Fourth Grade - Ms. Laurie Enloe

October 6-11

 Here is what we will be learning this week.

 Religion:  Community Service sheets for quarter 1 due date has been extended to October 11th. Please have your child bring their completed service sheet to class on or before this date. 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. 

Language Arts/Reading:
Students will  have a spelling test Friday. They will be developing their writing skills with a daily given prompt. They have daily lessons that reinforce proper capitalization, punctuation and grammar.  Students will continue reading in small groups with me to assist in their individual learning needs. We have adjusted Spanish to three days, and PE to 4 days per week to accommodate these reading circles. Students should read a minimum of 20 minutes each night. An AR grade will be taken each 9 weeks based on their participation in reading outside of school and taking the Accelerated Reader tests. 

Math: Students will begin Chapter 5 Division. There will be homework on Monday and Tuesday this week. Please have your child continue to work on their multiplication skills. This will be useful as they learn long division 

History:  Students will be reading and learning about "The Battle of Lepanto." They will be given a study guide that they will complete Tuesday for an assessment on Thursday. This week students will have homework rereading the chapter and completing the study guide. 

Science: Students will  study "Force Factors." Students will read informational text from the Science Weekly newspaper and identify important vocabulary.  They will complete a weekly Science assignment over what they have learned in class each week. 

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