Have a GREAT weekend!

  

 Happy Friday, 3rd/4th Grade Parents.  :)  It has been a great week!  

 * Our school’s spring musical is coming up soon on April 30^th!  Mark your calendars!  Students have been asked to wear their red “Sent to Serve” t-shirts and black pants or jeans.  

 *As our 4th Quarter gets underway, we want to let you know that YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE!  Order now at inter-state.com/flyerentry/56423NK.  The deadline to order is 05/28/2021.  Yearbooks will either be mailed to you or hand delivered at the start of next school year.

 *I have gently reminded students that this quarter, I will not be reminding them about homework that they have not turned in.  Thank you for help with this. 

 Here is what we have learned this week:

Religion- This week, we learned about the Great Commission, the Ascension, and discussed God’s plan for our lives as Christian examples.  We are so blessed by Him!  We discussed and learned the 23rd Psalm.  

 Memory for next week:

4/13-He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil, for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,  they comfort me.

 4/16-You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

 Language Arts- This week, both grades read selections about animals.  Third graders read, “Dog of the Sea Waves,” which was a story about a boy and a seal.   Fourth graders read the nonfiction selection, “Owen and Mzee,”  which is the beautiful story of a friendship between a tortoise and a hippo.  I showed the class an update on these two with this YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/1UcGv5PJET0

We also were introduced to our new Author of the Month, Louis Sachar, this week.   We began reading the book, “Holes.”  SOOO good!  ;) 

 Spelling words for Friday, April 16^th:

3^rd grade words from the story, “A Mr. Rubbish Mood”

air, wear, chair, stairs, bare, bear, hair, care, pear, pair, share, near, ear, beard, earring, compare, *precipitation

 4^th grade words from the story, “The Fun They Had”

idea, lion, usual, radio, liar, poem, India, piano, January, quiet, poet, science, diary, violin, period, February, cereal, video, meteor, rodeo, variety, gradual, *precipitation

 Math- Third graders are working on expressions and using multiple operations.  We will be evaluating these expressions and solving equations next week. Fourth graders are working on factors, multiples, primes, and composites.

 Social Studies-In Scholastic News this week, we learned all about the importance of preserving bees and what they do for our environment.  We also talked about mindfulness and ways to relieve our anxiety or worries with breathes, relaxation…and we also add prayer! 

Science-We defined ENERGY words this week.  We also began talking about water cycles! 

 Specials-

Art- We created paper hand lilies and finished up our Meal Rewind. 

Writing-We are in the drafting process of our animal research papers!

Computer Lab-We published our written work, and learned more about our Author of the Month. 

P.E.-We did some track activities—conditioning, running long jump, and javelin throw. 

Music-We are practicing songs for the Spring Musical. 

Spanish-Students are “traveling’ to different Spanish speaking areas and learning about the cultures in these places.  This week, the class went to southern California! 

 

May God bless your weekend,

 Kim