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For the week of October 30th, 2017
Home STEM ChallengeThe time has finally come! On October 31, we will begin testing webs and presenting them to the class. Please contact me if you have any questions!
Music Class Update: Choral technique topics covered: 1) Relationship between consonants and diction which makes song lyrics understandable for audience.2) How listening to other voices aids in achieving a proper blend.3) How matching vowel sounds create the beauty of the song.4) The important relationship between posture and breath in choral singing.Began work on Christmas Pageant songs.Notation Explorations: 3rd and 4th grade are learning to sing from sheet music.
Wednesday, November 1st: Miss Sandland’s music class only
Miss Sandland’s Wednesday music class has a painting project requiring acrylic
paints, which stains. Please send in an oversized t-shirt, etc.
STREAM Night
The STREAM committee is looking for volunteers to help make our November
Fall into STREAM Night out of this world! This family event is on November 28th,
and we need volunteers to help prepare prior to the event, and at the night of
the event in classrooms, facilities, and stations. If you can help out, please
complete the form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvy3wEXd96LlJEnY8pdT9KJASs
xjIbGuIS19Cv52FmswPgJw/viewform?usp=sf_link
If you have questions, please contact Mr. Dowd at [email protected]. Thank
you for helping us take this fabulous family experience to the stars and beyond!
Thursday, Nov. 2 4th Grade vs. Faculty/Staff Water Balloon Fight
This Thursday at 2:30 PM on the blacktop, the epic battle commences: 4th
graders versus Faculty and Staff! On Thursday morning, bring into your child’s
Homeroom as many water balloons as he or she can throw in 15-20 minutes.
You may want to cover a seat in your car with something water repellant when
your water balloon warrior gets in afterwards. Come watch the fun on the
blacktop near lineup! May the best team win! 4th grade learners will have free
dress for this event.
Newsletter
Fourth Grade
Assessments
Monday, Oct 30
Simple Solutions Quiz
Monday, Nov 6
Math Ch. 2 Assessment
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, Oct. 31
STEM challenge Webs
due in STEM
Halloween Parade
Prayer Partner Project
4th Grade Halloween
Party and Activities
Wednesday, Nov. 1
9:30 AM Late Start
10:00 AM Mass -
Holy Day of Obligation:
Mass Uniform
Thursday, Nov. 2
1:00 PM Assembly
on Conservation
2:30 PM 4th Gr. vs. Staff
& Faculty Water Balloon
Fight:-Free Dress
Monday, Nov. 6
Stuff the Truck Free
Dress Make-up Day
Religion/SS: Sandland
Religion → Learners focus on several important feast days this week. They will consider the meaning of All
Hallowed Eve, the eve before the great feast of All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation. We will also reflect
on the importance of praying for those who have passed away, as we celebrate on November 2 the feast of
All Souls Day and learn a prayer they can pray for their deceased loved ones.
Social Studies → This week, learners complete their study of California’s geography by learning about each
of the four regions’ industries and adaptations to unique challenges in each region.
We then move into Early Settlements and Exploration, in which learners will briefly explore Native Californian
tribal cultures- studied in third grade- then they will discover the Spanish exploration of The Americas, and
more specifically, California, by such Spanish conquistadors as Hernando Cortes and Juan Cabrillo.
Cursive → Learners continue practicing numerals and often-misspelled words due to cursive errors.
Reading/Writing: Silva
Reading→ Last week in reading, learners continued to revise their envisionment work. This week we will be
focusing on character work, identifying the traits of our characters and finding evidence in our books to
support our ideas.
Writing→ Writers have been thinking about the motivations and struggles of their characters and wrote
scenes to show (and not tell) their readers about these struggles. They learned that fiction writers try to write
in a way that keeps their reader engaged at all times, anxious to turn the page. They planned their stories by
creating a story arc which shows their character’s problem getting worse and worse before it is finally
resolved at the end. This week they will get busy writing the heart of their stories.
Grammar & Technology→This week in Grammar we will be focusing on adjectives and superlative
adjectives (ending in -est and -er). Due to the shortened week, there will be no formal grammar assessment
or grammar HW. Google Classroom has been set up for each ELA class and anchor charts, as well as
learning progressions can be found on the website. Learners have begun using the website SEESAW and
are anxious to share their work with you. By the end of the day tomorrow, all learners should have their
writing story arc uploaded to the website. Login information is attached to this email.
Math→ Last week, learners found the multiples of a number. Learners saw first hand how important it is to have a strong foundation in multiplication facts when working with multiples. For those who have been practicing, multiples came very quickly! We discussed the different ways to find the multiples of a number, all methods relying on their multiplication facts. Towards the end of the week, we covered LCM (least common multiple). This week, we will be exploring multi digit multiplication through arrays and area models. Learners will be able to apply the distributive property from Simple Solutions to to make area models. Science→ Last week learners continued to explore force. We made charts and had a hands on experience in the Makers Space. Learners created marshmallow launchers then tested distance. Learners were able to see the different forces in when testing their marshmallow launchers (pulling, gravity, etc.) STEM home challenge is due October 31. This is a graded assignment (rubric on back of assignment sheet) and is not optional. Simple Solutions→ Simple Solutions Lessons 21-24Lesson 21: Tues. 10/31 Lesson 22: Wed 11/1 Lesson 23: Thurs 11/2 Lesson 24: Mon 11/6 There will be no quiz for these lessons due to our schedule for the week of Halloween
STEM: Driscoll
Snapshots
Congratulations to our Mystery MagMon at Mass/Assembly
4A Maggie Harnetiaux4A Carly Hoesli4B Ava Kosor
4B Emma Silva 4C Jake Bartz
4C Grace Giraldin
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