November 25-26

Congrats to the fourth grade students! We raised the MOST money for Pennies for Patients. On Tuesday we will have a dessert pizza party and some free gym time!

What we are doing this week:

In MUR...

No spelling homework this week. 

This week we will continue to work with our Mystery Unit where we are reading a book called Mystery in the Rocky Mountains. We will be focusing on summarizing, main idea and supporting detail, and character development. 

In MUM...

No homework this week!

This week we are continuing to work on fractions. We have covered equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, and mixed numbers. This week we will continue to work on those skills, but also will learn about improper fractions and how to convert between mixed and improper fractions. 

Even if your child works 5-10 minutes a night on facts they will be successful in class each day. Thank you for your continued support at home!

In History...

This week Mrs. Slavik's class will continue to read about Europe in the Middle Ages. We will be reading chapters 9-10 this week. I will be assigning the at-home project this week. We will also be having our first quiz on chapters 1-11 the Tuesday after break. 

In Writing...

This week we will be writing friendly letters. 

Read Aloud...

This week we will continue reading James and the Giant Peach.

November 18-22

The Book Fair begins this week! We will preview the fair on Tuesday afternoon and then stop by late in the week so that students have a chance to purchase what they saw at the preview. 

Grandparents day is this Friday. We will have our OSA in the gym at 1:30, followed by activities in each classroom. We will be ending Grandparent's Day around 3:00 so that we can allow Grandparents to leave, and buses to come in to the parking lot. The Book Fair will be open during Grandparent's Day!

What we are doing this week:

In MUR...

No spelling homework this week. 

This week we will be diving into our Mystery Unit where we will be reading a book called Mystery in the Rocky Mountains. We will be focusing on summarizing, main idea and supporting detail, and character development. 

In MUM...

Homework will be sent home Monday and due Friday. Please continue to work with your child on their basic facts at home. 

This week we are continuing to work on fractions. We have covered equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, and mixed numbers. This week we will continue to work on those skills, but also will learn about improper fractions and how to convert between mixed and improper fractions. 

Even if your child works 5-10 minutes a night on facts they will be successful in class each day. Thank you for your continued support at home!

In History...

This week Mrs. Slavik's class will continue to read about Europe in the Middle Ages. We will be reading chapters 4-8 this week. 

In Writing...

This week we will be writing friendly letters. 

Read Aloud...

This week we will start reading James and the Giant Peach, one of my favorite Roald Dahl books!

November 11-15

This week is Mrs. Puckett's last week with us - we are sad to see her go, but hope she comes back to visit us throughout the year!

What we are doing this week:

In MUR...

This week there will be spelling homework assigned on Monday which is due Friday. Students will be working with the long -O pattern in accented syllables. 

This week we will be reading The Mountain Pine Beetle, a non-fiction text and be reviewing the text features that we learned in the first month of school along with learning all about cause and effect, along with organization of text. At the end of the week we will be taking the first reading interim of the school year. 

In MUM...

Homework will be sent home Monday and due Friday. Please continue to work with your child on their basic facts at home. 

This week we are continuing to work on fractions. We have covered equivalent fractions and adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators so far. We will start working with mixed numbers and improper fractions this week. 

Even if your child works 5-10 minutes a night on facts they will be successful in class each day. Thank you for your continued support at home!

In History...

This week Mrs. Slavik's class will be starting the Europe in the Middle Ages unit with me! My class will be heading over to Mrs. Slavik's class to start the geology unit in science. 

In Writing...

This week we will be finishing our holiday essays and doing a little writing project for Mrs. Puckett. :)

 

Read Aloud...

Mrs. Puckett will finish Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman this week. 

Food Drive Next Week

Cologne Academy’s sixth annual food drive will be held November 11^th-15^th. National Junior Honor Society Members will be sponsoring this event as one of their many service projects this school year. Our school wide goal is 1,200 items! Please be generous and help us reach this goal.  Monday is various veggies, Tuesday is fruit frenzy, Wednesday is the cereal challenge, Thursday is soup saga, and Friday is boxed bonanza. Each day our goal is 240 items. All non-perishable items are welcome on any day, NJHS just wants to add a little extra spice to the challenge this year to see if we can reach a smaller goal each day, so we make our final goal of 1,200 items by Friday.

Thank you in advance for your generosity! CA’s core virtue of November!

Pennies for Patients

CA is participating in Pennies for Patients this year! This is a nonprofit organization that raises money for children who are either currently battling cancer or are in remission ( watch for signage to go up) the children we are raising for live locally or in MN. Each student will be sent home with a box to collect all the coinage they can. They are also encouraged each day to bring in pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to fill their classroom jar.

We will be collecting coins all week long.

November 4-8

What we are doing this week:

In MUR...

No spelling homework this week, but we are still working on the long -i spelling pattern. 

We will be focusing on poetry, drama and prose this week. Students will be learning about the elements of poetry, figurative language in poetry, elements of a drama, and elements of prose. We will be working on verb forms again this week. 

In MUM...

Homework will be sent home Monday and due Friday. Please continue to work with your child on their basic facts at home. 

This week we are starting fractions. We will kick off the unit with a review of equivalent fractions and then learn how to add and subtract fractions with like denominators. 

Even if your child works 5-10 minutes a night on facts they will be successful in class each day. Thank you for your continued support at home!

In History...

This week Mrs. Roth's class will be finishing the Europe in the Middle Ages unit with Mrs. Puckett. There is a quiz on Wednesday and then students will be presenting their at home history projects on Thursday and Friday. 

Projects are due Thursday!

In Writing...

'Tis the season...This week we will be working on writing holiday essays for the NYA times. 

 

Read Aloud...

Mrs. Puckett will continue to read the book Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman.