Whew! That is onomatopoeia for, “What a quick week!” The day off for Presidents’ Day and the Snow Day and Late Start Day had us all in a sort of jet lag, but we had a great time reading and writing poetry together once we were all back! I am going to take a few days to attend my niece’s wedding in California, so I prepared the class for a few days of “holding up the fort” while I’m away in the 60 – 70 degree Sacramento sunshine! Please encourage your child to be a great leader and to stay organized for the next few days! I will be back on Tuesday, full of beautiful family memories and suffering a bit from my own jet lag! We will have lots of catching up to do and stories to tell once I am back in the classroom! We are starting to run out of materials, so please consider sending more pencils, erasers, and kleenex! I will give a Star Stamp on a student’s Super Improver Chart for every box of kleenex he or she brings in ( with a limit of 6 boxes.) Thank you to Mrs. Guild and Mrs. Solt for organizing our Valentine’s Day party, we had a LOVEly time! Thank you for all of the sweet treats and kind gifts for the teacher too!
Student Ushers – The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and continues up until Easter. 3rd-4th grades have been asked to help with handing out service folders and ushering for the 4:00 Wednesday Lenten Services beginning on March 12th. This is an opportunity for the students to be involved in a way that they enjoy and can be of service to the congregation that supports our school in so many ways. Student helpers can stay with me after school, and I will accompany them to the sanctuary until after the service. Please use this Sign-Up Genius to indicate which service(s) your child could be available to serve. Your child is not expected to serve every week, but please indicate any/all weeks that it would be possible. Lenten student usher sign-up
Cross-Curricular Project – International Fair
We will be learning to dance the minuet and will be wearing berets (black for boys and red for girsl) and scarves that will be purchased for the students. We would like the fourth graders to be ready to dress in white button shirts or blouses with black pants for the boys and red skirts for the girls. If anyone would like to coordinate this effort, please let the teacher know.
Reading/ Spelling- We will finish reading “Love That Dog” this week and will take a Vocabulary Test on Monday, February 24th. Your child has a Study Guide to review for the test. We will have a FINAL NOVEL TEST on Wednesday, February 26th. We are also preparing a Black History Biography Poster and a Biography Diamante Poem, which are both due on Tuesday, February 25th. We will present them that day.
Spelling – Feb. 24th 28th
Spelling List – Feb. 24th – 28th Suffixes -able, -ible
valuable * lovable * favorable * understandable * excitable *
sizable * comfortable * measurable * tolerable * excusable *
horrible * sensible * divisible * gullible * responsible *
collapsible * eligible * audible * reversible * plausible *
Memory–Assignments:
Tuesday, February 25th
Meaning of the Second Article pg. 17 “that I may be His own and live under Him in His kingdom and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, just as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true.” (Recite the entire Meaning of the Second Article.)
Thursday, February 27th
The Third Article pg. 17 “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.”
The Third Article and Its Meaning pg. 17 “What does this mean? I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith.”
Multiplication Memorization
We are still going over the Multiplication Tables of 0 – 12 this quarter. Please practice the tables using flash cards, computer games, etc. so that your child can increase in speed and accuracy. We will be taking multiplication tests over each of the tables at the beginning next week. Your child will need to know each fact and answer in 2-3 seconds and will need to get a score of at least 100% to pass each timed test and move on to the next one. Students will be working to earn a special treat for passing each of the tests. Please prepare your child to answer the multiplication tables of 9 – 12 for next week so that your child may test out of those tables. We will test on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Book-It Please continue recording your child’s minutes of reading outside of school. Be sure you and your child sign the completed calendar. Your child will receive a coupon for a Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut for meeting the 600-minute monthly goal! The February calendar was sent home in the Thursday folder to be completed and returned by Friday, March 7th. Our LAST MONTH of BOOK-IT will be March! I will send the calendary in next week’s Thursday Folder.
Coming up:
February 20 – Hawaiian Bro Spirit Night (4 – 8 pm)
February 23 – 3rd – 5th Grade Choir Sings
March 9 – 12 – National Lutheran Schools Week
February 25 – Step Up Day (9 – 11 am) Students will visit next year’s classroom.
February 26 – All School Chapel , Geography Bee (2 pm)
March 14 – Grandparents Day – EARLY DISMISSAL
March 17 – 21 – Spring Break
