Weekly Update

Thank you, thank you for all of the donations for our current Outreach project. I am so impressed by your generosity and we have collected around 18 hooded towels for Little Hands VA. Many thanks!

On Monday, the girls exchanged their interview projects with girls in Mrs. Miller's class. They did great work and learned some more about their fellow Fourthies.  

In math, they had a quiz on chapter 3 on Monday and the class did very well. These came home in today's Friday folder. We jumped into fractions and focused on finding equivalent fractions. We will continue with fraction concepts next week and discuss ordering and comparing fractions.

We finished our discussion on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the impact he had on our country. The webquest they solved is coming home in today's papers as well. We are finishing our study of Westward Expansion as well and learned more about the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark.

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and we will have a class celebration on Wednesday, February 14. The girls may start working on a mailbox to hold cards from their classmates. They may be as creative with this as they would like and it would be great to have the boxes and Valentine's in by Monday, February 12. They need to make a card for each student and here is a list of our classmates. 

Reminders:

• Carpool helper next week: Claire
• Special Week: Reese
• Next WW Dress Up Day: February 2 so put on your thinking caps
• Friday, February 9: wear red for Lunar New Year. Details here!
  
• Scavenger hunt question - answer this!

Weekly Update

 

During our short week we celebrated the life of Martin Luther King Jr., we wrapped up unit 3 in math, and continued reading Code 7. Did you know January 19th is National Popcorn Day? We had fun solving popcorn themed mash-ups and doing other fun things. On Monday we will enjoy some popcorn! We will also exchange our magazine covers and paragraphs with the students in Mrs. Miller's class. The girls did a nice job writing about a fellow Fourthie.

 

Our next Lower School Outreach project will benefit Little Hands Virginia. This is a great organization that provides essentials for newborn babies. My sons and I have volunteered here and it is a great group. 4th Grade is collecting hooded bath towels. Thanks for your continued support of our various Lower School Outreach projects. All of the details for the project are here.

 

 

 

Your daughter received a Scholastic Book Club flyer and any orders are due by next Friday, January 26 if you are interested. Thanks for helping us add new books to our classroom library.

Reminders:

• Carpool helper next week: Della
• Special Week: Eleanor
• Attached is a letter from Mrs. Dorion about World Language Week 2024. If you speak another langauge, please read it!  
• Gold/White Spirit Day: Friday, January 26 Dress in gold and white
• Next WW Dress Up Day: February 2 so put on your thinking caps
  
• Scavenger hunt question - answer this!

Weekly Update

I hope everyone has a nice, long weekend. The girls worked hard this week and we accomplished many things. Here are some curriculum updates and reminders.

Attached is a letter from Mrs. Dorion about World Language Week 2024. If you speak another langauge, please read it!

Math

We worked through long division this week and will continue to practice this skills. The girls and I discussed the importance of having a strong fact recall. This week, I saw many careless mistakes on bigger multiplication and division questions due to basic fact mistakes. Our next unit will begin our study of fractions.

Writing

We partnered up with Mrs Miller's class and each student interviewed one of her students. We encouraged the girls to ask deeper questions. They then wrote a paragraph about what they learned. The last part of the project consists of the girls making a magazine cover about their friend. I will post more on next week's blog.

WW and Spelling

We started list 9 in Wordly Wise and will assess on this next week. In addition, we are reviewing irregular plural nouns and will assess on this next week.

Reminders:

• Carpool helper next week: Maclaren
• No school for students: Monday and Tuesday, January 15 and 16
• Gold/White Spirit Day: Friday, January 26 Dress in gold and white
• Next WW Dress Up Day: February 2 so put on your thinking caps
  
• Scavenger hunt question - answer this!

Weekly Update

 

 

We had a short, but sweet two days together. We had a wonderful time catching up, completing some long division, and setting resolutions for the new year. As a class, we had great conversations about what we want to see "more of" and what we need "less of" in the new year. Thank you to the volunteers who organized and supported the Epiphany celebration this afternoon for 3rd and 4th graders!

On Thursday, the girls shared a favorite experience from their break and you can see what they said below.

Reminders:

• Carpool helper next week: Wells
• Special week: Lexie
  
• Scavenger hunt question - answer this!

Weekly Update

We have been preparing for the Gift Service, which will be on Wednesday, December 20 at 9:00 am at Reveille United Methodist Church. This is such a special service and I hope you can attend. It will also be live streamed and the link was provided in this week's week at a glance from the school.

