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Warming Up and Cooling Off

4-C Class Schedule: Click on to enlarge

Things to Know:

Special Week Share:  Victoria Carter Monday, February 11th

Carpool Helpers: Campbell Taylor

Class Ambassadors: Clare Coleman and Cora Coulbourn
Fourth Grade Rehearsal Practice for Mary Poppins Musical

Musical for Fourth Grade Parents Wednesday, April 3rd at 9:45 a.m.  Lower School Assembly Room
Thursday, February 14th:Valentine's Day Party

MayPole Dance Information can be found on Everything Else on the Fourthie Website.

https://mcfourthies.weebly.com/maypole.htm Password daisy2027

Frances Hodgkins

How To Videos for Parents

Growing Up Healthy
This Monday the Fourthies will begin attending "Growing Up Healthy" with Nurse Blanton.You can find more information  here. These classes will meet for the next few weeks during Science.


Mathematics
Students have completed their Unit 3 Fraction Test and Ed Puzzle Word Problems "Dots." We have  completed the review and assessments have been placed in student work envelopes which will be sent home along with other graded work on Monday. The girls did particularly well, but still need reminders to put answers in simplest form. We continue to work on the four operations of fractions and are spending time subtracting mixed numbers this coming week.

Writing Lab # 12
The girls are completing their Writing Lab on Friendship. They are in the process of sketching and making adjustments to their sketches. They will be completing their essays this week.

We took a look at Rube Goldberg Machines and found two awesome machines that the girls would like to share with you. We hope you will enjoy them as much as the girls and I did.


Rube Goldberg Machine to share a Coke
https://www.google.com/searchq=rube+goldberg+coke+machine&oq=rube+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j69i61j69i59.3656j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Forest Xylophone
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M


Wordly Wise Dress Up Day
We will be having a Wordly Wise Dress Up Day on Valentine's Day! Get Creative!!! The girls may choose a word from Wordly Wise Lists 1-11.

Valentine Boxes and Valentine Cards
Students should create a Valentine Box using a cereal or shoe box, at home, to hold their Valentines. They can bring them in with Valentines for their classmates and friends any time this coming week on or before Thursday. Valentines will be "mailed" first thing in the morning on Valentine's Day. 

We will celebrate in class with a treat and opening of Valentines on the afternoon of the 14th.

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Everything Gold, White, and Sparkling!



Things to Know:

Special Week Share: 

Monday, January 28 Madeline Taliaferro

Carpool Helpers: Clare Coleman
Class Ambassadors: Carter Torrence and Kate Williams
How To Videos for Parents
Author Visit: January 28th

This Monday we will have the opportunity to meet the author of the Samantha Spinner Series, Russel Ginns! 

The girls will complete an assessment of  Unit 3 Fractions on Wednesday. They have put forth a lot of effort, completed their review assignments on line and are ready to go.

Students contine to work on persuasive essays and are putting  their own spin on ideas and passions of their own, making us think more deeply about our own opinions and encouraging critical thinking and writing skills.

 

This week the class will be receiving their new novel study, Lilly's Crossing, by Patricia Giff. During a summer Lilly spends at Rockaway Beach in 1944, her friendship with a young Hungarian boy, causes her to look at the war and her own world in a different way.

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Working Together 
Hand in Hand

Things to Know:

Field Trip to Shepherd's Way Relief Center: Wednesday, January 23rd 8:15 and we will be back for lunch at 11 a.m.
Special Week Share: 

Monday, January 28 Madeline Taliaferro

Carpool Helpers: Madison Rector, Nicole Makris, Maisie Nelson
Class Ambassadors: Madeline Taliaferro and Campbell Taylor
Natalie Richards and Betsy Spalding
How To Videos for Parents
Author Visit: January 28th

This is Spirit Week!

Wednesday: Dress like a Holiday

Cheer Practice 7:30-7:55 am

Thursday: Dress like a Decade

Friday: Wear your Colors:  Gold/White

Cheer Practice 7:30-7:55 am 

Gold/White Cheer Rally in Kenny Center at 10 am

The girls have been busily developing their skills in persuasive writing and have created persuasion maps, brainstormed, watched videos and outlined pros and cons of their ideas, which will culminate in an exciting essay on whether ten year olds should be allowed to have cell phones. We will hold a debate and take a class vote. The girls will then have an opportunity to write a persuasive essay on a topic of their own choice.

Students will spend this week reviewing Unit 3 Fractions in google classroom and in their workbooks. They have worked diligently and can get in extra practice in section C of matholia and on the googleclassroom Unit 3 Review.

On Wednesday morning, Mrs. Hiscock has kindly agreed to take the girls to Shepherd's Way to serve breakfast. She knows the ins and outs and has already taken her girls there, so she has volunteered to help out since I cannot be there myself. I know this will be a great experience for the girls and it is important for them to grow in compassion and service to others. Thank you so much to all who have participated by volunteering to chaperone, purchase, cook and send in food. The chaperones for Wednesday are Cindy Richards, Susan Taliaferro, and Emmie Bonnell. Information on how and when to send the food is very specific and will be emailed so that you can plan ahead. Again thank you for making this such a great experience for the students.

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Snow Work Today!

What a wonderful day to complete a little snow work and have some relaxing time to "chill" at home.




I sent you home with your Snow Work Sheet of Activities. Please complete them some time today.

1. Practice your poem "My Favorite Pajamas". If you are ready to recite, you may do that on Tuesday. If you would like more practice time, you may recite on Friday.

2. Please complete half of the questions for 9 E in your Wordly Wise Workbook. If you have already completed some, please continue and work for about 15 minutes.

