November 26th - December 1st

First of all I wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that I will be unavailable from Thursday after school until Monday of next week as I have an ACE Retreat that I need to attened in Austin, Texas. 

We had a great time with our Kindergarten Buddies last Tuesday as we watched them perform a Creek (?) ritual in honor of the corn harvest. 

For important school events please visit the school's Push Page:
http://www.allsaintsba.com/PushPageNov26.pdf

Math:  In Math this week we will be focusing on chapters 3.5-3.6 and will work closely with algebraic equations.  Students can expect homework nearly every night.
Social Studies:  In Social Studies we will be studying the effects that weather and human changes in the environment can change a place's geography. 

Religion:  How do our decisions affect others?  How does being nice and friendly change how people feel about themselves and act?  What about when we choose to choose the wrong thing, like lying.  How will that affect those that we are close to?

Writing/Language Arts:  We will introduce a couple important writing concepts including time-order words (first, then, after, next, etc.) and we will begin writing our personal narratives this week.

Vocabulary:  This Friday we will be having our Vocabulary test on the Unit 7 words.  Students should be bringing their books home every night and should be studying definitions, synonyms, and antonyms of the 12 Vocabulary/Spelling words.

accurate
alert
ancestor
disaster
elementary
envy
epidemic
feeble
penetrate
romp
staple
survive



Science:  http://www.fourthshildt.blogspot.com/

Reading:  http://www.cvandolah.blogspot.com/

November 19th - 20th

News:  4th Grade boys had a basketball game this weekend.  Coach Roy/Liedl's team lost by one point to Holland Hall in a nail bitter and Coach Hall/Kosir's team beat their opponent. 

Reminder:  Check out the weekly push page here:  http://www.allsaintsba.com/PushPageNov19.pdf
Math:  We should be finishing looking at number patterns and input/output tables this shortened week, students can expect H.W. Monday.

S.S.:  Starting our third unit this week, no H.W. expected

Religion:  We will be talking about thanking God and being thankful for all that we have this week

Language Arts:  Short writing assignment on Thanksgiving in class

Spelling:  Spelling test this Tuesday on Unit 7

Science:  http://www.fourthshildt.blogspot.com/

Reading:  http://www.cvandolah.blogspot.com/

November 12th - 16th

Thank you parents for volunteering to chaperone during the Woolaroc field trip!  For information about this coming week please check out the weekly push page; http://www.allsaintsba.com/PushPageNov12.pdf

Math:  We will be finishing up 3.2-3.4 this week in math, looking at number patterns, expressions, and functions.  Students can expect homework every night for this week.

Spelling:  We are starting on Unit 7 in spelling, the spelling test will be next week on Tuesday so students will have a little longer to study than usual.  The spelling words for this week are:
1. accurate
2. alert
3. ancestor
4. disaster
5. elementary
6. envy
7. epidemic
8. feeble
9. penetrate
10. romp
11. staple
12. survive

Social Studies:  We will be spending a lot of time reviewing in class as there will be a social studies test this Friday on Unit Two, students should understand the main idea of each Chapter/Lesson and should be familiar with the key terms. 

Religion:  I plan to start familiarizing students with the parts of the Mass and the responses during the next couple of weeks, I have noticed that responses during Mass are not always clear from our students and many times they seem not to know how to respond.  Parents/Guardians, I encourage you to keep an eye on this in the coming weeks during Mass with your children.


Language Arts/Writing:  We are taking longer than I would have liked on the Because of Winn-Dixie book report but I really think that we can finish it this week and then start on learning the art of note taking.

Reading:  http://www.cvandolah.blogspot.com/

Science:  http://www.fourthshildt.blogspot.com/

November 5th - November 9th

Reminders:

• Our field trip to Woolaroc is this Thursday.  Students need to wear their uniforms (to all field trips unless told otherwise), and will need to bring a sack lunch.  Drivers, we will be leaving from the circle lot around 9:00 - 9:15 and will be leaving Woolaroc around 1:45 to get back to school close to 3:00. 
• Student Council meeting Tuesday morning @ 7:45
•  After school dance 4-7 Thursday in the Parish Hall
• If you didn't sign-up for a conference on Thursday or Friday last week, and you wish to set one up, email me with a list of times that work for you and on which days and I will try to schedule one that works best for both parties. 
• Don't forget to vote this Tuesday!
• http://www.allsaintsba.com/PushPageNov5.pdf

Math:  This week in math we will continue to delve into the wonderful world of algebra and patterns, student will be working in Ch. 3 in both their big book (Textbook) and their little book (Workbook).  Students can expect homework every night except for Thursday (field trip).

 

Social Studies:  We are continuing to study the expansion and settlement of Oklahoma, now focusing on the pioneers that came to Oklahoma in the 1860s.  Students may have homework 3 nights this week.

 

Vocabulary:  Continuing with our pattern, this week we are working on learning the definitions and uses of the terms from Unit 6, test will be on Friday.

 

Religion:  After finishing the Ten Commandmants last week we are going to start looking more at the stories of the Saints and how they can intercede for us.

 

Science:  http://www.fourthshildt.blogspot.com/

 

Reading:  http://www.cvandolah.blogspot.com/