Religion Corner 

       Special Reminders 

      
School begins at 7:50 am 


 

Gym -     Monday -   No jewelry of any kind, white sneakers and St. Patrick's Gym Uniform   White socks only.  12:20 - 1:00

Art -  Tues.12:20 - 1:00

Spanish - Wed. 11:40 - 12-20

Music- Thurs.  1:35 -2:15
 

                                                                                                                                                                         Welcome to Grade 4
                             
                                              
      

                                      
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The Phases of Matter with Bill Nye 


                                    



We will be using this in class in the New Year. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3RkTIAzHJw



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                       Science Lab - The Water Cycle
                      Grade 4 Scientists in Action.......
       

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St. Patrick's School                                   Gr. 4                        
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 **Parents - Please sign assignment pad each night. 


 . Tues. 1/7 - 12:00 Dismissal  - bring snack 

. Friday 1/17 - 12:00 Dismissal  - bring snack 

. Monday 1/20 - No school - MLK Jr. Day


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                               Our Next Reader's Club Book:
         

 
                                         

Explore : 

http://www.scholastic.com/winndixie/


     http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/characters-because-winn-dixie-866.html?tab=3#tabs                   
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                                 Homework Corner

                      
                                                                                                
                                                                     
Reminders and updates:  Grades 4 and 5 
 

Students  in Gr. 4 will need a copy of Mr. Popper's Penguins Please have in by Jan. 15. - Students will begin this story in Feb. as part of the Reader's Club.  

Grade 4 - Remember your permission slip and $12 check to Makerspace activity - checks payable to St. Patrick's School. 

1/17 - 12:00 Dismissal - Bring snack


1. Grade 4  Religion -  religion midterm review - Tentative midterm date is Tues. Jan 21

2. Grade 4 ELA:  Spelling -  quiz on Friday - 1/17                                     pages 24 and 25

                             Rdg/Grammar/Comp -Opal heart                                  project is due 1/16

                              Preposition quiz - 1/17
         
                              Winn Dixie Quiz - open book 
                              Chapters 20-26 - 1/17 -tentative

                               Whole book test - tentative - 1/22

                               Ficiton book report due -1/24
            
            
3.  Grade 4 Science - Chapter 7 Matter  - tentative quiz 1/23 - Please review your notes each night. 

4. Grade 4 SS -  Chapter 6 notes - quiz will be announced - Please review notes each night

5. Math - Always check grade 5 website 

Grade 5 :  Will be starting a study on
                      Jackie  Robinson
Learn More :
https://www.ducksters.com/sports/jackie_robinson.php
Spelling - wkbk  - quiz will be Friday p 24 and 25 -1/17

Rdg/Grammar/Comp - Butterfly fresh read due 1/14

                                       Preposition Quiz - 1/17
              
                                     1/24 - fiction book log due 


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Grade 4 In class STEAM # 2 
** Be on the look out for the next in class permission slip for Makerspace "doodlebots"  - The activity is for Catholic School's Week - Please have a check for $12 made to St. Patrick's School .  This is due when the children return from Christmas Break.   This is an in class activity. 
Parents - please note makerspace will be here on Friday Jan. 31 not  Thurs. Jan. 30 


** Please follow all instructions and due dates 
                         
                                       
                              
Spelling City    Link -  https://www.spellingcity.com/users/spellteacher


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**Please use this website throughout the year to study for our religion midterm and final  - Religion Study Resource



Good Resource - Education City 
https://ec2.educationcity.com/?_ga=2.79485204.1218113284.1570741785-709550473.1570741785

User Name                                          Password

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                             Grade 5

Please look above for updates 

ELA 5 
      
 **Please use the  Pearson link below under Pearson Info to access your Ready Gen selections 

ELA Warm Ups grade 4 and 5

Common Core ELA Grade 4

Common Core ELA Grade 5


Freckle - Our code for Grade 4 is Demaup

Notebook Code:

Yellow - Social Studies

Green - Science

Red - Math

Blue - ElA/Skills

Purple - Religion



 

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                              Reader's Club and Ready Gen Series

Along with our Ready Gen skills selections, we will be reading some special chapter books over the year as part of our Reader's Club.

       Because of Winn dixie is our next Reader's Club Novel. 

                                                               
                                           

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Pearson Info - Both our Ready Gen selections and Envision Math series are available on pearson realize.  The universal password is abcd1234

Please log in to  make sure you can access our text books in reading and math. 

Grade 5 May also use this link when reviewing Ready Gen selections .

Pearson



           Our Next Ready   Gen selection will be ....

                         Why the Sea is Salty
                                           
                              

                              
               




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Helpful Links for the start of the year:
  
Spelling City

Learner's dictionary

Math: Place Value
                       
**Friday is usually our no HW day - Please check for any upcoming projects that may be due the following week. Also use the weekend to review for upcoming assessments!    

** HW Stickers - 20 stickers can earn students a HW pass.  
Remember that hard work can pay off in our class!   Parents - please encourage your student to try their best everyday.          

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                                            Test/Quizzes Corner

                              

                                        Tentative Dates:   

                                          
              Work for progress, not perfection, everyday!   
                                     
 **Spelling quizzes will be every Friday unless noted

Grading Policy:
20% Classwork/participation
10% Homework
25% Quizzes
45% Sumative Assesment/Tests

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                                            Photo Booth

       
                                  

More of our  Water Cycle Lab.....


   










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Classroom use -  Map Testing 

MAP test warm ups  http://warmup.nwea.org/

MAP Test  https://test.mapnwea.org/#/join-test-session

MAP Teacher loginhttps://teach.mapnwea.org/admin/home.seam

                 
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  You may use the following E-Mail to contact me:
  ldema@stpatrickssi.org

 Please do not use this for any urgent message, such as change in dismissal, since I check this at the end of the school day.  You may use a quick note for anything you wish me to see immediately
Thanks.   
Mrs. Dema
 

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Scholastic News...

We order from scholastic through online orders only.  The website is under our reading links as well as below.  Please use the link to create an account for your student.

Click on the link: 

Scholastic Book Club:

 Class Activation Code is MM8HQ. for Scholastic     
Happy Reading!
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                                                 Safe Birthday Snack List:

Due to the allergy concerns of many of our students, if you wish to send a treat for your child's birthday and/or other celebrations, only the following treats will be allowed. The treats must be "NAME BRAND" as indicated below. Thank you in advance .

• Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers(Cheddar flavored only)
• Kellogg's Rice Krispy treats (plain)
• Nabisco Oreo cookies(regular, no flavored cookie)
• Hostess Twinkies(plain only)
• Lays potato chips (plain only)
• Philly pretzels (no dipping sauces)
• Kiddie Kakes

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Fun Link to use throughout the year:  Welcome to Dvolver!

                               


Our Example 2018 -2019
http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-1291676 - 


  Students will be designing a lesson around ELA concepts they have learned this year.
 Can't wait to see all the creative ideas.


http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/make.html Dvolver Movie Maker

http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-1137359  4-1's movie sample