4th Grade sjs

Mar. 4 - GMMS Musical @ Riggs

*Please sign and return the permission slip.*

Mar. 6 - 4th graders lead Stations of the Cross

***Please let us know ASAP if your child will be gone that day.***

Mar. 13 - End of 3rd Quarter

Religion: 

During Lent, we'll focus on fasting, prayer and almsgiving.

This week's memory verse: 2 Timothy1:7 “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 

This week's virtue: self-control

Social Studies: 

This week we will begin learning about United States Geography

Science:

Scientists will learn about eye sight next. 

While learning about animal and human bodies, we are also going to participate in March Mammal Madness. We'll learn about different mammals (body types, adaptations, etc) and use that information to fill out a bracket on who they think would win in if those animals had a "face off".

Math:

We'll discuss tenths and hundredths in both fraction and decimal forms.

Math Game: Softball Hits

Math Homework

1. Students can play the math game of the week at home with a family member. All games require very few materials: mostly dice or a deck of cards. If there is a game board (piece of paper), the students can bring that back to me completed so I can see it's been done, OR it can just be written in their assignment books that the math game has been complete.

2. The second option is on the computer: Zearn or Khan Academy. If you choose the computer option, the requirement is 30 minutes per week. Again, these math homework minutes can be written in the assignment book.

3. The third option is paper homework: this would be similar worksheets to what we complete in class. Again, if you choose this option, please ensure your child completes roughly 30 minutes each week.

Let me know if you have any questions about this!

Language Arts:  

We will be starting our informative writing unit

We will be learning about prepositions in grammar. 

We will continue our novel, The Watsons go to Birmingham.

Spelling words

church

family

careful

trouble

remember

suddenly

frightened

peaceful

explosion

rescue

community

safety

serious

history

visitor

basement

silence

damage

protect

rebuild

*Students are to read 50 minutes a week. The number of minutes and pages read can be recorded in the assignment book. The week starts on Monday and ends on the following Sunday.  It is their choice how many minutes to read each night, just as long as the total is 50 minutes by the end of the week. We will begin this our first full week of school. 

*Students should play the weekly math game with a parent or older sibling for math homework. If you opted for an alternative method, such as Zearn or paper homework, please ensure your child completes 30 minutes of math work, which is roughly equivalent to the time spent playing the math game.

*Please sign the assignment book daily.

*If you would like to come to lunch, please call the office before noon the day before.  We will only be accepting 7 visitors for each lunch due to space.

*Please send a note if a student brings cough drops to school.

*Please send a note if you know your student will be missing a day of school.