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

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                                    Science Lab News  


                            
                    

We will be building a waterproof hose (we hope)!  We will try  to have better results than Hank from our story.    
                                            
       
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Monday Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day - No School 


 **Parents - Please sign assignment pad each night. 

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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

                      
                                   
                                   

                               
                                     Week of Nov. 18
                                                 
Dec Log will be due Dec. 15 -

  Makerspace - in class STEM experience                    
 Friday Nov. 22 .  Parents - a note will go out on Thurs. or Friday .  If you are still interested in helping your student, please  arrive at 12:00.   
 
** Please follow all instructions and due dates for this week
                         
. ELA 4 - 1. Review Chapters 1-5 and voc. - Winn Dixie  

                2.  Grammar/Writing  -   Look over direct and indirect objects                                                     
                                                         
                3.  Spelling-  New List will be pasted in blue NB for next
                                      week  - 11/18 
                                     ** No spelling next week 
                                       
                              
Spelling City    Link -  https://www.spellingcity.com/users/spellteacher
 

4. Math -
Always check Ms. Singler's  website for math assignments 

5. Religion - ** Christmas card contest will be sent home this week - Please have your card in by Tues. 12/10.  This is mandatory for HW grade. 

**God Demands Love Art Contest - Please view link- all art work is due by Dec. 1 in order to be entered.  All students will participate: http://www.goddemandslove.com/      8x10 poster size. 

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

6. Science -  ** fossil lab due 11/21  - Lab is in take home folder

7.  Social Studies  -    Retest for chapter 3 Early New Yorkers  - Study Guide will be given    Test will be Thurs 11/21 due to the play. 
 Please Review.   
** New Study Guide for Chapter 4 and 5 Voc. will be sent home this week.  Please Study and check that voc. definitions are complete.  Quiz will be Tues. Dec. 3


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

User Name                                          Password

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                             Grade 5

** Grade 5 Parents - Students will need a copy of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in class by Nov. 25  This will be our next reading story.
Notice will be sent home  soon .  Please sign and return.  You may purchase the book through Scholastic or Amazon.  Thanks . 

ELA 5 - 1. Reading -  Book - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - see notice.  Book due Nov. 25

**Continue Reading " Toad"  - end of book Test tentative for Tues.  11/19 - due to play practice. 

                                                                                                                                      2.  Spelling  - New List will be a print out for next week - Please keep in folder.  List for 11/18 - after the play. 

               3.  Grammar/Comp. --  
       

** Spelling tests may be kept home - Remember to make corrections and have signed when noted.    I will only raise grades once quiz is signed and corrected.  Thanks. 

**  Grade 5 Parents - please check to what test/quiz is being sent home so you may review. 
Q. 1
. Spelling Quiz # 1 - sent home 9/17
. Voc Quiz 1 returned 9/19 
. Spelling quiz 2 returned 9/24
. Summer reading    -  Tests returned 9/28 ..  Note -  the grade is for    both tests combined  Please keep home .
. Spelling Quiz 3 -  sent home 10/2
. Reading quiz 1-5   sent home 10/2
. Voc. Quiz # 2 - sent home 10/8 ( lessons 5-7). 
. Spelling Quiz # 4 - returned 10/10
. Spelling Quiz # 5 returned 10/16
. Voc. Quiz # 3 returned 10/21

Q2
. Spelling - Contractions 10/22
. Spelling Halloween 10/30
. Friendly Letter and spelling project - 11/7


 **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 ....


                              

                              
               


                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of5sK8p2rZY


                                    
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koota_lwU_4


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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