4 Gazda

4Gz Mass

Today our class lead mass for the school. Immediately following mass, Miss Gaines's class joined us to perform the Beatitudes Shuffle. They did a wonderful job!

May 18, 2012

On Friday we had our Nifty Fifty State Fair! Students did a wonderful job on their state reports, salt maps, and Garage Band region commercials. Thank you to all who were able to stop by!

Food Chain Dissection

Today we dissected "mystery pellets" in science to finish off our unit on Food Chains and Webs. Be sure to ask your scientist what the pellet really was!

Tomorrow we will have our study day and binder check in preparation for our test on Monday. Good luck!

A Few Notes...

• Just a reminder, this Thursday we will have our Chapter 12 math test.
• Our Nifty Fifty State Fair open house will be this Friday, May 18th from 2:15-2:45 in the Xavier Room. All are welcome!
• Our 4th grade end-of-the-year picnic will be on Thursday, June 7th. Be on the lookout for more information closer to that date but we wanted to let you know in case you plan to join us.

Anole Adoption

At the end of next week, our anole friends will need to be adopted out to good homes. We explained to the students today that they can have the opportunity to bring home an anole as a pet. This new pet will be given ONLY with the written permission of you, their parents. 

If you would like to adopt an anole, you must sign the permission slip your child will bring home today and return it to your teacher no later than Thursday, May 17th. We will raffle off the anoles to any interested families that day so the students will know if they will be receiveing an anole to take home on Friday.

Students that win the raffle must bring a container from home to transport his/her new pet home in on Friday, May 18th. The terrariums the anoles are living in now are property of SFX and will stay at school. Furthermore, the complete care of the anole will be transferred to the student and his/her family. Please note- anoles are carnivores which means they eat meat, in this case, live crickets. Crickets can be purchased at your local pet store.

Please feel free to email with any questions you may have. Thank you!

New Friends in Fourth Grade!

We have new science projects! While learning about Food Chains and Webs in Science, the fourth graders will be observing anoles (chameleons), crickets, and earthworms in our classroom for the next week. We will learn about their eating and sleeping habits and how they live within a food chain.

The Beatitudes Shuffle

The Beatitudes Shuffle

Written by God…adapted by Miss Gaines

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:

*Happy are you if you’re clean of heart

           Loving God will be a start!

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:

*Be good to others as a golden rule

  God will think you’re really cool!

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:

*Happy are those if you’re helping others

  Treat everyone as your sisters and brothers!

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:

*Happy are those who suffer for what’s right

 Do your time and you’ll see the light!

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:

*Forgiving others will make you happy

           Happiness awaits so let’s make it snappy!

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:        

*Sometimes life can be real sad

  Trust in God, it will turn out rad!

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:

*Happy are you if you’re sad or poor

           Seeing God will be your cure!

 

The Beatitudes are, the cool way, so listen to what God has to say:

*Happy are those if you’re satisfied

 Eternal life will be your greatest pride!

 

The Beatitudes are the only way, trust in God and you’ll be O.K.!

May Happenings

HOLY COW! About one month of school left and boy do we have a LOT to get done! Let's keep up the hard work fourth graders, as we enter the home stretch of your fourth grade year. Here are some important upcoming dates and events:

Math- Chapter 12 Test will be on Thursday, May 17

Reading- The May book report contract is due this Friday, May 4th. The report on the chapter book of your choosing will be presented on Friday, June 1st.

Social Studies- The Nifty Fifty report should be typed at home and is due Friday, May 11. We will have a Nifty Fifty State Fair in the Xavier Room on Friday, May 18th from 2:15-2:45. All are welcome to see what we have been up to! Rough drafts of the reports were written and peer edited at school, so they should be ready to type at home.

    *Specifications for typing The Nifty Fifty:

        -Times New Roman font, size 12, double spaced

        -Title of your report is your state name and of course, be sure to include your full name on the report

        -Be sure to indent by hitting the "tab" key in order to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph

        -If you do not have a printer at home, feel free to e-mail your completed document to your teacher by the due date, on Friday, May 11.

Science- The Food Chains and Webs test will be Monday, May 21. We will have a binder check and study day the Friday before.

Religion- Students have been taught a rap entitled, "The Beatitudes Shuffle", that they will be performing as a grade at the end of the 4-Gazda all school mass on Tuesday, May 29th. Students should be memorizing this rap at home in preparation for our performance. All are invited to attend...you won't want to miss it!

Phew! Have you caught your breath yet? The end of the year always manages to sneak up on us but let's finish off strong!

April 23, 2012

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! We will have a busy week this week so I wanted to update everyone on the events this week:

Monday: Earth Day Play presented by the kindergarten

             Chapter 11 Math Review

Tuesday: Chapter 11 Math Pretest

Wednesday: Chapter 11 Test

Thursday: Nifty Fifty Salt Maps