Week of March 24th – March 28th

Religion: This week we will be discussing Ch. 12, The Commandments and how they relate to doing God’s will. We will take our test on Thursday.
HW: Study for Ch. 12 test on Thursday.

Science: We are finishing our section on the Freshwater Environments this week. We will be taking our test on Wednesday on the different freshwater environments and food chains and food webs. Study guides will go out on Monday.
HW: Study for Freshwater Environments and Food Chains and Food Webs test

Grammar: We will focus this week on Main and Helping Verbs. There will be a short quiz on these verb Thursday.
HW: Tuesday-Main and Helping Verbs worksheet due Wednesday

Reading: We will take our test on The Stranger on Monday, then begin our new story, Encyclopedia Brown which focuses on plot.

Social Studies: We will continue to learn about the Mexican-American War and begin our study of the Gold Rush!
HW: Thursday- begin study guide, due Monday. Our Ch. 5 test will be next Wednesday, April 2nd.

Week of February 18th – February 21st

I hope everyone enjoyed their 4-day weekend! WASC was a success, thank you to all the parent and students for representing our school so well!

*Wednesday we have our field trip! We will be going to Eaton Canyon in Pasadena for a nature hike with 3rd grade. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to drive. We will be leaving between 8:15-8:30 and will arrive back around 2pm. Students need to wear their spirit shirt, long pants, and athletic shoes. They will also need a sack lunch (with a snack), water, and they are allowed to bring money for the gift shop.

Religion: This week we will finish our chapter on the Holy Spirit and take our test on Friday.
Science: We will be going on our nature hike to explore the environments and begin ecosystems!
Spelling: We will take our test on the   Spelling Words with final -al, -el, and -en
Grammar: We will learn about singular possessive nouns this week. Next week we will finish nouns and take a test on them.
Reading: We will be reading the story Marven of the Great North Woods and discussing fact and opinion as well we the genre of tall tales.
Social Studies: We will be learning about presidios and ranchos.

Edmodo.com

Fourth Grade Parents,

       We are officially making the switch to Edmodo.com as our means of communication for both students and parents. All the students who turned in a permission slip have created an edmodo account with me in class. The students have already turned in one assignment on it and taken 2 quizzes! They are taking to it very well and I can see it is going to be a great learning tool for our class.  We would love for you to be apart of it! To start, you will need to create a parent account. I have listed the directions below on how to do so. Through the month of October I will keep updating the blog to make the transition easier. 

 

Step 1: Students must FIRST login to their account they created with me in class. They should go to edmodo.com and sign in using their username and password. They SHOULD NOT click the “I’m a student” button as that is only used when registering for the first time. All students have the same formula for their username: first name + first letter of their last name + their student number in class. If that username was taken I had students add on the number “4” to the end for 4th grade. Example: if student’s name was Suzy Smith and her class number was “9” her username would be “suzys9” or if that was taken it would be “suzys94”. Their passwords are the same for their gmail school accounts and their computer passwords. 

Step 2: Once students have successfully logged into their account, you should see on the left hand side of their homepage a section that says parent code. The code will contain numbers and letters. Please copy this and save it. You will need to use this to create a parent account. Have the student logout and please go back to the edmodo.com page. 

Step 3: You will need to click “I’m a parent” on the edmodo.com sign in page. This will take you to a parent sign up page. Please enter the code from your child’s edmodo page and fill out the rest of the account accordingly. Once you register, you will be able to track your child’s account. Parents may share one account or may choose to create two. The code should work for 2 account. Once all parents have signed up for their account, I will send a link to have parents join a separate group that is a parents only group. Here I will be providing the same weekly information I did on the blog. It can also be used as an open forum (only accessible to the 4th grade parents and myself) for parents to communicate with each other as it relates to school. For example, coordination of field trips, rides, homework help, etc. 

 

Please e-mail me if you have any questions or concerns at mwiard@gsbh.net 

New Blog

Welcome to Fourth Grade! Please visit my new blog at mrswiard.wordpress.com for information about the first week of school.

