It's almost Christmas . . .

Thank you for a WONDERFUL Christmas breakfast! The food was plentiful and delicious! A good time was had by all :) We are trying to upload pictures of Kids Yule Love, our visit to Carlyle Place, and the Christmas Breakfast.  Check back soon~

A few reminders:

• Students return to school on Tuesday, January 5, 2010
• Your child has a list of school supplies that need to be replaced. Please look for it and send the needed items to school with your child on January 5.
  
• Christmas crafts are coming home on Thursday.  
• On Friday, we will be preparing for our return in January with projects for the hall and doors.
• Report cards will go home the first week back in January.
• We will change classes as usual when we get back. New spelling words will not be introduced until January 8 with the test on the following Thursday (January 14).
• Students will receive only one homework pass per subject per quarter.
• All work is to be completed in cursive.
  

It's Christmas Time in Fourth Grade

We have been very busy making all kinds of Christmas ornaments and crafts. We have even worked on a special gift for parents! In addition to making special things for ourselves, we have also worked on making  lap blankets for our friends at Carlyle Place. The children are anxiously waiting for our visit there on Monday, where we will sing carols and deliver our gifts.

Happy Thanksgiving!

WOW! WE ate and ate and ate during our Thanksgiving Day Feast. Thank you SO much for all the delicious things you sent. There were a few leftovers, but not many. Here are a few pictures for you to see:

Ministering to Carlyle Place

After delivering "Happy Fall" cards in October to the residents of Carlyle Place, the students were asked to participate in a coloring contest! Then the residents voted on their favorites.   Well, several of our Carlyle Place friends came Wednesday afternoon to award prizes for the coloring contest. EVERYONE received a yummy treat and a special congratulations goes to Zayne and Ellie for winning the coloring contest!


We are looking forward to our Christmas project for the residents of Carlyle Place.  We will be making lap blankets. We will need some extra hands the day we assemble them, so be on the lookout for an "I Can Help" form!  On December 14, we will carol, deliver the blankets, and enjoy a special snack with the residents.  Watch for a field trip form when we get back from Thanksgiving holidays. 

Practice Those State Locations!

These are great websites for locating states!  If you find others, please email us and we'll add it to the list! You can copy and paste from here or look in the column on the left and click "Find the State" or "State Puzzle" and go directly to the game!

http://www.scholastic.com/play/states.htm

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html

Pumpkin Party

4th Grade Leads Chapel!

Today, the 4th grade lead in Chapel. We sang "Here Am I to Worship" and "Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in my Heart." Then, Mr. Collins spoke. He chose students from the audience to help him tell the story of The Prodigal Son. Our own Katie Britt helped throw the party and Hayden Odum was the hard-working older brother. It was great fun!

The Museum of Arts and Sciences

Looking at the rocks and minerals . . .

                                     

Homecoming Week

Who's that big kid in the back?

Don't forget that tomorrow is Picture Retake Day! If you want your child to have his/her picture retaken, please email us and let us know.  Retakes will begin immediately following morning announcements.

Picnic after Field Trip

Having fun in the cool fall weather

Homecoming Week "College Day"

Decade Day was a blast . . . from the past!



My Favorite College is . . .

Hats for Hope

Thank you for your support of Jay's Hope!

Picture Retake Day!

Wednesday, October 7 is the date for picture retakes.  Please let us know if you want your child to have his/her picture retaken. Thanks!

HOMECOMING DRESS UP DAYS:

 Monday-College Day

Wear a t-shirt of your favorite college

 Tuesday-Decade Day 

Remember, you can change clothes after 

we've returned from our FIELD TRIP :)

Wednesday-Class Color Day

Fourth grade's color is lime green!

Thursday-Camouflage Day

Friday- Blue and Gold Day

First Day of Fall

Well, it's been an eventful week ~ and today's only Wednesday! Yesterday, we enjoyed tasting "Eleanor Roosevelt's Pink Clouds on Angel Food Cake" and today we celebrated the first full day of Autumn by making scarecrows (Mrs. Ford's class) and Fall Leaves using food coloring (Mrs. Crumbley's class). Pictures will be up as soon as we can figure that out!

Both classes are working hard on their class stories, but it's slow moving when we write just one day a week. Then again, I thought the boys and girls would want to write a quick little story and be done. Instead, both classes are asking questions like: Where should we divide it to make chapters? Can we get it published? Are we going to sell it and make some money? I am anxiously looking forward to seeing where these stories go and then letting the students write their own narratives! They will be able to decide the characters, setting, and plot and then write, write, write.

Algebra is the word of the week in Math. This week we started working on expressions and though they were a bit intimidated at first, the boys and girls have really jumped in and gotten the hang of it! A new word we've learned is "variable."  Ask your child to make up some expressions with a variable for you to solve!

We are enjoying our unit on the Solar System and are looking forward to learning something new at the Museum next week.  If we ever have a clear night again, you can go outside and look up at the sky. Ask your child to explain how to tell which of those sparkly lights are planets and which are stars.