Thank you to everyone for sending in a wrapped mug by today. They are lined up by our class Christmas tree and we are excited for the mug exchange, which will take place Tuesday morning.

Ruth	Ginna
Andie	Claire
Reese	Kensi
Eleanor	Maggie
Lexie	Maclaren
Wells	Della
Reagan	Ella
Camille

The girls did a great on the abstract noun project. They each reflected on the holiday season and chose 4-6 abstract nouns that represent this season to this. They learned how to use a fabulous resource called Canva to create their presentation.

Reminders:

• Carpool helper next week: Camille
• Lower School Gift Service: Wednesday, December 20 at 9:00 am at Reveille United Methodist Church - Details Here
• Dress code reminder  
• Remember to check SeeSaw for updates from Specials teachers
  
• Scavenger hunt question - answer this!

Weekly Update

 

We have had another great week. With the anticipation on Christmas, there is lots of excitement in the midst of still trying to learn new material. We will attempt to keep the lamps of learning burning until Christmas break!

I hope you saw the letter from Mrs. Ivens about the costume requirements for the Gift Service on Wednesday, December 20 at 9:00 am at Reveille United Methodist Church. The letter is here in case the hard copy didn't make it our of the backpack! Each Fourthie knows her role in the service and I reinforced that every single role is important.

We had a great field trip on Tuesday to tour the Virginia Capitol. Thanks to Maclaren's dad, Josh Humphries, for organizing a quick visit with the Virginia Secretary of Education, Aimee Guidera. It was great to hear from an accomplished woman in this leadership role.

The girls are enjoying our current class novel Rain Reign and are learning very much about empathy as we read about Rose, the main character. In math, we have been practicing 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication and will continue with a project on it next week. Using a fabulous website called Canva, the girls are creating slideshows to show their knowledge on abstract nouns. Their final products will be posted on next week's blog post.

Reminders:

• Carpool helper next week: Kensi
• Special Week: Della
• Christmas Outreach Project: Details Here 
• Lower School Gift Service: Wednesday, December 20 at 9:00 am at Reveille United Methodist Church - Details Here
• Dress code reminder  
• Remember to check SeeSaw for updates from Specials teachers
  
• Scavenger hunt question - answer this!

Weekly Update

 

 

We had a great week back from Thanksgiving break. The Christmas season is upon us and the girls are excited! We had several special events this week including a big sister/little sister get together to make ornaments. On Thursday, we had a gold/white spirit day and played a game of Splat. Yesterday, we had a spirited chapel and ended the day making old-fashioned decorations for the holly trees around the playground. This was a special opportunity just for the Fourthies and we had lots of fun. Thank you to all of the parents who donated the supplies and came in to help. We will finish making the ornaments on Monday and then decorate the trees.

Along with all of this extra fun, we are still working through the curriculum! Next week, we will learn how to multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers. The girls and I had a great conversation about the importance of knowing the basic multiplication facts when solving mult-digit problems. In reading, we started a new novel called Rain Reign which is about a character Rose who has some special needs and is an endearing character. She loves homonyms so we are learning to distinguish between words that sound the same when pronounced but have different spellings and meanings. 

On Tuesday, we have our field trip to the Virginia State Capitol to reinforce our study of the three branches of government. Please read here for the details of the trip. 

 

Since it is the season of giving, we have a Lower School Outreach project to support Celebrate RVA. This is a fabulous organization started by St. Catherine's alumna, Julia Warren Mattingly. Each grade level will collect a different supply to make birthday bags to donate to them. They supply children from underprivileged families with birthday bags to celebrate their birthdays. Fourth grade is collecting happy birthday plates and napkins without any characters. Thank you for your support!

On December 19, we will have a class mug exchange! The girls and I briefly discussed it this week and I hope everyone will participate.

Reminders:

• Carpool helper next week: Andie
• Special Week: Claire
• Field Trip to Virginia State Capitol: Tuesday, December 5 from 9:30 - 11:30; Details Here!
• Outreach Project to Support Celebrate RVA - Details Here!
  
• Lower School Gift Service: Wednesday, December 20 at 9:00 am at Reveille United Methodist Church - more details to come
• Dress code reminder  
• Remember to check SeeSaw for updates from Specials teachers
  
• Scavenger hunt question - answer this!