Good afternoon, fourth grade families!

 

We definitely ended this week on a high note with Interest Day. Students had the opportunity to explore a number of hobbies, sports, professions, and interests. I love hearing the excitement at the end of the day for all of the topics that were covered by our class. Interest Day has been just one of many exciting things that the third trimester has to offer. I look forward to a great trimester ahead!

 

Here are your fourth grade classroom updates: 

• Family Day: Family Day is two weeks from today! We invite students to bring family members/ honorary family members to join us in class for the day before spring break. Please use the following link to indicate your family’s plans for this day so I can plan accordingly: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JXgsOEcnG9TC1Py5pvpypqS3NQRWymXvfxvbhIswheE/edit.  Thank you!
• Madison Field Trip:  Our class trip to Madison will take place on April 3. For this trip, we encourage every student to bring a chaperone if they are able. Since we have a long and busy day of walking around the city, it is helpful to have a chaperone for each child. Our transportation for the day will be school bus for both students and chaperones. Please also plan on arriving back to St. Paul between 4 and 4:30PM. We will not be back before the end of the school day. Permission slips will be coming out shortly!
• Lenten Church: Please feel free to join us at St. Paul for Church throughout this season of Lent. Services are every Wednesday at 4:30 and 6:30 PM, with a meal in between. 
• Summer School Information for Port Washington: Port Washington Summer School enrollment information is out!  If you live in the Port/Saukville district – Go to https://www.pwssd.org/families/summer-school.cfm for more information. Catalog information is linked on that page. 2025 Summer School Classes will begin on Monday, June 16 and run through Thursday, July 24.

• March 21: Family Day (10:45 Dismissal) 
• March 24-28: Spring Break
• April 3: Field Trip to Madison
• April 4: March Madness
• April 4-6: World of Discovery Fair
• April 10: Literacy Night

• Religion: We will be reading the parable of the unforgiving student and the story of ten healed of leprosy. 
• Math: We are finishing up our unit on equivalent fractions and comparing fractions. We are planning on having a test on Thursday. Students will go through review guides and a practice test to study from this week, as well.
• Reading: We will be reading some samples of traditional literature: fables, fairy tales, myths, tall tales, and folktales. 
• Social Studies: We will continue through our unit on Western expansion in the U.S.
• Writing: We will be working on writing adventure stories/narratives. 
• Memory:
  • For Tuesday: 

    The Seventh Commandment- You shall not steal. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.

  • For Thursday:  Psalm 118:1- Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
• Spelling: Prefixes: im-, in-, and ir-
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