Fourth Grade - Ms. Laurie Enloe

January 21-24

February 4th our class will join the 2nd and 3rd grade classes on a trip to St. William's Parish in Round Rock for  the Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit. We will leave St. Mary's at 8:15 a.m. and return by 3 p.m.. Please complete the online permission form sent by Christine Ramirez.

We continue with Map testing this week. Students will be assessed in Math and Reading, They completed Science and Language Usage/Vocabulary/Grammar last week.

Fourth grade is responsible for readings during Mass this month. I will ask students to participate in Biblical readings and Prayers of the Faithful during Mass. 

 Here is what we will be learning this week.

 Religion:  "Love your neighbor as yourself" is the theme for this week's lessons. . Students are required in 4th grade to complete 3 hours each nine weeks of community service.  This is a component of the Religion curriculum and will be considered a part of the quarterly Religion grade. Examples of activities include visiting nursing homes, community participation in clean-up campaigns, performing housework or errands for ill or elderly persons, altar serving, and singing in the choir at church. Please encourage your child to understand the importance of serving in our community. They will bring a community service sheet home this week to use for this nine weeks and must be completed and signed by the parent for each activity. A reflection for the three hours of community service should be written on the back of this sheet. 

La nguage Arts/Reading: Students will be given a spelling test on Friday.  Lessons will be focused on writing purpose and focus. We will begin a new novel this week, "Holes," by Louis Sachar. They will have homework reading chapters from the book as assigned written in their student planners. They should continue to read a minimum of 15 minutes daily at home and will take Accelerated Reader tests after completion of each book. A quarterly grade is given for students' participation in reading at home.

Math: Students will finish their first chapter on decimals.  A test will be given on Wednesday. They will have homework on Monday and Tuesday this week.

History:   This week, students will learn about "The Great War"  from The Stories of Civilization. There will be a history test on Friday.

Science:  Students will explore  "The Human Body". They will assess their knowledge about information learned from this week's Science Studies Weekly on Friday.

I welcome your communication with me, and want you to take any opportunity to set conference times or email. My teacher conference times this year are Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 1:20-2:20. I can certainly accommodate an after school conference when necessary due to conflicting work schedules. 

Thank you for giving me the blessing of your children in our classroom this school year.

Many Blessings,

Laurie Enloe