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February 2010 Dear Parents and Fourth Graders: Welcome to another quick month! We have much going on this month! In Math we continue with division and
multiplication of
larger numbers. I cannot stress enough
the importance of your fourth grader knowing their multiplication
tables
completely. Those students most
frustrated by math at this point are those slowed down by not knowing
their
facts. Please continue to work on these at
home. In Reading we will be back in our
Treasures series. Remember that the
Burrito Book Report is due
on February 19th. Students
have an example at school of what needs to be done, and they have
already
created the burrito book. The fourth graders did a wonderful job
preparing for our
Catholic Schools Week Prayer Service. Hopefully
you can join us Tuesday, Feb. 2nd after Mass to see the
Prayer
Service. In Social Studies we are visiting the
State House on the 10th. Thank
you to Mr. Bryer, Mrs. Sylvia and Mrs.
Chandonnet for agreeing to be our helpers on the trip.
We will leave SBA at 9:30. Please
send a snack with your student for the
bus ride and remember that we will return to the school for our regular
Wednesday lunch (around 12:30). Electronic
devices are not allowed on this trip- it is only a 20-30 minute drive. The students may bring a camera, but spending
money is not necessary because we will not be visiting the gift shop. The remainder of the month we will continue
talking about Colonial New Hampshire. In conjunction with the Social Studies
curriculum, we are
planning to take our early summer field trip to Plymouth Plantation in
Massachusetts. We do not have a
confirmed date- but it will likely be the first two weeks in June. We plan to hold two bake sales to raise money
for the bus ride to help defray costs.
It is a two-hour bus ride but a really fantastic field
trip so we're all
looking forward to that. At this time we
want to schedule a bake sale for February 11th and 12th
(Thursday and Friday). If you would like
to sign up to donate baked goods or to volunteer to help run the bake
sale,
please indicate that on the information sheet that will be going home
in the
Feb. 3rd White Envelope. We
hope to do another St. Patrick's Day bake sale in March.
Of course, raffle prizes are also a great hit
with students, so if you have something to raffle off- please send it
in
too! More details coming soon. In Science we will be finishing up
Matter. Students did a great job with
their
presentations in January and learned a great deal about what it takes
to teach
the class about something. We'll move on
to Animals- characteristics, similarities, differences, adaptations and
habitats and continue that through March.
We will hold a Valentine's Day
celebration on Friday, Feb.
12th. We will be decorating a
Valentine's Day bags at school. Please
send in Valentines to distribute on the 12th. Treats are also gladly accepted.
We will be watching a Bill Nye Science Guy
Video (a real treat for the kids) during the celebration.
The end of the month is Winter Vacation
break. I wish all of you a safe,
enjoyable,
rejuvenating break from which we all come back refreshed and ready to
dive back
into school.
Mrs Hauck |