3. We will begin exploring Persuasive Writing. Your first assignment will be discussed in class tomorrow. Please go to google classroom and watch the Persuasive Writing Videos. We will fill out the Persuasive Writing Map in class. Just watch the videos.

4. Quizlet and Spellingcity games. Be ready for Test 9 on Friday.

5. Math: If I gave you the hand out please work on that, otherwise practice multiplication facts 11,12, 13.

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Once Upon a Time

Things to Know

Special Week Share: 
Monday, January 14th: Kate Williams

Carpool Helpers: Lillie Mayer
Class Ambassadors: 
Natalie Richards and Betsy Spalding
How To Videos for Parents
Author Visit: January 28th

The girls have taken on the task of retelling a fable or inventing their own with relish. They have shared their tales, peer edited, double checked for accurate spelling and are now in the throes of creating an illustrated title page.These fables will be coming home soon and I have asked the girls to read them to you.

Students have been engaged in converting improper fractions  into mixed fractions and have been practicing in their math journals. Fractions are a daily venture in class and we will complete this unit by the week's end. We will begin reviewing Unit 3 next week. Click below to find out more about fraction conversion.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/improper-fractions.html

Gold/White Spirit Day and Cheer Rally will be held on Friday, January 25th, so dust off your team colors and all of your great costume gear and get ready to show your gold and white school spirit. Wednesday, January 16th, there will be Gold/White Cheer Practice from 7:30 - 7:55 a.m. Practices for the Gold Team will be held in the Lower School Assembly Room and practices for the White Team will be held  in the Multipurpose Room. There will be more practices on January 18th and the 23rd.

If Monday is a Snow Day, I have sent your girls home with a Snow Day Sheet which gives them their work for the day. I will also post it on the blog tomorrow before 8:30 a.m. 

The girls went to the library on Tuesday and were asked to look for a fiction novel to read for a Book Report Project this month. Reading and notes should be completed by Thursday, February 7th.

The 1900s were an interesting time period in history. The girls learned about the invention of the Oreo cookie and they wrote out the step by step procedure for eating one. Of course, they tasted a few along the way as well. Students also found that the first crossword was invented during that time  and each student created her own crossword as well.

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It's A Brand New Year

Things to Know:

Special Week Share: 
Monday, January 7: Parker Birdsey

Carpool Helpers: Parker Birdsey
Class Ambassadors: 
Natalie Richards and Betsy Spalding
How To Videos for Parents
Author Visit: January 28th

The Fourthies had a special opportunity on Thursday to meet the Reverend Sigmund Collins, who runs Shepherd's Way Relief Center. The Fourthies from St. Christopher's joined the girls in the LSAR to learn more about out upcoming community service project. We will be going as a class to Sheperd's Way on the morning of January 23rd. Thank you to the many of you who have volunteered to send in food. 

There are still many opportunities to sign up for helping create breakfast for the many poor and homeless people in the community. Please click on Information to see how you can help.

Mary Poppins Returns!

What fun we had... It was a great movie!

We will be working with a tangible number line this coming week  

finding smaller, larger, and equivalent fractions. The girls are 

increasing their knowledge

 of mixed and improper fractions.

Author Visit  Information from Mrs. Irving, the Librarian

Author Russell Ginns is coming to St. Catherine's School on Monday, January 28th. 

He is visiting to celebrate both the paperback release of Samantha Spinner and the 
Super-Secret Plans and the upcoming March release of the next book in the series, 
Samantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs. bbgb, our local bookshop, is offering 
the opportunity to purchase autographed copies of Russell's books. See the information 
under Things to know for ordering books.

Order online to pay with a credit card at  http://bbgbbooks.com/book-buzz/. 
We are receiving a 15% discount
on the books. When ordering online, use coupon code cat15.  
Please place your order by Friday, January 18th. 
Note: the new Samantha Spinner book (Samantha Spinner at the Spectacular Specs) 
releases on March 12th, so Russell will sign customized book plates during his visit 
and these books will be delivered to your child's classroom 
on release day. You may call bbgb with any questions at 804.353.5675.   

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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Things to Know!

Carpool Helpers: Cora Coulbourn and Meredith Ford

Ambassadors: Maisie Nelson and Madison Rector

Christmas Gift Service Information

Gift Service at Reveille UMC Wed. Dec. 19, 9 a.m. Dismissal at St. Catherine's Immediately Following. Extended Day Students will go on the bus to St. Christopher's. Please make sure you have signed up for this at Extended Day if you plan on using their services.

January Community Service Class Project for Shepherd's Way Information

The girls are busy hustling and bustling to practice readings, dances, getting costumes and choreography for the Gift Service, but we still have a little time for the academics as well. 

We are just

as busy adding and subtracting like fractions and beginning to look at whole numbers and mixed numbers in fractional terms as well. For some it has been an eye opener to remember back to when looking at the whole number 1, and seeing that it can also be seen as the fraction 5/5 or 2/2 or 27/27. This has been a moment of great realization for some.

The classroom has been a virtual winter wonderland as students have been creating their frosty baggie wreaths for the holidays. 

Our Magazine Cover Illustrations and personal interviews are complete and ready to be shared next week with Mrs. McCallum's class.

 

We had a remarkable Personalized Learning Presentation by two of our very own classroom polar bears, Carter Torrence and Madeline Taliaferro. They presented information, a kahootit game and fascinated us with incredible researched information on polar bears, all done in full polar bear costume. It was sensational!

*There will be no homework this week. We will work on Spelling and Wordly Wise in class, but we will not test on these lessons.

   Rehearsal Schedule for The Gift Service

      Dismissal begins at St. Catherine's School directly after buses return to campus.