Last buddy day

Fourth grade enjoyed spending time with their pre-k buddies making candy sushi! Thanks for a great buddy year pre-k!

Social Studies Ch. 8 Study Guide

 Below is the study guide for the students Ch. 8 Social Studies test. Their last one!

 

Vocabulary words:

 

-Immigration (Lesson 1)

-Migrant worker (Lesson 2)

-Market (Lesson 2)

-Aqueduct (Lesson 3)

-Hydroelectric power (Lesson 3)

-Construction (Lesson 4)

 

Know the General Concepts for the following items:

 

-1882 Chinese Exclusion Acts and 1924 Immigration Acts (Lesson 1)

 

-Understand how railroads and aqueducts helped Los Angeles grow (Lesson 3)

 

-How did the 1906 earthquake impact the city of San Francisco (Lesson 4)

 

 

Be able to discuss the following questions for short essay questions:

 

-How and why were Filipinos treated differently with immigration compared to other immigrants (Lesson 1)

 

-What effects did the aqueducts have on the Owens Valley and Los Angeles (Lesson 3)

Week of June 10th – June 14th

This week is our last full week of school. Let’s have fun and make it count!

Permission slips went out for our field trip on Thursday, June 13th to Heritage Square. Please return the permission slips as soon as possible with the $2 for students and $5 per adult. Thank you to the parents who volunteered to drive! Students can wear spirit dress and need a sack lunch. 

Italian Ice will be sold again this Friday, two scoops for $4.

Religion: This week we will finish Ch. 17 on vocations and begin Ch. 20. Students will take their Ch. 17 test on Tuesday.

HW: Study for Ch. 17 test Monday.

Math: We will be taking a practice test on Monday and our Math test on Tuesday. We will also learn average, and geometric solids.

HW: Study for test on Monday night. Lessons 97 Mixed Practice on Wednesday.

Language Arts: This week we will finish discussing adjectives and adverbs and will take a test on Wednesday to finish the unit. We will also finish our interviews and prepositional phrases.

HW: Study for adjectives and adverbs test on Wednesday.

Spelling: Our last spelling words will be on Friday. Spelling Words with Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ion

Science: This week we will finish discussing static and light energy. We will also cover simple and parallel circuits. 

Social Studies: We will finish our unit on the growing cities and economies in California after the Gold Rush. We will have a Test on Friday for Ch. 8.

 

Adverbs

Here are some songs to help learn adverbs and adjectives:

Week of June 3rd – June 7th

We have three weeks left of school! Let’s make it count! Remember to keep up with your homework and study for all tests. Every grade matters!

Permission slips went out for our field trip on Thursday, June 13th to Heritage Square. Please return the permission slips as soon as possible with the $2 for students and $5 per adult.

We do not have Mass on Wednesday, we have Mass Friday at Good Shepherd Church. Make sure students are wearing the appropriate Mass uniform and Friday instead of Spirit Shirts. Students are also to wear their dress uniform on Wednesday. 

Religion: This week we are finishing Ch. 19, the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy. Our Test Tuesday. We will then begin Ch. 17, our vocation to the world.

Math: We will be covering lessons 91-94 this week.

HW: Mixed practice, one lesson per night. Please continue to work on your basic facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).

Language Arts: This week we will work on adverbs and comparative and superlative adverbs.

Spelling: Our spelling test this week is on Spelling Words with Prefixes mis-, non-,re-.

Science: This week we will continue to learn about magnets and the magnetic fields. We will also study static and the light bulb. Below is a short video on how the lightbulb works.  

Social Studies: We will finish learning about The Transcontinental Railroad and will begin discussing immigration in California and the growing cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Art Show

Thank you to all the parents that planned and supported the Art Show and Silent Auction.

A special thank you to Ella’s family for bidding and winning free dress for the class! The fourth grade will get to wear free dress on Tuesday.