HAPPY EASTER VACATION !

Thursday, April 21 – Monday, May 2,2011

Easter Vacation Newsletter

Dear Students and Parents,
These amazing students should be congratulated this Holy Week for all of their service. They were great at hosting the Mass today and being part of Ms.Rosemary McDonald's Funeral Mass yesterday. People of the parish commented on how much they appreciated their angelic voices singing to the McDonald family.(Even their tears of love were appreciated.) I am so blessed to teach these students that daily meet the School Wide Learning Expectations to be Active Catholics and Ambassadors of Hope!
PTG costumes are due back to school Tuesday, May 3, 2011 and will stay in the 4th grade class until after the afternoon performance on May 5th. There are two performances at 12:45 and 6pm.We will also perform at the OLA Funfair at 12 noon on Sunday, May 15th.
Please continue to have them practice their songs at home over Easter Vacation. Also, students may practice their lines and acting parts since all actors are seen throughout the entire performance. They are truly wonderful and I believe the show will be a great way to express the importance of good character while having a lot of fun!
There is no regular homework over Easter Vacation. Students may read their AR books for their Book In the Can project or work on the construction of their Cans, but remember the cans and oral reports are not due until May 10th.
HAVE A BLESSED EASTER! Enjoy your vacation!Please feel free to contact me by sending a note with your child or through my diocesan email: yschmenauer@sbdiocese.org.
IN YOUR FREE TIME YOU MAY :
STUDY PTG LINES AND SONGS EVERYDAY FOR 15 MINUTES!**SO YOU DON'T FORGET YOUR PARTS! :)

Spring Homework Continues with the Book In A Can Project...

Friday, April 8 – Thurs. April 14, 2011
4th Grade Homework Sheet
Dear Students and Parents,
Thanks so much to the parent volunteers that represented 4th grade for the Spell-A-Thon. We appreciate your participation so much!The Fabulous Fourth Grade did extremely well. There were many students that missed only one or two words. All students scored 75% and above and four students received special recognition for scoring 100% on the 60 words tested. These students are:
Alycia Hernandez    Ethan Medeiros
Andrea Moreno    Lanie Schemenauer
Congratulations for being so brilliant fourth grade.( Now go ask your parents if they can spell zephyr, constellation,unconscious, or rambunctious.)
Fabulous fourth grade will begin Book In A Can Projects for April's reading goals. Please see the guideline sheet included in this week's homework folders. Students are to bring their books to class on Wednesday, April 13th for the book check in class. This project will count for their reading grade. We have gone over this in class today and student's should be able to relay the information to you well. The final projects and reports/oral presentations are due after Easter Vacation. Again please note the due dates in the guideline sheet and rubric sent home today.
Remember to save the date: May 5, 2011 for our PTG performance of Character Matters! PTG costumes are due to school April 18,2011. Thank you to all the parents that are creating the best costumes ever! Students are doing so well during practice. Please continue to have them practice their songs at home. Also, students may practice their lines and acting parts since all actors are seen throughout the entire performance. They are truly wonderful and I believe the show will be a great way to express the importance of good character while having a lot of fun!
Students will begin to work on Spelling and Vocabulary words from their Open Court Reading lesson again. The new lists for the next few weeks are included in this folder. Please encourage your student to keep these lists in the “Keep at Home” section of their homework folders. Have a great week and please feel free to contact me by sending a note with your child or through my diocesan email: yschmenauer@sbdiocese.org.
**STUDY PTG LINES AND SONGS EVERYDAY FOR 15 MINUTES!**
Day One (Friday)

Spell One Assign

Math Recog.Right Angle

Handwriting Day One

Vocab. One Assign.

Reading Book In Can Project/

Pick A Book

Day Two (MONDAY)

Spell One Assign

Math Practice Right Angle

Handwriting Day Two

Vocab. One Assign.

Reading Book In Can Project/

Pick A Book

Day Three (TUESDAY)

Spell One AssignY

Math Recogn. Congruent

Handwriting Day Three

Vocab. One Asssign.

Reading BOOK DUE TO CLASS

Begin Reading Book

Day Four (WEDNESDAY)

Spell One Assign

Math Practice Congruent

Handwriting Day Four

Vocab. One Assign.

Reading Book In Can Project/

Begin Reading Book
** Students may use the Fabulous Fourth Grade In Class Library for their Book In A Can Project or choose to use the OLA School Library. 4th Grade visits the library on Tuesday afternoons. Otherwise parents may take the students to the public library or purchase a book from a bookstore.
****REMEMBER- Books Must be chapter books Over 50 pages long and in the student's assigned AR LEVEL!!!!****

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!! (APRIL FOOLS!!!!)

Friday, April 1 – Thurs. April 7, 2011
4th Grade Homework Sheet
Dear Students and Parents,
Welcome to April.  No Homework This Week! But there is actually homework this week.Happy April Fool's Day! Students finished their March reading goals well. We will work on Book In A Can reports for April's reading goals that will be due when we return from Easter Vacation in May. More information will follow next week.
PTG costumes are due to school April 18,2011. I hope the note sent home earlier this week helped clarify the expectations for what is required. Thank you for all of your help. All students are bringing home their scripts today and they should study their lines and words to the songs since beginning next week we will begin to practice in the hall without any scripts.
Next Friday is the OLA Spell-A-Thon. Please be sure that your student has their signed pledge sheet with them on Friday. I truly believe that all the students can score 100% per cent on this test if they study hard this week. We will take a practice test on Thursday in class and the students will write out 60 words from the list of 75 they have been using to study. Students receiving 100 per cent will be given special recognition and hopefully the money can help each family with the trimester assessment fees! GO FABULOUS 4th GRADE!
Have a great week and please feel free to contact me by sending a note with your child or through my diocesan email: yschmenauer@sbdiocese.org.
**STUDY PTG LINES AND SONGS EVERYDAY FOR 20 MINUTES!**

Day One (Friday)

Spell (Spell-A-Thon Words Choose thirty words)

Spell One Assign/STUDY

Math Triangles- Pg.125

Handwriting Day One

Day Two (MONDAY)

Spell One Assign/STUDY

Math Simliar Figures-Pg.126

Handwriting Day Two

Day Three (TUESDAY)

Spell One Assign/STUDY

Math Slides and Flips-Pg.127

Handwriting Day Three

Day Four (WEDNESDAY)

Spell One Assign/Study

Math Turns-Pg.128

Handwriting Day Four

**Please note that there are no vocabulary assignments since students are using thirty words from the Spell- A-Thon list to prepare for the April 8th Spell-A-Thon. We will work on vocabulary in class.