Dear 4A Families,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. On Wednesday we will be gathering in the church for the Living Rosary. In class we will review how to pray the rosary. If students have a rosary they can bring it to school for the service on Wednesday—that would be great. If not, we do have some extras to share.
ANNUAL FUND FALL DRIVE
As a STEM+ school, specialist programs in art, library, music/band, physical education, Spanish and technology are essential components of this mission. These important programs foster creativity, cultural understanding, and self-expression in our students. Your donation will go towards the Annual Fund, which assists in funding programs that enhance our curriculum.
Our goal is 100% participation from every family in our school community, with a total dollar goal of $225,000 during the month-long Fall Annual Fund Drive.
We hope you will share this fall fundraising drive with friends and family. You will be able to share a family webpage to ask for support of our school, in addition to making gifts of your own. Students will be able to earn incentives for fundraising.
PRIZES
Earned for all K-8 students in your family
- 1 donation = dress pass (if you donated during re-enrollment this counts)
- For every new donor = receive 1 dress pass (up to 12)
- 1st Class to 100% Participation = free dress, party & movie with Principal Horton
- 1st Grade to 100% Participation = pizza party
- 100% class participation = sweet treat party
- 100% school participation = no homework and free dress for the entire school!
WEEKLY INCENTIVES
- Local experiences
- Custom kind gator item
- Top 3 families with highest # of donors wins prize
EARN FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEER HOURS (up to 5 total)
Earns 1 hour each
- Make a personal donation (if you donated during re-enrollment this counts)
- Share on your personal social media
- Receive a donation
Earns 2 hours
- Solicit minimum 10 donations from friends & family https://holyrosaryws.org/giving/annual-fund/
All Saints’ Day Mass: Wednesday, November 4th at 8:45am
All 4th grade students will participate in the All-School Mass dressed as their Saint. There will be some seating available for parents for the School Mass –but you most likely will not be able to sit with your child. This Mass will be live streamed as well, so you will be able to enjoy the service online if you cannot make it in person.
In preparation for the upcoming Masses, please start planning a costume for your child. Costumes do not have to be fancy. Many students use robes, graduation gowns, or just material that’s laying around. Look up pictures of your child’s saint for ideas. We also encourage some type of symbol that relates to the saint, like a cross, bible, flowers, basket, etc. There are pictures of past saints in the tab above called Saint Report and Mass Info. We do have some donated costumes/parts of costumes that I can offer as well.
Continue to practice the Prayer of St. Francis. It is a great bedtime prayer, and practicing right before you go to sleep helps with retention! The students will be reciting this prayer at the All Saints’ Day Mass.
Langauge Arts
Spelling: The spelling words for the week are long “e” sounds spelled ea, ee, ie. All students should have a spelling study sheet in their filer.
The students are doing lots of writing at school! We are finishing up our Postcards From the Barn, creating Halloween Haikus and we are hard at work on our Saint Reports.
Math
We are working through our chapter on addition and subtraction of large numbers. Students will also be introduced to new math vocabulary and concepts such as: variables, the associative property of addition, the commutative property of addition and the identity property of addition. These foundational concepts will be revisited in future lessons on algebraic reasoning, so mastery is not expected at this time.
Thank you for your support at home checking your child’s homework for accuracy. Regrouping with subtraction can be tricky! Look for math homework Monday-Thursday this week. Regular practice on Xtramath should continue.
Social Studies
We will be wrapping up our work with latitude and longitude this week. The students will apply this knowledge as they locate places using latitude/longitude coordinates, as well as learning to read different types of maps. The students have a study sheet in their filer for a latitude and longitude quiz that will take place on October 8th. This quiz should be very straightforward and will mirror the study sheet in most areas. The students should also be practicing their NE States. The students will be asked to learn both the locations and abbreviations along with some added features of the region. Study sheets and links for online review sites can be found here. This test is planned for October 16th Extra study sheets and links are on the 4A Webpage in the tab called Map Study Sheets.
Science
This week we will dive deeper into earth sciences by investigating fast earth changes, such as earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides. To understand why the earth surface goes through fast earth changes, we will study plate tectonics and the inner makings of our planet.
Please be sure your children’s uniform sweatshirts/sweaters are labeled with their name/grade. It makes things so much easier—and reduces the pile up in the lost and found. It is also very helpful if students walk into school with their shirts tucked in and shoes tied! Thank you.
Have a great week everyone.