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:

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If you have questions, please contact Mr. Dowd at tjdowd@sbcglobal.net. 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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