Dear Parents,It is with a very sad face that I ask you to help your child memorize his/her end of year poem. I say sad because it is finally sinking in that I must say good-bye to such an amazing group of kids. But…I won’t focus on the sad faces anymore…I will focus on what great memories your child is leaving me with. Thank you for such a fun and exciting year. 🙂Ok, sniff-sniff…I’ll start again… Dear Parents,Please help your child memorize Fairy Tales by Nasaria Suckoo-Cholette. Each child will bring home his/her copy of the poem, with the part that they have to memorize. This will be performed at the End of Year Ceremony on June 12.Please let me know if you have any questions.Blessings.Ms. Suckoo
Mother’s Day Art
We tried to move away from the ‘traditional’ Mother’s Day card, and get more interactive with our design. So…after much searching, I found the ‘I Love You THIS MUCH’ card! Hope you mom’s enjoyed your cards as much as we enjoyed making them! I also hope that the kid’s remembered to take a few minutes and complete their M&M Mother’s Day questionnaire with you. Hopefully, you mom’s were pampered a lot and truly enjoyed your day.
Solar System Projects
Instead of doing a send home project this time, we decided to do individual class projects on the Solar System. Each child was responsible for creating their own Solar System. They could be as creative as they wanted, but they had to get the comparative sizes, order and names correct. This was a class favourite this quarter and they were all excited to work on anything to do with the Solar System. Here are a few of our projects. Don’t they look impressive?! 
Objectives and Homework for May 28 – June 1, 2012
Objectives and Homework for May 28 – June 1, 2012
English: – Read a published model of instructions.
– Identify characteristics of instructions.
– Read a working draft and a final copy of student-written instructions.
Group Novels: – We are continuing with our independent reading project. Please ensure that your child is pacing him/herself correctly and is on time to hand in their reading response logs and final project.
Spelling Homework – Study for Spelling test on Friday.
Homework: Monday – Pages 178-179
Wednesday – Pages 180 – 181
Math – Estimate and measure customary capacity.
– Convert customary units of capacity.
– Estimate and measure metric capacities.
– Estimate and measure customary units of weight.
– Students will be given additional time to practice using Mathletics. We will also be playing various math games to increase students’ fluency and speed in multiplication and division.
Homework: Tuesday- Pages 217 – 218
– Wednesday- Wingo page 219 and 220: 1-5, Francesco page 219 and 220: 1-8,Lightning page 219 and 220: 1-10
– Thursday – Page 221-222
Social Studies – For Global Awareness and Olympic week, grade 4 chose to study Chile. So this week we will be focusing on creating the country flag and creating posters telling all about Chile. Be sure to ask your child what topic they are working on and get them to tell you what they have learnt.
Bible– Understand that there is only 1 ways to Heaven.
– Understand what it means that God’s way is the narrow way.
– Understand what you need to do to get to Heaven.
– Know that eternity is either spent in Heaven or hell.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of quarter Bible grade.)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes to you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and all the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8
Specials: – Also check out the Specialist page for recent pictures and information as well as Spanish lesson work. http://fbcs.edu.ky/specials/
Observatory Field Trip
Last week Grade 4 had the privilege of visiting the Dr. Willian Hrudley Observatory. We had such a great time. Everyone was excited to see actual pictures taken by ACTUAL telescopes, including the telescope that Dr. Hrudley built himself. Amazing!Thank you to all of the parents who accompanied us. We are all very excited to visit again, once the telescope is fully functioning.
- When compared to the Sun, the Earth is about the size of a coin!
Come As You Are.
For our Bible focus, we learnt that God accepts us just as we are. No matter where we come from, no matter what we look like, all we have to do is repent and believe that Jesus is Lord and we will be saved.So, for our lesson, the kids each took turns making themselves look as frumpy and messy as possible to go to a dinner held by the Premiere. To go to such a dinner, we would be expected to dress up as nicely as possible in order to partake. But quite the opposite, we can go to Jesus just as we are and be accepted. Thank you Jesus for such a wonderful gift!
Happy Birthday Alex!
Objectives and Homework for May 14 – 18, 2012
English: – Add ‘er’ and ‘est’ to the short adverbs to compare actions.
– Use ‘good’ and ‘well’ correctly.
– Use only 1 negative word in a sentence.
Homework: Monday: Page 115
Wednesday – Page 117
Group Novels: – We are continuing with our independent reading project. Please ensure that your child is pacing him/herself correctly and is on time to hand in their reading response logs and final project.
Spelling Homework – Study for Spelling test on Friday.
Homework: Tuesday – Pages 168 – 169
Math – Find the permeter of a figure.
– Find the area of rectangles and squares.
– Choose the best strategy to solve a problem.
– Measure temperature and calculate changes in temperature.
– Students will be given additional time to practice using Mathletics. We will also be playing various math games to increase students’ fluency and speed in multiplication and division.
Homework: Monday – Pages 205 – 206
– Tuesday- Wingo – Page 201, Francesco Page 208 1-7, 10, Lightning Page 208
– Wednesday- Wingo and Francesco Page 209, Lightning Page 210
– Thursday – Wingo and Francesco Pages 211 – 212, Lightning Page 213
Science – Define matter, mass, volume and density.
– Explain how temperature changes the state of matter.
– Determine which solids dissolve.
– Define mixture and solution, and describe different kinds.
Homework: – Thursday – Pages 83 – 84
NOTE: We will be having a Chapter 11 Test on Friday, 25 May.
Bible– Review the word Faith and study examples in the Bible.
– Understand what we need to do in order to be saved.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of quarter Bible grade.)
For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. Romans 8:3
Specials: – Also check out the Specialist page for recent pictures and information as well as Spanish lesson work. http://fbcs.edu.ky/specials/
Converting Customary Units
This week we’ve started Chapter 11 in Math. This chapter focuses on Customary Units and Measurement. So, today we learnt how to convert customary units. There is a lot of multiplication and division in this chapter when having to convert, so keep quizzing your child on their times tables.Also, feel free to log on to a really good YouTube video that I found (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w1AHwM5TPY ) that helps to revise what we did in class. And just as a refresher (smile):– 12 inches = 1 foot– 3 feet = 1 yard– 1 yard = 36 inches– 1 mile = 5,280 feetWhen converting smaller units to larger units, you need to multiply. When converting larger units to smaller units, you need to divide.Happy Converting!
Braver, Stronger, Smarter.
I found this quote today and absolutely had to share it with you guys. Hope you enjoy!
“Promise me you’ll always remember:
You’re braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.”
Christopher Robin to Pooh