools week, our winter field trip, Cinco de Mayo, and many other fun activities!

I wish all of you a very healthy and Happy New Year!